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 post-hallo-ween!

my plans changed a bit; instead of going to the party i went to dinner and a movie. but i still wore my awesome outfit. i posted a triptych in my gallery. i think i looked thinner in the waist in real life, but whatever. how was you guys' holiday? what'd you do?

Hey, girls... Thanks for the kind comments on the pics. It's so hard knowing in my head that I've lost a fairly decent chunk of weight (still right around 30 lbs) but I'm still am SO big... Everyone else tells me THEY can tell I've lost weight, but I can't see it, and the pics really brought that home a bit... I'm still huge!! But we had a great day, and no one ever said this was going to be fast, easy, etc. 

I'm baaaaack!! I am so happy to be back, too!! It just wasn't practical to be... Um... worried about counting calories, there for a while... Just too busy with everything, but I am SO ready to eat a bit healthier. I'm totally burnt out on eating out and can't wait to start cooking, etc. again. I've missed my veggies.

(We'll see how I feel about all of this, come midnight, when the hunger pangs kick in.) *lol* Dropping from above maintenance (2500 + calories per day to 1250-1300 is going to be a bitch, but it's GOT to be done. I've gained about 6 lbs the past few weeks, so that's not too horrible... Still sucks to be going back over the same ground, (AGAIN!) but I did it to myself, so I'm sucking it up and just focusing on getting back into this. 

Had a big, breakfast... Wasn't super healthy, but wasn't terrible, either. An omelet with lean ham, veggies (peppers, mushrooms, onions, broccoli) and an ounce of sharp cheddar cheese, 2 brown-and-serve type sausage patties, and a Grands biscuit. Hearty and filling... Will be doing a cup or so of homemade pasta this evening and some veggies...

It's BEAUTIFUL out today (76! Wow!) and totally planning on going for a walk this evening. Maybe even hit up week one of the c25k.

I've only got 2 months left of the year... And a few weeks in January before I can say I've "officially" been using CC for a year... I'm hoping (and I know it's probably wishful thinking with the holidays, but...) I'm HOPING to end the next couple months out with a bang so that I've not "only" lost 30 pounds in an entire year... I mean, that's not very good, I can do better.

So here's to ending the year out on a high note! Hooray! 

Akela-glad you are back!  Now I just need to get back too.  I need to step it up a notch and start the scale going down again.

Dalma-congrats on the jacket!  I have always worn a ton of rings, one for each finger.  I think that I am obsessed with rings because I thought they made my manly hands look more dainty!  I am allergic to most jewelry though so I have never worn much.  I am starting to get interested in it though but I am too cheap to buy something I can wear (even sterling silver necklaces bother me!)

Akasha-My costume was so lame this year.  I threw one together last minute cause I worked the previous 8 days in a row and hadn't had time to put one together!  I was a witch and was totally NOT sexy!

 

i finally finished diet girl today, like 10 minutes ago, and i can honestly say i can relate to about 98% of what she experienced. including the body of contradictions. that's kind of where i am now: the muscles right alongside slack skin and stretch marks. like her i consider the destroyed skin my battle scars, a reminder to myself of how i used to look, and the physical and emotional pain i lived with for so many years.

unlike her, it didn't take me as long to get comfortable with my body and being not so clothed around other people. in my book if i have on little to no clothes, something fun is about to happen. like swimming! (get your minds out of the gutter. )

i'm also trying to get myself to the point where i can start thinking about this as a regular way of eating. right now my brain is still deep in weight loss mode. i can't possibly think of just chillin' and eating to live. i eat to fuel right now, but to fuel my weight loss. i totally avoid most social situations that involve food; i can't let that crap ruin my progress. but once i get closer to goal i'm gonna try to go reincorporate real life into my weight loss. i've been a bit of a hermit since the summer, and it's worked to help me get this weight off. but i haven't had any fun! so i have to figure out a way to live and lose weight. i knew how last year, when i lost 60 pounds, but i forgot this year.

meanwhile, the worst part of weight loss for me is looking down. what i mean is, when i look down at myself when i'm just in my skivvies, all i see are the mounds and mounds of fat that i still have, and the days and months of work still ahead of me. it's so frustrating! i was at the gym today, and i looked down at my thighs and my thigh fat chunks were just flopping up and down as my legs moved and it just got on my damn nerves! i kept thinking this fat is never gonna go away! it's like my legs are nothing but fat, even though i can easily see the muscle underneath, sometimes anyway.

