Girls in their 20's who want to lose about 100 pounds

Hi, my name is Suzanne and I am 23 years old. I weigh 258.3 pounds(yikes) and would really like to get down to between 140 and 150. I was wondering if there was anyone else out there in their 20's who has about that much they want to lose. We could work together and stay motivated to reach our goals!!! Also, if there is anyone in their 20's who has lost that much and wants to share their success story, I would love to hear it! Thanks!

Happy late birthday Booster!!!!  Hope it was great!

On metformin:  I think it really has helped me, Mikapu.  The first 15 pounds were slow going, but it has picked up and it definitely helped get my cycle back going.  I couldn't go on BC because I have horrible reactions to it and I actually didn't have a period for 11 months (jan-nov).  TMI? ;)  lol.  I was put on Metformin the end of May and that combined with the first 15 pounds of weight loss and a better diet regulated everything.  I've been like clockwork since Dec!  But it did take a good 5/6 months for me to really see anything other than a few pounds loss...so have faith! :)

Welcome to all the new members!

Have a beautiful day, ladies! 

Hi girls! Sorry it's been too long since I have posted! Been crazy busy with school, work, and visitors! I will try to make this catch up post as short and painless as possible!

Allydan~ I am glad you joined this thread, and that everyone else has joined it too. Retail therapy was awesome, but I didn't buy any clothes just yet. It's cute that you had your first official date! How did it go? Was he a gentleman? And I am sure you looked gorgeous! So is the guy taking you on a date again???? I also agree that it's hard to live life and lose weight all at once. It's weird, but maybe it's because before we were living life, and not caring about our weight, and now we care, so we added to the picture?

Watchmeshine~ I too would love a buddy to correspond with! We will definitely have to keep in touch and keep on track. Way to go on losing 50lbs already. I think it's awesome that you are a second year lawyer. I used to want to do that so bad! Also, I don't think you should give up the elliptical. I think you should just throw in something different now and again, such as hula hooping! Thats lots of fun, and good for your waist line. I guess you really can't be my cousin because she is only 23. Lol. We can be friends anyhow! Don't feel bad about the "cottage cheese" areas. It just means that you are doing a great job losing weight, and once you build some muscle that will go away. Seriously! I told you retail therapy rocks. I love target. I think it's great! Also, you deserve a day for you, everyone needs them sometimes! You probably are more muscular, and thus smaller in inches then you were in 2003. Way to go! Oh, and I think you have a pretty face now. So your pretty now, and the only difference losing weight will make, is you will also feel better about it. Toy around with eyeliner. that always makes eyes nice and smoky and sexy! Oh and at my job right this minute, there is a chocolate drawer full of chocolate, blueberry muffins, chips, dips, cakes, and cookies. There is never a day of no temptation here! So far today I am staying away from it all though! As far as clothes go, most of my plus stuff is dirt cheap because I was determined not to stay this big. I have a few things I like that I will alter, but the rest is garbage and donations. I too have a few things in smaller sizes, down to 14 that are still nice so I probably won't buy too much till I reach my goal.

msjez135~ welcome and way to go on the 9 pounds since Jan!

Danibelle414~ Part of the reason I haven't posted in a couple of days is because I really haven't been serious enough this week. I am sort of bummed because I am not gaining back but I am not losing either. I need a reality check too. I felt so guilty about not logging my calories since Friday! It's nice to know that we can relate. This whole thing, even though it's so worth it, gets to be so hard, and I know I am just making excuses and I need to get off my butt and take care of business! You know, I don't think it would be a bad idea to have weekly weigh ins on our forum! That way we feel like we have to stay on track!

dalmalama~ Hooray for losing your 17 pounds! I am sure you can lose your 85 pounds this year! You lost 17 + pounds already and that's amazing! Also, congratulations on getting your choppy bob wig! I bet it looks really nice! You seem to have the face shape for an awesome choppy bob! Wear it with pride & in good health! Oh, and I don't know where you live, but mexico has a lot of solo cheap weekend deals. You can go all inclusive for like 350! Check out deals on the web! You can get in the smaller size jeans, I know it! Just stick to your 12 lbs goal!

wellman25~ Welcome to our group. I am glad that you are trying a healthier way to reach your goals other than bulemia. I know you can succeed in doing this the healty way. 180 would probably be a very nice weight for you, because I am 5'7 and when I was 180 I was around a size 14, so you would probably be a 12 being a little taller than me. Good luck! We are all here to support each other!

Pinkcobra~ I hope you had a great reunion with your husband!

Magz~ Welcome to our group! I am sure you can reach your goal, and we can all always use an extra friend.

sonini~ I agree that winter is way too long. I can't wait till spring. Yay for Florida! Say hi to my grandparents for me while you are there! Maybe pack some healthy snacks for the trip? It might save you fast food cals!

