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moolof

Slow and Steady

Usually when I read others' posts people hit their stride and make a lot of progress over a single year, maybe two.

I pretty much decided when I started making changes at the close of 2020 that it would probably take me four years to lose the 100 pounds I'd like to lose. I'm on track to reach onederland by the end of 2021 (SW: 235, CW: 202), and my next goal is to get overweight (i.e. to 175) for 2022.

My goals/milestones are on the slow side compared to the champs that can keep up a pound/wk weight loss over a long period of time. But I was just curious - does anyone else have/had a slow, multi- year projectory?

Posted Dec 11, 2021, 12:08 AM UTC

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ThanksItsVersayce105lbs lost 34F 5'7•

I recently hit 100 pounds lost and it took just about 3 years. I've got another 40-45 to go and I expect it'll take me over a year and I'm cool with that. Going "slow" has given me lots of time to really live these lifelong changes I'm making and while I've hit plateaus (and a few that have lasted for a while) I've never gained back over the past 3 years. Of course I want to hit specific numbers but my big goal has always been "start living the healthy habits I want to have for the rest of my life and for the weight loss, I'll get there when I get there."

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moolofOPNew•

Congrats on your milestone!

When I first realized I had a hundred pounds to lose, it seemed overwhelming-- years to fight to where I want to be?? But then I thought, it took me years to put it on, and a lifetime of cementing these bad habits. I can give myself time to set things right.

So yes, I definitely vibe with the "I'll get there when I get there."

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i-d-a-m-k22½kg lost•

i do too, i started in june 2020 and i think ill have reached a good stopping weight sometime next year :) Im not in a rush, when im done ill be done and i wont care how long it took. I feel like the pros of doing it slowly is that you are less likely to hate the process and feel miserable, and its giving me time to build new healthier habits and try to make sure they stick when i start transitioning into maintanance.

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moolofOPNew•

Yes! That's how I feel!

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RuralGamerWoman95lbs lost•

I lost about 40 pounds last year; not bad, but also definitely not setting any records. I took a bit of a break at one point last spring and set my calorie target to 1500 - that's maintenance at sedentary for someone my height with a BMI of 22. I loved it so much that I decided that's what my calorie target is going to be; I'm not decreasing it as I lose weight, I'm just going to live my life at this target and enjoy it. My weight loss will slow down as I lose more weight, and that really doesn't bother me - this is how I want to live my life.

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moolofOPNew•

Lol

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You_are_your_moodNew•

Why would you want to suffer longer than you need to. The only reason to lose that slow is to make nobody notice you shrinking .

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moolofOPNew•

I like attainable goals. Going slow has felt manageable for me. I don't feel like I'm suffering at all.

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moolofOPNew•

diet caused you to be 100 pounds overweight and yet you dont want to drastically change it?

Actually I feel like that is a benefit to going slow. Finding small changes to make at a time that don't feel like burdens to withstand forever, but just become second nature, things to enjoy. Like switching from creamer with a splash of coffee to 0 calorie black in the mornings, or genuinely enjoying a big ass salad. Instead of overwhelming myself trying to change all of my fully engraved habits at once, it takes barely any effort find a healthy new recipe here and there that I genuinely look forward to.

The only thing I say is that obesity is so risky health wise and a lot of awlful things can happen to you if you are more than a few pounds overweight and thats why I want to get it off as fast as I can.

That's fair though. It's not ideal to be hovering in the obese BMI for longer. But if it leads to my eventual success versus many many false starts, and so far it has been working for me, I will accept that risk.

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evildeadeddNew•

Why would you want to suffer longer than you need to.

I got bad news for you, losing weight is the easy part. If whatever you are doing to lose weight is making you miserable, good luck maintaining that loss.

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You_are_your_moodNew•

I didn't mean the losing weight part I ment carrying around all that extra weight on your joints .

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