Goals of 100+ Loss
 

Thought I'd start a new thread for those of us with goals to lose 100lbs or more.

No matter where you're at in the process of losing 100+lbs on IP; join in and share your experiences. It still seems so far away to me, I'm hoping for motivation from those close to goal!

I'm with you, whirly girly. Over 100 to lose here, too, and only 2 and a bit weeks into the journey.

Love some of the packets, hate others. I was going to return them for an exchange but I spent a whole day looking on the net for lots of recipes that I could incorporate the dislikes into and I think I see a way forward to using them.

I suspect that variety and novelty will become our biggest friend on this "adventure" so I'm determined to try every recipe I find - regardless of whether it's love at first bite or ugh, that was disgusting.

Some days I struggle to drink the water and others I feel like I swallowed a river.

Finding that temptation doesn't come in the form of sweet treats, but how much oil I can use in sauteeing veggies and for salad dressings. Still unsure whether the squeezy lime bottles are allowed or not and I do love a breath mint in the evening (5 cals but a couple of not-so-great sugar alternatives) just to get rid of the soy taste.

100+ here too and about 2 1/2 months in and down 35 (as of yesterday) pounds.

Key for me is variety and having a variety of foods on hand...I pretty much have the same early AM breakfast (RTD Vanilla) and then from then on I switch up packets and meals. I certainly feel that the road is long, but this is truly the first program I have been on where I actually feel I may see my goal weight....I think the nice thing is if you are 100% op the scale usually moves even if only slightly down every week. Never before has that happened.

I also have found motivation this time like i have never had before. Maybe because it is not cheap and I am putting out a lot of money every week and If I did go off program I am only cheating myself....

Still undecided about my goal weight...thought 100lbs (actually 101) would be a good place to start and I will re - evaluate when I get closer. Right now I am looking forward to some mini milestones that I am meeting....248 was the lowest I have been in about 10 years, 230 was the weight I finished my pregnancy at (son is 16), 190 was my wedding weight (married 21 years) and I was 165 when I graduated from college!

Good Luck to all of us and this forum is fantastic for ideas and just getting questions answered....

Over 100 pounds for me too! 139 to be exact to get to my goal weight. I am more than 1/3 of the "weigh" there. See what I did there? LOL Just having a silly morning. It seems like a monumental task but like SG, I focus on my short term goals and that is my whole focus for the week. Sure, I sometimes dream of being at goal but I try not to dwell on it too much. I know if I keep hitting my mini goals and staying OP that I will get there. The when doesn't matter...it will be sooner than if I quit the program.

I'm also on this journey. I've been on program since April 12th. Still have a long way to go but I never imagined then that I would be this far now!
Someone posted a while back this saying, which I IMMEDIATELY put on a 3x5 card to add to my pile of response cards (for all you Beck book folks!) :
"if I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started, I was desperately wishing to be where I am now." That really hits home for me!

I randomly picked my goal weight because I have no memory of being a "normal" weight as an adult so I guess I will just have to wait and see. For now I am trying to focus on small goals along the way. For each 25 pound loss, I buy a new charm or bead for my Brighton charm bracelet. I will be wearing that bracelet on an upcoming international trip as a reminder of how much progress I have made.
Here's to all of us making steady progress!

I picked my "tentative" goal to be an even 100. When my Dr. recommended this program, I didn't think I could do it (for many reasons), but committed to try it for 30 days. After the 30 days, I recommitted to continue until I hit 10% down. My next mini-goal is to stick to the program for 90 days (more than halfway there). I think that if I keep doing it in manageable chunks, I may actually make it to 100.

I try not to dwell on the big goal because it is still a long way off. When I do, I remind myself that I am already more than a 1/4 of the way there. And, even if I don't make it all the way there, I will be better off than when I started (I already am!)

Mornin y'all! TGIF!!

GraceRev - I love that quote!

Had a talk with my coach this week about where I'm at and how far I have to go. I started IP on June 30th, and as of this weigh-in lost 43 pounds. So I'm "just" under the 100 pounds to go mark. I told my coach I feel like I'm in a weird place - on the one hand, it feels good that I have less than 100 to go, but on the other hand, I still have almost 100 to go. Does that make sense?

