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

I actually am planning on staying around 1,000 or a tad less through the weekend, then I'll up my cals 100 or so.  I've GOT to get through Thanksgiving without a significant increase.  I don't feel hungry, I'm getting lots of fresh vegetables, eating salads every evening, adding fresh fruit to every meal and taking vitamins & calcium to keep me healthy. I'm not starving myself, I'm not anemic, not losing hair (actually, that wouldn't be a bad thing-I've got LOTS), and I feel pretty strong.  I really do listen to my body, and it's happy right now.

Thanks for the concern, I appreciate it.

I ate 1,014 cals yesterday and am down to 197.2 this morning! Neat! Have menu planned for the day, something I do every morning, and plan on eating 1,021 cals.  I have the same thing every morning, or just about, and the same thing every day for lunch, and I don't mind the repetition.  It's easier to keep track of the cals/fat that way, but occasionally I do like some variation.

I've been researching calories and fat for Thanksgiving Day and am formulating a plan to track how much I eat.  I prefer dark turkey meat, but since it's so much higher in calories and fat, I'll limit how much of it I eat.  I already make light mashed potatoes, using "Light Smart Balance" and skim milk, so that's pretty much a given.  I've been looking at ways to prepare my yams with brown sugar and mini-marshmellows, and it looks like using Splenda Brown Sugar which will cut a lot of the calories. I'm certain no one else will notice the difference, since it tastes so much like the real thing. Don't ask, don't tell, is how I'll handle it! I found a low calorie/low fat recipe for pumpkin pie, but since I'm not sure how it'll turn out, I plan on making a couple mini-pies with a variation on the crusts(one will be the usual crust I make with Butter-flavor Crisco, the other 1/2 Butter-flavor Crisco and 1/2 Crisco 0 Grams Trans-fat shortening) to see how they turn out.  I might end up making one regular pie for everyone else and one mini-pie for me.  Same thing with the Cool Whip, regular for everyone else and fat-free for me. Of course, it'll take a long time for me alone to polish off a whole tub of Cool Whip, but what the heck!

I've already decided against having any of my husband's dressing, since he adds a whole cube of butter, but I don't think I'll miss it much. If anyone has a recipe for making your own cranberry sauce that I can use Splenda in to lower the calories, I'd appreciate it.  Have to have cranberry with turkey, it's a tradition!

I'm not sure if I'll be making any appetizer's, I'm really not much of a pre-dinner snacker myself, but if I do, I'll refrain from sampling any.

So if anyone has a recipe for home-made cranberry sauce, please submit. 

Taking a day off from workouts today, my husband's birthday. Not going off the deep end as far as calories go, still watching them, but going to spend some nice time with my Geno, hangin' and enjoying each other.  Besides, he leaves tomorrow morning early for Wenatchee for 3 days for work.  So today is precious to me.  I get so bored when he's not around, he truly is my best friend. What to do with myself while he's gone? Watch chick DVD's, maybe eat some seafood (low fat, low calorie, of course)-he doesn't eat seafood-putter around the house.  Time goes SO slow when he's away.

Think I'll take that time to experiment with my pumpkin pie recipes, trying to concoct a low-calorie, low-fat pie that actually tastes good. Something I wouldn't be embarrassed to share with non-dieters.

Today I weighed in at 196.8, down almost 1/2 a pound.  Just keeps getting better and better.

Hey ya'll!

I hope you guys don't hate me for dissapearing...It was a number of things coming together and I needed a break. I went on a small tour with my band, and then my husband came home after almost 5 months away, so you best believe I was out the door hitting every bar with my friends that I didn't get to see in ages. Even though I didn't log in, I managed to lose a little, and now I am at 225, that's a 30 pound loss!

So now, after almost 2 weeks of drinking waaay too much and then having "hangover days" where I didn't care what I put in my mouth, I was like, I miss the girls and my excercise. So here I am!

Laura, I'm so happy you are getting things sorted out, it must have been scary. It's weird about the hair loss, it has been happening to me and I went on a vitamin regime too.

Shizz, you look great! You sound so motivated, it makes me wanna jump on my elliptical NOW.

It's nice to see some new faces, too, welcome, these girls are the best!

