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

It took me three days to lose the pounds I'd gained from Sunday's pig-out, but I did lose it.  Back to 200 pounds, and seriously going to cut calories to kick-start my diet back into gear.  I hope to be down at least 2-3 pounds before Thanksgiving Day, and then I'll try to control myself during the day of over-indulgence! I've already found a low calorie, low fat recipe for Pumpkin Pie, and I've already decided to avoid my husband's dressing-he uses a whole cube of butter!-and I'm looking for a lighter recipe for cranberry sauce I can make. I already make low fat mashed potatoes that everyone seems to enjoy, so that's taken care of.

I plan on giving out lots of left-overs to family and guests so I won't have so many at home.  Husband wants turkey for sandwiches, so I'll keep enough of that on hand to satisfy hiim.

I'm thrilled Splenda makes a version of brown sugar, and I'll be using that on my yams dish!  Way to go, Splenda people!

Keep at it, Sharpdust, it took time to get those extra pound on, and it'll take time to get them off! Just remember you're a "work in progress"!

GOOD MORNING LADIES,

This weekend I did a bit of drinking but was able to recover by today, thank God. Doesn"t look like I'll make my goal weight by next Thursday, but I'm happy with my success thus far. 

I have been dreading this up coming holiday. This year my family is coming to my house and my B-day falls on Turkey Day too. So, this means I will be eating and drinking. I hope I can exercise self control.

Height: 5 ft. 10 in.

Last week: 223.4

CW: 220.4

1st GW: 215

GW:175

Good Luck Ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Ladies,

Like MrsD said...I think of it as 24 years to get this size and now about 6 months to go to get it off! Not too poor of a trade off if we stick with it!

I started classes at my gym last night. My workout buddies and I decided we needed to add a little something more to our workouts so we decided to go for it! The gym offers pilates, bodysculpt, yoga, circuit training etc. 10 classes for $80, use them how you will! I did body sculpt last night and it was AWESOME. I worked parts of my body that I'd completely forgotten about AND I felt that I was really toning things :) I figure 3 sessions of 45min of cardio/30minutes of weights and 1 class per week should get me to my ultimate goal before I know it! 

And Sharpie, YES WE CAN!

Well today has been a good day. Today is my weigh-in (although I missed it last week)

SW: 260.2

CW: 254.2

So I think 2 weeks ago I was at 253.2, so thats a pounds up from that, but its gone back down from last week (omg what a nightmare!) Last week I gained about 4 pounds, so its nice to see my weight equilibrate. I am below 255 :D which means I am still in sight of my new year's goal. I have exactly 6 weeks to lose 9.2 pounds. Thats roughly a little more than 1.5 pounds/week. I KNOW I CAN DO THIS! But Thanksgiving and X-Mas do make it a little interesting. So I guess my goal for next Wed (thankfully b4 Thanksgiving lol) is 252.5. I have not veen under 250 at all this year so seeing this number getting smaller is so exciting! I just want to make it below this threshold and take on the 40's! But baby steps lol So next week I should be a few pounds closer.

Today at the gym, I actually ran! I usually do other forms of cardio cuz I hate (or think I do) running. I jogged/ran a little more than 2 miles in 25 minutes. Thats roughly a 12:30 mile. Seeing Shizzi's mile time makes me want to beat her! Lol I am super competitive so I want to be able to run a mile faster than you. But yeah, I will start running now, it definitely feels like it gets my whole bosy involved instead of just my lower body, my abs were sore and my arms (possibly from the weights I did though). But yeah, spicing it up. It sucks when you get used to a routine, it gets boring. I noticed I was not panting or sweating as much as I used to, and I decided I needed to beat myself up a bit. I <3 that about the gym. Maybe I am a masochist, but there is nothing like almost dying from cardio. I feel so great after. I like to challenge myself to keep running or whatever I am doing for an extended period of time. lol I am weird. But yeah, my next goal weight shall be attained before Thanksgiving! have a great day y'all :D

I own a Cardio Fit machine, it's from Sears. Not new, definitely, I got it at a silent auction a few years ago and I've replaced the hydralic pump-reasonable, I thought, since I use it so much. I have it set up in my entertainment room, so while I work out on it, very vigorously, I might add, I watch TV. I'm up to 75 minutes on it daily, and change my grip on the bars every 5 minutes so that I use different muscles.  And, boy! Do I sweat! After that I do a full body stretch, then do diffferent calisthenics-push ups, crunches, etc. Every other day I do light weights. I'm not trying to build muscle, just tone what I have.

