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| Motivation | Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds | Apr 27 2009 15:24 (UTC) |
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Thanks everyone! Its so awesome to know that I still have the support here because it was really helping me along when I was getting on track. So far I feel like I've done a good job of tracking calories. Unfortunately, my doc said not to do anything too strenuous so its all about walking for me. I like walking though and I know eventually I'll be able to do more so I'm ok with that. I'm really excited for all the new people even though I know I may be a newbie myself. lol. Its good to be back on routine. I'll post more when I get back in the routine of checking the discussion board.... |
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| Motivation | Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds | Apr 22 2009 02:10 (UTC) |
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Hello ladies.....remember me?? lol Well a lot has happened in the months that have passed since I last posted something which was back in december. I was suppose to be going to cuernavaca and instead found out some really frightening news about my health. I got sick on my way home to texas for the holiday an found out that I have stomach cancer. I'm telling you all this because this was one spot where I knew i could share things and didn't feel weird about it. Well since that happened I have been receiving chemotherapy and the tumor shrank and went away. I'm technically in remission but still receiving treatments. I met a wonderful guy before I left to texas and he has been there for me non-stop but i still doubt his reasons for wanting to date me. I have pretty much fallen for him but I don't feel that emotional connection even though he says that he's falling for me too an that I'm important in his life. Sometimes i think that I need to concentrate on me and not even worry about having him in my life but he supports me. ugh. anyway, i've gained weight. the emotional eater in me has taken over but now that i'm back in my apartment and not living with my parents I'm able to control my diet and exercise a bit better. i'm up to 274....and I feel absolutely gross because i was down to 249 and honestly i feel gross. Its funny thought because just cooking better meals for my myself now and watching what i eat makes me feel better. I'll get back down to 249 and below. so the long and short is that i'm back and hope to be back for a while trying to lose weight and build some confidence. the support i received from friends and family was great for my confidence and if i can beat cancer i can beat the fat! |
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| Motivation | Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds | Dec 23 2008 20:22 (UTC) |
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Welcome Buxomgrl18! Congrats topeze on the weight in!!! Happy holidays everyone! I leave to TX tomorrow, hopefully.....with the non-stop snow we've been getting up here I'm thinking to drive to Chicago to fly out is going to be pretty dangerous and I'm not looking forward to it. I will try to check in at some point while I'm gone but I'll be in TX till 1/5 and then I'm heading to Cuernavaca, Mexico from then to 1/15 for a service trip with a group of students at the college that I work at. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm also a little hesitant and maybe a little intimidated because everyone that I have talked to about this service trip says just how life-changing it is.....I don't want to get my hopes up but at the same time I don't want to be let down if it isn't life-changing. I'll just take it as it is....but with that said I won't be back in the office until january 1/19 but the good thing is that my mom, my sister, and I all started trying to lose weight at the same time and they are all very supportive of healthy eating and exercising. I even went to curves with them last time I visited. Well, again, i'll try and check in because topeze you are so right about being held accountable by people that share this common story of trying to lose weight. All ya'll get it....I don't even have to explain. |
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| Motivation | Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds | Dec 22 2008 22:25 (UTC) |
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omg, seriously, he did know how much a weirdo he was being....mid-conversation he even said something like "i must be breaking some kind of rule.....telling you my life story and my reasoning for being single....because my ex-fiance cheated on me and then she kicked me out of the house....." so yes, he knew exactly how psycho he was being. |
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| Motivation | Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds | Dec 22 2008 19:06 (UTC) |
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I've been slightly MIA for a bit.....I don't have internet access at home so the only time I can write anything is when I'm at work and I called off Friday after getting 6 inches of snow the night before and not really wanting to get out of my warm bed.lol. But I think that was one of my main reasons I had previously slacked it in my weight loss because I didn't have internet and I didn't feel like I could be accountable but i think I need to get around that somehow because I really need and enjoy the support that I get from people on here. So thanks for everything ladies! I bought a wii on Friday and I've been playing it all weekend....which means I've been sore all weekend...lol. From boxing to baseball to bowling....I love it! I also had some friends over Saturday night and had a good ol time. We ended up going out to a club where I met someone but man did he turn out to be be kind of psycho. He called me last night and we had a 2 hour conversation but it was more like him talking and he just rambled on about his ex-girlfriend and would question everything that I said because he's been studying psychology for 2 years now and in his mind he thought everything I said needed to be analyzed. He was kind of a downer and after a while I started to realize that this is exactly what I use to sound like when I talked to men....kind of my own pity party conversation. I hope to never again be at that point. |
