trying to lose 100 lbs

I have to lose about 60. I have been walking with a friend, and I've also started on some doterra slim and sassy, which is an all natural combination of essential oils that help to lose weight in a healthy way with no jittery side effects of most diet pills. A friend of mine sells it. It is a natural appetite suppressant, and helps to balance your glucose levels! It's fairly inexpensive, and can be found at most health food stores!

100 pounds in 4 1/2 months is unrealistic, in my opinion. Why not try to lose a pound a week and put off dress shopping until you feel a bit more confident. You have plenty of time.

I agree with AprilBride. 100lbs is an awful lot in that amount of time. Strive for 1-2lbs per week. There are lots of free calorie counting websites to try out like Myfitnesspal and Sparkpeople. Great forums like their are here which give you support like they would a ww meeting. I'm want to lost 50lbs myself, we can do it!

And, I do agree with the ladies...100 pounds is a bit unrealistic in that amount of time, and would be very unhealthy for your body. Definitely aim for small amounts per week, and just do your best. You don't want to set your goal so high, that you can't reach it. That would just discourage you. Stay positive, and try to think happy thoughts, as stress will also make you retain weight! Praying for you and wishing you the best of luck!!

Really, aiming for anything more than 1-2lb a week is unhealthy and means you're more likely to put that weight back on.

Personally, I've had good experiences with WeightWatchers (online only version. shockingly, the only thing that's helped me shed medication weight and worked with my activity limits) and drinking green tea/eating lots of smaller meals with low calories. MyFitnessPal is a great app to help keep track of things.

Low carbs and walking 30 plus minutes a day would be a good start. Keep fats to healthier fats too.

Set smaller goals every 4-6 weeks. Seems to help.

Stop eating junk (processed foods, fast food, super-sized restaurant foods, sodas), switch to clean foods (lean meats, veggies, low-fat diary) and start exercising - walking, videos, etc. You can easily lose weight for free.

Firstly - 100 pounds is absolutely unhealthy and unrealistic in that short amount of time. Lose what you can, but set a more realistic goal; you don't want to get discouraged by not being a size 2 within a few months (exaggeration). Do you have a Planet Fitness near you? The membership is only $10 a month, and they have multiple free training classes every single day. They have different classes focusing on different areas, and there are special "design-your-own" classes where you tell the trainer what areas you need to focus on and get a special routine. Start off slow, because if you make too drastic a change in your routine you'll get burnt out very quickly and are likely to give up. Start going to a gym 3 times or so a week, and on the other days do light cardio (walking) for 20 minutes or so.

On YouTube there are many exercise videos. If you don't have weights fill empty milk jugs with sand or water. Or look at garage sales for exercise items, usually pretty easy to pick up a few items. I'd also check Groupon for gym deals or boot camp deals. Good luck with your weight loss, but please be safe!

Losing weight is FREE! Exercise daily, limit your portions, eat healthy. Lots of fruit and vegetables, limit starches (potatoes, pasta and bread). Cut out soda and fast food (it's never necessary). You don't even need a gym membership, go to Walmart and get a few hand weights. Cardio- running/jogging is wonderful exercise and totally free.

Sorry miss spoke i meant 100 lbs total by the time i get married which is in 16 month but I wanted to start now so i can get like a little bit less then half done by August when i go pick out my dress because ive been told dress shop owner that they can only take it in 3 sizes (approx 60 lbs) which i understand because that a big difference size wise.

You can do it!!!! I started weight watchers and lost 73lbs in 9 months. Just be careful about what you eat and make sure you move around more. Even if you only have 20 free minutes take a walk it really makes a difference

High protein, sugar free, and exercise.

Eat breakfast! Even if it's 1/8 cup of almonds... you'd be surprised how much almonds fill you up.

EDIT: and hickory smoked almonds, in my opinion, tastes kinda like bacon! Sometimes you have to make sure to only eat a small amount because they do fill you up, even though you want more. What I did was buy a pound ($8 apprx) and measured it out in 1/8 cup portions in little baggies with makes about 15 servings... 15 breakfasts for only $8 is pretty good, I think

(cough cough... I am by no means an expert but I have lost 4 lbs since Feb, when I got really serious- but a couple years ago I won the biggest loser at school bc i lost the most body fat percentage). As far as affordable I would say start cutting back in small ways one at a time, that way you budget can adjust, bc healthy food is not cheap. I'd start w/ soda/pretty much anything thats not water and switch to water which is usually free or bottled is still cheaper than soda. Then keep a food "dairy" track of what you eat and spend the most on (fast food, dining out, this place that place) then cut them one by one starting w/ the unhealthy place you eat the most or item you buy the most. From getting off your regular eating routine you'll lose weight. Then walk, which is also free. There are lots of free training apps to give you workout ideas you can do at home or outside with no equipment. Once you've cut back on your eating to where you've intergrated a healthy diet fully then I would maybe try a prescribed diet (that tells you what to eat and how much). Those almost never work right off the back, bc its hard to go from eating whatever to strict you'll likely quit or get down on yourself for not being perfect. I find it better to change incrementally.

I'm an insulin dependent diabetic, so losing weight can be difficult since insulin can easily put weight on...so I tried Shaklee. It helped me with my portion control and I'm better at counting calories. I highly recommend it.

You can do it! (Not 100 pounds by August but 1-2 pounds per week)

Check out Myfitnesspal, they have a great calorie counting system that's toally freen and a great forum for support, tips, recipes etc.

Also Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred is a great starting video to get you moving and under 30 minutes so easy to work into a schedule.

Try to get your FH/FW on board as well. Losing weight with someone else helps a lot!!

I'll jump on board with the "you need more realistic goals" chorus.

In more practical advice: A calorie deficit is the *only* way to lose weight. Counting calories using an app (free) like My Fitness Pal will help you assess your current food intake and work to set limits that will keep you healthy while still letting you lose weight.

Other advice: If it's not just *weight* that you want to lose, but rather *inches,* strength training is going to help you lose fat faster than just calorie restriction and cardio. I can't recommend the amazing community at reddit's /r/xxfitness highly enough--the FAQs there can help anyone get started (and they're free) and the community is unbelievably supportive.