tall club 5'10'' and over ladies who want to lose 20-30 lbs... join me for weekly weigh-ins and motivation!!

Lauren in San Diego here (5'11'').  I was up to almost 180 lbs at the end of last year and I lost about 10 pounds during Jan-Feb and then got lazy.  I need to get back on the wagon.  I think I weigh around 170 and I would like to be 150.  Weigh in on Fridays for me starting tomorrow.  I would love to chat with others who have similar stats and goals to stay motivated.  All my girlfriends are little petites, I need some amazon love!!

Let's look hot and healthy this summer!!!

Greetings to all the new ladies.  Welcome! 

Well, I finally made it.  I weighed in Monday at 133.4 (my goal is 133, I am rounding and saying I AM THERE!!!).  Now comes the hard part, figuring out how to maintain it and how to tone up what I am left with.  It's funny, my bosses wife came in last week and told me I should be about through, that I was almost thin.  Then two days later, my neighbor saw me and told me I looked way too thin.  It's funny how people's perception can be so different!

So, for you newcomers, keep it up.  It is possible if you stick with it.  We are all here to help you along the way when you stumble, and you will.  It's OK though, sometimes those little stumbles kick your metabolism up and get you going again.

Hi Okie, congratulations!! are you satisfied now and are willing to try maintenance, I've hit my goal ad few times, and felt good but not right and then Its always a holiday or couple of nights out and I;ve got it to lose again, so im never ready to maintain.. Anyways will weigh in tomorrow morning again and see where im at!! again well done!!

Thanks Carol!  Yes, I am ready to maintain....I went down 5 lbs below what I wanted to so I would have some wiggle room.  I don't want to freak if I step on the scales and I have gained a lb or two....if I gain a couple of pounds, I will cut back for a few days and get it back off, or I hope I will.  That is my plan.  My ultimate goal is to eat sensibly during the week and to give myself a little more leeway on weekends, if I want some chips and salsa or dessert or something, have it.  We'll see how it goes though.....you know what they say about the best laid plans.

I'm having two of the worst days ever - I'm mindlessly eating (a lot of salt too) - I know I'm pms'ing because my mood is all over the scale and my eating habits ...ugh.

I lost 4.5 lbs the first week - mostly water weight - but this is week 2 and I feel like such a cow!  I'm only weighing in 1xwk on Saturdays and I'm dreading this Saturday - I might even skip it altogether.

I'm bloated and miserable! - any suggestions on this?  I'm drinking TONS of water - in the hopes to counter act this sodium indulgence I've developed.

I feel like a massive failure.....

I'm working out - at least some sort of cardio everyday (except this morning) but plan to hit the gym right after work. 

I feel disgusting - literally.

Congrats okie! that's great!!!

Mellisaann-i'm pmsing too :(...bloated-check, miserable-check, crying for the last 2 nights-check! ha! I've found that i just have to let the bloat come and go--no amount of water will take it away during TOM for me. I just deal with it. just think, even if you don't lose any or gasp, gain a lb or two, you'd still be at an average loss of over 1 lb a week which is wonderful! Don't feel digusting and don't weigh if you don't want to. I often feel like if i weigh a certain amount heavier it gives me permission to eat whatever i want because i'm already "fat". so on those days i tend to skip the scale and just live in blissful ignorance. speaking of which i still weigh in on PMS fridays and I gained this week so don't feel too bad-happens to all of us :).

Weigh-in: 176.4 (+0.6)

I'll take it. PMSing, retaining water like a mofo, and ate well above 5000 cals for 3 days last weekend . Usually i can do it for a day and really maintain but damn, 3 days of pizza, donuts, muffins, ice cream will do it to ya I guess...who knew?

This week (since Tuesday) I've been on 1500-2000 cals and I'm literally starving. STARVING. So I think I'm going to stick to 2000 cals and just lose REALLY slowly again. For now. Also, my cravings have been slightly out of control so that will allow me not to feel as deprived..and resist the pizza at lunch today!

Happy Weekend All!

Is it really Friday again?  What happened to the week?