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| Motivation | Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds | Dec 18 2008 16:33 (UTC) |
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Topeze I often feel unmotivated, especially since starting to work out again. I use to be on such a work-out binge where I was in the gym at least an hour a day and somewhere in there I stopped but I've been motivating myself with a couple different things like: 1. I need to get healthy for me and for my family. 2. Man, I'm gonna be smoking hot when I've lost the weight. I really do, and can, picture myself being skinnier and I think its that creative visualization that keeps me moving. I wanna see myself look like that for real. But its difficult. This morning I was in the grocery store buying some things for our holiday party this afternoon (its going to be so hard to stick to some healthy food there) and I could smell donuts and I was even going to buy some or the office but I didn't. I went in and out and just got to work but then lo and behold someone had brought a box of donuts and they were sitting on the break table. I had to give in. I had one donut which satisfied my craving and I'm not even going to think about it. |
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| Motivation | Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds | Dec 17 2008 16:59 (UTC) |
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The last guy I was talking to had to mention how much he loved big women and right when he said that I was turned off. I couldn't even look him in the eye after that. Plus he had 5 kids, from 3 different women, and didn't have a job....lol. See what I mean about men at my level. He was obviously not at my level and he was not trying to change that for himself but because he showed interest in me I was willing to give it a shot but yea definitely do not want to be a chubby chasers fantasy...lol...that was great the way you put it dalma. I made a great friend this year, unfortunately he is married, but he helped me see my greatness in personality, in education, in body image, in lots of things and from his great encouragement I have been able to see myself for more. But yea, it is a lot of work, definitely play head games with myself but sometimes I just gotta shut up the negative. |
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| Motivation | Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds | Dec 16 2008 22:31 (UTC) |
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man, well men, really...lol....I think one of my many issues in trying to lose weight is that there are men out there attracted to big women and since I have started dating I have been willing to settle for those men even if they have not been at my level. I feel like I'm a smart women, intelligent, and successful but I can't seem to mesh that idea of my career self with my self-esteem lacking social self. So in the past I have met men and immediately stop exercising and dieting. I do not want to do that anymore. Losing weight is for me and no one else I should not let what the men in my life think of me influence what I do with my body. Luckily, for now, (I will see this as a positive) I live alone and I keep all the bad food out plus I'm not a huge sugar fiend...my downfall is bread, and french fries, and all the bad carb crap. |
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| Motivation | Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds | Dec 16 2008 20:12 (UTC) |
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Thanks for all the welcomes! It is so hard getting back on the wagon knowing that I was doing so well and had been 20 lbs lighter just 7 months ago but I just need to suck it up and get going. Today so far I have had a yogurt, strawberries, blueberries, and granola for breakfast, a fish sandwich and chicken noodle soup for lunch, and for snacks a hugggeee apple and a kashi granola bar. for dinner i'm planning a chicken salad. We'll see how that goes. I've read that a couple of you are vegen or vegetarian. What would a sample menu for a day look like? I'm curious to see if I could go that route but I think it would be pretty difficult. |
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| Motivation | Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds | Dec 15 2008 22:03 (UTC) |
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Hello everyone, I'm Angelica and I've been on CC for a few years now. When I finally decided to do something about my weight I was at 300. Back in June I was at 249 and really happy but since then I have inched my way back up to 272. I'm upset with myself about the weight gain but I have vowed to be at 150 by the time I turn 30 which is 7/31/2010. I think that is a very doable and approachable goal and I know what I need to do. When I was losing weight I was drinking mainly water and I was counting my calories so that I was between 1500-1700 calories maintaining a 1000 calorie deficit and I was also working out daily. The main reason I think this all changed for me was that I have become more and more unhappy with my location and I have no social life here. I'm addicted to my job and I love it I just don't love where I live so I keep myself busy at work, at my second job, or in school working on my masters degree. All in all, I'm just looking for support and encouragement and some healthy competition. I was reading through all of your posts and have found all of you to be great woman and I congratulate you on your weight loss....can i join the group?? |
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| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Jan 14 2008 21:43 (UTC) |
