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!

Yay dalma! That is very exciting!!!! :)

dani- A while back (for our thread's BLC), I ate oooonly fruits and veggies the day before a weigh in, and I lost nearly 5 pounds!  Was I cranky and bitchy?  Yes, but I wasn't starving or weak.  Maybe a day or two before the weigh in you could give it a try?  Oh, and I also drank a loooot of water with lemon (sliced up whole lemon in 32 oz water bottle and refilled about 6 or 7 times).  It's not fair that your TOM should effect the final round!  Grrr!

boots- I've missed you on here and pray that you settle into your new job real quick!  Take care :)

dalma- That's sweet about nearly being too little for LB!  Your coat looks awesome too!  I went that Saturday with intentions of getting one myself, but I was so in between the L's and XL's (arms felt too snug on L and XL was not looking nice).  Very disappointed :(  Congrats on taking the plunge with H&M!  I bet you look hot in your new finds :)

ana- Embrace that new tushy!

mia- I'm with you on Torrid being out of budget!  I didn't realize that the jeans were on sale at Old Navy that day...  Bummer!

sweepie- That's wonderful news about the stretches helping.  I hope each stretch makes more and more pain disappear!

Thanks for the congrats ash and dalma :)

hurray, dalma!!!!

Happy Friday everyone!!  TGIF!!!!! :)

It's quiet in here today. Where is everyone?

So, I saw some pictures of myself that were taken last weekend and was a little shocked. For some reason I feel like I look worse now than I did 20lbs ago! I posted one, a side view. Man, I still have sooooo far to go! :(

A large group of friends are all going out to eat tonight at a Casino buffet. I'm scared. BF will be there and I know he will keep me in check, but I just hate buffets these days. I would much rather just eat somewhere that I have no control over the portions that I get lol.

hey guys, happy friday!  got kickboxing and training tomorrow.  have officially cancelled wednesdays cuz of the stress (getting outta work early-ish on a weekday), safety (relying on public transit), and weather (it's getting colder and i hate taking the bus in this cold weather and waiting around in the cold for buses that are less predictable after "rush hours").

as for me, have been trying to conquer the stress by singing a LOT more.  it really helps me.  i've been singing "so live your life" and dancing around in my office =)

sonini, i saw your side photo and i think that you look great!!  i don't think that you look bigger at all; i think you look smaller.  i think that your clothes are tighter in that pic though than in others so it doesn't hide what is still left to be tackled as much, showing all of the crevices/rolls, whatever.  still, you are MUCH skinnier overall!  trust me!

Hey ladies. Hope your Friday is going swell. I was still up 2 pounds today. And it's really still Day 1 of TOM, so not so sure what tomorrow's weigh in will be. I took a diuretic in hopes that it would help flush out some of the excess water. And I am going to work out at 3:30 until at least 5 then I'm hitting the steam room like it's my job. Seriously. Gotta sweat out as much as possible. I'm nervous. I just want to make it to the end.

Well.....wish me luck. I probably won't be on again until after doomsday....I mean tomorrow's weigh in. Argh.

Thanks watchme!

I guess we are all just over-critical of ourselves. I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever get rid of my stupid stomach roll though. Ahhh... in time.

Edit: good luck tomorrow Dani! I've got my fingers crossed for you! I'm sure you'll get to the end! :)

I'm IN ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I lost 1.6 this week. They kept 12 people and I was #12!!!! Barely, but I'm in and that means I've made it to week 12! (lots of 12's)

I'm at 213.2. I desperately want to get under 200 by the new year! It's do-able. Have a great weekend!

 

Dani , your amazing and such an inspiration!!!!!!! How much longer does the program last, maybe through the new year? That would be awesome! Keep it up chicka ...

you're so gonna do it danibelle!! yayyy

i cant wait to be in ONEderland!! i swear i will cry and then go buy myself something really nice! hehe you should too!!

just got back from my saturday work out// im pushing myself a lot because I want to feel noo guilt on thanksgiving day......the coach at school said if i can keep up a good eating plan and workout plan then i can eat to my hearts content on thanksgiving day (only this day,,,i wont get crazy lol) and my body will just adjust to the extra calories so im soooo excited :P

hope everyone has a FABULOUS Saturday!!

Hello girls, I'm new here. I'm Mari and I'm 21 years old. I weigh 'round 200lbs and my goal weight it 128lbs, so that's 72lbs to go. I don't know how i'll start this and what food to eat so I might need a serious help on that. I don't go to the gym, the only thing we have here is treadmill and I think that's the only way I could exercise. Any suggestions? For the first time in my life, only now that I feel excited to do this and to actually lose weight. I hope I can meet my friends and support group here..

Hi Mari - I like the way you spell your name! I'm pretty close to 200 pounds now (well close for me! about 213) and looking to weigh somewhere between 144-171. lol. obviously i'm not really sure...) If the treadmill is what you have, then use it! I would recommend intervals...either walk jog combinations or tkaing it up on an incline. It really gets the heart rate going! you'll find we're a pretty great group of gals....although I am a little biased...

all - had an alright weekend. hope you can say the same. did end up going out with the ex. but we decided we aren't dating. we had a very candid and honest conversation and it felt good.

worked out both yesterday and today. now i need to get some work done!!!! have a great sunday!

happy monday all!

okay, so i'm freakin' out! as it gets closer and closer to the holidays, i can feel my will to eat properly shrinking by the second. i haven't been eating that well over the past month or so anyway, and i'm afraid i'll start to regain weight if i keep up with the idiot act. i know all i need to do is just act like i have some sense, but it's so hard when everything looks so delicious! but i pulled this same crap last november through december, and gained 16 pounds! i so don't wanna repeat that this year, especially since i'm so close to the 100-pounds-off mark. my stupidity is what's kept me from being even remotely close to 199; i don't wanna make it worse! anybody wanna kick my butt? pretty please?

