Does anyone want tto start a group for college kids who have been overweight most of their lives?

I dont exactly know what a group does, or if its some kind of official or casual thing, but are there any other college kids here who have been overweight most of their lives.  Most of the posts I've seen are about 13 year olds who want to lose 10 lbs, or something, which doesnt interest me. 

i had a chemistry test last tuesday that i didnt study for and i got a higher grade than on got on the first two tests that i studied really hard for.  go figure.  i have a chem final and a calculus final back to back on tuesday.  fortunately im awesome at calc, so it wont be so bad.

Okay.  Since this board is getting a slow.  maybe we can do an "official" update of our stats....if you want...

Age--20

Height--5'4

Starting Weight--252lbs

Current Weight--224lbs

i lost 3 lbs in the past two weeks or so.  woo hoo! 

whats up people!?!

Age--19

Height-- 5'4.5

Starting Weight-- 205lbs

Current Weight- 138lbs

I'm doing really well, so I really just need to focus on NOT gaining it back. I refuse to fall into that menacing statistic!

So, I'm home, which is awesome. None of my friends are home yet though, so it's pretty chill/boring. Things will pick up by the weekend! I'm enjoying the quaintness of small town life once again. I get to go back to my gym this month too! Woot! I'm actually very happy about that since the university gym, albeit free, terrifies me. I'm so focused on what everyone else is doing/ thinking that I become really self-conscious. I do not enjoy going there, needless to say. I have to force myself to be there when I go.

I end this with a question, "What are your holiday tactics going to be, in all things health related?"

Age--20

Height--5'4

Starting Weight--200lbs

Current Weight--185lbs (!)

"What are your holiday tactics going to be, in all things health related?"

Go for lots of walks. I'll be in three different places over my Christmas break, so it's going to be hard to get into a routine, and a lot of times I won't have control over the food served, just my portion. But I'll have my boyfriend with me so we're agreed we're going to go for walks - which will be especially easy because there's dogs at 2/3 places.

Food wise, I'm going to enjoy myself, and I probably won't count calories, but I'm going to skip on the second - and third - piece of pie. I've already asked my mother not to buy chocolate as gifts for me. I'm going to focus on trying to maintain my weight. If I could be the same weight after the break as I am before Christmas that would be perfect.

I don't mind letting loose once in a while, but I'm not going to let this break turn into a three week cheat. :)

To me, losing weight when I'm home is easy. It's school that's hard. Dining halls and parties with alcohol - that's my pitfall. Home is simple. Home I can run on the bike path when I get bored and work out at MY gym not the university gym and I don't have to walk a half hour to get there (I can just drive, which seems counterintuitive, but it's COLD up here and a half hour work is hard to feel worth it). 

I expect to lose when I'm home for the month because I only expect to overeat on a couple clutch days. I was home for thanksgiving and my weight weight from 127 to 124. I know it's just water weight but the point is it was going down. It was a pretty rude awakening when I worked hard all summer to get to about 112 and TONED - I even allowed myself a belly button ring as a reward (see profile picture). Now it just feels like a mockery. and then come back to have my parents tell me I put on weight and to see that I had. I've been working really hard but I don't have a scale to be able to see, but my waist measurement is down to 28" (it was 25" before I left).

My holiday strategy is to eat what I want on Christmas Eve and Christmas but to exercise both days. Every other day I should be eating much healthier because I can (and will be) prepare my own food and know what I'm eating. I can also say, "I'm craving an egg white omlette" and make an egg white omlette whenever I want - not just when the cafeteria is serving it. And I can make it with nonstick calorie free spray instead of cups of miscellaenous oil.

It just makes dieting a lot easier. I was so dissapointed with myself when I realized I gained the weight, I'm really hoping to reverse that trend. It makes me worry that I won't maintain my healthy lifestyle my entire life, just when I'm in control situations. I feel really badly about this weight gain. My clothes barely fit and it makes me feel like crying sometimes. When I was home for thanksgiving I was reluctant to let my boyfriend see me naked. he was really upset and said he couldn't see the difference in my body but I didn't believe him. Sigh.....

I want to be tiny again.

I just spend 2 and a half hours doing the gym thing (half hour walk there, hour and  a half work out, half hour walk home) - now only if I could get that motivated with school :-P

Age: 20

height: 5'3

sw: 233

cw: 198 (yay in the ONE hundreds again)

I feel a little left out of the group right now LOL...I'm not in school right now because I had to take the semester off to work and I'll be starting a new school in Jan. and then I can join along in the struggles of college life!

Congrats on the loss everyone! Well done, well done!