So hopefully  this beer, wine, whiskey, and prosecco weight (yesterday was my birthday party) goes away by Wed weigh in.

Ok, hardly anyone except the people who see me reguarly know I've lost 30 pounds, so guess what my mom sent me for my birthday??!! A gianormous bag of Reeces Pieces. And I succumbed, a little. Ok, half the bag. But not at one sitting which I would normally do. i mean 14 pieces is 200 cals! I wanted to throw it away, but my husband said, no I'll hide them from you, but of course in a 3 am chocolate craving I found them. :0 So I don't care if he wants some, I'm throwing the rest of the bag away!

Check in later, i promise. You guys really keep me going and I need that!

OFELIA! I MISSED YOU DAMMIT! Of course we don't hate you and we're only a LITTLE mad :) Glad your back. Glad that you're still losing, glad that you took a break and came back.

It's late so I'll post more tomorrow on everything else going on...

PS - Sharpie, I LOVE your enthusiasm :)

I found a recipe for jellied cranberry sauce on Epicurious.com that I can make with Splenda! There were actually quite a few good recipes, but I wanted a simple one that would adapt well with the Splenda.  I can use regular cranberry sauce for everyone else and have this low calorie one for me, and have it available for use beyond Thanksgiving Day.  Cool!

Despite having had 3 shots of Irish Whiskey with my hubby, on his birthday yesterday, and three 4 ounce glasses of Cabernet, along with "real" food for dinner (and lots of it!) I lost a little weight! Go figure. I didn't even do a workout, so I don't know how that happened, but I'm glad. He's gone for three days on business, so I can eat my low-cal/low-fat stuff and not worry I'll stray from my menu. I'll be incorporating some seafood into my menus while he's away, as he doesn't eat seafood and always makes some comment about "what's that smell" when I cook it!

Gotta come up with some activities to fill my time while he's away, expecting much boredom, and some lonely time. Sigh.

Ofelia- Whoop! My twin is back :o) Well done for the 30 pound loss- that is excellent! Just had a peek at your photos and the new pics look great. I know what you mean about the chocolate munching, my Mum got me a box of mini Ritter Sport (Which I'm sure you are familiar with cos' they are German). They are only 85 cals for a 4 square treat size pack so as long as I only have one every now and then it should be okay.

I'm soooo sick of my metabolism! I must eat on average 1400 cals a day (which I know is less than I should have for my height/weight etc) but even eating that I am stuck at a plateau. It is depressing. I know how to shift weight but it involves me eating nothing but vegetables and fruit for 5 days straight (which cant be over 500 cals a day to be honest) so thats not realistic or healthy. I dont want to get myself into a situation where I end up doing that all the time. I have trided zig-zagging and even increasing for periods of time but its not working. :o(

I guess I'm having a frustrated day! I'm sure after my workout tonight I will be feeling a little more positive.

On a lighter note! I managed to stay relatively good at the weekend. We went out for Indian food on saturday night and I managed to stay within my allowance for the day. I ate: Grilled tandoori chicken & Salad for a starter and fish & Seasonal Veg karahi for my main with a small portion of rice and some daal. Yummy.

I have £5 to last me til' thursday (Which in the current economic climate I think is around $7) which SUCKS! I'm a smoker too- so I guess it will be going on cigarettes! Okay so rant over with- I will be more positive tomorrow I promise!!!

I ate my muesli with blueberries, toast, marmalade and juice this morning, and had planned to do my Monster workout.  However, I am just too damned hungover to do it! I feel worse, not better.  Oh, what the hell was I thinking? I should've known better, husband's birthday or not! Well, I'll be careful today with my calories and grams of fat, since I'm probably gonna veg all day and lick my wounds.  Tomorrow will be better, and I sure as heck am not going to drink again anytime soon!

Cmommi - a size 12 sounds DEVINE - give me a couple of months, HOPEFULLY I'll be there!

Laura, LOL at the $7 - I am so there with you. My problem now is, I misplaced my checkcard on Sunday so I can't even access my measly account...

