Posts by green_eyed_devil

Thanks to everyone who responded. I read every bit of every post and am now inspeired anew. I am definitely going to try out some new recipies and looking around my local supermarket for things that arent only healthy, but are good as well. I know I love apples, grapes and watermelon so that CANT be the end of the good foods line. There has to be more out there. So thanks, gi-jane, for that idea. Also for the idea of getting a pedometer as well. I can get one of those anywher.

 Thanks, justkeeprunning1 for the info on water weight, I had no idea. Now that I know I can pretty much guess why I weigh so much.

Thanks to everyone else, your words were very much helpful. I did get off track and binge on everything I could get my hands on (pretty much) for the last 24-48hrs but I actually liked the idea of losing weight and everything I did, I'll undo now that I have more things I can do to keep losing the weight.

Original Post by rindi:

Age: 20

Height: 5'5"

Weight: started at 233, am now around 227

Goal Weight: 180 by Feb. (after that whatever's healthy)

 

About me: I'm going back to community college this fall. Right now I'm unemployed (hopefully that will change soon) so I have a lot of free time. I have problems with binge eating, and my BF works nights, so I'm looking for a buddy who will be online at night. I live in the Puget Sound area (WA) if that matters.

 The following message goes for all of you. Feel free to IM me!

I have a problem w/ binge eating too!! I'm available all night usually. Especially late night. If you have yahoo or AIM and you want to chat, let me know. Following are my screen names. You can just put those into an IM box and hit me up. Send me an email letting me know which one you'll be on because I am only on one at a time on my cell and it's usually Yahoo Messenger.

McDonalds Sweet Tea...very few calories.

Role paying...I prefer the interaction. Besides, role playing has diverse uses.

Watching someone you love die slowly

or

Raising a child you know wont make it to her teenage years?

True- Full of "love" describes my completely!!

TPBM- will read the post above me and think she meant something related to fecal matter.

Hey girl,

My diet is just like yours.  Working where I work my schedule changes weekly and daily. One week I’ll work 1:8:30 and my breaks will be at different intervals between those hours every day. Another week I’ll end up working 3-11:30 and my breaks and lunches will be scattered between those hours M-F. Then I’ll pick up some OT on a Sunday and my hours will be between 3:30-7:30 and my one break will be a mystery kind of thing. My breaks and lunches are never the same twice, my sleep schedule- what sleep schedule??- and forget having a set time to eat. I skip breakfast because I’m always too tired to get up no matter how many hours of sleep I get; if I forget a lunch (and I usually do) I have to forage in the snack machine and all I end up eating is M&M’s (only thing I like- I’m picky) and drinking Pepsi; then for dinner I’ll hit McDonalds because it’s the only thing open by the time I get home. I never cook dinner because I can’t cook and don’t know what to make AND because I don’t have the time nor energy to actually MAKE dinner after work.

Now I have to figure out how to be healthy with such an unhealthy way of living. I do small things like stay away from burgers and fries at McDonalds. Now I eat their Ranch Chicken Wraps and drink their Sweet Tea. When I go out I try to find a salad somewhere. Unfortunately neither of those is working well ( I still weigh the same 217lbs) because the chicken wraps aren’t the healthiest and the salads I put lots of Italian dressing on.

I’ve decided that I’m going to manage the best I can and try to be strong enough to do the necessary. I won’t drink soda (easy), I won’t eat candy (easy) and I won’t buy the fattiest thing on the take out menus (difficult). I’ve decided to join a gym, get a personal trainer and take things from there. Unlike the poor souls that have set a goal for themselves and agonize over it; I don’t feel the need to lose a vast or certain amount of weight; I just need to loose enough to where I feel comfortable in my clothes. I don’t have a set weight goal because looking nice in my clothes could just be a matter of 10lbs instead of the 55 I need to be at 165. Losing weight for me is less stressful and doesn’t weigh so heavily on my mind because of that fact and my heart goes out to you women who feel the need to get to a certain weight. My advice is just to lose the weight without thinking about the NUMBERS you’re loosing and it will probably go a lot easier for you. I had to learn that lesson the hard way: spending years with a really bad case of low self-esteem. There is NO right size, it’s all about the way you feel about yourself when you look in the mirror.

Good luck to you. I hope your life gets a nice, even tone to it soon. Good luck to everyone on their quest to be fit!!

I just joined CC today. I'm looking to get to 160 by next June. I like having meat on my bones so I probably wont let myself get that small. My goal is based solely on what my body looks like at whatever weight; and how easy it is for me to find clothes. I don't feel the need to be skinny because I LOVE my curves! I just want to look better in the clothes I'm wearing. Any encouragement would be nice and I offer encouragement to anyone who'd like it.

I live in New England (Rhode Island) and there really isnt a way to phrase it. I have definition where my curves are: big breasts, big hips, HUGH butt (nicely formed I might add) and guys love my assets. But then again I have big thighs (too large) and I have a stomach (flabny). Right now there are many guys interested. But, if I lost my stomach and got rid of the thighs (to a degree) I'm pretty sure I would drive the guys crazy w/ my D chest, big hips and nice butt. Curvy women are definitely IN these days, like you said it's just in what your "curves" look like. If you're short and fat you have almost no chance. But tall (5'6) and "curvy" (215) like me doesn't look that bad. It's all in what men prefer (as INDIVIDUALS); how you wear your weight; how you carry yourself; and what type of frame you have. WHAT YOU WEAR has a lot to do with it too. Present yourself well, show some self-esteem and you'll do fine. I've seen women WAY bigger than me that work it and look gorgeous doing it fat stomach, big thighs and all.