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Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Jun 11 2007 06:21 (UTC)	70
Carrie02, Hi there, I just saw your posting. I started at 428 pounds, 5 foot 9 inches and 34 years old. I have lost a little more than 90 pounds in 8 months. I would like to loose more than 200 pounds. I am not hooked on one final number. Personally I would be overjoyed with a size 10/12, but currently my first major goal is to get to 100 pounds. I am almost there, but it is all out war to get there. I would first say to you is: 1. Don't be hard with yourself. Sometimes I think we put so much pressure on ourselves- emotionally, psychologically and physically. 2. Know that you will lose weight and you will gain weight during this process. You can gain weight by a slip up or you can gain weight from putting on muscle mass. Do not be discouraged. Gain or losing a couple of pounds doesn't determine your final outcome. 3. What DOES determine your outcome is how you build from your success and recover from your setbacks. 4. Understand that this is a lifestyle change. You can never be the same again with regards to how you eat. BUT know yourself enough to know who you are and how far you can push yourself and don't overdo it. What do I mean by this? Well this is what I mean. I don't consider myself on a diet. To me diets seem unrealistic. Why? Because most time diets make you operate in an ideal situation. This is eating the right foods, and the right intervals in the right proportions. I don't know about anyone else. But most of the time my life is complicated and a mess. I run late, work late, and continually put myself in situations that if you are on a diet you will then be either eating only salad or going hungry. I have had to take a hard look at my particular food situation and rethinking what to do. My rethinking however has incorporated snickers bars and ice cream. 5. Know yourself! This is KEY to losing weight. I was afraid of knowing myself on many levels. From a basic level, I had not realized that I refused to look at myself fully in the mirror for YEARS in avoidance of what was going on. On a deeper level, I didn?t own up to using food as a method of coping with anything difficult in my life. 6. Map out a realistic plan. Weigh yourself. Pick a small goal, say, 10 pounds and work on that. What you do in this step really is determined on what your needs are and who you are as a person; I would also throw in there if you have any medical condition, seek the advice of a doctor. BUT know that sometimes the doctor doesn't know everything and sometimes the doctor?s methods are cookie cutter and possibly antiquated. Let me illustrate what I mean by this... I went to the doctor before my weight loss to start off "right". Although she was very supportive (and had to hear that gastric bypass was the best solution) the diet she wanted me to follow was based on 1300/1500 hundred calories. I know myself enough to know that it was not going to work. I then asked what were the alternatives? And she said that is the medical diet that she recommended and that if I wanted something else, maybe I should try weight watchers. This was my experience, but it taught me that if I didn't figure out what was best for me I was going to fail. 7. There is a learning curve... Nothing is as easy as pie and brainless. You have to learn about yourself, learn what you eat, learn what to eat, learn how to work out, learn how to bounce back, learn what your individual needs are and the list goes on. 8. I will be hard, but it gets better. You get stronger, you get more stamina, less food fills you up? it does happen. 9. Start at your own rate. I began my life change eating 3400 calories (I could normally eat more than between 4500 to 8000 calories from my assessment) and deciding to stand during my commute to and from work (I take the train)? My first week I thought I would die. I was CERTAIN I would die? but I didn?t. And I lost 4 pounds. 10. You must do physical activity. That doesn?t need to mean 110 minutes on the Stairmaster. For the first 3 months all I did was make choices that made me walk a little longer than normal. Get off one stop further from my apartment. Walk to another floor in my office building to make a photocopy. I now walk one hour solid and workout, low impact with some toning, 5 days a week (some times more/sometimes less) 10. Do what seems reasonable to you. If none of what I am saying doesn?t seem right to you. Don?t use this information. If some applies to you, then use it. There isn?t one correct solution. And sometimes initially something will be useful and then it might not be. Learn to adapt and change your process as you go. 11. Understand that you do this for yourself. Not for your significant other or anyone else. Know that they can be the catalyst for change, but not the reason. You can sabotage yourself if you do it for anyone else. 12. Be happy! You already are beautiful and spectacular. 13. Know that you have friends here who are going through this together with you. You are not alone and we won?t let you down. Lots of love, Jakjak
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Mar 26 2007 16:49 (UTC)	173
I have been mostly quite since I first started using CC (since October 6). I've been just reading posts, tracking cals., that sort of thing. I can't begin to tell you all what a help this place has been for me. I've laughed at what I've read, I've cried and even though I have been silent, I have not felt alone in our group struggle for a life change. With every little success, 5 pounds... 10 pounds... 30 pounds... I have felt afraid to celebrate, afraid that if I claim some sort of victory. I might jinx myself or have to "eat humble pie" if I have a set back. I haven't told others of my milestones either, not my family or friends. I have been terrified of failure and terrified of success. Today, for no special reason, I have decided to tell someone where I am at with my goals and that is you. When I started I was 428, I am now 70 pounds lighter. I still am scared, but I am violently happy. Thanks for listening (reading) :) Jakjak
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Dec 08 2006 17:36 (UTC)	383
Welcome Billa! 16 pounds! WOW! congrats! :)
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Oct 27 2006 14:23 (UTC)	467
i think that maybe people are just reading and not posting, i check the boards at least once a day... kimne I agree that this place is great souce of motivation. Congrats on going to the gym on your birthday that IS pretty major :) Question for everyone Please name 5 snacks (health or other) that you eat so that you are not so hungy between meals.