As for my goal weight, we looked at my composition stats which (oddly) show a lot of muscle! I'm labled "solidly built" :D I wanted to get into the 100's and get some cushion away from the 200's, so we're shooting for 180.

Thanks for starting this thread. I have my goal set at 200, but I fully expect I will lower it to 180 when I get closer. Sadly I am a re-starter meaning I lost 170 lbs as of June 2013, over a year's time, and I gained almost all of it back within the next year. Happily I'm back on program now and I know I won't get to be off of this way of eating again. I will add some dairy and fruit in when I'm at goal. I have a "before and after" photo in my profile from 6/2012 thru 6/2013 that I have left there as a reminder where I am headed. I got rid of my large clothing as I went down in size, and gaining it back I purchased from thrift stores (I work from home - no business cloths needed so cost was better in that respect). So as I lose this time I have a few things to get back into from my current size down to size 14. Even in high school I wore 18's but that was before the vanity sizing happened. I'm in my 50's, so this is about my health, and ability to move and go places. To fit in a airline seat without a seatbelt extender and put the tray table down (and.... be able to reach my bags under the seat ahead of me to get my book or laptop out). To fit in a movie theater seat comfortably. To be able to get in the car when someone parks to close to mine. To tie my shoes with ease. I know everyone on this thread will understand these goals and relate.

Lets Do This!

I can totally relate! Mine recently was the seats at the baseball park - we went Labor Day weekend and I was sitting there and realized I wasn't feeling as stuffed into the seat as I was before.

GraceRev- Love the quote!!!

I'm in this journey with ya'll! When I started I had 126 lbs to lose to get to my goal. So far I've lost 51 lbs, 75 to go! Ladies, we can do this!! We ARE doing this!! :woohoo:

I totally get what you are saying looking at what is left to accomplish. I find it's much better to focus on each day just sticking to the plan and seeing where I end up at the next WI. If I look at how much I need to go it is overwhelming. When you reach over 1/2 way to goal I think it will shift for you. You are doing awesome.

I'm trying to get my sister to sign up. She is doing alts and right now her track is 276/260.4/160. She started a couple weeks ago and has been doing great on plan.

Good luck my friends! You can do it if you put your mind too it! :) It take a little will power, but just look at how good you feel now, with this amount of weight gone...and how great you will feel when you reach your goal! I just recently broke the 100 pound wight loss and I haven't felt so good. At least not in my adult life! So proud of myself. Doing this has given me encouragement to do other things I need to do as well :) I commend you all for taking the steps to for a better you! ((hugs)) my friends!

Brad

There was a thread like this a few months ago that died out pretty quickly. It was so motivational to see so many others are out there with lots to loose. When I started I felt like nearly every user's stats started under 200. With a start weight in the 300's, I had trouble relating to a significant portion of what they were saying.

I've been on IP for 51 weeks and lost 97 pounds. I am thrilled to say that while reading this thread I suddenly realized I have less than 100 pounds left to loose. I still have a long way to go, but there is no way I would have believed I could be where I am now before I started.

I'm really glad you started this thread. :) While everyone's struggles are valid in this journey, I sometimes have trouble relating to those who only have 20 or 40 lbs to lose.

I've set my goal at 165. I'm also one who lost almost all the weight a couple of years ago and gained it all back. I was at 180 at that time, and still a size 12/14. I'm also fairly muscular, so I'm hoping at around 160/165 I'll be more where I want to be.

Just an FYI that I learned from the hospital that I did my previous diet at - if you've been morbidly obese, your body composition will never be "normal". I can't remember the exact explanation, but it has to do with muscle and other things. 160 lbs on one of us will sit very differently than someone of the same height who has never weighed more than that.

My weight loss has slowed considerably the last couple of weeks despite being 100%. I'm hoping it's just the 4/6 week slump. It's hard to picture losing 170 pounds at 2 pounds/week. I know anything is better than nothing, but it's a mental struggle picturing the year(s) to come.

Anyways, I hope we keep this thread active. :)

I'm almost a full year in and I still have trouble with the "mental struggle picturing the year(s)". The years will pass regardless of if we are doing IP or not. Every little bit is progress to being healthier as they do pass. I just keep reminding myself of that. I've averaged a bit less than 2 pounds per week, but that has really added up. I'd rather be where I am this year than where I was last year, and if I stick with it, I can be even closer to goal next year.