I'm not sure that it will stay, but my trusty old wiggle-a-few-times-and-take-the-average scale says I lost 2 lbs this week:  SW: 206   CW: 191  GW: 175.   Not sure how that happened as I've been sick this week and not walking much.  Sometimes I think there's a 2 week lag time between what we do and how it appears on the scales!

memphis - how did the week of increased exercise go?  

nybanana - I'm about to find out if I also mess up around the numbers ending in zero!

heatherket - welcome!  :-)

erinw43 - I no longer play, but I coach... does that count?  Just finished up with my daughter's 8th grade team.

Have a great weekend everyone- watch out for those empty calories, esp. the liquid kind!

Hi ladies, Friday again, god the weeks are flying by, weekends are never the best for me nutrition wise, but i try make up for it by being good all week, I've just come home from work and felt like eating but didnt feel up to the task of dinner just yet, so I cut up some celery sticks and a little side of very hot salsa and I have to say it totally did the trick, i am satisfied for now and didnt binge on cereal... i was so tempted!!

Weigh in SW: 145

CW: 127

GW: 125/126

Good week, down 1, getting there slowly...

Good luck girls!

Hello ladies, Hope you had a great week!

Okie- CONGRATULATIONS on reaching goal!!!!!

Yoga- good work this week- two more pounds is great esp after doing so well last week too.

Carol- so close you can do it....this week is the week!

mellisa- we all have good days and bad days with weight loss. Keep your head up and keep going to the gym. Even if the number on the scale doesnt change you will feel sooooo much better.

Danielle- sounds like your ski trip was so much fun plus just being cold burns calories right :) if you try any of those recipes and they are really good. I would love to get it from you.

I had a pretty good week diet wise. Lots of raw fruits and veggies and very few processed artifical foods. Also really stuck to the wieght lifting at the gym (i even felt sore a few days). No loss this week but still holding steady. I feel "lighter" and less bloated so I am hoping that next week will be the week that I finally lose. Also beginning to think my 15 year old analog scale is totally screwy and may need to invest in another one seeing as I can weigh one thing when i get up and then i eat and get dressed and weigh 2lbs less than i did with no clothes or food. Hahah don't ask why i weigh myself like 10 times a day. 6 months at the same weight has me grasping at straws :)

Have a great weekend!

Hi - thanks for the encouragement - some days I just feel so wretched - and this is JUST the pms'ing stage!

I did go to the gym and spent a lot more time there - 60 mins cardio on that blasted ellipitical machine (thought I was gonna puke a few times) and did 30 mins of circuit training.

I felt really good about that work out - and today although my cravings are out of control - I managed to work through most of those.....so today is a better day.

I may not weigh in tomorrow - if I see that number go up I'm likely to do what you say and eat everything in sight just because I'm angry...lol.  So I'll save myself the torture.

Thanks again -

Hi Everyone!

Congratulations Okie! We have a losing winner! I'm sort of on the same path, trying to lose 5lbs more so I'll have some adjusting room during maintenance. I'm also sort of playing around with my weight now. 

Mellisaan, you will get use to seeing weight gain before and maybe during your period. It's completely normal (I usually gain 5lbs and hold it for a week). It's irritating, but a good feeling when the water weight disappears and you see the weight go back down on it's own. So don't worry or become discouraged. Just continue on. Healthy eating and working out will alleviate some of the symptoms.

Hey Yoga! You're just about to cross the 1/2 way mark! Excellent!

Carol,  I'm opposite in that I do very good on the weekends but have to watch myself at work. I don't get it. Celery definitely does the trick for me too. My new fill up food is Kamut Puffs. It's a cereal, but only 50 calories a cup. If I feel hungry, I'll have some with a bit of almond milk and honey. It's very good like that.

Danielle, I'm jealous! I want to go skiing. Some friends and I had plans to go snow-shoeing tomorrow (I've never been) but had to cancel because some of them have bad colds. We'll reschedule...I hope. So I'm going dancing instead.

My weight has been back down all week.

149lbs this morning (4 to go!). I've been great about exercising and am seeing some great changes (and finally doing enough to get my muscles feeling a bit tense and sore). 