I'll kick yours if you kick mine!!! 
The Candy Cane Chocolate Crackle icecream has been WAY too tempting recently and I've given in WAY too many times. AHHH... it's the most wonderful time of the year.. and the hardest time to lose weight!

sonini, that ice cream sounds evil!!! what's gotten me is that my witchy mom went on a target bender and bought one ton of discounted bags of candy, and gave me half. so now i have a bazillion bite sized snickers, twixes, kit kats, and god knows what else in the bottom of my fridge (cold chocolate...*drool*). i know i could throw it away, but there are starving kids in china! (as an argument, that never made sense to me.)

to make matters worse, the guy (i need a nickname for him) is so gung ho about my weight loss efforts, and he keeps asking me about my dietary habits, and out of guilt i lie. but i don't feel too too guilty, b/c he says he eats healthy as well, then he says he tries to, then i'm over his place one night, and see a box of takeout fried chicken in the fridge. so my little white lie doesn't seem so bad.

to make matters even more worse, i haven't been gym-ing it nearly as often as i used to. i still have the time, i just haven't felt like it. now the guy wants to start going to the gym with me, which is cute, but i'm so not the gym partner kind of girl. once i'm there, i'm in the zone, and i don't want nobody all up in my face.

plus, he thinks since he's so ripped, he can teach me a thing or two. not! he went with me once, and he was so below what i could do, i had to double the effort so i could get in a decent workout. but at least if he starts going with me, i'll put in more face time at the gym. that's the one positive out of the whole thing.

Hi ladies, so sorry I've been MIA lately. With all the stuff that's been going on, I haven't been keeping track of my calorie intake, though I have been watching portions, so I haven't gained any, just haven't lost (sitting at 198 lbs). But that's OK with me for now - I'm moving to MA this week, my parents get here tonight, so I figure if I can track calories every other day I'll be good - make the tracking days 1400-1600 calories, and the other days stay around maintenance by making smart choices so I'll still be cycling. Once I get moved into my parent's house and settled, I'm sure I'll get back to tracking every day - it stresses me out not to track! Weird.

I've read up as much as I can - looks like everyone is doing well! dani, congrats on Biggest Loser!! watchme, I hear you about dancing around and singing; my neighbors must think I'm aspiring to be on the American Idol gag reel. ;)

ladies...so quiet in here today! Thanks for all the congrats on Biggest Loser. I'm very happy to have made it til the end! One more weigh in on Saturday and then I go back to just the "normal" stuff to losing weight. I still want to keep my same routine up for the most part though. (at least until I get under 200)

One of my students told me I'm "getting skinny" today. it was awesome! another student thought i was offended, but she meant it in a very nice way and that's how i took it! :)

Well...I'm just leaving school and off to eat before I work out at 6! Hope everyone is having a good Monday!

Dani your Picture looks amazing! Girl you are at goal!

It's good to log on sometimes and see that I'm not the only one that fell off the wagon a little...last week was my worst worst week since I started this whole thing!! I don't know what got into me, I did start a new job and now have a an hour communte on either end and I had my eating and everything down to a perfect science, what I had for brekfast and lunch everyday that was near work and all that, and the change just threw me for a loop and a half, besides just the emotional aspect to it all, so yeah I'm ashamed to say one night I ate pringles for supper, one night ice cream and one night chocolate....and needless to say I haven't seen the inside of a gym in a over a week! :( 

Anyway, this week I was determined to start off well, so yesterday was not bad, still didn't work out, but wasn't terrible.  Today so far eating wise I was brilliant!! I must just get my butt of the couch now and go work out!! But I needed to confess, maybe that will help me move on...know what I mean?

Dalma, I'm kinda freaking out too, so here is another kick in the butt to you, cos I need I too, cos I'm so close to that 100 off mark too only about 20 away, yet it seems like a mountain to get to at the moment, I have been dancing between 215-225 for months now...I know a ten lbs up and down situation is not great at all!! Wish it was more like 1-3 difference. 

Ok, I'm done with confession, for good things to happen gotta think good things...right?? so I'm determined to lose these stubborn lbs by the end of the year, so I'm off to work out...have a good night all!

Hi all, I've been lurking for a while here.  Partly cause my parents were in town, and then was swamped with work and life.  So, I've read up along the way, but just haven't added.

I've also not been eating great lately either.  I got back on track last week, then had a cheat day.  And yesterday was off a bit cause I had to get my work done and wind up always stressing and eating more.  And today was doing great all day...but think I'll not be doing so great in a little while.  I just found out some really crappy stuff.  I put it in my journal but don't think I want to rehash it again.  I'm pmsing anyway, but on top of that, this has been making me cry to the point I have a headache.  But I still have that damn work to get done.

Anyway, good job on all the loss for those that haven't fallen off the wagon.  Dani, loving that new pic, I don't think I mentioned it before.  And for those that have fallen off the wagon, we need to get back on...otherwise, we'll all have all those extra pounds lurking around and really hating it later.

And haha, sonini.  I think I could have told you he was it a while back...just the way you talked (referring to your journal).

Ok, will promise to post again tomorrow....I do better when I'm talking to all of you.

Hi new people!  And where's watchme??  And Boots, how's the job shaping up?  And Dalma, haha on the boy.  Gotta love em.  Pixie, gl on the move!!