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I thought it was time to get an update in as well. I slacked it big time at the end of the year because I started working at barnes & noble as a part-time job on top of my full-time job and all its projects along with completing my first semester of graduate school so I was far from my mini-goal weight which was 240 by christmas. Good news is that I lost some weight and I didn't gain any. I joined this club at 264 and I'm currently at 255. My next goal is to be at 235 by Easter (March 24). That will be a good 2 lb per week weight loss. My cousin is getting married in Virginia at the end of July and it will be my first time to the east coast so I want to be looking my best....I'm hoping to be at 200 by then....crossing my fingers!!!! The biggest problems of last year were finding the time to exercise and eating right. Because I was so busy I just couldn't focus on certain things so my goal is to regain my focus (when I do this I'm at my best) and balance myself a little more. |
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| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Dec 01 2007 17:47 (UTC) |
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Well....I know its been a while since I last posted....I think I just read through 6 pages of new stuff and man all I can say is welcome to all the new people and good job for all the hard work done. I was in Kansas City the weekend of 11/10 and its been pretty much non-stop for me since then. I have a full-time job and I work part-time at barnes and noble which I think is my saving grace because I do so much walking around the store that I think thats the only thing keeping me at the same weight. Instead of gaining weight because of all the bad food choices I've been making (seriously I sat and watched the biggest loser this week while eating a quarter pounder from mcd....that's just bad). But like I said I'm actually at 255 as I weighed myself this morning. My goal was to be at 240 by xmas which would mean losing 15 pounds in 25 days....thats not really realistic but we'll see what happens. I'm still gonna shoot for being 240 by that day but I will keep in mind that normal weight loss is 2 lbs a week. Anyway.....I'm gonna try really hard to get back on the wagon.....so after I'm done here I'm going to go buy groceries because I haven't done that in a while and that will definitely get me back on track. Good luck everyone! |
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| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Nov 01 2007 03:02 (UTC) |
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| Congrats Rena!!!! Thats awesome! And Tanya....I am dreading my trip to Kansas City in two weeks because of the exact same reasons. Its hard to find something good at a cheap price. I think I'm going to research the restaurants in the area and make my choices ahead of time. I'm going for a conference so most of the meals will be provided and I'm hoping they will be healthy. We shall see.....I'm finally under the 260 mark and I plan to keep it that way. My plan for hitting 240 by xmas seems but a step away. I love CC! | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 26 2007 01:36 (UTC) |
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| P.S. When I say my office I don't mean my physical office but the common area that the 7 people in this area share. | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 26 2007 01:34 (UTC) |
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| I hate the temptation I have at work!!!! I work in a office at a college where we program a lot of events and for those events people will buy food and give it away to get people to come to the event....(that's common on any college campus really)....anyway, any leftovers get stuck in my office!!! So this morning there were soft-chew chocolate chip cookies and doritos and a bunch of other nonsense and right along with lunch there I was eating a handful of doritos...which wouldn't have been bad....it would have just been a snack and i counted it with my calories and everything but then a couple of girls from the sorority I advise show up with a card and some goodies for me as a thank you for being their advisor...it was a sweet and nice gesture but the bag of goodies had white chocolate covered pretzels, gummi bears and worms and whoppers! I tried hard not to eat too much of it but I did indulge and finally just ended up giving away the majority because I didn't want to be the one to eat the whole bag. After that I went to a meet and greet for our international students and they had mini wontons and mini pizzas........i have no control is what it comes down to and even when I ask people at work not to leave the extra food in the office they still do! Please someone give me advice on how to keep control....with all the snacking I just scrapped dinner and ended up doing 60 minutes on the elliptical.....i haven't calculated all the calories from the stuff but I'm sure it was a lot..... | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 22 2007 15:37 (UTC) |
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| The job at barnes & noble is killing me and helping me at the same time.....first off, my feet still hurt and I definitely need to buy some better shoes with more support....but then again I'm walking around so much and keeping active that its helping me to lose weight...I love it!!! It's that TTOM and I haven't seen any weight fluctuations and I think its because of all the activity I do at work....it's pretty amazing.......I also got some great news from my professor....I thought I was a bit off with the work that I did for class but she wrote back and said that I did an excellent job and I definitely hit the mark....woo-hoo! I'm giving myself the day off today.....working out I mean.....I had a long work weekend and I need to wash clothes and do some homework so I'm gonna kick back at home today after work and my task for the day is to watch what I eat. I'm trying to keep calories in the 1500-1800 range so after inputing my breakfast, lunch and snacks for the day I'm up to 950........so I have some space to figure something out for dinner when I get home.....today was a good day.....good luck to everyone on the start of another great week! | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 19 2007 18:18 (UTC) |