I, too, enjoy a good hard work out.  I go through the day with this glow from the lasting feeling of hard work.  It feels wonderful.

Keep it up, kiddo! You'll get there!

Hey Sharpie? Let's RACE...lol...you're gonna LOVE running. I started at the end of September doing walk/run intervals. Since my mile CAN be under 11 minutes I really want to focus on keeping a steady pace for 30 minutes with no breaks for walking. Distance over speed... My ultimate goal of course is to be under 10 minutes and to move outside once the spring comes. I figure I have all winter to work on my endurance, pace and form...In the spring I'm gonna totally kick some butt. And dare we sign up for a 5k?

This site is so awesome cuz it's moved me beyond wanting to just lose weight to being healthy and in SHAPE.

So 24 hours after my bodysculpt class I am FEELING the BURN! I am so sore it's amazing, I can't believe I have 9 more sessions ALTHOUGH and I know this is really silly, looking in the mirror today my shoulders are starting to look MUCH thinner :)

I am sooo pissed at myself! While making my husband's dinner-ham with macaroni and cheese-I nibbled on ham, too much, and a bit of cheese. I added that to my food log, but nonetheless, I gained a flipping pound! Had my menu in place, should have stuck to it, but NO, I had to nibble!  Well, today, I am going to stick to the menu, cut the calories a BUNCH and do another Monster workout! I will break into the 100's this week, come hell or high water! I'm sick and tired of teetering back and forth around this 200-201 mark! ENOUGH ALREADY!

By this time tomorrow, I WILL be at LEAST 199.8! Less if I can help it! I am going to exercise PORTION CONTROL over myself, I will NOT snack, nibbble, sample, or taste anything that isn't on my damned menu! I haven't come this far to sabotage myself and be stuck in a rut. 

Thanksgiving Day I WILL practice PORTION CONTROL, I WILL make low-calorie, low-fat dishes I can eat, and I won't go overboard! I also will be darned sure to do a Monster workout THAT morning, and another the following morning! This Holiday crap isn't going to get the better of me! Humph!

I agree. I think we should think of LOSING weight during the Holiday season, not just maintaining OR "limiting" ourselves to "only" gaining 5lbs.

Yesterday one of my monsters coworkers brought in KrispyKreme so I had ONE (200 calories) and worked it into my calorie count for the day. Later passing by them I decided to grab another one. I took one bite, chewed for 5 seconds and literally SCREAMED murder and spit it back out. I think being aware of what we are doing is a BIG part of overcoming the mindless eating/empty calories.

Hey

I have been feeling awful this week, which Is why I havent posted much. I have had a terrible nerve pain in my face which has been throbbing. Its been hard to concentrate at work and sleep at night. I will be going to the dentist this weekend to have it checked out but until then I am dosed up on pain killers!

But reading your posts has really cheered me up. Shizzi and sharpie well done with the running! I havent quite got into running yet but I do a lot of speed walking. I love music so I put on my favourite rock tunes and walk forever!

Mrsdust- Good luck on breaking through into the 100's! I'm sure it wont take long. I can't wait to say goodbye to the 200's. But it always seems to take longer to break through a milestone doesnt it?

Ooh- I'm not sure whether you have it in the states but I found a really yummy salad dressing. Its caesar spray dressing- 1 calorie a spray (like the spray oils). I definitely reccomend it if you can get your hands on it over there!

Actually, we do have several different brands that make salad dressing sprays. I haven't tried them yet, I'm pretty satisfied with the fat free Pomegranate/blueberry & fat free honey mustard dressings I've been using.

Hello Ladies,

You guys are the greatest. This is why I love this site because of the motivation. Shizzi and SharpD, I have yet to run on the treadmill. I feel like I'm to big and might damage the machine, LOL. After reading you guys post,  I'm going to try it out tonight. 

