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

Hey where is everyone at???

Well I think my water weight, etc., is gone from the weekend. It's a never ending cycle! Well it has ended at least for the month of July! No drinking. I am going to a dance for my dad's Mexico club he is a part of, and *gasp*, I am not going to drink! And I am still going to have a rocking time =]

I ate extremely well yesterday and I have managed to control my munchies =] So I'm good to go lol. We went to the cookie place down the street because one of my friends wanted to go, and I did not get one thing =] I had self control?!? Yes!

Right now what I am lacking is the drive to work out. Yesterday I did not go to the gym, today I am not going because of a Dodger game, so its not a good way to start the week. But I need to really focus on my eating right now and once that is in line, the working out will come. I plan on doing some sort of physical activity W-F, but we shall see. No big plans for 4th of July, just BBQ, yum!

Well I hope you ladies come back to me...it's no fun talking to myself :P

Hello

Sharpie- I'm here! I have finally got the internet in my apartment so I will be here more often- I promise!

Well I had a sharp increase in weight for a few days and went up 7 pounds. I was feeling totally bloated and my stomach was cramping and then I realised that I was constipated (sorry if tmi). the weight is now back down and I feel so much better- I blame it on eating too much apples!!!

I am already getting ready for my surgery- beginning to buy lots of comfy and stretchy jogging bottoms and nighshirts. Apparently I can expect to gain 20 pounds after the surgery due to fluid and swelling. This will subside and drop off after about 3-4 weeks, but I wont be able to see the full results until 6 weeks.

I have discovered Quorn mince- I'm not sure you guys have it in US but it is a meat free ground beef substitute and 90 cals per portion. I used it in a bolognese sauce and used some tomatoes, herbs, red wine and garlic and it was lovely! I suggest you try it- I'm not even a veggie!

Have a good one :o)

GOOD MORNING LADIES!

I had a great post and CC deleted it...twice...so here's what I have from memory:

Sharpie, I'm here lovie!!! I took a few days off because I figured I didn't need to post until I had something worth writing about... I FINALLY joined the gym!!! Today was my first morning of working out and it felt great. Shall we begin racing again? Give me a few days...I'm working on a brisk walk right now :( On another note, great for controlling the MJ munchies...I'd need a cheese steak and a pizza. Seriously. Good luck with this weekend...if you come up with a gameplan please share!!!!! Evenings at home, eating mama's cooking are trying to kill me...

Laura,that ground up non-meat product sounds AWFUL! I'm a serious meat eater - rawrrrrr!!! But I am glad you like it :) 7lbs..up and down, nothing like water/poop/tom weight to screw up the scale. It's crazy that you just got internet installed. We had our first dial up over 10 years ago and gradually upgraded. The things we take for granted...

Tattoos - one of my best friends has a sleeve. It's very finely done and looks AWESOME on her...another friend has the side of her head shaved and a tattoo there...like on the side of her head. Lizzie has a butterfly. Honestly, I'd go for something on the hipbone if I were to do it.I WILL post pictures of both of them soon.

Me -like I said, today was day 1 of my AM workouts. I'm super excited. I've decided to be AGGRESSIVE this month and to set a goal for 220. That's about 10 lbs to go. I think I can do it. For one thing, I haven't been counting/gyming for almost 3 months so I think my body will be "shocked" into dropping some serious poundage pretty quickly. I also plan to count count count and to stand FIRM on weekends.

MJ - one of my earliest memories is from when I was about 3 years old and my uncle came over and everyone was super excited because he got tickets for EVERYONE to see Michael. I thought that included me, it did not. My mom, dad, brothers, 2 cousins, grandma, grandpa, aunt and uncle went to see MJ live, me and my cousin Ro were put to bed early and when we woke up we learned that we missed the show. I will never forget that. So basically I grew up with MJ...and I hope he rests in peace. I always kept a soft spot for him through out the crazy.

I'm facing another challenge-Birthday Bash at Outback Steakhouse! It start's at 7 PM, which is kind of late for me, but I did my homework and found I can order the 5 oz. chicken filet and the house side salad, without crotons or shredded cheese, with their Tangy Tomato Dressing-fat free.  The chicken is 140 calories, I don't plan on eating all 5 oz's. and only has 1 gram of fat. The dressing is 45 calories for 2 tbsps. and the salad, listed with the cheese and crotons, is 265 calories and 10 grams of fat. Not sure what it'll be without the "good" stuff, but should be pretty low. Cheese, by and large, is usually 100 calories and 10 grams of fat per ounce, so that should really lower it without the cheese. Not sure what the crotons come in at.

