Another Tall Club- 5'9" + 50-70 pounds to lose (Now ANY amount to lose)

Hello all

I know there are already a few tall clubs going out there, but are already quite established, so I decided to start a fresh one!

Just going to edit the opening post for the Middle of 2009!

Im a 25 year old female, my stats are:

Height: 6 Foot 1

SW: 330

CW: 195

GW:175-180

Starting BMI: 44

Current BMI: 25.6

If there is anyone out there who has similar stats/targets please feel to use this group to rant, share losses and sucess stories. This group was originally for people with 50-70 to lose but I have adjusted it as everyone is doing so well!!! Now anyone tall with weight to lose can join

Wow, looks like I did find the right group! Laura, I used to own a tiki bar  and we were the first to bring burlesque back to Berlin. A lot of my friends here are burlesque dancers, and the community is so small we probably know the same people. I border on the retro/punk scene myself, a lot of people think I'm rockabilly, but I'm sooo not. Retro clothes are perfect for larger girls, love those corsets! I had a dress made from a 1950's Vogue pattern and I love it. So flattering. And what you can do with hair and makeup is unbelievable.

Meisha- How the heck can you cut out alcohol?? Good for you! I couldn't, but I noticed this week that I have drastically reduced my intake...maybe excercising is giving me my happiness horomones a boost. (But yet my friends roll back into town this week, and my husband too, so I have babysitter...)

Shizzigirl- Ok, you and me,  girl, we bringing sexy back. I read your bio too :-)

I've been trying to load a pic, but it won't let me. OK, now: gotta find a scale, do my work out, (has anyone tried T-Tapp? amazing) and see what I can scrounge up for lunch.

I decided in Jan that I was drinking way too much (pretty much every night at the bar) and I needed to cut it out. I gradually slowed down to just the weekends and now I consider myself "on the wagon". I drank last Saturday (my broker plays in a band that had a show at the HardRock cafe - open bar, mid/top shelf...what's a girl to do but drink absolut and sodas? Also last night my base office had a "beer tasting" but other than that I no longer drink. I probaly had roughly 2 beers last night and I was DRAGGING ASS this morning at the gym AND I felt like I completely blew my calorie count for the day. I'm not gonna lie, those first few months were HARD and I've lost most of my friends because "Dawn doesn't ever go out anymore!!!!" but in the long run I feel that it's been worth it. I'm not morally opposed to it...I can tell stories about "this one time" I just choose now to save it for special occasions - like Halloween...watch ouot New Orleans, I really am going to get "crazy drunk".

Ofelia, looking at Laura's pictures she's brought sexy back and some! We WILL join her!

Laura, you are so beautiful and your weight loss so far is A-may-zing! I'm a vodka girl like you, although I've switched over to sodawater when I do drink :) I know EXACTLY what you mean about "The Friday Feeling". I completed 5 morning workouts this week and as soon as I got to the office there was only one person I could think about: MADONNA! This calls for an oldschool Madonna marathon AND I don't care if people complain - It's Friday, I'm at 257 which is the lower than my original starting weight 3 years ago AND NO ONE CAN RAIN ON MY PARADE!

Meisha, welcome welcome welcome!

Does anyone do an official weigh in? Do we want to? What about mini/weekly goals?

EVERYONE have a great morning, I'll check in again later!!!

OfeiliaJones and Laurabow Did I say I cut the spirits completly out? I'm reduced to a couple of glasses a wine on the weekend. This is coming from a Gin and tonic and bahama mama chick with an extra shot of 151. Thanks for the welcomes, all. Looking forward to losing weight with people who share my goal. I feel like SHREK when my co-workers are 145 trying to get down to 120. Shizzigirl, I'm too nervous to weigh in several times a week. But, when I get on my wii fit, you have to weigh each time you get on. That's what I weigh on now adays. It configures your BMI and gives you a great weight log.

