250 + buddies???

if anyone here is in this weight range id like a buddy to keep up my motivation and hopefull do the same for them im going to pick a day of the week to weigh in

my stats

sw 323lbs

cw 311

tw 180

hope someone joins me !

sarah

Wednesday Weigh In

SW 277

LW 206.4

CW 206.4

GW 170

TTOM is due any second now....Grrrrrrr! (LOL)

SW 317.5

LW 257.5

CW 258.5

GW 170

iknowmychicken, holding steady at TTOTM is pretty darn good in my books! I am one lb UP from last week and have no such excuse. In fact I have no explanation at all, my sodium is too high but no higher than last week, my deficit has definately been smaller but is still a deficit that should result in loss....like at least 1 lb for the week....so i dunno. Sigh.

SW 290

LW 280

CW 278

GW 180, though this will likely change after I get there.

Down another two pounds as of this past Friday!

Wed. Weigh In

SW 317

LW 252

CW 250

SO far a loss of 67 lbs.

SW 317.5

LW 258.5

CW 256.5

GW 170

Slowly, slowly....we are all doing great!

ks5857, you and I are very close in our start dates and start weights. Yet you are about 7 lbs ahead of me....mind you I lost a few weeks to a plateau.

How tall are you? What is your age? How many cals do you eat in a day? What kind of activities do you do? Just curious how we compare :)

Hey!  May I join in?

SW 285.5

CW 270.5

GW 160

Hello all:  I would like to join this group as well.  I just started my weight loss journey and need all the help I can get.  I am going to use WW to start but we will see how it goes.

SW  340

CW  340

GW  (Just get below 200 again)

totraceme, you have come to the right place! I have really appreciated all the info from this site, the tools, and the awesome support from other members. You are at the same weight that I started out at (not when I came to CC, but earlier when I started losing weight). And I am now almost 100 lbs less!! It's nothing less than miraculous, as far as I am concerned....and if I can do it, you can too.

For me, the main thing has been learning moderation and taking the gulit out of eating. If it fits into my daily targets and I want it, I eat it and don't feel like I failed if it's not the best choice. Conversely, I find myself making much better choices because I want my spreadsheet to reflect  them!

And, I am also learning to delay gratification....if I want something that I know I don't really need, and I have decided that I don't really think it's worth it to blow my deficit that day, I tell myself that I can have it tomorrow. I can start a new day and work it into my totals, and all will be well. And you know what? 99% of the time I don't want it by the next day. I think I used to operate under the idea that every day was the last day ever that I could eat whatever yummy thing I was craving..I don't know where that came from but I find it much easier to resist now.

And portion control has been key...I got myself a food scale and measuring cups/spoons and weigh and measure EVERYTHING. It has been so helpful in learning proper portions and how many calories things actually contain.

Thus concludes the "unsolicited advice" secton of this post. Good luck and welcome!!

Thanks victoriagirl.  I really appreciate the post.  This is the heaviest I have ever been and I am so disappointed that I let it get this out of hand.  I am only 5'7" and I carry my weight well so no one would ever guess that I weigh this much but I know what the scale says.  I have those same exact feelings of well, I will eat it today cause tomorrow I won't ever be able to have it again...then tomorrow comes. I have a great spreadsheet and I know that I don't want to see those high numbers on it.  Thanks again for your advice which is always welcome. Oh to be 100lbs less...

SW 285.5

CW 268.5 (I finally got below 270.. yay!)

GW 160

I've been slacking on the cardio lately because I've been so busy.  My newest goal is to make it a PRIORITY.  I would love to get up an hour early to get my cardio in but I just can't seem to do it.  Anyone else fighting this battle?

SW 317.5

LW 256.5

CW 255.5

GW 164

I've adjusted my goal weight downwards again...I feel like I can really accomplish it, and 164 is the top-end of "normal" BMI for me, so I figure why not?

jpoage, yay you for getting under 270, woo hoo!! I too have a REALLY hard time getting to gym, in fact haven't been there in months. I bike to/from work for a total of 40 min per day, so I don't feel too bad about cardio, but I know I need to get back to some strength training. I don't mind it, so I don't know why it's been so darn hard to make myself go! I guess it's because when I get home, all sweaty and shaky-legged, I feel like I Am DONE with exercise for the day and can't imagine just popping over to the gym at that point! I blame the big hill just before my home. I know I can do more...and should...and will definately HAVE to in the winter if it gets to cold and rainy to bike!

victoriagirl -

I'm so jealous that you can bike to work.   I live 37 miles from work and it's all back roads so maybe some day!  My huband bought me a 1965 Free Spirit and I added a granny basket so I ride it to the supermarket sometimes.   That's about 3 blocks and currently as far as I can go without feeling like my thighs are exploding.   

Right now I'm using the treadmill at home.  I bought one of those resistance band things for upper body toning.  I figure my legs are getting all the toning they need just by carrying me around.  Ha! 