it seriously gives me a headache to see how different my body looks unclothed vs. clothed. with clothes on i look relatively fit and smooth, but unclothed it's all chunky, wrinkled, and nasty. i just feel like this ish is never gonna end. or worse, i'll never get the body i'm working for. 'cause really, besides getting healthier and stronger, i want my body to look as strong as i've made it. and all these fat chunks are hiding my strength. it's hard to have faith that i'll get there one day, but i'm trying!

iwill- I missed you. *Hug*

girls- I missed ALL of you. *Hugs* 

dalma- I would that I could have your will-power. I REFUSE to give up social stuff... Which is why It's taken me almost a year to lose 30 frigging pounds. I'm losing, but VEEEERY slowly.... 'Cause I've still got to live my life, you know? On the occasions where I DON'T have to be home with the baby... If someone says, "Hey, let's go have some beer and some Taco Bell", I really can't say no... 'Cause I honestly don't know when the next time I'm going to get to do that is going to be... I should/could/NEED to start saying "no", but it's really hard for me. I have no social life, so turning down an opportunity to go out seems like shooting myself in the foot...

jewelry- Love it. It's part of my "going girly".... Like wearing more dresses, etc. since I've started losing weight. I love me some shiny things. It doesn't matter how "big" I am... I can wear any pair of ear-rings, you know?

akasha- No sexy costume for me, I'm afraid. Kind of tapped, financially, and I don't sew... You just wait 'til next year, though.... Since we're going to be showing off our bikini's next year, (or was it 2011?) you'd better believe I'm going to be looking hot for Hallows. 

hey ladies!

Sorry I've been MIA lately. Work, a bad cold, PMS and life itself took the best of me. I've been exercising but not eating well. So I'm stuck at 194. Still, I met some of my friends yesterday and they were shocked. They say I look thin, but I haven't taken any progress pictures lately so I've hardly noticed any changes.

But, and this is a MAJOR but, yesterday I was trying out some clothes and noticed a nice pair of Liz Clairborne jeans. They didn't have a size 12, but they did have a 10. I decided to try it out just to see how much I have to go before I could fit in a size 10. Surprise! Surprise! I was able to zip them and they looked good, almost no muffin top!!! I'm still amazed at the range of sizes I fit now. Depending on the brand I'm a 14,12, (now a 10?) on bottoms and a XL, L or M in tops. The good news are that I'm starting not to care anymore about sizes and I'm focusing more on my health.

Still, I hate scales, hate them so much because when I look at them I feel awful. I know that muscle weighs more than fat, and that I have a large frame but still, I wish I could lower my BMI.

About Halloween:

It was awesome, I dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood. :D

about mexican food:

My family is Mexican, so I have to watch out in every single meal. I usually get one serving of something I really like and have tons of veggies with salsa as a side dish. We're  hosting a party tonight (for the Dia de Los Muertos fiesta), and I'm already craving my aunt's hot tamales, my dad's hot chocolate and the special bread we buy from the bakery for the feast.

some useful swaps

instead of guacamole... stick with salsas

instead of fried tortilla chips... try baked tortilla chips

Instead of flour tortillas... try corn tortillas

instead of regular cheese... try cottage cheese

About jewelry:

I love earrings, but I struggle finding nice necklaces that fit me since I have a thick neck. Still I'm using more accesories than before.

dalma, you look awesome!!! Look at those arms!!! I'm definitely going to sign up for Pump class at my gym tomorrow! You look great :) Congrats!

shapie, glad to know you had a great time at the wedding.

akela, loved the wedding pictures! and I'm glad you're back too.

 

yay! ana's back! post a pic of your costume! and way to go with the new sizes! but doesn't it suck when the scale doesn't match your clothes? it's maddening!!!!

where the heck is everyone?????? meanwhile, yesterday i got it in my head that i wanna try my hand at boxing. i found a class but i don't know if it has any spots left. i don't have the cash to pay for it this week, so i'm gonna call 'em next week to see if i can join. some part of me wants to be badass, and i think boxing will (hopefully) be more forgiving on my knees than all the other fighting styles i've tried, so i can keep it up and earn my badassness.

Isn't it Monday? Or did I lose days, somewhere? *lol*

Where IS everyone?? 

they all overslept.

dalma- I am SO buying everyone a new alarm-clock! Damn, it's almost 3:00 pm, here. That's a lot of sleep, and I think I'm jealous! ;) *lol* 

Wake up wenches, and check in!!  

UGH Meetings all day..

Here is my Facebook Halloween/Jay-Z Concert album :D

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=341146& amp;id=553910563&l=eb1caa60f2

Happy Monday ladies!

 

 

akela, I just woke up from a nap, I'm still recovering from halloween night ;)

dalma, yes the scale vs. real size is a b*tch! I'll upload a pic from Halloween as soon as my friend send some to me (I didn't take my camera to the party :S).

akasha, awesome pics!

