3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

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Originally Posted by Halfagain (Post 4427967)

You can DO IT! Just give it some time. Be adventurous with your selection and preparations of foods.

I have to admit I have mental blinders on and never think of myself as the true weight that I am. Even today I'm in denial that these "few" (yep 55 of them) pounds to get into the 200's are just pre-diet of where I am supposed to start my diet. I know - omg - it's like I'm shunning these pounds - they don't exist still in my mind. I see them in photos or the mirror - but not day to day as I go about my day. They are really here (for a few more weeks at any rate and as of this morning there are 32 less of them in a bit over 5 weeks) but rather than dwell on them or even try and kick myself for allowing them to happen, I'll just get thru them and move on down the scale.

Setting mini goals (obviously getting under 300 is my main mini-goal) really helps. I can't wrap my head around the whole big picture - yet I have tracked out if I lost 2 lbs a week (I'm loosing much faster than that now, but towards the end I suspect it will be slower)- with each weekly weigh in date going forward to when I'm at my goal- what will I weigh by my birthday, or by New Years, etc. It is the belief in this program that if I stay 100% OP I will have that goal by those dates. I should have my <300 by my birthday or very near that date :-)

We can do it!

Barb

Barb, I started off 33lbs HEAVIER than YOU...I was at 388....66 weeks ago .....175lbs ago.....over the last 66 weeks my average is 2.89lbs a week. Some weeks I have 3lb losses, some ZERO and some GAINS for no apparent reason but that my body is changing. I have been 100% committed to the program, have not cheated once. IF your mind is made up to get off this weight then IT WILL COME OFF. This program works, I am living proof as are many others here BUT take the blinders off and accept where you are at now, it will help you see where you don't want to be again. I was in a 5x MEN"S shirt and it was too tight, over the weekend I tried on a size 18 shirt and it FIT!....Pants were a TIGHT size 36 from Catherine's Now I fit into a size 18 and they are getting loose for me. You will lose a lot of inches and weight, just take it one week at a time, stay focused. Reward yourself with something for each 10lbs you loose, I buy myself a charm for my bracelet for each 10lbs I lose. My BF owes me one now since I hit 175lbs while he was gone....lol....experiement and enjoy the journey, its not so bad. The last 66 weeks have FLOWN by for me, I don't live by months anymore I live by weeks because I look forward to my Wednesday Weigh ins. Enjoy your journey, it will change your life, be open to change, you will be surprised :)