Our goals and starting weights are similar.  My highest weight was 304 but I lost almost 20 lbs and managed to keep it off for awhile.  How tall are you?    I wasn't even thinking about my BMI when I chose my goal weight - it just seemed like an acceptable number.  I'm so scientific!

Jen 

I am 5'8" and have a large frame (doing the wrist test, my fingers don't even come close to touching). So according to the bmi charts, the top of the normal range for me is 164, so I figure that's the closest I want to get to being normal lol

My highest weight was around 340, a few years ago now, and I lost a bunch then gained most of it back (story of my life, only difference is this time I smatened up before gaining it all ++ back!) so 317.5 was the weight I was when I made my commitment to healthy weight-loss at the beginning of this year. Now I am smaller than I have been in 15 years. Amazing. Even more amazing is that one day I know I will reach my goals. Half the battle is conquering my fears!

You are lucky to have a treadmill at home, that's great! I agree about the legs thing, mine have muscles of steel from carrying me around for all these years! Core and upper body are not so great though, I wish I enjoyed exercise more so i could improve them, and I know it will become more and more important as I lose weight.

Oddly, it seems I actually lose more lbs when I don't exercise, right now. Maybe because i find it impossible to lower my cals when I am biking every day, I am so hungry afterwards. I refuse to get all diet-crazy and restrict until I am miserable, though. That's what got me into trouble in the first place. SO I continue to bike, knowing it is good for me even if it's not particularly good for the weight-loss efforts.

My bike has a granny basket too :).

You've lost 15 years of weight?!  That's awesome! 

I have these moments where that I almost panic when I think about my goals and the committment I've made to this.   Some little voice sneaks in and tells me that I can't do this, that I've never been able to do it so why should this time be different.   I think conquering my fears is my biggest struggle sometimes.  

My biggest diet restriction is that I'm vegan.  Unfortunately, it's still really easy to find things that are bad for me.  :) 

I'm 5'7" and always assumed that I have a large frame.  Then I learned about the wrist test.  My fingers touch, just barely, so I think that means I have a medium frame.    I think 160 would be a good weight for me but I would still be overweight.  So maybe I'll make it 158 - just to be normal for once. 

Salutations.  I just started counting calories about two months ago.  I've lost about 16 pounds, but I'm feeling a little discouraged by the slow weight loss.  I've always been overweight, but 3 years ago I lost over 110 pounds and was oh-so-close to my goal weight.  Unfortunately, I went through a major depression and between my self-destruction and all of the medication that I was put on, I gained everything back plus 20 pounds.  So I'm starting all over again, but the progress has been slow. 

I was wondering if I should be doing anything differently.  I would like to see a steady weight loss of 2 pounds a week (and an occasional 3 or 4 pound loss would be really encouraging).  I eat between 1300 and 1600 calories a day.  I walk between 30 to 60 minutes Mon-Fri.  My weekends vary from being very active to being a couch potato.  I usually have a deficit of 1000+ calories.  So in theory I should be losing 2lbs a week.

SW - 293

CW - 276

GW - 140 to 150

Welcome femmetastic! I would suggest keeping your deficit under 1000 at all times, and aim for 500-750 deficit on most days. I started out with a planned 1000 cal daily deficit to lose 2 lbs per week, and around week 22 I hit a long plateau, and it broke after like 6 weeks but progress has definately been slower since then, and i am not losing as many lbs as my deficit should allow. It sucks to create a deficit every single day, and end up not losing anything at all some weeks.

I have read a lot about this since my pleateau. Our bodies seek homeostatis, so eventually your body adjusts it's burn level to the calories you are taking in...thus I am pretty sure I am burning less calories than a person my weight/height/age/sex/activity level should. It makes sense...so really, by creating a large daily deficit you are doing more harm than good, in the short term you will lose a lot of weight but in the long term it will become much more difficult as your body adjusts to the lower calories, and that makes for discouragement.  If you want to lose a quick 30 or 40 lbs, fine, but if you are looking to be in this for the long haul....well I would consider lowering your deficit to something more reasonable and sustainable. Just my personal experience and my take on things.

Where is everybody??

I didn't record my Wednesday weigh-in yesterday, on purpose, because the scale is still coming down off a rediculously high period bloat, and I just could not bring myself to write it, but today is a little better already so I am  here to report:

SW 317.5

LW 255.5

CW 255

GW 164

A small loss is better than a gain!

But where is everyone else?? No one at all did the Wednesday weigh in ?!

I forgot to post my weigh-in! 

SW 285.5

LW 268.5

CW 265

GW 160

Yay!

Yay,

SW - 290

LW - 273 

CW - 271

GW - 180

Forgot to post my last week's weigh-in. Congrats to everyone!

Wednesday Weigh In

SW 277

LW 206.4

CW 206.2

GW 170

~Le Sigh~ A bit stuck at the moment but it's gotta give soon, right? ;-)