[wench checking in]

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

i had a lousy weekend.  did nothing.  at all.  nothing. 

i have steadily gained weight for the last several weeks... yay.  yeah, gained.  it's ok.  this phase will pass.

am now working away on a tight deadline. 

byeeeeeee.

shucks. i have to wait to get home to check it out, akasha. can you see it if you don't have a facebook account? 'cause i don't.

Hey, everyone.  I'm just checking in.  Nothing to report, really.  I've been gymming it lately.  No change in weight yet (2+ weeks).  I know it's coming.  I can see my legs are already more shapely :)  Waistline and hips need to catch up!  Have a productive day, everyone!

hi all. i'm in the middle of yet another plateau. i'm stuck between 180 and 182, and i've been here since october 12th. but it's self-inflicted, so i've already made a plan to get out of this. i started yesterday, but the allure of post-halloween candy in the office kitchen proved too strong, and i went over my calories by 500. however, i did burn 700 calories at the gym.

now that's a huge difference. in the past 2 months i haven't burned 700 gym calories in a week, let alone one session. i'd been doing low-intensity, to focus on burning fat only. but i need to get back to burning as many calories as possible. 30 pounds are not vanity pounds; i have to remember i'm not close enough to the finish line to be half-assing it.

Akela...welcome back!! I'm so with you on the ending this year with a bang...and so far have been right in the swing of it...good luck!

Dalma, cute outfit...and I'm a little scared of that too...the social thing, cos everytime I go out, even if I eat well I have this irrational fear that I cheated!! even when I didn't! Like the other I went out with friends for dinner....I had a salad, all veggies and topped with feta cheese and 1 salmon avo sushi roll, well within my cals and I was still silently freaking out that I'm cheating and the next day at the gym pushed myself like crazy....so I already have that now, not sure how I'm gonna manage maintenance. 

And not even going there with the clothed an unclothed...not that I look majorly fit in clothes...but I look normal! unclothed is unsightly already and I'm not even near finish yet!

will continue later...have some problems to deal with at work

what the--?

helloooo....! i hope you guys are all busy working out or eating healthy, which is why you're not on here showing off your halloween costumes or basically venting about whatnots. or working. working is always an excuse.

i was just talking to a co-worker and she said she had almonds and a yogurt for breakfast and it kept her full. i cannot fathom that. i have to have meat, eggs, cheese, and bread, and a coffee before i can call it breakfast. even then, i'm noshy about 2, 3 hours later. what about you guys? as  you can tell, the whole being tired of food thing has left my system. it drives me nuts, but when i'm bored all i think about is what i'm gonna eat at my next meal, which of course makes me want to eat it. even if i'm not hungry. i usually manage to stave off eating extra until closer to my next meal time (unless there's chocolate involved), but it's getting harder, not easier. dagnabbit.

Hi ladies! 

Just wanted to pop in and say hi! 

Dalma, OMG, you looked amazing in your Halloween outfit!  Soooo skinny!  Good for you chica!  I'll post pics of my costume tomorrow, though it didn't  turn out quite as burlesque-y as I'd intended.  As for looking one way in clothes, and another in the buff, I'm right there with you.  In clothes I look okay (although still incredibly bottom heavy), while without clothes I'm lumpy as hell.  I HATE it.  :-/  And yeah, I can't do a simple breakfast either.  Right now I usually do an egg white omelet with toast and the BF's mom's homemade jelly, and by the time 11:30am rolls around I'm SO ready for lunch!  My problem with food right now is that as it gets colder, I want comfort food.  Last night we made homemade pizza, which would've been fine if I'd had a slice or two, but I had FOUR.  Ugh.  I wish I could have a better relationship with food, but it seems like it never really gets easy... There are good days and bad days, and I think we just have to roll with them...

Watchme, I'm sorry you had a sucky weekend!  Keep your head up, chica... You'll make it through! :-)

Ana! Welcome back!!! And YAY on the 10s!  Good for you, chica! :-)

Okay, well I'm off to the gym... I'm determined to see 149lbs before Thanksgiving, which means I've got to get off 6lbs in 3 weeks... Definitely doable, but since I haven't seen 2lbs/week loss in almost a year, I have to really step it up, work out hardcore, and not find myself eating like I did last night again...

Have a great evening, everyone! :-)

hey chickas. i am down to 155 but its cuz fo the family stuff going on. i have no appetite. <--- yea thats spelled wrong. i am under so much stress right now. basically my whole life changed in a few minutes. please just pray for my mom and i. i dont feel like talking about it but your prayers will help. thanx