 MrsD, I can't wait to get out of the 200's myself. Before I got pregnant with my 18 mos. old son I was 204 lbs. wearing a size 9/10 and working my way to that under 175 lb. goal. I gained 92 lbs. with him and lost 44 of that immediately after his birth and 30 more lbs. 10 mos. after that. I'm getting closer to my goal and know that it is very attainable.

As for this holiday. I'am going to try to use portion control and get a workout in that morning too. We shall see.

Good Luck Ladies. Keep up the good work.

A little back-story: I weighed almost the same weight (150 pounds)all my adult life.  A couple times, due to lack of money, I'd dropped to somewhere around 140 or so.  But through my early 40's I stayed the same.  Then, about 7 years ago, I had foot surgery, rather extensive. Had pins and screws in my foot, was stuck in bed, with foot elevated for almost 2 weeks.  From there I progressed to crutches, on which I am not very coordinated! Then to a cane and, of course, that lovely post-surgery boot.  I wore that boot from at least late January (surgery was in November!) through March-when my  boyfriend/now husband and I went to Mexico for 10 days! Try clumping from one gate to another with hardly any time to spare in a surgery boot!

That's when the weight started piling on.  My mobility was drastically affected and I was pretty depressed, and stoned on pain pills, for quite a while. A year after the original surgery I went back under the knife to have the pins and screws removed so I could wear my shoes.  They had created quite a bump, and wearing a shoe on my left foot was almost impossible.

It was years, literally years, before I could walk any kind of distance, and had to give up driving stick-shift cars, as I couldn't put that much pressure on my left foot comfortably. Consequently, I wasn't getting very much exercise.  I drank more alcohol than I should have and occupied myself with quasi-gourmet cooking-lots of butter, that's how that translates.

Two years ago, fed up with grunting every time I tried to tie my shoes, or even put on socks, I went on a diet seriously.  I kept my calories to 1,500 a day, with no more than 50 grams of fat.  I discovered the Cardio-Fit machine at a silent auction for $15, and it really changed my life.  Before, I was walking about 1 1/2 miles, rain or shine, and that machine made it possible for me to workout in my home, no matter what the weather or time of day. I dropped 35 pounds, and at my lowest, was 194.7. Too full of myself, I didn't adhere to the diet, did a little traveling-Las Vegas, the buffets will KILL you!-and put back on at least 20 of what I'd lost.

Faced again with grunting to dress myself, and seeing pictures of myself from our latest Mexico trip, I decided to get my ass up off the couch and do something about it.  This time I'm even more serious, have cut my calories more than last time, and am working out harder, longer than I ever have before. This time the weight is coming off faster, I've made a commitment to do this all the way back to, or close, my "perfect" weight.  I know I can do this.  I will not accept defeat.

This time I feel stronger than I have ever before, I feel confident in my goals and know that whatever little hiccup I encounter, I'll be able to dust myself off and get back on the program.

Laura, I use the spray dressings. They're fabulous!

Cmommi, I didn't run because I thought the EXACT SAME THING. And sometimes, even now, I still feel like some water buffalo on the machine but then I say to myself "I'M RUNNING!"

Okay!  I definitely want to join in on this one!

I'm 23, just at the six foot mark.

SW: 221

CW: 225

GW: 165?  I dunno.  When the only things that have considerable jiggle are the good parts? ;)

I've spent the last few years eating .. pretty much one meal a day, with a varied calorie count of the one meal.  Now that I've adopted a seriously taxing hobby I cannot afford to feed my body so little.  And it doesn't make anyone ANY happier when they're eating so little and maintaining their weight, and slowly creeping up from their comfortably fat weight of 204 to a definitely uncomfortable fat weight of 221!  SO, I jumped into eating 2500 calories a day so that I can promise-promise-promise my body that I'm really-really-really going to eat enough-enough-enough, and so far... this stuffing my face thing? Well, I'm definitely not hungry. 

I'm already loving these goal weights.  And these pant sizes!  Chyeah!  I always get the crazy look when I'm like, "Oh man, I can't wait to get back into my size 12 jeans". 