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| So I tried doing push-ups last night.....i could do 3 regular push-ups....that's sad.....but when i went to the girly ones I was able to do more....I think I did 15. So my goal is to be able to do 35 real push-ups....is that what we are all working for? Also, I tried working out this morning before work, as opposed to staying after work and doing it, and I think I like it a lot more.....although, I don't think I should be driving round that early in the morning. I wasn't fully awake and there are some crazy people out and about at 6am. Lastly, I started a part-time job at Barnes & Noble last weekend and almost died from being on my feet for 8 hours (my current full-time job just has me sitting in an office pretty much). I know its going to help me lose some calories though. Man, my feet hurt. | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 15 2007 20:22 (UTC) |
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| Renastar23....i just now read your post and i love the chubby girl sexy comment!!! I didn't realize torrid had halloween costumes...I'm gonna have to go check it out! | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 15 2007 17:58 (UTC) |
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| I was doing soooo good until....the packers/redskins game....a co-worker invited me to the game so i had a day of beer drinking and fast food eating.....i think leading up to it i felt that it was well-deserved because i have been doing sooo well lately....it was nice to relax and not worry about counting calories but i should have planned it a little better.....i haven't gone grocery shopping so i don't have much food and i work until midnight tonight and then have a day in milwaukee tomorrow for work so not only do I not have my meals planned and set aside but I also don't have any clean clothes!!!...lol....Hopefully tomorrow after work I will be able to get some food because for today and tomorrow I'll be needing to buy out. | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 11 2007 14:55 (UTC) |
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| Alright, I'm in on the push-up thing!!!! I'll see how many I can do this evening and report back tomorrow.....Also I weighed myself last night and i'm down one whole pound from 264 to 263! It feels great because I've been pretty consistent lately. Hopefully that will keep me motivated! | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 10 2007 20:30 (UTC) |
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| I completely understand the crying bouts.....I seem to have them all the time....but once I'm done I sometimes feel better (some other times I really have to pull myself out of it). I think i've been feeling better lately because I have lost weight. When I weighed myself for the first time and actually cared about what the scale said I was close to 300 lbs. Now I'm at 264....that's 36 lbs! I just remember that when I cry and yes even the biggest loser makes me cry....but I'll get there...also I could have sworn I posted something on Monday but i guess not....GO COWBOYS! I'm working out tonight and doing my weigh-in so I'll keep ya'll posted on how it goes! | |||
| Weight Loss | when do you enter your foods in? | Oct 08 2007 15:22 (UTC) |
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I'm the opposite....If I enter everything beforehand I'm more likely to stick to the plan through the day because then I know how many calories are being taken in from the beginning and I know not to go over. |
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| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 08 2007 01:26 (UTC) |
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Thanks for the encouragement....in reality I think weekends are just overly bad for me. I moved out to green bay a year ago and still have not found a set of friends to do things with. For a while I was fine and I would just go out and do things on my own...there is a great walking trail that runs along the river....but it would be nice to find people in the area to be active with. I also say weekends are bad because i have soooooo much free time....I know I shouldn't complain about that but after doing homework and working out I don't have much to do....I need hobbies....lol. Well today here's how it went....woke up at about 11am....ate two bowls of special k red berries with 1% milk. Watched football......had subway (turkey & ham on wheat, with baked lays) for lunch and then ended up at wal-mart buying groceries for the week. I worked out on the elliptical for 30 minutes and now I'm gonna head home and watch the packers beat the bears (hopefully!) I know I haven't eaten as many calories as I should have today but when I get a late start to the day I find it hard to eat 1800 calories. maybe a chicken quesadilla will get me to 1200. |
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| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 06 2007 18:02 (UTC) |
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| Hi everyone....I haven't weighed myself yet today but I've been having such an off week.....actually it started off well but soon went downhill. I don't know what happened. And now this morning I feel like crap emotionally....the good thing though is that I actually left my house and am now upstairs from the gym so as soon as I finish typing this post I'm heading downstairs. I don't have internet access at home so I always find it hard to keep track of my calories when I'm away from work. Ugh.....this is hard. | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Oct 02 2007 17:42 (UTC) |
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So hopefully I'm still able to join......'cause I'm stuck....
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