I also have upped my calories closer to 2000 again and was really good about not eating too many sugary things and kept my sodium intake at good levels. Like inittowinit, I'm okay if it comes off slow.  

It was a good week for me! *pats self on back and smiles*

Cheers to the weekend!

"I've only been able to play with guys since college because girls that play and are decent are hard to find :(.. BUT I also get to be a three point shooter now because i cant play post anymore with the bigger guys :)."

Just caught this! I had the exact same experience. Had to play basketball on a City league men's team and was the only female in the league (may have been one other but never played against her team). I also loved being the three point shooter, though none of the men would guard me. The poor guys were afraid to get with/in 4 feet of touching me. So I'd wink at them and sink my 3 pointer. If they want to leave me open for the shot, fine with me.

Congrats Okie on reaching goal!!!

Missed Friday weigh in but this morning I was still 173 so thats 2 weeks (at the beginning!) with no loss. I havent been very good though I admit. keeping up with my exercising fine as is usually the case, its just the diet thats got me  off. Been eating WAAAY too many 100 calorie treats. I've decided they are stupid. They all taste so good and I end up eating at least 2 or 3 when I intend to eat just one after dinner or something. So I may as well go get a ice cream shake or something for that many calories and really enjoy it instaed of eating "diet food". So I've gotten rid of (by consumption lol) all the 100 cal treats and other junk food and will now be eating fruits and veggies instead! Big fat duh really, but I felt like being stubborn I guess. Plus that fake sugar is soo BAD for my guts, I have been so sick, plus I feel really fatigued. All i want to do is sleep.

Going to be working harder this week though! Good luck!

Great progress everyone.  Thanks for the congrats.  I did weigh in on Friday, I was the same as last week, which in this case is a good thing.  I met my hubby for some R&R this week....he took the photo that I have posted in my profile.  I still have a lot of toning that I need to do, but I am getting there. 

EDIT:  Sorry, can't get the photo to upload................

EDIT2:  Photo uploaded now...finally!

Hi Everyone!

i weighed in on friday and was down to 169!! Finally i broke that 170 mark that i have been hanging around for so long! im not getting too excited until the next weigh in just in case a bad day or two creep in this week. I'm really feeling motivated because it seems that 165 is actually possible now. small goals, ill get to the big one later. these next 4 pounds are going to be hard.

ive started working a second job. im offically on seven days a week which cuts into my gym time considering i do try and have some kind of social life. I've really started making my workouts count! its nice to have a tight schedule to feel the pressure to get to the gym!

ive been looking at everything i've been eating and trying to find those hidden calories that might be getting me! i read a post about those 100 calorie snacks...those always turn out to be more for me. but i also rely on balance bars or pria bars. they keep me full, but still have a ton of carbs and arent so great on the calories.

any alternatives to those bars? ive replaced my need for a candy bar with them, but now need a replacement for those, i just think they are doing more harm then good.

also are avocado's bad or good?? i make this killer salad with romain, arugala, cucumbers and avocados and ill mix in some turkey or chicken. i know they cant be all bad they have "good fats" and whatnot but i do eat this a lot..could that be adding on too many calories a week?

good luck everyone!!

Can I just say that I absolutely love the fact that there's a group especially for tall women on this website!?

Ok, here's my story: I'm 5'10 and am currently 174lbs and I'm looking to be down to 165 by the end of March.  The heaviest I've been was 220 and that was 5 years ago. I've VERY slowly been losing weight, but haven't been real serious about it until recently.  A coworker of mine introduced me to this website and now I'm addicted!  I've never really counted calories before so I'm still learning. I'm really confident now that I have some sort of guidelines that I'll see better and faster results!

Ok, and I know this is totally off topic, but since you all know what I'm talking about I've just got to bitch a little.  Here's what other people (non tall people) don't understand about tall people and weight loss.  For us, we have to lose A LOT for anyone else to notice.  Which is great for when you pack on 10lbs, but not great when you lose 10lbs.  What's great and horrible at the same time is that I know that if I put back on 10lbs right now that I wouldn't necessarily go up a pants size...however, when I lose 10lbs I don't necessarily go down a pants size either - UGH!  There's a lady that I work with that's like 5'1 so when she loses even 3-5 it's dramatic....she has to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe. 

