I'm at my highest weight of 330 lbs. It happened so quickly. I have lost weight before, but I 'm terrible at staying motivated. I looked up all the usual suggestions, but they don't work very well for me for long.

Hi Stacia! My highest weight was 310. Have you tried setting small weekly goals, having a "free-meal" once a week, or maybe deciding to maintain for a few weeks when you feel your motivation slipping, then jumping back into it when you feel ready? Just some suggestions. You can do it!

My hugest was 312.

I don't necessarily have a hard time staying motivated, but I do have a problem staying focused and on task. I get complacent, stop tracking, stop working out. Or, I get frustrated because I don't think it is making any difference.

So I join challenges, push myself harder faster. So far it's been easy this time, but that may be because I was actually ready to make the lifestyle changes required. And, if I am totally honest, my weightloss this time is super public. I have lost too much for it not to be, if I quit and gain it back this time lots of people will notice and I will feel stupid. I hate feeling stupid!

Good luck. Just come here when you are feeling no motivation!

Hi. My highest ever was likely around 350 and I would now consider myself to have been housebound at that time. I was in my late 20's, early 30's at the time. I lost about 20 pounds then joined WW. I got down to 180 in about a year and a half. But I soon began to gain again.
I am learning to stay motivated or at least to keep at it motivated or not.

My highest was 320.
You can do this.
I can do this.
We can all do this.


Sometimes I look back on my life and weightloss journey and shake my head. If I had just slowed down and stopped trying to accomplish so much so quickly I would have been done by now. ITS NOT A RACE. That's what I keep telling myself. If I had made a goal of 10 pounds a year by this age I would have already hit my goal weight. This time I vow to lose weight smartly, not quickly.
If I only lose 20 pounds that's ok, what's important is that I learn to stop my cycle of eating crap, hating myself, then eating more crap.
Good luck girl! We are all here with you and for you.