Weighed in at 192.4 this morning, quite a bit lower than I have been lately. Ate pretty light yesterday, and had 1/2 of a half-pound piece of grilled Copper River Sockeye Salmon with mayber 4 baby red potatoes and 1/2 cob of corn.  Avoided snacking, which is sometimes hard to do when I'm watching a DVD, kind of like being at the movies. But I didn't snack, so kudos to  me.

Still not able to do a workout, still getting twinges in my lower back, so I'm still "babying" it.  I think if I tried to do some crunches, I'd end up bed-ridden.

In the last two days I've baked 4 strawberry-rhubarb pies! Had to harvest my rhubarb, it was crowding everyone else! Funny, I was in the garden, slaying said rhubarb, when one of my brothers-in-law called. He was asking me to bake him a cheesecake for a 4th of July work party, but when he heard I was going to be baking pies, he offered to buy one! I told him I'd be happy to give him one, but he ended leaving a ten dollar bill on my kitchen island when he left with his pie! The two I baked yesterday were for my twins, Jeremy and Alexia, and Lexi shot right over to get her pie, still warm from the oven! I'm taking Jeremy his pie today. The last pie left is the one I made with Splenda and Smart Balance-MY PIE!!!! I've been avoiding it though, it's downstairs in the garage 'frig. I don't have any light Vanilla Ice Cream just now, or it  would have been gotten into! I prefer to have my pie heated with ice cream on top, so if I keep avoiding getting the ice cream, I won't get into my pie! Out of sight, out of mind!

Don't do the MJ thing anymore, didn't like it much anyway. Just gives me a headache and I end up "raping" my husband, and he's not here-boo hoo!But he's coming home tomorrow afternoon! Yippee!

Shizzi: Yay for joining the gym! I honestly have not been able to lose weight without it. I know some ppl (MrsD) can work out at home and have results, but I just can not do it. I like relating home to being comfortable and well just plain home. The gym is another world. I too want to be very aggressive in July, I'll attempt 10 pounds with you, but my minimum for the month is 6 pounds. I just started counting calories again this week and it's amazing how that really controls what you eat. I work well with numbers so as long as I keep this up, I'm unstoppable! lol Looking forward to racing you =]

Laura: Good luck with your surgery! You're going to look amazing! Although i am a total carnivore too, I'd like to try and substitute some meat products with different products. I need to eat more veggies!

MrsD: eating out is always my problem. You seem to have done your research though! Celebrations and such make it harder...I cannot wait to have a garden of my own. i live in an apt, so there really is not much i can grow other than herbs.

Well it's July (yay!?) and since the beginning of the year I've lost 14 pounds. Crazy because I don't feel like I have lost anything lol But I lost ALL of that weight January-March. I feel like I am back in control and am taking it to July like Shizz. 10 pounds? Hell if I can, then I will. I'm going to this boxing class with my sisters tonight, should be fun. I've never done any sort of exercise class, I'm a more of a do-it-on-my-own type of gal, but this should be a nice transition. Count those calories y'all!

dammit Sharpie! When you put it like that, I've lost 21lbs this year but am only down 6.5 from Jan 1!

w.t.f.

Hey everyone,

I feel really good! I'm down from yesterday and just feel great. I have been counting my calories and have been successful with that. it's amazing how it prevents me from overeating. I need to go buy some fruit and jicama to eat later on today, so I have healthy snacks. I've been drinking loads of water which I think makes me feel more full. I also went to that boxing class yesterday and it kicked my butt! The instructor was cute =] So thats always nice lol But i feel sore, yet happy.

Today should be another great day, I plan on running for my exercise for the day and just being conscious of what I eat. Here's to a good day for everyone!

Hi

I'm a 5'9 18 year old

SW: 245

CW: 183

GW:160

Starting BMI: 37 (I was 15 at the time)

Current BMI: 27

Goal BMI: 23.6

I wanna get down into the middle of my BMI because that way I have some room for weight flucuations. :D

Happy Friday to you all.

Sharpie- Way to go with the boxing- I love boxing! You burn soooo much. I am thinking I may get my own punch bag (providing my landlord will let me suspend it from the ceiling....) to vent my wrath on!

Tenillel- Welcome to the group :o) First of all well done for the 62 pounds dropped so far! Thats great. It's good to find a happy medium, and allowing for the fluctuations we all get. Good luck with the last 20 pounds and keep us all updated!