Sharpie - I absolutely LOVE your enthusiasm! Yes we can! I know Laura measures. I have my mother take my measurements once per month. It’s always nice to see that number go down as well. I told my workout buddies I’m going to bring the measuring tape on Wednesday so we can do measurements along with weight logs.

Ofelia - I really love the fact that you took a break for a bit but knew you'd eventually need to get back here. Now if only Miesh would come back :)

MrsD – I went out Friday/Saturday and the payoff was I couldn’t workout on Saturday or Sunday :(

I did not have the best weekend weight wise. I'm up .5lbs to 244.5. I know if I could stop eating junk food I could lose weight. This weekend I drank a LOT and I ate too much. I did not work out at all this weekend although I did get my dance on Saturday night... This morning my mile was 10:49 I'm trying to make myself go for distance over speed but once I start I decide to just ball out and go for it. On Saturday my ONE pair of jeans that fit ripped...I'd had them for about 3 years and they were from OldNavy so I wasn't tooo bummed. The tag said 14L stretch… I'm going to buy some new ones on Friday - hopefully taking advantage of BlackFriday and GOD KNOWS the tag better say 14 or smaller!

MrsD..   I recommend substituting some of your yams for butternut squash- you save like 50 calories a cup or something.  I do it with yams and pumpkin pies so I can have a slightly different but equally delicious flavor.

I'm exhausted today!  It's probably because yesterday, while it had the right number of calories, it was waaaay off in quality of food.  I love white pizzas, though! Love, love, love!  This one used ricotta, too, so it was mamamamazing.  I'm so glad Papa Johns is finally offering something red-sauce-free-delicious!  It's a pain to order out for my husband, see his lovely pizza and know the only thing that will taste good to me are cheese sticks.

MrsD: way to go on finding low calorie reciped for Thanksgiving. My family, however, would be so mad if I tinkered with anything so I am exercising self control but hopefully in the future we can have healthier Thanksgiving meals.

Ophelia: Welcome back! That is great that you did not gain weight, but I'm sure you will feel great once you start exercising and eating healthy again. I am just a few pounds shy of my 30 pound mark, very exciting! Way to go, keep it up :)

Laura: OOhh feeling the economic pinch overseas as well? I am the definition of starving student lol, but I do get paid on Wednesday, very exciting. I feel you on the metabolism thing. I think I try so hard and do see some results, but I know if someone else would do the exact same thing, they would probably lose weight faster. But you HAVE lost 100 lbs! Thats the bright note. I was good over the weekend as well, did not exercise, but portioned myself when we went out and made all right choices.

Shizzi: I am so enthusiastic as of late. I know this is not going to last forever, but I figured since I felt it I would try and rub that on you guys. I've decided to measure myself weekly as well as weighing in. Maybe its a bit much, but I will remember more than bimonthly. I do know to not expect significant changes, but will use it as a gradual detection of change.

Amcut: I like that you brought up the quality of food v calories. You can eat french fried that are X-amount of calories, and even if you stay within your range, it does not necessarily make them healthy! Concentrate on bettering the quality of your food. That doesn't mean no more pizza ever, but maybe light cheese or thin crust vs deep dish. Looking forward to hear more from you.

OK, so my weekend was not bad. On Friday I made my dad beef stew for his Bday and I ate a lot of veggies and not as much beef as I usually do. I did drink a can of Pepsi. Why? IDK. Then the next day my sister invited me to breakfast and I ate a sandwich. I actually ate half and gave the other half to my younger brother. I am trying to share all my food when I go out, that way I cannot eat it! I realized I am completely satisfied after eating half the meals. Meals when you go out fill the entire plate and this is not ideal for any one person to eat. Make sure to note these hefty portions and share if you can. My weight went down 1/5 of a pound, so I managed to lose :) I did not exercise though :( That will be my next objection when I go home for the holidays. I am on my way to my New year's goal and will update my weight for y'all on Wednesday. TTYL!

Sharpdust

When I go to Fitchburg, MA to visit my son and grandson, there is a pretty nice gym nearby that doesn't charge an arm and a leg for one day use of the facilities.  I've used that gym before, and got in a couple of good workouts.  It was within walking distance from my son's apartment, and helped me avoid guilting myself out while visiting. Maybe if you're going home to visit for the Holidays, Thanksgiving/Christmas, you could find somewhere close by to get in some sweating time to counter-balance the food frenzy. Worth a try!