Here's a bit about myself

Single mama, from Brooklyn New York, 36 years old, love shopping and traveling. My daughter is 11 and I am struggling with this weight thing.

Ha, meisha, didn't mean to call you a wuss..151, huh? :-) I feel like Shrek a lot too, even without co-workers! The girls in my band I guess count as co-workers. Where in Brooklyn? I lived on 5th Ave and 2nd for about 2 years. Yes, Park Slope, but in an old pizza place, before the neighborhood went YUPPie.

OK! I BOUGHT A SCALE! But I want to weigh myself in the morning...but I couldn't wait, so at 10pm it read 249. Do I know my butt or what? I was just guessing with the 250, and hoping I was aiming high.. The good news is I am down to pre-pregnancy weight! (After 19 months, I damn well should be)  But lets see what it says after my beauty zzzzzz's.

Bad: I met my uncle for dinner, I told him I was on a calorie trip, so pick something with choices. So I pick the fish with vegetable risotto and a side salad. Applause, right? It comes and the fish is FRIED and still swimming in a creamy sauce. ARgghh. I should have ordered the sauce on the side, but I didn't know it was gonna be drowning in it.

So I pick off the flour fried mess, and try not to let the fish inside touch the sauce, feed half of the veg risotto to my daughter, and eat the salad. I left a gallon of sauce congealing on my plate, but still feel bad. Am I crazy? I left the house with only 800 cals eaten, and when I got home and typed everything in, (I even think I over stated how much cream and butter was in the sauce 'cause it sho' didn't taste like I would make a cream sauce!) I was still under what I allow myself.

SO WHY DO I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO HELL???

OK, I go sleepy-sleep now.

STATS: I'm 31 but act like I'm 17 or 40 depending on which day it is, I have been married over 9 years to the greatest guy in the universe (no lie, I hate it when women say that, but he's a total sweatheart) I always told myself I would never get married that young, but I knew it was right, and I'm still right! He's in Dubai at the moment until November and he has been gone since June, so I haven't gone out much except band practice, and I had to be home by 11 for the babysitter, so I am going a little nuts. I have a very cute, very precocious 19 month daughter, I sold my bar when I was pregnant, and now I am a pop music songwriter and country singer. I live in Berlin, which I love, and have lived here off and on since I was 20. I keep going back!

hey Shiz, lets do weekly weigh-ins! Should we start Monday to let Laura recover from Retro clubbing and Diet Vodkas?

LADIES (OfeliaJones my bad is worst than yours so be prepared) , I did a baaaaaaaaaad thing. So I went to my little cousins sweet sixteen last night and why did I feel like I was on MTV. It was in a posh catering hall and they had a BUFFETT and OPEN BAR!!!! Ugh, I can throw back at a damn buffett, but I chilled, but my chilling wasn't cold enough. I can't even count the calories I whoofed down last night. I will say I only went up once (and I have argued with my man of the moment that you can't go to an all you can eat and hit the buffett only once, That's probably why we are on rocky terms now) and had  a chicken fajita, small portion of beef and broccoli, SIX different types of cheeses, some cantelope, and some green beens. Here's your wuss ofeliaJOnes (LOL) I had three gin and tonics. I feel like I waisted a week of calorie counting. Although I did okay considering there was cake ice cream of all sorts and a fondu fountain, according to the calorie counter I took in a whoping 2200 calories. Went to the gym this morining, though. I feel awful after messing up an entire week. Scared to weigh in Monday morning.

Original Post by ofeliajones:

Ha, meisha, didn't mean to call you a wuss..151, huh? :-) I feel like Shrek a lot too, even without co-workers! The girls in my band I guess count as co-workers. Where in Brooklyn? I lived on 5th Ave and 2nd for about 2 years. Yes, Park Slope, but in an old pizza place, before the neighborhood went YUPPie.

I don't work far from park slope (underhill btwn st marks and bergen) but I live in Clinton Hill, right across the street from Pratt Institute.