The weekend looms! I have plans tonight to have drinks (uh-oh!). I will let you know how that goes... Have a good one!

Well this has been a fantastic week so far! I am down about 4 pouds, which is getting me back to my pre cruise weight from way back in March! It sucks to took me that long to get back here, but hey, I'm happy I'm back. I've been doing what I used to do, planning my meals ahead of time and getting some workouts in. Tonight boxing again?? I think so, if not some form of exercise.

As for this weekend, I only fear the food. July is going to be a dry month for me, so I will save on $$ and calories! haha, tomorrow will be a major test, my family coming over, BBQ and I'm sure some Coronas, but I will have to decline. It's not too hard for me not to drink, I just have to go into it knowing I am not drinking.

Right now I am 238, and I hope after the weekend to maintain my weight under 240. If I can do this, I deem that a successful weekend. Looks like I am off to a good start. Shizzi, the way I'm going, I'm going to get these 10 pounds fast! I'm already down 4.4, but I think the next 5.6 will be a little harder. Well everyone have a great weekend =] Happy Independence Day, and be safe, prevent fires!

"Happy 4th of July" to everyone! Geno & I are going up to bro-in-law Jim's & Suzie's for a bbq, going to have some fun! Diet is on hold for today, I plan on enjoying myself. Taking my Splenda Strawberry-Rhubarb pie and some light vanilla ice cream up, and a light cold pea salad.  Had another bro-in-law, Pat, over this morning for biscuits & sausage gravy. Should be around 84 degrees here today, a perfect day. Weighed in at 193.8, up just a tad, but not horrible.  Hope everyone has a stupendous 4th of July, go out there and have some fun!

Hey all!

So my weekend was not perfect, but I still think of it as rather successful. I ate quite a bit, but did not gain too much. My TOM is here, so some of that weight increase may be due to that, but I think with today being a good day I'll get back down. This should be the only weekend in July where I pig out, it was a holiday, but otherwise there is no excuse. I plan on working hard this week, counting calories and having a great weekend, so I can get and maintain my weight under 240, even with my period.

Planning on going to the gym after work and getting a good sweat going. I was  just about to plan my food for the day, I do better when I do this! Hope everyone has a good day and let's kickstart this week with a bang!

Hello again everyone!

Laurabow: That is such great news that you've hit onederland! Congrats!

It's officially been one month since I joined Calorie Count and I weighed in at 228.5 today! That's 6.5 pounds in one month which I'm very happy with. I've almost hit that 30 pounds lost total. People are really starting to notice now which is nice feedback.

Still not able to do a workout, pigged out over the weekend and gained 4 pounds! Yee gads! Cut back the cals this morning, though I had 5 smoked mussels as an appetizer for my Lean Cuisine lunch. Got a strawberry rhubarb pie in the  oven at the moment, made with Splenda. The one I took up to the bbq, well, I didn't get any of that one! Bummer! Added up the cals/grams of fat on the pie, without light Vanilla Ice Cream yet, and it's 259 cals and 16 whopping grams of fat! Hmmm, do I dare eat a slice? I'll have to think hard about that one.

My husband is gone again for the week, though he'll be back Wednesday afternoon, but leaves on Thursday morning for his annual golf trip to Eastern Washington with his brothers and brother-in-law. So, I'm not gonna see too much of him for a while.

Have an interview tomorrow afternoon, doing calls at a center for donations to Breast Cancer Research-a very worthy cause. Not too thrilled with the hours of the position, but I don't think I can be too choosy at this point. We'll see how it goes. I'm a little "concerned"(?) that my deep voice, which gets mistaken for a  man's voice, will pose a problem. I'm used to it, though it annoys the hell of me. Especially when I introduce myself as Barbara, and then THEY call me sir! Don't they listen?

If anyone of you are interested, I just posted my Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie. It smells so delish! Turns out it wasn't as bad as I thought, calories and grams of fat. I just might have to get down on that bad boy tonight!

Hey Ladies, just popping in for a minute!

MrsD - my voice is extremely HIGH, like when strangers call they say "is your mommy home?" high...sigh.

Sharpie - I also ate a lot, like a small child. Friday/Saturday were cookouts and Sunday I was so hungover all I could do was lie in bed and moan...and then we baked a cake from scratch. mmmm.