Bootser1~ Welcome to our group!!! Happy belated birthday! I will be 24 in May. Oh, and I always say I am going to lose by my birthdays too and never do. You inspire me!

Karate_chick~ Thank you for the motivation! I know I really appreciate it! It's nice to know it can be done!

safantasia~ I think it's hard not to find the slow pace discouraging, especially becuase it seems it went on so fast! Also for shopping, it's not always about buying, but for dreaming and for trying on as you see your size go down! And I am proud of your 60 pounds. I am still at 5 pounds lost. Boo! I have to get on the wagon!

mhartwig3~ Welcome to our group!

elfkittie~ I can totally relate to job and school stress. Ugh! Don't let your bulimia get the best of you though!

suzanne, how awesome are you?

girls, i just had a crisis.

well, not really, but i got a shock. at dinner last night, a friend pulled out a camera and snapped a photo of us. so i get the picture this afternoon and i wanted to scream! i had no idea i was so big! i mean, i knew i was overweight, but i thought i had it goin' on a little. then i see this friggin' photo and i am seriously slapped into reality. oh my god, i had no idea i was still that big. damn! i've posted it to my gallery so i can look at it and see how much more work i have to do. and i've also decided to stop stalling getting a camera of my own, b/c i need to keep up on what i actually look like.

oh,and that's the new wig in the photo, too.

Dalma--I absolutely hate having pictures of me taken--I know I know--It sort of makes me feel bad because I always think about when I heard a story about a lady who was overweight and then she got really sick and passed away and then her family only had a couple of pictures of her and it made them very sad because hey didn't feel like they had pictures of all the "good times" with mom--all they had pictures of were of a mom who always worried and obsessed over her weight. I'm trying to get better about it --but I just don't like the way I look in pictures-_Pictures in the key--Don't get me wrong--there are days where I think I am a hot mamma but when I take a picture it just all comes out wrong! I feel ya girl!

dalmalama: The wig looks fabulous!!  You look awesome in it!   You definitely have it goin on!

i'm having this "i just can't do this" moment.  when you know that something has got to give.  eating is going fine, just don't feel like working out or doing work or cleaning or anything.  i just thought to myself crap i'm 274 lbs and a size 24.  yeah, it's not as bad as 328 and a size 30 but it's still pretty awful and at 5'3.5" i could stand to lose about 150 more lbs.  this is depressing.

watchmeshine, do NOT get discouraged!! even though i found out i look like a polka dotted whale today, i'm not giving up. just think, if you do give up, where will you be a year from now? the same weight you don't like now, or possibly even more. but if you keep at it, you can be way thinner next year. my main question when i feel like you're feeling is what else have i got to do? yeah i know we all have life going on, but you've been making space for weight loss so far, so what else would you do with that time/energy if you weren't trying to get healthy? if the past is any indication, we'd be using that time to become unhealthy. so keep at it; you're only helping yourself.

edit: did you have moments like this when you were in law school? i'd bet you had at least one. but you finished, right? you worked through the tough stuff to see your way to your goal of a legal degree. treat weight loss the same way. that's how i'm looking at it. i didn't go to law school, but undergraduate was really hard for me, but i stuck it out and graduated on time. so i've decided to break up my weight loss chunks into school years. i've finished my freshman year of weight loss, and i'm trying like hell to get past my sophomore year.

I just want to say hello and I hope you all have a wonderful Almost Weekend. (Friday)

I'm going to treat myself to a digital scale this weekend once I earn enough tips, since I'm tired of my crappy old $5 one, which I need to readjust each and every time I stand on it.

Now... I've heard horror stories of people who buy new scales and find out their weights are WAY off... so here's to hoping that I won't be in for a nasty surprise!

feddie, i actually have a digital scale and when i had to replace the battery, i got a weight that was like 5 lbs heavier.  my nutritionist said that the fresher the battery, the more accurate the scale.

thank for the encouragement dalmalama!  i guess i'm past freshman year and graduation for me is like 175 lbs... or whatever a size 14 is.  anything after that (to say 125-135) would just be a post-bacc program :)  i'm gonna try to take things one chunk at a time.  i'm spending a LOT of time journaling, writing emails, writing on the forum, imagining my life at a slimmer weight, planning classes, etc. instead of doing my work.  i think that is one of my main stressers -- that i'm not getting **** at work done that needs to get done.  i have no motivation to work so hard anymore (don't really like my job anyway) but also don't want to switch jobs cuz i need to pay off student loans and i'm at a place where i have now settled in, ya know?  i just am not happy with so many things about myself that weight seems like just one of many things i want to change.  like you, i always felt like i put off things in life for when i become thinner and i'm tired of it!!

the scale has only budged 1 lb since monday morning despite my having stuck to my diet mon-thurs and 3 workouts each burning over 1000 cals mon night-wed night.  grrrrr.