OK! I BOUGHT A SCALE! But I want to weigh myself in the morning...but I couldn't wait, so at 10pm it read 249. Do I know my butt or what? I was just guessing with the 250, and hoping I was aiming high.. The good news is I am down to pre-pregnancy weight! (After 19 months, I damn well should be)  But lets see what it says after my beauty zzzzzz's.

Bad: I met my uncle for dinner, I told him I was on a calorie trip, so pick something with choices. So I pick the fish with vegetable risotto and a side salad. Applause, right? It comes and the fish is FRIED and still swimming in a creamy sauce. ARgghh. I should have ordered the sauce on the side, but I didn't know it was gonna be drowning in it.

So I pick off the flour fried mess, and try not to let the fish inside touch the sauce, feed half of the veg risotto to my daughter, and eat the salad. I left a gallon of sauce congealing on my plate, but still feel bad. Am I crazy? I left the house with only 800 cals eaten, and when I got home and typed everything in, (I even think I over stated how much cream and butter was in the sauce 'cause it sho' didn't taste like I would make a cream sauce!) I was still under what I allow myself.

SO WHY DO I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO HELL???

OK, I go sleepy-sleep now.

STATS: I'm 31 but act like I'm 17 or 40 depending on which day it is, I have been married over 9 years to the greatest guy in the universe (no lie, I hate it when women say that, but he's a total sweatheart) I always told myself I would never get married that young, but I knew it was right, and I'm still right! He's in Dubai at the moment until November and he has been gone since June, so I haven't gone out much except band practice, and I had to be home by 11 for the babysitter, so I am going a little nuts. I have a very cute, very precocious 19 month daughter, I sold my bar when I was pregnant, and now I am a pop music songwriter and country singer. I live in Berlin, which I love, and have lived here off and on since I was 20. I keep going back!

hey Shiz, lets do weekly weigh-ins! Should we start Monday to let Laura recover from Retro clubbing and Diet Vodkas?

 

 

Hey everyone! I am new to this website and found this TALL group. I currently don't have 50-70 to lose... but, I've been there (a few times)!!! 

I started WW in January and have lost 55 pounds. It's the fourth time that I've hit my lifetime goal with WW. I'm on a 5-year cycle - I lose weight and it takes be 5 years to put it back on.

My heaviest weight was 210.  Now I am at the lightest weight ever in my adult life and at the low end of the BMI. According to WW, I'm now underweight - ha! Now, I'm trying to quit smoking.

I'm 45 years old, female. 

Height: 5'10

SW: 194

CW: 139

GW:140

Ooh, I'd like to join in!  I'm not as tall as some of you though.

Height: 5'10"

Age: 21

SW: 210

CW: 200

GW: 140

Although I have lost quite a bit of weight in the past (I was 267 back then), I lost it about four years ago and I've ranged from 185-195 for the last three or four years.  I got back up to about 210 lately and decided that it was time to start getting serious about losing more.

Hi Kimmi, don't come to me to quit smoking! I quit the moment I found out I was pregnant (from almost 3 packs a day to cold turkey) until I stopped breastfeeding. Then started again after 1 1/2 years. How stupid is that??? I don't smoke as much unless I'm going out, (you can still smoke in clubs here) but still. Yuk. But I like smoking. Hmmm...addictive personality anyone?

sasquatch7, welcome... 5'10 is not short, unlike miesha who's a wuss and only 5'8 (just kidding, girl)

Miesha, i think one of my biggest problems is being way too hard on myself. Yesterday I didn't excercise, yet spent an hour at the park with my kid, and an hour at the local farmer's market. But I fell asleep at 10:30, but then kept waking up every half hour thinking OMG I didn't excercise! I'm weird. I still kept my cal count under 1500 and had a 500 deficit, so instead of relaxing and getting a full 8hours sleep which I never do, I kept myself awake by being crazy.  So by you bypassing the fondu fountain (love fondu) and keeping it to 3 gin and tonics with an open bar...you get a gold star! Plus, you say you excercise regularly. So don't let a setback make everything else go to ****, just start over today. in a way, I hate going out, because you don't have much  control over what you are eating. But I think it gets easier, Lord, I hope so!