Yesterday I felt kind of "hollow", very empty. Maybe I haven't been eating enough. So I made up for it last night. Not totally overboard, but I did eat a whole bag of microwave popcorn. So, naturally I gained .8 of a pound, and I'm kicking myself in the butt.  Today I'll be back on track, back to my Monster workout, and watching those calories! Weighed in at 197.4, backslid a bit.

Wow! I've been cooking up a storm. I'm having Thanksgiving for 14 people tomorrow, and I'm cooking everything but desserts. The only thing I'm panicking about, is where to put the soup while the potatoes are cooking! But I am not making anything lowfat this year, (I'm glad u r with me on this, sharpdust!) because I am not going to eat that much. I don't eat much anyway when I'm cooking, and with 14 people there are no such thing as leftovers.

I started last night with my stock, which took me 8 hours and then I did a demi glace which was another 2 hours of reducing reducing. I didn't make enough stock for the stuffing, but this is gonna be the best damn gravy ever!

My cranberries are in the freezer, (I could only get them from a window of 2 weeks so I bought 3 bags fresh and then froze them) and my cornbread is in the oven for one of the stuffings. Yum! I love Thanksgiving! I'm picking up my turkey to put it in his brine bath later today.

I've been excersing again and feel great, luckily the alcohol weight came off by this morning from the last week binge. It's so funny how much your body can fluctuate! I mean 5 pounds difference from one day to the next? Weird.

Shizz, I drank too much basically the whole week! I really needed to get it out of my system, I mean stuck inside the house for 5 months sorta makes ya crazy. But now I feel much better. Going out 5 days in a row is enough for me. But we kept going places and meeting people, great bands, that kept putting us on the guest list for the next night and so on...and then my birthday happened, where I wound up throwing snowballs down on people from the 5th floor. Uh uh. That was me. sorry. My husband was like, hon, I miss you! But now I feel LOTS better and don't mind staying home....until next weekend. :-)

What I also discovered is that I love cooking more than eating, so I should be ok for tomorrow. I mean, what's the big deal anyway? It's actually only one day with a big meal, here it's not a holiday so no one eats the whole weekend.

Mrs. D, don't take this the wrong way, but I don't think you can gain .8 of a pound from  eating a bag of microwave popcorn. I've been really trying to weigh myself only once a week (WED) so I can get a real feel how much I gained/lost instead of focusing on my weird body flutuations. (SEE ABOVE! I'm just as guilty, but it's not real)

Sharpdust- I had a soda too, a red bull, but I needed it! I think once in a blue moon, it's ok, just chalk it up to dessert. It's a great idea about meal sharing, my husband and I started doing this too! We split one appetizer and an entree and are perfectly full. We spent the DAY literally, at Ikea on Monday, and I love the meatballs there, but got a salad, he got the meatballs and I had 3. I was satisfied and I didn't go over cals.

Laura hon, I feel you on the money thing. A booker is refusing to pay us 450 euros for a gig we did 3 weeks ago, and the problem is we already spent it (me fronting the money) on our tour. AGGH! I don't have any answers about your metabolism that you probably haven't heard before, but can you ask your doctor about T3? It's a natural horomone that your thyroid produces, (I'm on it) and is usually prescribed for people with thyroid problems along with T4, but T3 has weight loss properties, maybe to jump start your metabolism. But be careful, and a tiny amount goes a long way. But ask your doctor, and he might do a blood test. I refuse to believe that youcan function on 1400 cals, but I also DO believe it. Talk to your doctor and big hugs from your twin.

Ok, happy Turkey day, that's enough of my blabbering. I check in this weekend! I'm downloading a new pic of me at my birthday, when I saw it, I was like, damn I got cheekbones!

Its Wednesday!!

Which means weigh-in!