Me - Still haven't weighed myself. Maybe Friday? I did OKAY with eating today. One of my old coworkers popped in the office to steal me for lunch. She used to be one of my favorites...my gym buddy actually. We keep saying how much we miss each other :( I woke up late so I couldn't go to the gym before work (drum roll please) so I took my stuff so I could go afterwards!! And I did!! Plan to be back there again in about 6 hours!

Rah Rah July!

Hey guys...LONG time no see! Guess who...fell...off the wagon...!!!

Moi. I was watching Oprah today about ' falling off the wagon', Great show hope some of you caught it. I hate even saying, I fell off the wagon, because I shouldnt have been on a wagon, I should have been on a life change. Well truth be told I clearly dont have my eating undercontrol. I moved into my new home, which is AMAZING- no one to comment or make eye rolls at me when I make my food...

Which means, I have been eating like a freaking pig. I mean eating till Im so full it hurts, then eating more. Not sure how to ever change this. I think I can say I have an eating disorder and no amount of counting will help, maybe talking to a doc would...ONE day.

On the plus side, that wedding dress I was busting to fit, fits, well its acutally too big !! Thats pretty exciting, except they want me to pay 500 to alter it! Gee WIZ. I will butcher that thing myself before I pay that. So my weight is up 8 pounds, in two weeks. That should show everyone the extent of my food intake. Ps IT was delicious.

This week goal, try to work on portion control. And admit the fact that if I cannot control my portion, DONT buy it and bring it into the house.- My future husband works out of town, So truly I will buy bags of crap and consume them all while alone-

Tannis, I know exactly what you mean about eating and eating and eating. I was supposed to join Overeaters Anonymous but never got around to going. I KNOW there's something wrong with the amount I can eat and sometimes it's a little scary. I also fell jumped off the wagon. I gained roughly 20lbs from my low weight in about 2 months...wtf. Sharpie and I have decided to be AGGRESSIVE with the month of July and get as low as possible.

I slept in this morning (7:15) so I'm going to hit the gym again afterwork. If I can be in bed by 10pm then I'm shooting for an AM workout tomorrow morning.

Happy Tuesday ladies!

hello

I weighed myself today and found out that I lost almost one whole pound today. :D This is a big deal to me because despite my constant dieting, I couldn't drop below 183 until now! :D

I only have 22.1 pounds left to go

I'm currently working at a fast food joint (Wendys) and am happy to report I have not eaten any of it. I think my mom missed the point of it though, because as a reward she made me her ultra-calorie, fat filled homemade mac n cheese. Also my dog just developed arithitis so she's not going to be able to go for walks and jogs for a while...

That pound will be back I just know it :(

Tenillel: Stay positive!!! You can keep that pound off by continuing what you're doing! You can still walk without your dog and you control yourself at work, you seem to have a lot of self control. I worked at a Jack-in-the-Box a few years ago and actually started bringing my own lunch to work because I was like I can not eat this food!

Shizzi: I can eat like no one's business! If us two were turned loose on a buffet, well I don't even want to know the damage that would be done lol But yes, July is going to be an aggressive month. 10 pounds!!! We can do it!

MrsD: Awww Geno is leaving you again =[ lol about your voice, I have a medium voice, I get mistaked for my brother sometimes, but also for my sisters, so I guess we all just kinda sound alike. That pie sounds delish! Sometimes it's worth eating something you like even if it's high in fat, as long as you don't overdo it!

Tannis: Awww honey well you may have fallen but you're back now! Great to hear your dress is too big =] I have the same problem with overeating, I get caught up in how good the food tastes, I eat and eat until either a) there's no more or b) I am about to explode. I do relapse every now and then pigging out, but I never forget about my goals and just get back on track the next day, or even next meal. You'll get back in no time :)

So far this week has been good. I have managed to hang out with the friends and control the munchies which is AWESOME! I have plenty of fruit to munch on if it comes to that. But so far so good. OK just throwing it out there, Pink Floyd "Dark Side if the Moon"...WTF?? Insaneness lol I was watching the Michael Jackson memorial as I'm sure many of you were, and just cried and cried...does crying burn calories?? lol but seriously, it was beautiful...

I was able to squeeze in the gym earlier today so I can go right home after work, YAY! I definitely prefer going earlier, and getting it out of the way. I think I'm going to try to go in the mornings from now on...not to mention its not as busy...TOM is just about up so my weight should go down...10 pounds in about 24 days! Crunch time...well actually now its like 8 pounds I think, I can do this! WE CAN DO THIS! =]

I love how I get all cheerleader-y at the end of my posts lol I just noticed that