Lafoutloud, if you're confident you can lose weight over your stay at home, don't sweat a few pounds. And your boyfriend doesn't care/ notice you've gained a few pounds since he loves you, not your belly! Let him see you naked- sex is good exercise!

Struhrjr- are you excited to go to school? What school/ programs are you enrolled at? New schools are so exciting (to the point that I'm excited for you!)

Also, to everyone, I'm watching Home Alone and drowning in powerful nostalgia to a point of elation. I HIGHLY recommend it.

LOL...Home alone a classic.

I'm really excited to start a new school, but at that same time I'm sooo nervous. I've become more confident in myself over the last year so I'm excited to see if that is gonna carry on over to this school, or if i'm gonna be the same shy girl I was at my last school. But I'm pumped to start at a new school and start a new major. My new major is elementary education, which is gonna kick my butt because I'm so behind but I think it will be worth it in the long run. WOW! You are like the first person i've met who has been so enthusiastic about starting a new school...isn't that something which is usually dreaded? :)

Nah, it's a fresh start- a do over! What's not to love about leaving regrets and mistakes behind, and only takin' the good stuff with you? THAT'S why the prospect of a new school so appealing and exciting!

Oh, and Jess- Beautiful pic! You're a very pretty girl! :D

Thanks vron.  I finally got up the nerve to put a real picture of myself.  I guess Im feeling a little cocky about my 28lb weight loss. lol 

I am going to be moving into the dorms of  the main campus next year--which kind of feels like going to a new school because I am currently attending a smaller campus 40 miles away from the main one, so I've only been to the main campus a few times.  Im scared and excited.  Im scared for obvious reasons, but I also love the idea of a do-over.  My social life has been nonexistant for these first two years of school but i can start over at the other campus.  dont worry stuhrjr, just remember that nobody at the new school knows who or how you used to be.   i always tend to think that everybody i meet knows how rough my life has been in the past and how poorly i handled it.  i tend to think everyone can see right through me to the shy/depressed person that i was in high school.  but they cant and dont and people are allowed to change so just show up to school being the confident person you are now.  you'll be fine.

Hey all, I'm going to add myself to the mix! (thanks jessicasbc for the invite!)

So...stats:

Age: 22

5'6"

Current/Starting Weight (starting my CC today!): 260

My first goal: 230 then after that I'll just go for 20lbs at a time til I'm satisfied ^_^

Let's see..the short and simple version is that I weighed about 180 when I was 16..then went through a bad (3-year) relationship and depression and slowly ballooned to about 260...then after that ended I managed to get down to 200 (could never break through that 200 mark though). and have put that 60lbs back on over the past year.

So hopefully I will make it this time. Once it quits raining I will start walking again asap...

Welcome to the group Angry Owl!

Hey guys im wendy :) thanks jessica for the invite

and so the truth lol

Age: 22

hieght: 5'6''

sw: 251

cw:241

where i want to EVENTUALLY be: 160

right now my goal is just to break the 200 lbs mark

im so at my smallest that i can remember was sometime 2 year ago i was 226 and i was fine with that; then i stoped worked out and did not take care of my diet and got up to 251 .... ugh... now i've been working out for about 3.5 weeks  and i lost ten lbs so far.... i just feel like im going to hit a plateau.. and i dont know what im going to do when i get there because its usually where i want to give up and stop trying.  I am so proud of you that you lost 28 lbs thats amazing! how did you do it? did you hit any hard times where your weight was the same? and if so how did you get around them?

Jessica I understand about the pic thing...I didn't put on up for a while either and then finally i'm like so what I'm gonna put a picture on here.

WOW it sounds like we have a lot in common I was the shy really quiet one in high school too. And then my first 2 years in college were not much different. College was way better than high school for me though because I at least found a small bunch of very good friends. Good luck to you, you are going to have so much fun living on campus!

Hey wendy and angry owl.  Welcome to the group.

Wendy, let me tell you, losing the weight hasnt been easy.  Its taken me a year to lose the 28lbs and I still have about 80lbs to go.  I started out just counting calories on my own and lost about 12 lbs, then that stopped working for me and I joined weight watchers and counted points and lost 10 lbs.  Then weight watchers stopped working  and I had a 6 month plateau at 230lbs.  During that time I went to the endocrinologist and found out that I am insulin resistant--which makes you gain weight easily and hardly lets you lose an ounce.  My endo put me on metformin (diabetes medication) and told me to cut out starches and sugars (basically do low carb).  I know that some people see low carb as a fad, but for me it has been working and I actually feel full and energized.  I started doing low carb about 5 weeks ago and Ive lost about 6-7lbs since then, without even doing exercise.  Also, I have really cut back on processed foods, which is pretty easy anyways if you are doing low carb.  I actually dont count calories because since getting rid of my carb addiction I dont really have a problem overeating anymore--for the first time ever im actually full after i eat (wierd).  Im going to start going to the gym but over the past couple of weeks i have managed to injure myself twice doing nothing, so i havent started yet (i randomly threw out my back for a week and then i twisted up my leg trying to get up off the floor a week later )

Basically, you have to experiment to find out whats right for your body.  Ive been dieting since I was 10 years old--Ive done weight watchers, body by jake diet, nutrisystem, and a bunch of my own weird diets that I made up.  I have lost weight on all of them and then gained the weight back and then some.  This is the first time that I actually feel excited and hopeful that i'll reach my goals.