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Oct 20 2006 15:48 (UTC)	474
thanks for the support Jill :)
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Oct 19 2006 15:03 (UTC)	476
(((Guiltily looks at the floor))) I'm in the same boat Uni... I ate a very large bowl of Reeses Puff's Cereal and went over my calories... I think that I could feel a pound coming back on... For shame :(
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Oct 10 2006 19:43 (UTC)	495
big time bummer willowraven. however, i would have to differ in your assessment that you are behind square one. your weight lost could still be real. have you thought that even though the amount is larger than your initial 408, perhaps you were heavier and thus did indeed lose some weight, but your numbers were off. I think that another thing you aren't counting is change of heart, mind and attitude. So what the scale was wrong. but at least for a week, 2 weeks, a month you were mentally working yourself through this. To me that is success. It seems to me that a good portion of all of this is a mental game so at the end of it all you are in a better place, even if you are still bummed out, you are actually a head of the game... chin up! you rock and that's that! ;)
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Oct 10 2006 17:26 (UTC)	497
also Kalkette, for me, like you, it's all about the emotions with regards to my eating habits. I can even trace it back to when i was a baby, i have a distinct memory of being in my stroller and crying and my mom giving me a red lollipop to suck on...
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Oct 10 2006 16:49 (UTC)	498
hrrmm... I thought about your questions all last night Uni... i'd have to dissect my food first it would be all carbs, which are everything made of sugar and flour. I can eat a whole loaf of just made bread slathered in jelly. I have walked almost a mile to satisfy a craving for hostess orange cupcakes (I know, twisted). I love lemon curd (that is the filling inside of a lemon meringue pie), if I could dip everything in lemon curd, it would be a just world. I also like fats too, but sugar is the main fix... and then soda. I will tell you something odd tho... I am not a big meat eater, if I never ate meat again, it wouldn't bother me... I find it odd since my family prefers meat all the time and salty stuff. Another thing is I can't really eat the "fat free" "sugar free" diet snacks. I can't eat them... I tried incorporating some into my diet and don't like them at all. I still am sticking to regular "snacks" but in much more moderation. For example, on Friday I went to the movies and I knew that I went in there with out a snack i'd go bazerk at the concession stand. So I went to the drugstore and bought a reeses peanut butter cup (the kind that come with 2 in the pack) and I said to myself I want to eat only one of these, but if I eat 2 it will be ok, I will have less for dinner. I also bought a can of ginger ale. I was able to eat just one peanut butter cup. A down right miracle since I can eat the "four pack" version and not bat an eye. I think the lesson I learned on Friday, is that you have to prepare yourself mentally if you are going to be in "danger zone" of temptation. I?m like you Uni, I am trying to 1. not gain any more 2. eat healthier. I have not had to deal with much stress lately so I am afraid of my self-control once I have some sort of challenge. Also, I haven't told anyone of my change in eating habits, as I am afraid of more "judgment" or unwanted "help" or "comments" ps. Uni- i love you usage of "with glee" it makes me chuckle.
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Oct 09 2006 21:08 (UTC)	501
Thanks for post United... VERY insightful about you, but I must admit about myself and how I feel too. What is it about the comfort of sugar? I seem to always have sugar on the brain. You noted that there are some people that just give up binging with no fuss, no muss... it's funny, in other addictions like drugs (cocaine, cannabis, etc) a small percentage (2-3%) also can walk away pretty much unscathed and never relapse, even in some extreme cases of addiction. ...I doubt that I fall into that category, I clearly understand that my eating has been my security blanket mentally and physically. I am grateful that I have been able to make at least the mental progress of thinking different and hope that that seed of change grows into a strong tree with in me.
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Oct 06 2006 21:08 (UTC)	504
Thanks united2gether! I am not trying anything crazy. I have started off by assessing my daily average calorie intake (over 6000 calories). And then factoring my weight goal and time frame (1.5 years) and it comes to almost 3,000 calories daily. I split up my calories with 3 meals and 3 snacks. In addition to that I am starting with 20-30 mins daily of walking (to increase as my stamina increases). After six months I plan on re-assessing and then lowering my calories a bit more and increasing my exercise to something more rigorous. Believe it or not to some it might not seem like a diet at all since I am eating near 3000 calories, but for someone who can eat over 6000 calories, it very difficult. And as far as "healthy" eating. I don't have a problem with what I eat as far as "meals" but I am a serious binge snacker and soda drinker.
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Oct 06 2006 20:07 (UTC)	506
Hi All, I would love to join this forum. It is so great to read all the support in the forums. Even though I am very over weight I have never in my life dieted or anything of the sort. I am scared and even though I have over 100 pounds to loose. I have set my initial goal of weight loss to 100 pounds. I am afraid of failure, but I am even more afraid of how I felt before I started dieting.

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