2024 A Lot to Lose Thread

Happy New Year!

Welcome to anyone reading or checking in. I'd love to hear from those who haven't posted for awhile, and I hope you are doing well.

I'm hoping to continue my success from 2023 into 2024 and maybe for once I'll keep control of my eating habits not slide back to overeating and other bad habits.

Wishing all of you the best year possible

Hi sunrose - I wish you continued success in 2024. Thanks so much for your support

irisinnia - Thanks for liking my post, I'd love to hear how you are doing

I'm happy to continue my tracking (on an Excel Spreadsheet) this year, it has worked really well for me. And I'm enjoying calorie counting too. I lost 45 pounds in 2023 and would like to lose 15-20 more to get back to where I was at the end of 2021.

After I reach that goal I'll evaluate and see if I want to lose more or if I just want to learn how to maintain my weight without such a struggle, as it's always been for me.

I'd sure love to reach a point where I don't lose, gain, lose, gain for the rest of my life.

Hope anyone checking in is doing well

Hope anyone checking in is doing well

I'm hanging in there. I've really wanted to stress eat recently, with all the issues that come with moving. So far I've resisted doing it, but my daily calories have crept up a bit over the last few days. I'll take that over the bingeing I used to do.

I told myself that I'd be happy with just staying the same weight for a few weeks, if that gets me through this time without stress eating.

Hi sunrose - Happy Belated Birthday!!!  Hope you enjoyed the celebrations.

I think we have to treat ourselves sometimes.  It's just that tricky balance between treating and then staying on track. I know you can do it

Congratulations on your loss in 2023, any loss is good

Thanks for your kind words and support of my weight loss. My body definitely feels better after this loss. Even if I can't lose anymore at least I have helped myself this way. But hopefully I can lose a bit more. I'm not even trying to get anywhere near what would be "goal weight" for me. I just want to be at a weight that I can maintain and not go back to overeating and regaining weight again. Hope I can do it.

I found some real beginning walking videos on YouTube and I'm trying to do a few of them each day (or at least one a day), and hopefully I can build up my time to get back to a good walking routine.  

Hope anyone checking in is also doing well

Hi sunrose - I agree with you about building up to exercise, hope you can do that. I could kick myself for losing all the success I had with walking everyday for several years

I haven't had the energy the last few days to do any walking videos since I've finally been unpacking the last of the boxes from my move. I'm also done with that now, so I'll have no excuse not to start walking.

I've had a few high calorie days, but not too bad. I've been avoiding weighing myself, but I'm going to do that tomorrow morning and face whatever the number is. I won't let it derail me and I have to remember that the scale won't always go down.

Hope anyone checking is doing well

I've been staying on track and I'm very close to the goal I set for myself last year (about 9-10 months ago). That weight is nowhere near a normal weight, but I'm just happy if I can maintain this lower weight and not end up back where I was a few years ago.

This time the weight loss has been much slower and maybe that will help me to keep it off. I do have to admit I'm scared of regaining. I know that I could easily just go back to my bad eating habits in a minute. I hope I can be stronger this time.

Had to stop for dog play time. Lol

I hope you and all who check in are doing well.