I'm obese

Obese.

25 lbs would do me fine

20 lbs or so would be good for me.

Working on losing about 20lbs here

Do you all think that it is different when you need to lose over 100 lbs opposed to when you need to lose 20 lbs? I do. I am wondering what you all think.

Do you all think that it is different when you need to lose over 100 lbs opposed to when you need to lose 20 lbs? I do. I am wondering what you all think.

want to loose about 40 pounds....would be happy with 30 for a start......
i think it is different if you need to loose 100 or 20 pounds. with 20 pounds it is a lot easier to stay motivated, because your goal is so much closer....good luck to you all...

I think it differant if you have a 100 pounds to lose.It seems like you will never get there as to 20 or so pounds its with in reach you can say hey I've lost 10 pounds 10 more to go but if you have alot its harder to say hey I lost 10 pounds 90 or more to go.

I'm sure there are differences.. I can't really say what they are, since I haven't been in both situations. Whatever the differences are, I think there are a lot of similarities between anyone who is trying to lose weight in a healthy way.

At the begining of the summer this year I had 40lbs to lose.. I've lost 20.. so now I've got 20 more lbs to lose.

For the first 20lbs, I had to eat less, eat healthier, and exercise more than I had been.

To take off this 2nd 20lbs I'm also going to try to continue to eat sensibly and healthily and to exercise even more.

I imagine.. that if I had another 3 sets of 20lbs to lose, it would just mean continually finding ways to increase the intensity of my work-outs to get results...

Either way, whether you're trying to take off 20lbs and then maintain your new weight.. or take off 100lbs and then maintain or new weight.. it means having to develop a healthy lifestyle and healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.

I was Obesed then I lost 115 and gain 15 I would at least like to lose the 15lbs I gained, or more

Sometimes it seems that the more you need to lose the quicker it comes off. At least at the beginning. My sister had gasric bypass and she lost alot real fast and now that she is at a more normal weight (150 lbs lighter) she finds it more difficult to lose more weight now. Plus if you really think about it, the percentages of both are really different.

For the 2nd part there is a different you have to work harder and longer , but now I need to lose 15 and I am finding it hard also because your body is use to your diet and you need to come up with a different diet.

It's definitely true that the more overweight you are, the faster the weight comes off..

Then as you lose weight, you become less overweight, and the weightloss slows down.

I think the whole weight loss process is just supremely aggravating to everyone! no matter how much you're trying to lose.

I definitely give props to people in the 100-to-lose category because you've got to go through your own thing (losing the first 60lbs) which I don't know about.. and then after that you've got this "ooh, I hope I lost 1 lb this week!" struggle that I'm going through to look forward to.

For me, sometimes I think that if I could even just lose 20 lbs, then I would feel much better and then I would have more energy to do the next 150 lbs. I can't even get started. That is where I am struggling. Any suggestions?