I think taking an overall picture of how much we have yet to lose can be daunting. I'm trying to think of closer goals, so I feel a degree of success on the way.

My aim is to lose 10lbs per month. That's 2.5 lbs per week and less in the almost-5 week months. Should be totally doable if I'm good and stick to plan.

So far (and this is just halfway into week 3) I am not really tempted by sweet things so much as wanting a higher EVOO allowance and to have tomatoes and cookable red onions again. I make do with the onion flakes but it's not quite the same.

My husband started 4 weeks ahead of me because I was determined not to do a soy based diet, but his losses really made me rethink whether my prejudice was worth keeping hold of the weight. As there are two of us to cater for I am spending more time researching interesting ways to use the packets, whereas I may have just added water and the evening meal and called it good if it was just me.

He, of course, has a lot less to lose (damn 6'2 men with long skinny legs! LOL) but my longer journey may just help him adapt in maintenance.

I think of IP more as a learning experience than a diet, because I know the way I have eaten until now has to bend to how I need to eat to keep the weight from piling back on.

Love this thread, so glad you started it!

I, like others here, sometimes find it hard to relate to someone who only has 40 lbs to lose. It's nice to know there are others who are in it for a longer haul with me!

I second that! I've been at this for almost 8 months now and have a few more months left, at least (179 is not my ultimate goal). It is a different journey when you are thinking of a year or more to reach your goal, versus a couple of months. I get a lot of inspiration from seeing people succeed who started with numbers like mine.

Do y'all watch the videos? There was one in my first or second week, that talked about how phase 1 is temporary - it's not meant to be forever, just a means to get to your goal. One thing Dr. W said really stuck with me - he said to think about being pregnant and all the things you give up for 9 months (or longer) for the health of your baby. Now it's time to do it for yourself.

Hello,
I have 120# to lose, just started IP on 9/2 and fell off the wagon once last week. :(

i struggle as well to eat the veggies and to have a variety of meats i can stomach.
i never cooked, HATED it, still do
before this, i ate mostly carbs and sugars, now that i have to change my diet i see that now.

i was vegetarian for 15 years, and for the last 3 years i have been eating meat again.
i dont like much of it , so i am finding it hard to eat the protein, would rather have another packet option lol.

days like today, i want to run home and pop in a pizza, oh SO BAD. but as i think about it, my jeans roll down my fat roll and sit uncomfortably at my hips..
reminding me why im doing this.
and through the holidays no less.. god help us all on that one.

thank you for starting this thread , i will need you all so so much the rest of the year.
cant wait to see my toes when i stand up and look down.

Hey all. If you don't own the book The Beck Diet Solution, I suggest getting it ASAP.

We have a lot of mental changes to make and food relationships to break. Beck helps with a healthier way to look at food, dieting, and maintenance. Not only do we want to lose it but keep it off!

I'm still working at my first goal of losing 110 lbs. Then I'll see if there is more to lose.

Great quote and I would also recommend the Beck Diet Solution, really helpful challenging unhelpful thinking habits. Think about this IP diet as the beginning of a journey, the weight didn't go On over night and it will take time to come off. I started IP sept 9 2013 and started P3 today. Then you work hard at maintenance.

You all can do it, I look forward to reading about your successes :)

:hug: Me to! For being so heavy I don't have much in the boob department, so I'm looking forward to having more boobage than stomach when I look down. Then feet.

Ah the dreaded Airline seats! I am happy to report that I just got back from Florida and no seat belt extender necessary & I even had some slack in the belt. Also one of the arm rests was down and my hips did not keep popping it back up! It was a huge accomplishment for me...flying again in October to California and will have confidence although we are not in coach this time seat wont be an issue for 2 reasons though LOL...

I have trouble relating too, but I try to remind myself that is is a journey for everyone no matter how long it may be. That 40 for them is a daunting as the 100 for us...

Closet shopping for me this weekend and I am thrilled to see what I have. Hopefully I will have enough to get me to a point I can hold off and shop in "regular" stores. Went into Dress Barn yesterday just to browse and can't wait to wear some "cute" new things...