Have any of you other beautiful tall ladies been frustrated with this issue?

haha tcole you are funny! welcome to the crew.

Well I just had a big binge, not crazy big, but like 100g of Special K lightly toasted rice&oats ! it like 350cals or something.. its just I never buy cereal, other than oatmeal for this reason,  i just love it and lose all control. anyways the box belongs to my sister and I ask her to hide it on me but she thinks im just mental.. shes on vacation and its literally been on my mind all week shes been away.. this opened half full box of crunchy oatty goodness.. So i was a little bold picking at it and then this urge to just be done with feeling bad and having to log 10g here and there I said to myself ill just finish the whole thing and that will be that, now 30 mins later I'm so stuffed and feel ill, but if there was any left I can tell you right now Id still fill up the bowl.. I feel crazy. And usually i try to be super good on thursdays because I know I weigh in and log on Fridays.. so tomorrow I'll be up for sure so Im not logging but I know ill weigh in, I just cant help it!! ahh feels good to vent!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh I think i might just give up...don't worry not really..... but I am feeling very down on this whole thing. Despite upping my mileage this week and really counting/measuring my food I have not lost again. In fact if my scale is to be believed I have gained nearly five pounds in a week and a half weighing in at 164 lbs what I weighed last March :(  Do you think 1700 kcal a day is too much? I was just soooooooo hungry at 1500 after my workouts. Sorry for the rant.

Hope you all had better weeks and that the losses keep coming. Have a wonderful friday.

memphiskate: I totally empathise, its always the weeks you feel you're being so good you don't lose, 1700 cals is NOT much if you're training hard and I bet you anything that you're muscles are absorbing more water in an effort to repair themselves after all the extra exertion they're getting, that's just how the body works! I bet you find you'll drop 2-3 lbs all at once and then the rest will follow.

So after my little cereal fest last night, I feel very bloated this morning, but I stepped up to the scales anyway, now I know im retaining water (apparently an overindulgence in carbs will do that to you) and its true, I usually get up twice during the night to pee and I didnt last night, so although this morning 127.8, Im expecting, hoping, to be 126 tomorrow!! fingers crossed, although I am going out for dinner and drinks tomorrow night so I will be up again Monday and the cycle continues.... I'm okay with that though.. I think.. Im confused!

Kate-1700 is NOT too much. Upping mileage will take more cals so I think that is a great weight loss #. Have you taken a few weeks off of "dieting" recently to up to maintenance (2000-2500)? This will help your leptin levels reset and allow you to lose fat again once you start cutting cals once again.

Carol-I hardly think 350 cals is a 'binge' ;). You overate because you wanted it--nothing wrong with that once in a while!! i have a hard time with cereal too.

Welcome tcole!

Congrats nybanana--woo hoo broke out of the 170s!!! NICE! That's my next goal :). Avocados are amazing for you-just put the cals in right and you will have no prob. the more fats the better when dieting (in my opinion ;)).

okie-you look great! and what a beautiful place there! Very slim !

Sooooooooooooooo my weigh in today:

Last week: 176.4

Monday: 177.8 (ack!)

Today: 174.2 --- NEW LLLLOOOOWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

So this is the least I've weighed in my 1.5 years weighing on this scale--_VERY exciting! I had TOM last week/this week and I think that's what happened monday but it scared the **** out of me so I cut to 1500/day. Emberjem once told me to suck it up and cut the cals, lose the weight, and then go back to eating more. Maybe she was on to something!Although my cravings are through the roof!

I'm sticking to 1500 the days I'm in town because I have lots of bad food times coming up--This weekend will be bad --seeing hubs and then going to a conference (conference food always sucks-they are even having a superbowl party and it's with my new co-workers so i can't just not go which i would've done otherwise)...then next weekend my mom's coming and we'll go out to eat a lot...then the next weekend I MOVE to hubs' place and it's V-day so there is another eating time...and then I start my new job...lots of food then too. Yeesh. I'm going to do the best I can.

Happy Friday All!