Woohoo!

I'm so close ... to the 270's ... Congrats to everyone & thank you for inspiring me.

Hi! I am sooo far behind. I have been kind of struggling for a bit and I hate to dump all that negative on people because sometimes it can be contagious. I just had a few weeks of - why even try, I've been fighting this for SO LONG, I don't believe anything will ever change. When I first joined 3fc, way back a million years ago with a different name (email address long lost in the mists of time), I was 230 and HORRIFIED that I had let myself get so out of control. I have "dieted" myself up to nearly 300 pounds. What. The. WHAT now???

I have done a huge amount of damage to myself as I gained most of it pretty quickly, got pregnant and gained even more, then lost a lot quickly, and then let it creep back up. I am not going to lose weight and find a 25 year old body under here. Most of the time I just don't think about it, but when I do consider that even if I work very hard, I'm still going to be 40 something (next year) and not even a well maintained 40 something. I try not to even THINK about that kind of thing because what can you do? AND OF COURSE being a healthier 40 something will look and feel a million times better than where I am now. Sometimes I just get very depressed about things I can't change.

BUT, I'm moving past that and getting back in the game. I can pretty much chose to be the best I can be, or settle into being the worst so in the end it's really no contest.

i have disappeared for a whileand i have found myself up to 291 again.
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so, going to jump back on the bandwagon and hope to be back in the 280s by this time next week.
congrats to all of you who have continued on the right path and are losing the weight. **WELCOME** to all of you joining the thread!
We can do this!

Mysty, I've been bouncing between 288 and 294 for a few weeks now. It's how my body behaves as I lose weight. It's very frustrating when I see how others can lose at a steady downward trend. Losing a pound is such a struggle for me. And losing the next pound seems to be an elusive goal. Then suddenly, over the course of a few days, the planets align (or I'm strictly working the plan for a week or two) and a few pounds drop off. So I record my new low and hit a wall of resistance again.

Mostly, for me, I see that I lose focus too easily. Despite being totally on track today, it's late afternoon and my desire to eat all the wrong things really peaks around now. And I'm going out with some friends for a non-food activity (getting massages) and I'm already thinking about what I'm going to sneak off and eat later on. Logically, I don't want to do that. I really don't. I have a long list of reasons not to, but I can already "smell" what I want to eat. That's the food addiction talking to me, isn't it.

Okay, so I know what's going to happen later today, after the massage. Maybe I'll just be too tired and get distracted from it all. Just go straight to bed.

*sigh*

Pulling this thread back up because I get to join all of you after this week's weigh-in: 289.4! Very excited to see the 280s but even more excited to get through them! Especially because once I get to the 270s, I will be down 10% from my original starting weight.

Moving slowly downward, I hope to be out of the 270's by the end of the month....wishful thinking I know! :D

Moving slow, moving fast, either way, it's moving!

I was down to 287.8 this morning!

The weight's been falling off this week (funny how that works when you stay 100% OP and add in some good exercise too). I was 286 this morning, with tomorrow morning being the official weekly weigh-in.

Jen, I joined a challenge with three online friends, all about staying consistent with our personal fitness goals. Yes, staying 100% does bring success and movement on the scale in the right direction. I am wondering why it takes me so much mental energy to achieve that!

I keep bumping into 290 and then popping back up. I'm hoping my three-week challenge will help me get both my feet firmly in this group again.

260's are coming
 

277.1 this morning. that means the 260's are coming soon. So exciting so see the scale move again for me. only 2 lbs since last post but I was stuck for a little bit. come on 269 and holy crap.... my bmi was 40.92. I am .92 away from going from morid to just obsese. :) that is inspiring

Sorry I sort of fell off the map for a while! I have been inundated with little girls for the past few weeks which is fun, but not especially conducive to sitting down and typing anything that makes any sense at all!

I don't even know what my weight is right now but I assume it's about the same. I will weigh tomorrow morning when I'm not full of diet coke and green smoothie.

Everyone have a great week!

My weight on Saturday at the gym was 277.8lbs. I was weighing myself but I know my scale was off so I am only going to count my weight loss using the scale at the gym. So I officially lost 13lbs in 23 days :) and lost 3% body fat. I won't be out of the 270's this week but I am quite happy with my success so far.

I'm finally back down in the 260's. Finally!

Congrats Gardenwife!

The summer heat needs to go away, like now. I have no AC or central air in my place, and pretty much relied on the cool summer nights to work out.

All the humid hot nights, no exercise for a few weeks.. and I gained 4 friggin pounds. So disappointed. Time to get that darn scale moving down again. Maybe I will have to start working out at 4-5 in the morning when the weather is at it's coolest. Hah!

I've also been really bad with my water intake too, so that's more than likely part of it.