Ok, Shizzi I'll be letting you know how my mile progresses. A 5K would serve as extra extra motivation to be able to keep a moderate pace. You know people who look good when they run, thats what I want to look like. I want to look good when i run. Right now I am not lifting my knees high enough and I probably look like I'll collapse at any time, but that is a goal I have in addition to lowering my running time. I remember in high school, my fastest mile was 9:33, so I want to get my mile down to there. Thats definitely a ways away, but something to strive for. I'll feel like I turned the clock 7 years. OMG its been 7 years since my freshman year, wow that went fast lol. Also when I was a freshman in HS, I had a Quinceanera, to celebrate my 15th Bday, and I remember dropping 30 pounds. I remember weighing around 220-230 pounds and looking at my pics, I was definitely cute! So I guess what I am saying is that I can't wait to turn the clock 7 years and be back there, both weightwise and active wise. I played Basketball, Softball and tennis in HS, so I was very athletic.

I went to the gym today, but did not cardio :( I finished my weights on my legs and obliques and when I went to the stairmaster, it was broken and no other ones were available. The treadmills and ellipticals were all in use so I took it as a "sign" and called it a day early. So because of this, tomorrow I am going to the gym in the morning. I have class at 11am, so I'm thinking of going at 7, giving me enough time to work out then come back to me apt, shower, eat, leave for class. My weight has been going down a good amount and I am so happy. The mini gain/plateau I had the last 2 weeks seems to be gone and I am so stoked about getting to the 240's! I am at 253 this morning. I need to lose 0.5 pounds to be on track for my new years goal, and gosh darnit, I want it so bad!

I think I have resolved my problem with eating out. Tonight we're going to Chipotle for my friends bday (classy lol, but he loves it and we're poor) and I already know what I'm eating. I just have to figure out before I leave that way I know what I am getting, calories etc. I am the worst when being spontaneous, i usually order something very fatty and fried lol But yeah, good weight day. I am concentrating on at least maintaining my weight at what it was today. Dropping a pound in a day may not be real, so I just want to maintain and then lose the 0.5 by next Wed. Good day everyone!

Happy friday to you all!

Firstly I nearly spat out my coffee when I read shizzi's 'buffalo' comment. LMAO :o) I always say that about myself but usually with the word 'bison'.

Mrsdust: Its good to hear other peoples back stories- we've all been there! Whether it's through injury or illness or just plain over eating I think we all know what it feels like to be at rock bottom with our self esteem and motivation. But you are really doing great!

amcut Welcome! I totally relate to your story. Two years ago I was only eating one meal a day, and was totally upset beacuse I wasnt losing ANY weight but putting it on. I was 330 pounds but eating a quarter what my friends were. I went for numerous tests and found out that I had PCOS, which accounts for a lot but my body had gone into maintenance at around 1300 cals. I upped my exercise and ate 2-3 meals a day with mini snacks and am currently 103 pounds down. I'm also aiming for a US 12 too (or a UK 14) :o) Feel free to rant on here as much as you like, nothing is too trivial!

Sharpie I totally agree with what you said about planning ahead when eating out. If you can decide what you are likely to eat then you can adjust your calories for the rest of the day. Well done for beating your plateau- they absolutely suck!

Well, I will be going to see my parents again this weekend. They are aware I've been finding it a bit difficult to shift the pounds recently so they wont be putting fatty food under my nose! My mum has some gym equipment in the house (a bike, abs cruncher) which I can use whenever and will be really useful over the xmas period too.

Hope you all have good weekends!

I made it! This morning weigh-in was 198.0! I ate 952 calories yesterday, along with my Monster workout and I finally broke into the 100's! I am so stoked! Wahoo! I'll make sure I don't blow it now. Going to do another Monster workout, keep the calories low and keep in mind what I'm trying to achieve!

Next stop, 195 and counting down!

Congrats MrsD...ONEderland must be wonderful... I do have to caution that you eat enough calories along with your monster workout ;)

Laura, now I'M laughing out loud! I love that we can make fun of ourselves and KEEP GOING! Have fun with your parents this weekend.