First of all, Happy Belated birthday to those who have had one this month and Happy Birthday to those who are having one this month.

Dalmalama~ I hate having my picture taken too. Its like then you look at yourself and in the mirror, you just seem to look better than in the pic. Ugh! But I just want you to know I think you look great in your pic, and the wig is totally you! You can seriously rock it!

watchmeshine~ Don't give up. Please? I need to know other people are struggling as hard as I am for me to keep going. So don't give up, and I won't give up, and all of us won't give up, and one day we will all be where we want to be!

suzanne, your comment reminded me of the umbrella song (rihanna) for some reason.  "when the sun shines we'll shine together.... i took an oath ima stick it out to the end"   my own screen name is from the song watch me shine... about taking full control.  i guess i just don't feel like i have much control cuz of this stupid pcos crap!

watchmeshine: just remember that everyone's bodies lose weight differently and at different paces.  And as we continue to lose weight, the pace can change.  Don't give up!  Like Suzanne said, we all need people to struggle as hard as we are to keep us going!

In other news, I found out last night that my hubby doesn't get to come home this wkend as planned, and won't get to come home till the 9th...which, of course, is after I leave for IN/IL so I won't get to see him till I get home on the 15th...if he's in town.  We did have a very nice time last wkend, so I'm thankful for that.

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend! 

watchmeshine82~ We will shine together! I understand how it feels to feel like you don't have control, while I don't have pcos, I am on the depo provera shot, which makes you hold onto everything you eat because your body thinks you are always pregnant! In the five years I have been on it, I have gained like 80 pounds. I know it's not the same as having a disease, but it does make weight loss hard for me too.

thanks suzanne!  thanks pc!  i'm swamped under work today (finally hit again) and just hoping to get a lot done so that i don't feel too guilty about taking the evening off!!

Hey all,

Your probably all gone for the night but I decided I would check in. I was really tired--last night I stayed up cleaning because my sister in law was coming to town (she is here tonight) and I like to have a clean house when I have visitors--so I was up late for that. I woke up and met with my personal trainer to lift weights this morning, I then did a quick work-out on the treadmill HIIT for 20 minutes, and then tonight I did spin class of 1 hour --so ya--Today was a fun filled day of exercise and guess what I ate a lot and guess what? It was not good--I had 2 slices of Italian thin crusted meat lovers pizza, 4 small cheese bread-sticks, 2 diet cokes (I know it's not that bad but when I only drink water it feels bad), caesar salad and a Cookie Ice cream sandwhich--it only came out to 1800 calories but it was a lot of sugar, carbs and un-healthy food which I always try to eat healthy--One thing I have learned is ---it's hard to eat healthy when you have extended family members around and they don't eat healthy---lol --I'm so happy that my hubby eats healthy with me---it's a good thing the sister-n-law is only staying until Sunday night--lol! O'well I deserve a break--Not sweating it--I just wanted to confess my truth! I feel good, I am good--Life is good ! Have a good night ladies!

hey booster!  occasional treats are allowed!  i've seen people not allow themselves a treat once a week and then they have a 10,000 calorie binge fest one day. TRUST ME -- your intake sounds fine.  i know what you mean about not "feeling good" though.  the other day i had chinese and felt equally yucky.  my nutritionist, the weight watchers people, etc. all say that because i've re-trained my body over the last 1.5 years, my body responds badly to "outside" processed food. 

so, i woke up today after giving my "grrrr" speech about how i only lost 1 lb this week and lost another one today.  so random.  this weight loss stuff -- when the lbs come off,etc. -- is so weird.  i've noticed though that on the days after i have a little bit of good fat like my nutritionist keeps saying i need (certain oils or nuts), i drop weight.  it's rather odd!

Happy Saturday Everyone! I'm completely back in the saddle. And wow does it feel good. I went and tried a spinning class yesterday...WOW. It was really hard! I only lasted 25/45 minutes before I had to leave. Felt like a complete failure. But on my way out one woman told me that on average people try it 6 times before they feel like they can do the whole class without making adjustments (like staying sitting while others are up and cycling.) I was so upset with myself after leaving the class that I went into the gym bathroom and cried.

Then, I mentally punched myself in the face and got on the treadmill for a mile. I was only walking, but it's better than nothing! I'm going back today for an Spinning Intro class with my friend. So hopefully that helps. I just wanted to do something new instead of always doing the elliptical. Also, I pushed past the 20 pounds lost mark!! In a little less than 10 weeks, so that's a nice healthy weight loss! How is everyone else doing on the weight loss journey?

dalmalama - I love looking at it in "College years". That's such an awesome idea!