Off to work this AM. Just sipping my coffee and listening to the sounds of my quiet house. LOL DH & DS are sound asleep and the dog is snooring at my feet...AH the life LOL

Just wanted to drop in and tell all of you who have a large amount of weight to lose to hang in there! Knowing you're going to be on IP for a long period of time is a totally different experience than needing IP for just a few months.

As cliche as it sounds, I really found it useful to just not look at the big picture sometimes. I kept my mind on "I can control what I eat today" or sometimes even "I can control what I eat in the next 30 minutes." All those days or minutes add up over time and it's amazing how fast time goes.

I did a full year on P1 and if someone had told me I could do it at the beginning I would have laughed at them. But I did it and the weight came off!

It takes a lot of determination and strength - but you are all strong and can do this!

Thanks Ruth Ann :hug:

I also keep in mind that it I stay strong and stay the course, next year at this same time I will be in P4. If I can stay strong thru the summer which are the hardest months for me with vacations and BBQ's, I can stay the course a few more months. I love winters because I don't work late nights (Real Estate not easy to show in the dark LOL) so that means more time to prep for dinners and more experimenting. All good for me that it gets darker sooner....

Hooray for vacation time! My first day of a week's vacation is today. Hubby and I got the last of the tempting fresh fruit worked up last night at 9 PM (in the dehydrator or cooking down into fruit butter), so I won't need to be slicing and peeling anymore of it. I need to be cooking up some rhubarb with some WF strawberry jam for me today.

I too need to go closet shopping to find some of the clothing in my current size or smaller that's around. Sadly when I found some of the cloths lately they were already too large. Or happily I guess... but I could have worn them! Oh well off to the donation center they go. Losing and changing sizes now means I have less in the stacks/bags of clothing being stored. It's a very neat win to take back the storage space.

Have a great day all. I'll be around even on vacation. Supposed to be warm here in Washington State thru Monday, then looking at cloudy and possible rain.

Thanks for Joining!
 

Thanks for joining into the conversation, everyone! I appreciate that several of you offered thanks for starting this thread - and I did it for the exact reasons that a lot of you mentioned... the "100lbs+ Club" just seems to have its own set of obstacles and challenges that we can all work through together.

Unfortunately, I am only on the threads a few times each week, but I appreciate all the motivating comments out there for all of us on this big journey, and look forward to your continued posts. :hug:

I really like the pregnancy analogy that was mentioned... even at a rate of 2lbs/week, we could all be down 80lbs in 9 months. I know it took most of us a lot longer than that to put it on, and if 9 months of weight loss goes by as fast as 9 months of pregnancy, it will pass by before we know it.

I think I'll have to look into this Beck book a few of you are talking about!

Question for the group - what was your ultimate deciding point to lose weight? Ie. What made you decide "enough is enough" and take the *ahem* plunge?

You had said you were on an alternative? Is there fruit on that?
I miss fruit, and it's only been 2 weeks lol.

I in wa too, auburn :)

My sister-in-law is a doctor and she runs IP from her clinic. All of her husband's family have lost 60-70+lbs on it. She, herself, went from a size 14 to a small 8 and when she visited us she commented to my husband that he should try it, because it's a way for sedentary people to lose fat without losing muscle.

Hubby is 2-years into retirement from the military so he was getting antsy about losing all the muscle a 20 year stint built up, so they had a long discussion one evening where she went into detail about what the diet is and how it works. I was mildly interested but heard the word "soy" and zoned out.

Once I saw hubby drop 20 lbs in 3 weeks I decided to get over my prejudice towards artificial sweeteners and soy products and join him.

Thanks whirly_girly for starting this post! I have a total of 125lbs I would like to lose and I love the idea of having a support group of people with the same goals.

I swore I was going to lose weight before I turned 40. At 42, I finally broke down and went to my Dr to discuss other weight loss options since WW, Jenny Craig and Atkins had not worked for me. I REALLY did not want to have WLS but something had to give. He recommended IP. Took me another 3 months to finally make an appnt.

Funny, people mention pregnancy...one of my friends used that analogy and it was the turning point in me signing up. Something just clicked in my head that this is not forever....although it kind or really is. Maybe not so strict but eating cleaner and healthier than I ever have in my life.