Again, welcome to the group everbody.

ya stuhrjr, i guess we do have a lot in common, except i havent even found any friends in college yet.  ive met a bunch of nice people, but i havent actually hung out with anyone in years, really.  it sucks, but i can definately see an improvement in myself.  i have progressed so much since high school, ive still got a ways to go though.  but a least i feel optimistic now.

I love the surge in members and posts! I always feel a bit happier and supported after I read a post or two hear. I can't believe that with so many people suffering with their weight, that we all feel so alone when it comes to weightloss. It's a silent battle, which often causes depression and inevitably failure. I find that CC kind of breaks that viscious cycle. It's ncie to know success is being enjoyed from some of the members of this little (yet big-hearted) group. I'm feeling very, VERY cheery right now, which I cant quite attribute to this forum alone- I'm also listening to Christmas music!

OOO, before I depart (only to return in a few hours, I'm sure) I wanted to mention that before I got down to my goal weight, I had a year long plateau at 180, then I finally got down to 175 before university last year- where I gained almost 10 pounds. I worked really hard at it over the summer, also worked in a factory, and the weight finally grew tired of me and moved itself right on out of there! Don't feel discouraged by a few months of stalled weightloss- Keep the motivation up!

Wow yay new members!! 

I just got back from the gym - I did a bunch of strength training and cardio and feel really good. 

I've been having "study days" the past two days so I've done things like treat myself to candy and last night it was a decadent chocolate chip muffin.

I've been thinking a lot lately about my relationship with food and why I've always struggled so much with my weight. I think it's sort of because I'm always thinking about food. Like what my next meal is, when I'll be able to eat next. A friend says, "let's go shopping on friday at like 4" and I'm thinking, "how long are we going to be gone? when/where will we eat dinner?" Thin people don't really think about food, they eat only when they're hungry and stop when they're full. Today I sort of tried that. I'm not counting because I find when I'm counting I'm thinking "I've only had x calories today, I SHOULD be hungry" instead of just listening to my body. So far today I had crispix cereal (low cal) with a sprinkle of granola on top (high cal, haha) and a small banana with skim milk. For lunch I had a large spinach salad with black beans, kidney beans, tofu, a sprinkle of cheese, a clementine, 2 hard boiled egg whites, bell peppers, carrots, and fat free balsamic vinaigrette (a salad bar masterpiece). For a snack I'm going to have a container of greek yogurt with sweetener and cinnamon. For dinner I'm going to have a veggie burger and chips and then I'm going to yoga with a friend. For a nighttime snack I'll have a 100 cal pack of kettlecorn IF I'm hungry - not because it's allotted. Not because I need more calories to make my 500 cal defecit. Just because I want it.

Jessica, congratulations on school! once you're living in a dorm setting friends just sort of come naturally :) I think you'll be really happy once you start socializing more. 

vron: I LOVE CHRISTMAS MUSIC! The charlie brown christmas album has been filling my room :) Also - Bruce Springsteen christmas album, hehehe. I go to college with bruce springsteen's son and he's in my physics class. I giggle everytime I'm listening to that on my ipod and I see him. P.S. he totally knows my name - I'm kind of a celebrity :-P

Welcome Wendy and Angry Owl!! Good luck with your weight loss :)

I'm going home in 7 days and I get to weigh in my scale and make my own food. I'm really excited/scared to weigh in. My goal is to be 120-122 I think. That will make me happy/feel not so scary. Then it'll just be 15 lbs more to go.

Hi! and  thanks for being so welcoming

but wow jessica.. you really tried then. i have year into my journey too... I'm just scared some where along the way im going to give up.  I dont want that... :(

I think i already hit my plateau but i weigh in on monday so we're just going to have to see what happens with that...

oh and i must confess ... i have been watching my diet but today i ate a reese box you know the one that look like M&M's ..yea which was like 600 cal and tons of fat... I knew i shouldn't have but i just kept going ... then i felt so sad that i did that that i ate peanuts like 30 peanuts in their shells or maybe more

:( do you think that being on your monthly friend will effect your eating habit??