At the farmer's market yesterday I bought: 3 avocados,  a bag of mushrooms, butter lettuce, 4 peaches, onions, arugula, Salmon, Tuna, cantelope, beans, 10 kiwis, basil, and herbs that I don't know the name of in English, all for under 20 euros! I went home and in one pan, steamed the beans, kohlrabi (i think you can get those in USA, they are sooo yummy) mushrooms  with a little bit of broth, then added salmon and tuna, put a tabelspoon of sweet mustard over them, let them steam along with the veggies, and shredded some basil on top. My daughter ate a whole bowl, and it was really good and under 300 cals. I was very full afterwards too.  For dinner I ate another peice of salmon with a couple potatos and a giant arugula salad with only a vinegar mustard sauce that I whipped up. 

What i'm discovering is this. I can be full on healthy foods, and if I prepare them right, I'm not missing anything. My body needs fuel, and why have I been putting diesel in an unleaded tank for so long? Whole foods are good. I read another women's blog on here and something resounded in my head. "Have I eaten this food before? Yes. So I know what it tastes like and I don't need to have it again." You know what? I've eaten a lot of food. I basically know what everything tastes like. I've even eaten snake, shark, pigeon, chicken feet (and my Chinese friend just giggles if I ask her about cat and dog, she basically has dragged me to every place in China town) and tried every pastry imaginable. So I'm not gonna miss anything if I try this for a year, right?

1 Really Good Thing about being fat: A lot of us have wonderfully funny personalities that we have developed over the years to compensate for being overwieght. Wait till we're thin. Watch out world!

I once had a guy ask me if I had ever been thin, because he said my self-confidence doesn't match my body type. Then he asked me to go home with him. huh.

Hey Sasquatch7, Welcome. We are in about the same weight boat, I'm 5'8" and am usually around 190 but have managed to inch up to 203. I'm tyring to be serious now, but the weight isn't coming off. Hopefully, counting calorie along with my crazy work out schedule will do it

Ofeliajones, don't hate on me because I'm a shorty. I'm atleast 5'11" with my heels on . Don't be to hard on yourself. Just do the dam thing!!!! A lady with as much ooomfspa (yes I spelled that phonectically) as you won't let one day get you down, hop on the horse tomorrow and giddup!!!! I'm weighin in in the morning. Send the paramedics over to my house in the morning just in case I don't lose, because I wil DIE if I don't drop after working out like a greased pig at the beach. Will let you guys know what the Wii says in the AM.

Hey everyone! I've been meaning to join this group for a while and just hadn't gotten around to it! I'm Leslie and I am 21 years old. I am a nurse in a postpartum unit and have gained 70 pounds in 3 years....yikes! I am now on a mission to get the weight off mostly for my health but a little for my vanity! I love tall women because we understand that beauty truly isn't in a number on the scale or a pant size! I will be jumping for joy to be a size 12 again....anyone with me on that? Our shorter friends who are crying because they are a size 8 have no idea how that can make us feel. 

I'm 5'10

SW 241

CW 220

GW 157 (my favorite number and right in the midde of my healthy weight range)

I need motivation to exercise! Help Ladies!

Hello all!

been absent for a few days as I dont have a home PC at the mo and have to use my one at work.

As for weekly weigh ins, I suggest we go for every wednesday. That way, people are free to get back on track after any weekend mishaps/treats! Lets start this wednesday :o)

I had a fab time at the weekend, the burlesque clothing was definitely popular! LOL. Have posted a pic that my friend took in sepia but the top of my head is missing for some reason!!! Ive also managed to lose the last of the weight I put on. Turns out to be TTOTM- but I am on the depo injection so I only get my period once every six months- or never!