Hi Crowsmuse, I'm near Woodinville. There is an Alternative IP plan the clients use, for diabetics I believe. It does have fruit I hear. I'm not on that plan. I use food packets that are not true IP brands, but are very similar in calorie, carb, fat, protein, andsugar percentae content. I don't go to a clinic and WI, I don't have a coach, I'm doing this on my own - well on my own with basically this board to help me learn with the materials in the stickies and reading past posts by others.

Haven't set my mind to 100 yet, but the number is between 60-97.

Deciding point: huge career change = better time than ever. Plus I've been in hiding: haven't left my house in weeks, and the one time I put on clothes to go out, i looked in the mirror and decided "No way."

Don't be discouraged from going out, Southern. Just imagine how nice it will be for you to be seen shrinking out of those clothes and don't be ashamed of taking control and showing the world that you are headed for a lifestyle change.

You may also inspire someone else to lose weight and get healthy. It's amazing how little we realise that our actions affect others. :)

Speaking of inspiration...

I just wanted to say thank you. I completely understand the difficulty in relating to folks who have a lot less to lose (I imagine it/we(?) can be more than a little annoying sometimes), but I for one am SO grateful to each of you for being part of this community. Your humor, wisdom, perspective and persistence inspire me. More than once, as I've been frustrated, overwhelmed, tired or just plain wanted to *eat* I've thought of one of you; the dedication you've put into making this change and the success you've had and it's kept me on the straight and narrow.

THANK YOU!

My decision to start IP was based on a lot of things. I've struggled with my weight pretty much since I hit puberty. The last time I lost significant weight, it was using South Beach concepts (not their packaged foods), and I lost about 40 pounds in 5 months. I swore I wouldn't see the 300's again.

Then I got pregnant (we were trying while I was losing). I nursed my son so I dropped the baby weight pretty quick but then it crept on and I was tired all the time. Turned out my thyroid went hypo and I had no clue til I went in for my annual when my son was one. The weight has slid back on over the last few years. When I started IP I was at the second highest weight I've been.

I heard about it because it's at two of my docs, but also from a couple friends who started in January And literally melted away. Once I looked into it I decided this was what I needed to do. Yes it's hardcore and I miss avocados and cheese :D but I like the discipline and the structure.

There were a few things that lead me to IP...First was hello I needed to lose 100+ pounds and have been on Ww for years with gaining and losing the same 10-15 lbs. for me it is so easy to go off that program and make things work! I know only fooling myself. Second motivation for me this time is my only son is a junior in HS and has never seen his mom thin. I don't want to be fat mom in the graduation photos....also DH can retire which means more us time and I want to be able to do things with him, travel and be comfortable. One of our dreams is to drive cross country stopping wherever we want and doing whatever we want...I don't want to be held back by my weight and lack of energy at that weight.

Love the ease if IP the structure is what I really needed. I am a planner and list maker so morning food prep is easy when everything is right in front of me.

For me, I guess it was my second "brush with death" last November when I was hospitalized with my second episode of blood clots in my lungs. My recovery this second time was a lot harder than the first time and I went into a deep time of depression that lasted most of the winter. After we got the depression stabilized, I guess I finally got tired of feeling sick and tired. I started the diet right before my 37th birthday in April and haven't looked back since. In fact, I got the BEST compliment yet just yesterday. A woman who knew me a few years ago saw me and said I looked wonderful and that I looked HEALTHY. Healthy! That's what I want! I will have to be on blood thinners the rest of my life but I don't want these blood clot episodes to define me. I want to celebrate my 40th birthday in a couple years knowing that I finally took control of my life and my health. I just want to be happy and healthy.

My son graduated a couple of years ago and I volunteered to be the photographer so that I wouldn't have to be IN the pictures. :( when he started 8th grade I was thin. 155 pounds. The principal mistook me for one of the kids one day when I to went to pick him up for school. He asked me where my hall pass was. Lol. By the time he graduated high school, I was Obese. How is that for an almost overnight change. Ditto also on being healthy before 40. I'm 38 and that was one of my motivations. I want to run a half marathon by the time I am 40-42.