"Big Girls" ???

Are there any "big girl" on CC? I'm 25, 5'9, and 213lbs. I'm looking for some lovely ladies who are around the same weight as I am or started around the same, but has lost weight.

Reading some of the threads has made me a complete failure for not being thin :( I see all these posts about people complaining about weighing 150lbs, yet I would give anything to weigh that.

I just need to know that I am not alone in this battle against my weight.

Thanks

<3 Trisha

Hey Trisha!
I'm 5'8" and weigh 187lbs.
I agree it's frusterating seeing people we view as skinny complain about needing to lose weight.

I haven't lost any weight (yet), but I just started dieting. I just finished off my freshmen year of college, and I gained the freshman-30. lol
Good luck with your weight loss, hopefully I'll see you around the forums!

Thanks "spanky"...it's nice to know I'm not alone in this! I took all of my college classes online, so I probably gained more than the freshman 30 ;)

Good luck with your weight loss :) I started at 233, but have lost 20. My goal is to get down to 133lbs.

Hello Always!  You are very much not alone.  I started at 235, but I am at 155 now, heading towards 135.  I've lost the weight partly due to this website: learning good habits and getting the support I needed is helping me change my life.  I'm sure you will find CC to be an interesting, diverse community with all sorts of great people who will help you achieve your goals.  I'd suggest joinging a challenge to get better one-on-one time with some CCers.
So, in other words: Welcome!  You can acheive your goals, and we can't wait to see it happen!

Hi, I'm not really a "newbie"...lol...I was an active member back when I joined in September, but I lost track of my goals and actually gained weight and never logged on here :(

Now I realize that I need sites like this...and people who are like me :)

Trisha

Hiya! I've always been the big girl, so you're def. not alone!

I'm 5'6" and I currently weigh a little less than 220 pounds. I USED to be 245 pounds, so it's something :).

If you ever need some moral support, I'm right here!

Hey there, yes I'm a big girl too, 5'6" and 211, down from 217 last week, my highest weight ever was 229.  So I feel ya,  I used to 140, but quit smoking, and got comfortable with my hubby, and let the pounds roll on in.  Whoops!  So I am here to get down to 140 eventually, but right now am looking forward being under 200lbs as my first goal!  I know I definately need support, and would be glad to support for anyone else who needs it!  I know I am definately ready not to be the fattest person in the room anymore!

hey hey 27 years old here, 5'9-10ish.  started jan 8/2007 at 223, now 186..... Used to be 255......My profile says it all! 

You're not alone, definately not alone......

Lola234 I am 27 too!  I looked at your pictures I must say you are an inspiration, exspecially your newest picture, you look like you don't even need to loose any more weight at all!!!  Congrats lady, congrats!

I win! 5'10 and 339.5lbs. I started at 354.5lbs on 22nd may. Dropping processed foods, saturated fat, and refined sugars worked wonders.

It feels like a huge task, losing 168lbs. And i know i'll be here for a mighty long time. But it's all worth it.
Good Luck!

Well at least you all have some height.  I have always been fat I am 5'4" and started at 210. I have lodt about ten so far with 75 to go.  I just started on May 30th, but this sight has reallt helped. Good plan to drop all those processed foods and refined sugars v0x.   Anyone have any fun exercise ideas?

I have been on CC for a few months. I am having trouble sticking to it. My starting weight was 213 i'm 5'2 and now I am at 207. The sad part is that I do good all week long then the weekend comes and no control. But I am determined to get under 200. So I am starting over once again.

I'm 5'5".  I started here at 320 and am now down to 240.  I've definitely always been a "big girl". 

You are not alone and this site is sooo helpful.  All the tools are really helpful.  So many real people, just like us, who actually struggle with the same things we do here and are winning the battle.  Really helps to keep me motivated. 

Hey there!

I'm 31, 5'7" and started out at 244 in January. As of today I am 201.

So I'm definitely a big girl!! You're so NOT alone! :D

Hey Trisha!
I'm Crystal, 25yrs old, 5'7" 226 lbs as of Thursday.  Started CC on April 12th 2007 at 245lbs!  Have lost 19lbs and have 51 to go to hit my first goal!
I'm currently passing from a 20W down into an 18W!!!

Add me as a friend!  :) 
Have a great day!

(EDIT - Duh, I forgot to post my age!  :):))

Hi Trisha

I am 28 years old, also 5'9" and started at 215-ish back in Jan 2006.  I am now at 145 - 147 depending on the day.  Yes, it was a long time and it took work, but its totally do-able. 

Its super hard to do, but really you have to stop comparing yourself to others.  I always do that too, but every person is different and loses at a different pace.  I think personally, slow and steady is the best.  Its taken me a LONG time, but I am now at a place where I am mostly happy.  Some days I lose site of how far I have really come.

I know its hard, but try NOT to feel like a failure.  You are a work in progress!  I found it help to set a big end goal, but to also set mini-goals and work towwards them - even if its just to walk more today than you did the day before! 

ROTF LMAO, you know what, my OBGYN called me that very thing when I was about 7 months pregnant, I nearly strangled his scrawny butt! 

I am 5'9'' with a high weight of 191 (199 according to the doc but I go by MY scale) and I am 27 (going on 28 next month)

I am still plucking along I started at the end of January at about 185, and I am at 178 now... not exactly going fast but its going :) 

Hi there. 23 yrs. old, 5'2" ( I think I'm the shortest person on this thread!) and 208 lbs. I started at 210. It's going off slowly....very, very slowly.
Welcome back to CC!

Ha, got ya beat!! I'm 5'10 and 243!! LOL You're not alone! And BTW, I can't WAIT to get down to your weight!! Last time I was 200 pounds, I was wearing a 31X34 in jeans!!!! Thank God for height!!

Yay for us big girls!  We are at least doing what we can to change, and we recognize the problem!  That's waaaaayyy better than a lot of other types of people with different problems!!

I'm 5'7", started at 209lbs, currently at 187ish.  Let's be friends!!

I'm 5'4, 26 years old.  Started at 199, now at 188.  I'm trying to get back down to the weight I was when I met my boyfriend 6+ years ago, 130. You can add me as a friend!