I am at 253.2 this morning, up about 8 tenths of a pound from yesterday, but I got my TOM and surprisingly I feel great! I know I hold a little more water weight when I'm on my period so I'm not troubled by the slight increase. As long as I can maintain it around there I'm fine. Yesterday I was at 242.6, which sets me on track to my new Year's goal of 245. I still consider myself on track, but me weight for the next few days may not go down much, especially with Thanksgiving! But its worth it :P I don't know I am feeling great. I kicked butt at the gym and am feeling slim and not bloated and pretty and just everything. Maybe its me being excited about Thanksgiving, idk. But yeah. I took measurements this morning and most stayed the same, my waist went down a little :D I feel I am in full weight loss mode and just cannot be stopped!

I went to a Laker's Game yesterday (and yes we won, duh!) and they have a promotion where if the Laker's keep the opposing team under 100 points, we get free tacos from jack-in-the-box. Well they did and I did and yeah you know. But even after that, I am still feeling good. IDK maybe i'm on a high from the game still.

Goals this weekend (as every other weekend), get some exercise! Also this Saturday me and my girls are having a reunion, one moved up North and we have not all hung out, and that means drinking and food. But I already made up my mind that I will be restraining myself. All i want is a little buzz and I am solid! Lets hope this weekend does not ruin my hopes for New Year's. It is in my hands and I am going to make all my decisions. Lets hope I make the right ones. I'll have you guys at the back of my head, I am confident I will come next week, without a gain in weight. Well have a great thanksgiving. I probably will not post until Sunday, but you never know. Peace!

My husband is Home! Wahoo! He and a good friend, Bill, are in the kitchen getting the brine ready for the turkey.  Bill has a secret way with turkeys, and Geno is one hellavah good cook! I do the side dishes, Geno does the main dishes.  Perfect!

All is in readiness for tomorrow. I might pop down to the local market (they'll be open, they ALWAYS are) and get some big black olives, some pre-cut vegies to go into Ranch dip.  I'm not much of a snacker, so it's kind of hard for me to remember that not everyone else is the same as me. Not going to do deviled eggs or anything like that, too much work.

Hey

I hope you're all having a fun Thanksgiving ( I feel left out being the only brit!) Its cold and wet here- Its dark when I go to work in the morning and dark by 3pm!  I'm a bit  Pi$$ed off as I am 2 pounds heavier this week- which I know is my fault as I have eaten more than usual (still shouldnt make me put weight on though as I dont go over 1700).

Anyways I'm off work tomorrow so you wont be hearing from me until monday!

Hey, start a new tradition over there! Have Thanksgiving British style! You know, Bangers and Mash, Spotted Dick, or is that Dog? It's just another excuse to over-eat, over-drink, make merry and argue with relatives you don't see very often, and afterwards remember why you don't see them! Lucky me, all the people coming to our house I actually like, and that includes two of my children! There's a reason my dining table only sits 6! Hah!

Enjoy your day, however you spend it.

Hmmm, I ate a whopping 3,231 calories yesterday with 95 grams of fat! Yee Gods! Oh well, it's only one day out of  a year. I sure enjoyed myself, though! It  could've been a whole lot worse, and I'm sure my low-cal/low-fat dishes helped stem the flow of more cals/fat. Those little mini-pumkin pies I made were delicious! I ate a whole one with Fat Free Coolwhip, and I'll have one again tonight! I'll just budget my calories to fit it in.  Might have half of one, though. I had a tummy ache last night from so much food!

My brother-in-law, the wine connoisseur, brought over 3 bottles of very good red wine, and I partook of some that with Reisling before dinner, along with several shots of Jameson Irish Whiskey.  I nibbled on potato chips with dip, tortilla chips with salsa, vegies dipped in ranch, and black and green olives. It was great! All in all, a very good Thanksgiving Dinner. Well worth the 2 1/2 pounds I gained. It'll come off fast anyway. I'm still in the 100's, so that made me happy this morning!

Just checkin in...

After 1 month the scale has finally moved down to 242.75 which is amazing considering Thanksgiving. I worked out today for 20 minutes and did weights. I only did 20 minutes because 5 minutes into my run I accidentlally hit the stop button on the treadmill and at that point I was just done.

I hope yall all had a GREAT turkey day :)

 Mrs D - 3231 calories is AMAZING - good lord...

Laura - it's probably water weight. Keep on keepin on :)

Keep it up ladies!!!!!