Sharpie - I never ever ran. Ever. This is AMAZING to me. I love when I'm done with the run, that  moment when you finish and you're all sweaty and out of breath but you feel like you've climbed a mountain or um had an orgasm.... ok sorry maybe that was TMI - sigh....

I made it to the gym this morning. Forces tried to keep us out, the building was locked, construction etc but we finally made it in. Last night I decided to break out some of my summer clothes that were too small to wear this past summer (and last summer) and I tried them on (14s and 16s) and everything looked GREAT. In fact everything looked so good that it hit me, by next summer they should all be too big!

Sometimes I get really weirded out by thinking that in another 10lbs I'll be a "perfect" size 14 and I'll have another 34 lbs to lose which makes me wonder at 200lbs what size will I wear...?

Ladies: I implore all of us in the US to work extra hard this weekend and throughout next week. If we are planning to take Thur/Fri "off" for the holiday just make sure you go to the gym Wednesday and Saturday!

Here's a recipe for brownies from one of my CC friends that she picked up from WeightWatchers:

1 package Duncan Hines family style brownie mix

1 can pumpkin

Mix together, and cook according to brownie package directions.  Cut into 36 pieces.  Enjoy!!! You don't taste the pumpkin, and you get high-fiber, reduced-calorie, no oil fudgy brownies!!!  Each brownie has 1 WW pt! 

Congrats MrsD!!  It must be nice. I can't wait to get to this onderland that I'm hearing about. LOL

Shizzi, I wear a comfortable size 11/12 now at 220. When I was 210 I  wore a comfortable size 9/10. I think once I'm able to fit comfortably into a 7/8 I may stop weight loss and start maintenance.  I think it all depends on your body shape. I have tree trunk thighs and baby bearing hips, but my waist is small. This makes it very difficult to find that proper fit.

Have a wonderful weekends Ladies.

MrsD: Congrats! But like Shizzi said, under 1000 calories and a Monster workout are not ideal, but now that you've broken that threshold, you can get back to your normal caloric intake and workout. Wow, I cannot even imagine what that would be like. I am about 53 pounds away from that, but that is definitely a long term goal of mine. Way to go!

Laura: It is so important for family to act as an aide rather than another obstacle. My family does not pressure me to eat bad food, but just the fact that they eat it hurts me. I have poor self control, but am getting better. This weekend will be a real test, if I can go to my Dads and count my calories and get some sort of exercise (probably running), then I will succeed. I'll let you guys know how that goes. Although I am very proud of myself. Today in my class a girl brought chocolate chip cookies and chocoloate chip muffins and I did not have any! I ate my breakfast and when I looked at them, I just was like "nah" lol. It was not even that hard to do. I've just been beating myself with my goals this week and I hope I can do this for the next few weeks.

Shizzi: Way to make it to the gym! Today I am not going, but tomorrow I hope to run. No F- that, I am running lol. At my dad's be doesn't have any cardio equipment and I do not have a gym membership in the area, so I have to resort to ancient forms of exercise (running OUTSIDE, push-ups, crunches, lunges etc) basically anything I don't need a machine for. So that should make up my work out for Saturday and on Sunday I will be back at my place, so I can go to my gym. And I feel ya about the Wed/Sat gym next week. Thurs I will not being doing anything fo sho, but I don't want one day to turn into a week lol.

So my weight is maintaining at around the 253 range, so I am confident I will get to my desired 252.5 by next Wednesday. I have had an awesome week and hope to keep it up. Remotivation is awesome! I look forward to reaching my New Years goal

Oh I have these jeans from Senior year of HS and I measured then compared to my current jeans and I need to lose 5 inches to fit into them comfortably. Like I said they close, but its the ultimate muffin top. They are a size 16 (I think a small size 16, no stretch). So yeah, thats exciting. Should we document inches too? How often should one measure their inches? I know its a slower process than weight loss, but I have become obsessed with them lol. I think I will post mine next Wednesday and try to do it every other week, so we see some progress. Is every week too much? Like I said my current obsession. I really love measuring myself lol Not cuz I like the #'s but I just want to see them get smaller! Well have a great Friday and I should write over the weekend so check it out.