Welcome to sasquatch and Kimmi. :0)

Well done to all- dont go beating yourselves up over one too many gins or smoking too much! There still needs to be some pleasures in life!!

Hi Ladies! I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Ofelia, I think I read that blog too and I've been using that a lot. I'm working on portion control AND making good decisions. I also agree with you about the personality thing. I've always had a LOT of personality. One of my best friends is a normal sized girl, very pretty and she picks guys up left and right and then they disappear. I have a MUCH higher success rate at finding the guy and holding his interest for more than a week. How? It's because I'm funny, witty, articulate, knowledgeable ect...

Hi Leslie, welcome on board! Do you belong to a gym? A few things I've read on here that have helped me "nothing tastes as good as thin feels" AND "do I want to be fat and tired or fit and tired?" I try to workout 5-6 days per week and it's HARD. Going to the gym and losing weight in general are not easy and anyone who thinks it so is 1. a liar or 2. brainwashed :) When I first started working out I went slow. Take your time, it's fine. Also figure out what you like. Do you like dancing in your room? Following workout DVDs? Running outside? Just do you and don't let ANYONE make you feel bad about what you do!

Laura, I weighed yesterday for my "official" log but because I'm a scale junkie I'm also excited to weigh on Wednesday! And I agree, life is all about pleasure...naughty thought, naughty thought...

My mother took me shopping on Saturday (to a fat girl store) and lo and behold I fit into a size 14 dress, pulled down over my head so I definitely had a good weekend! I know it was a fat store and I know it was a dress but it feels great to have NEW size 14 clothes in the closet.

Also, bc I weigh 255 and my original goal was 200/size 14 I've ammended that to 200lbs hell or high water. At 255 I'm skimming 14s so I'll have to kind see as I go!

Drum roll Please. . . Well ladies this week I am down 2.4 pounds. It's not major but at least I lost. Now, I'm going to celebrate with a drink ( just kidding). My co-worker lost 4 freaking pounds and is half the size I am. The only excersice she gets is lifting the fork to her mouth and walking to work. Did I mention she's only 145? Ive been sweating to the oldies with Richard Simmons at the gym 5 days a week, you think I'd see more results. But, she's one of my dearest friends so I can't be too mad, but still. any who I'm glad I lost something.

I'm not going to be able to weigh in on the same day as you guys. I've decided to weigh in on Fridays. That's better for me. I will post my weight two days after you ladies, I hope that's all right with you. According to my Wii I was 205 last week and not 203 so now I'm down to 202. chat with you ladies later.

Well ladies, I got on the scale today...and it said 111 Kilos! I was 112.4 on Saturday! My husband got back yesterday, (yay) and was tottally amazed what I had done in 8 days. I cut my "apron" in half and lost back fat. I have three more kilos and then I weigh the same as him. He's 6'7 and not fat at all. But he loves the way I'm cooking, because in Dubai the hotel has a pool and a gym and he's been working out every day for three months...he looks good! So he's really into the fitness/health thing at the moment.

I made my chickpea pesto for lunch and my daughter gobbled the whole bowl and said yum every two seconds. She's a garlic freak.

I play a concert tonight for a university party (i think) the drummer hooked it up, and I still don't know where it is or what time soundcheck is. The other singer is on tour at the moment with her other band, and our bass player just had her baby last week, so it will just be four of us, so I hope it goes well. We're just viewing it as a practice run for our really big gig in October. I just hope i remember all the lyrics, because yesterday at practice I was fumbling.. So I will leave a couple hundred calories for drinks. *nod at Meisha! If I drink straight vodka or whiskey it's only 80 cals, but I will have a hard time not drinking beer. (They don't have light beer in Germany!)

Congrats Meisha! I remembering you complaining that the scale wasn't moving and something about greased whales...but you did it! I don't think we have to weigh in on the same day... but I will probably become a scale addict since I get addicted to everything else and will weigh in every day.

