160+lbs To Lose. Great Two Weeks. Suddenly Very Worried And Overwhelmed About Sustaining Weight Loss Until Down To Goal Weight.

Okay.

I knew something would creep up on me. I’ve been too happy the past week. I finally stayed within my weekly calorie range successfully without going outside of it. 1,550 ish calories a day to lose 2lbs per week at 317lbs.

I surprise-weighed myself this morning and was extremely happy, literally clapped for myself, when I saw I had lost about 5 1/2lbs. 311 as of this AM. I felt really great and proud of myself. I’ve been talking often about a change in myself regarding my weight loss and goals. How something has just clicked more the past few weeks, and I am feeling both excited and very ready to follow through with the mountain of weight loss in front of me. I know it’s going to be a journey and I feel ready for it.

So, even after seeing this 5lb loss, the high wore off kind of quickly. Obviously, it’s not entirely significant at 300+lbs. it’s great, but my body is still very much the same and I found myself feeling very insecure while out. But, I have been working to be extremely empathetic with myself. And I said, “it’s okay, this is just a beginning, you need to follow through to be where you truly want to be and I get that you have a lot of bad thoughts around your weight.” I am literally talking to myself like a little kid, in a way. Like reparenting. It’s been a pretty great tool so far, if I’m completely honest.

Well, I’m just planning for the future. My calories are already pretty low at such a high weight, and I’m panicking about sustaining 2lb weight loss, at least for my first hundred pounds. I am set at sedentary, because I mostly am. But if I keep sedentary at even 250lbs, my calories go down into 1,100. Which isn’t sustainable.

I have a desk job. I’m sitting 8 hrs a day. I’m just trying to understand how I will be able to continue losing weight when I’m seeing that even a somewhat active level is exercising almost everyday for at least thirty minutes? I mean. It’s sad, but the world just isn’t set up for that, so what do I do when I’m starting to go below 1,500 calories? Which I’m guessing will actually be rather soon, so my only option is to start becoming active. But even somewhat active is exercising literally everyday?

Someone please help me out here. I’m starting to feel a little hopeless even though I know that’s silly.

Especially if you have lost a very significant amount, how did you keep the momentum of weight loss while going down in weight?

**also, what’s the lowest calorie limit I can go to while still remaining healthy?

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