60 lbs. to lose club... anyone want to join?--- Sorry group is closed

2nd week on this lifestyle change.  I started with needing to lose 60 lbs.- have lost ~3-4lbs the first week, feeling a lot better & doing routine exercise (a first in my life).  Anyone else in the same situation?  If anyone needs to lose ~ 60 lbs. & wants a thread to keep track of our progress, just add yourself on .....

Hold the presses!!! New loss to report this time it is good!! Loss for the week 1.4 lbs.!!!! Today's weight is 151.4......AWESOME!!

I seem to be the only one who is here!!?? I had another weight lose this morning. I have lost 2.2 lbs. in the past week!! So exciting for me Current weight 150.6. Only .8 until I am below 150 wahooooo.

I had three teeth out on thursday...

Congrats to you 4square (and so sorry to hear of more dental work kajikit ... hopefully this is the last for a long while??)

Personally, I'm not getting near a scale this week.  My DH is having gastric bypass on Wednesday, it's TTOM, my son has an AP (college credit) exam on the morning of the surgery, my kids don't have school bus service so I have to figure out how to get them all home from school and still be with my DH after he gets out of recovery ... and I currently feel like I'm about to have an aneurysm.

If I'm still alive and not in the nut-house on Friday, I'll check back in again.  Keep hanging in there everyone!!

Sorry I haven't checked in. I had my big exam today (I've been locking myself in my office at home for the last several weeks, in addition to studying while at work), so I'm now free and ready to get back to this whole weight loss thing. I jsut couldn't concentrate on both successfully. Luckily, even though I've been eating crap and not exercising, I really haven't gained (a pound or less) so I'm super excited to really throw myself back into counting and exercising and all that.

Hopefully I'll be back to having progress to report by this Friday!!

Stellajo- I will be praying for your husband on Wednesday, that everything goes super smooth and with limited pain I will also be praying for you that you will be able to handle the extra stress and you'll look back at everything once it is over and say..wow that wasn't so bad.

Thank you so much.  If I can make it through the weekend, I think it will all be alright.

:)

Hey guys, I wanna join you guys, I did this earlier and got off but now I'm back.

Weight on 5/9 258.2

Weight Today 5/16: 257.6

I started at 280 this january and am down this far! I'm so happy and excited. I'll keep you all posted on my weight and if i get any tips that i think would be useful.

Hi sharpust. Many of us are well on our way to losing 60 lbs but I think you can join..? I have lost 39.2 so far and I started dieting on Oct. 8th 2007.

Hi sharpdust. Of course you can join in... I know it says 'closed' on the thread but the person who started it isn't around any more to edit it and open it up again!

I've got great news to report this week... I was able to start eating real food again, just as long as it's soft and easy to eat (I had three teeth pulled just over a week ago). And I didn't gain any more weight yet. In fact, today I hit a new alltimelow weight of 209 pounds! I've lost 55 pounds in seven months! There's only 20 pounds to go to my 190lb goal, which means I'll have to consider how much further I want to go after that... I'm thinking 180 should do the trick nicely.

Thanks guys! WOW Way to go Kajikit, that's awesome! And 4square, thats amazing, losing all that weight! At this point, I want to lose sixty more pounds to be under 200. Ultimately I want to lose 80 more pounds to be at a healthy weight of 180 for my height. I still got a way to go and it seems you guys are close to your goals. Well I'll make sure to weigh in on Friday and I am here for any support and anything you guys need. 

Stellajo I have been waiting to hear how your husband is doing??? Been praying for your family all week

Hey ladies!! Thanks for your thoughts and prayers, they did the job ... his surgery was Wednesday afternoon and he got to come home first thing Friday morning.  He's had a little soreness and looks like he was in a driveby shooting (he had laparscopic surgery so he has 5 little incisions that look a little like bulletholes) but he is doing GREAT!

We are walking every day ... have to build up for him but they wanted him to start immediately ... so we did 20 minutes yesterday and 30 today.  He's still on soft foods but is tolerating everything really well, no nausea, no vomiting, no "dump syndrome".

I'm so thankful he came through it so well and is feeling so good.  He's already lost about 10 pounds (but of course, as we all know, most of that is fluid, since he went 3 days on clear liquids only)

all is well and I am back on track ... now I know I will walk every day because he HAS to and I will go with him! 

Again, thank you all so much for thinking of us during this time, I appreciate you all SO MUCH!!!

Great to hear that everything is good!! Miracles come in all forms

Stella, that's great news about your hubby. I can't believe they want him walking so soon after surgery!!

Welcome sharpdust! Hopefully we can provide the support you need.

I'm still on my nifty little plateau. Really trying to break through that this week. sigh

WHOOOOO!!

stayed away for two weeks but this morning was so worth it!  I finally broke the 200 pound mark! (not by much, it's 199.8) but I don't care.

A number appeared on the scale and it DIDN'T start with a "2"!  YAYYYY!!

So that's something around 4 or 5 pounds in the past 2 weeks.  I have to believe it's the exercise making the difference.

CONGRATULATIONS STELLAJO!!!   You are doing great!  Hope all is well with your family.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!  GREAT WORK STELLAJO! KEEP IT UP...KEEP GOING...THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

Congrats Stellajo!!!! You rock!

That's awesome stellajo! I cannot wait to share that moment with you.

Since I did not weigh in on Friday, I am doing it today, but will resume weigh ins on Friday.

Starting Weight 1/1/08 280.0

Last Week Weight 5/16: 257.6

CW 255.4

I am itching to get to the forties, I know its coming up! Cannot remember the last time I saw that. Keep it up guys, you guys are doing great :)