Shiz, so funny, when my mother takes me shopping  I call them fat girl stores too. Here the clothes are ridiculous for fat girls. At least in the states you have Torrid and Lane Bryant. Here the only semi-cool clothes are from H&M, and the selection is very small.

Hey Leslie! Glad you joined us! It looks like we have similiar stats. I can't wait till I get down to 200.

Ok, will probably check in drunk after the show... Have a great Tuesday

Ofeliajones, this is wonderful news!!!!!! I'm proud of ya girl. Keep up the good work and please don't be a slave to the scale. As women our weight naturally fluctates so weighing on Saturday and then today is a bit much, but whatever works for you. Did you say hour hubby is in DUBAI!!! I Sooooo want to go there. I am trying my best to not have to shop in plus sized stores. That's why I am on this site. I've been between a 12 and a 14 since I've been up, down and in between 185 to 200. I haven't ventured off into that realm yet and plan to see a size ten for the first time in ten years some time soon.

Ofelia you have to give me the chickpea pesto recipe- sounds good! Well done with the weight loss!! The back fat is th BANE of my life. I try to get rid of it but its not shifting....

Meisha Well done with your weight loss too! You're about to break the 200 barrier! I cant wait for that day!

First weigh in for me is a big let down- despite being as good as gold I havent lost anything at all! So my starting number is still 238! I'm hoping this will drop when it isnt TTOTM. I will be off to the gym tonight to give the treadmill some wrath.

Ooh- If everyone would like to message me their Starting weights and current weights I can start up a groovy chart on this group to show how much people are losing etc...

Congratulations, you two!  I haven't weighed myself yet; I'm kind of scared to as I tend to get really discouraged when I'm not down or when I'm up a little bit.  That's why I've quit weighing myself every day.  I'll try to be brave later on...

good morning ladies!

Laura, I'm with you this week - I'm up 2 lbs to 257... I have a feeling it's water weight. On Monday I hit 1500 calories but I had WAAAAY too much sodium. I had fun playing with calorie counts for different things but I COMPLETELY forgot about the freaking sodium levels!

I’m really bummed that the scale is up those 2lbs even though I KEEP telling myself this is natural. Also, I’ve been lifting weights at the gym now for a little over a month and I know muscle weighs more than fat but STILL I want to see that damn number go DOWN!

My original “big” goal was 25lbs down for Halloween. I have 7lbs to go and over a month so when I put it in perspective I feel better but I just wanted to be further along. I went back and read my journal, I encourage ALL of you to write at least something everyday so you can look back at what you have accomplished. Reading my CC journal is all that’s keeping me from saying to hell with this…that and you guys :)

Backfat – I will NEVER forget on Spring Break I put on this really cute (small) jean dress and I had back fat hanging over the straps. My friend goes “oh honey, we can  just tuck that in” and proceeded to stuff my back fat out of sight. Yes, that’s right around the time I decided I HAD to lose weight.

ps - I have a box of “skinny” clothes that I refused to part with that I try on about once a week…anyone else do this or am I seriously a loser?

Have a good morning ladies, I’ll check in later!

Laura- Honey, that's better than gaining. Keep going hard and you will lose. I went three weeks of going hard and my weight doesn't budge. I hope I continue going down. My starting weight was 205 now I'm 202. The only thing that frightens me about the chart is if anyone goes up. But, hopefully the chart will keep us focused. count me in!!!

Shizzi- I have the most fabulous denim cat suit that is to die for. When I gained this freaking 20 lbs over the past year in a half, I can't remotely zip it. I have that and a couple of pairs of jeans. the closer I come to closing them, I know I am doing good. As for the 2lbs, don't sweat it!!! (I know easier said than done. I'd be tight as my damn cat suit right now if I gained), but we have to remembe as women our weight fluctuates. We naturally go up and down through out the day so you WILL get that off and be fitting into the clothes in that skinny box before you know it.