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!

I just got home from the gyno.  When the nurse went to weigh me, I got kinda excited to see what their scale said.  I hopped on with my shoes and all and they had me at about 2 pounds heavier than my scale, not bad.  The nurse went to write it on my chart and I was debating on if I should ask her what my weight was last year when she said, great job!  I looked to see what my weight was in April of last year and they had written 239.  The nurse said, wow, you've lost 22 pounds!  I can't believe it but I was sooo mad!  Apparently I gained 20 pounds between April and December of last year!  My starting weight on CC In January was 260!  I lost 45 lbs B*tch! LOL

akela-go make some moolah honey!

eann-congrats on the job!  Oh and, by the sounds of it, in about 5 years, you will make more than all of us combined.....lol

dani-I'm with boots.  30 mins is a workout.  In fact, I rarely work out longer than that!

akasha-That is soo cool that your gym opened a location 2 blocks from your house!!

boots-if you're a freak about the pool, then so am I!!  I did it today though and that gives me confidence to do it again! :)  Good luck with the veganism.

congrats, eann! and akela's right, any job with benefits is a real job. argonomy sounds pretty cool! unfortunately for me, i don't have a scientific bone in my body, though.

dani, every second of working out counts. i haven't been able to bring myself to exercise in over a week, so don't discount your efforts.

i love that you guys used the 1.7 lbs thing! isn't it such a huge eye-opener? and thanks for the congrats! that came out of nowhere! i've been on and off with this since august 26, 2006, but i didn't really lose any weight at all in 2007, or the first half of this year. so most of it came off in, lemmee think... 18 months of actual effort? but i still have a little over 50 pounds to go, then i'll have lost a kick-ass 170 pounds. i still can't believe i let myself get to 320 pounds. geez louise.

akela, what's this spotlight thing you're talking about?

I declare this celebrate Dalma day, can I just say how amazing you are again??

iwill: Not quite two blocks - more like ten but it might as well be two cause it';s a hell of a lot closer than a bus and subway ride!

akela: I might just wear my bikini this winter! Damn everyone! LOL

Dalma: Sorry for baiting out your scene like that! But it need to be pointed out. You've got me daydreaming now - If one could lose 100 pounds in 18 months I could be at goal weight fall next year! :D

you guys are nuts!

i do have to slide in a disclaimer, though. it took 18 months of concentrated, real effort. but those 18 months have been spread across almost 3 years, so i wasted half that time screwin' around and doubting myself, and not really trying. i don't think i could've sustained the energry, motivation and focus needed to lose that kind of weight in 18 straight months. i'm not saying it's impossible, it just was for me.

now now, don't down play what you did Dalma----you show it is possible, for all of us that get discouraged..You really do..This stuff ain't easy...It's really not...And it sure ain't scientific..I read weight loss stories all the time, but it means so much more to have someone from OUR forum that has lost 100 pounds and looks smokin hot. It's nice to be able to Claim someone.....lol......Your my new motivation and inspiration :O)

aww, thanks, boots!

when you guys do serious house work, i mean, workin up a sweat for a couple of hours, do you count it as "exercise"?

I sure do count it as exercise because I never ever clean....and if it breaks a sweat it counts in my book :O)

Dalma gets to represent us when we finally get on Oprah/Ellen!

Akela:  Congrats.  And yes-------EVERYONE is paranoid like that.  I always am. 

Waffles is sleeping.  I wanna sleep too. 

Girls I feel seriously weird. PMS is never fun, but like I've been eating fairly healthy the last few days and I'm still super bloated and MISERABLE... And I keep getting these waves of nausea. Stupid. Here's what I've eaten today (So far...)

Breakfast

1/2 an apple & 1 serving Smart Ones Breakfast quesidilla

Lunch

1 Healthy Choice Steamers Chicken pasta thingy

Snack

1 South Beach Meal Replacement Bar

1 Natural Light Beer

That's it. And I worked. And I can't even fathom trying to eat anything I'm so bloated. I just feel werid. And I've had TONS of water today.

I've got to have a 1500 cal day for my zig-zagging and I just can't even think of anything I want/can eat except maybe ice-cream. I hate being a girl. And I've never felt quite like this. It sucks. *lol*

i have no solutions....akela..just rest and take care of yourself :O)

'S alright, boots. I made the mistake of venturing out of this forum to share again (you'd think I'd LEARN!) and got "shouted" at for the amount of processed crap I was eating. I tried to explain that I don't eat processed stuff all the time... That it's just been easier to nuke or unwrap stuff the last two days 'cause of how I've been feeling... I mean, who wants to take the time to plan and cook a spread (healthy or otherwise) when they don't even feel like eating?? But, alas. I offended the food police.

I'm just more and more loving you girls and the CC tools and less and less wanting to have anything thing else to do with any of the rest of the site... I respect people who are passionate about being healthy, but I can't really relate to someone who can't make room for the OCCASIONAL cheeseburger or beer in their life, ya know? (Then again, I suppose it could be argued that that attitude contributed greatly to the fact that I'm 250 lbs, yeah?)

(No offense to my vegetarian and vegan friends... It was just an example... And I love Boca, too.) *lol*

lol nope akela I totally understand....and you have not offended your vegetarian/vegan friends...a burger and fries are so good..and ya I usually don't post in the forums because your right, the food police does pop up. This is a safe place to post, we get ya !

Holy crap youse ladies is up late (!)

Mmmmmm cheeseburgers.

So weights and swimming tonight with the fonce :D

YAY!

Ummmm...

Happy Friday!

I really didn't have much to say LOL

hey girlies!

so the pool party's tomorrow. jay's going--sweet--but i don't know if i feel like dealing with the last guy tomorrow. i just wanna chill with my peeps and not try to pretend things are awkward. there'll be like 50 people there so maybe i'll be able to lose him in the crowd, but i just wish he didn't exist anymore! 

I wish you luck ignoring him. I hope you don't see him at all...

But I do still wish he's see's you and how happy you are ;)

thanx!

Original Post by akasharaine:

I wish you luck ignoring him. I hope you don't see him at all...

But I do still wish he's see's you and how happy you are ;)

^^^Ditto^^^ and be sure to come back to report :O)