200 + weight loss buddies

Hello, I'm looking for others trying to lose a lot of weight, to keep each other motivated threw our bad days and cheer us on on our great days! to keep each other going threw out the week by staying in touch. I want people who want to reach there goal weight and wont quit tell we reach them! who's with me?!?!

I am 5'3 and weigh 217 pounds, my goal weight is 127lbs by May 30th of 209  

Sarah~

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clwhit-Back to work huh. Doesn't sound like fun. How is everything going?  Summer is going to fast! They called to schedule bus driver physicals yesterday. The start of school is coming (Truthfully, I really miss my kids.)

I am getting ready to go camping for a week. Anyone have any tips or suggestions on how to stay on track while on vacation?

denise07- I see they sell viamuffin on line. They even have mixes and the muffin top pans on their web site http://store.vitalicious.com/ sound really good.

Found out today you can make powdered sugar out of splenda. wow!

How fun camping for a week.  I havnt been camping for ages.  I wouldnt have a clue what to bring...but I wish you lots of fun!

Glad to see everyone doing so good. Well I broke down and had a few cookies last night with some milk. But at least I only had like four and not the whole bag which I could have easily done. But it I am back on track this morning.

Good morning all. Just wanted to let you know that I officially lost 20 pounds so far. I'm proud of myself. =)

What I'm a tad worried about though, is that fact that I've only been on this diet for 6 weeks. 20 pounds seems to be a bit fast for that amount of time.

Anywho: How is everyone doing today? Anyone have anything good planned for the weekend??

Way to go rebepi! Wow! Good for you, keep up the good work.

So far today I am still on track. Saturday I am going out to dinner so I hope I can manage to stay on the plan.

Lora

Lora:  Even if the restaurant doesn't have a "low fat" section, I found that there's always something that I know is better for me than the rest (barring salad, because I hate eating salad for dinner). The hardest part is actually ordering the better stuff. haha.

I'm going to Philly for 4 days this weekend and I know I'm not going to stay on my diet. Or at least not full swing. Plus I know I'm going to go back on track on Tuesday and I refuse to make myself feel bad about knowing I'm going to be "not great", or sometimes "not even close to good". haha  I'll do what I can to stay within my maintenance calories but that's about it. =)

Come Tuesday, my nose is back to the proverbial grindstone. =)

Lorabear - thanks for the vitamuffin tip! I will check it out! Camping is hard for me because there are always chips and cookies!! I always bring sugar free hot chocolate. There are fat-free and low-fat hot dogs you could bring.. I guess my recommendation would be to not worry about salt while you are camping because there are lots of things like pretzels and beef/turkey jerky that are great for low cal but high in salt. Skim string cheese is a great snack too.

I don't know if any of you may be interested, but I'm looking to start a little book club type thing in the lounge forum.

Just wanted you to know if case any of you were interested.

I was the last one to post here since 3:30 yesterday??!?!?

Where is everyone?

rebepi - I am here! I was reading the comments about your book club. It sounds interesting. I don't know if I will join or not but sounds like there is a lot of people interested.

I was wondering the same thing where is everyone?

Rebepi, Congrats on the 20 pounds!! That is awesome you are doing a great job!

 I think your going about it the right way too. Buy not depriving yourself of eating things you like sometimes and knowing ya just have to get back ontrack when its over I'm the same way if I know we are going to a food outting I plan ahead watch what I eat before hand and eat what I want while I'm there without going nuts and then get back on track the very next day.

I weighed today and another 2lbs gone! I am so excited!

Alright trapp32! way to go, Keep up the great effort!

Good for you trapp 32! Keep on shrinking!

Lora

Yay!! People are posting.

I'm so proud of everybody =)

I have really bad stomach cramps today. This sucks. I'm taking a 5 hour train ride tomorrow and I hope I'm feeling better by then.

Cross your fingers for me!!

Hi you guys! I just want to tell you to not lose hope. I was 210 pounds four years ago and now im around 140's. It is a very hard journey but its worth it. Im still struggling with the weight issue tho. Exercise is an important ingredient to weight loss tho. Good luck to everyone!!

Congrats on your weight loss, mi-nyan! That is amazing.:-) We all hope to do as well as you have, and we will if we stick with it!'

Rebepi, I feel ya. I had stomach cramps today too, as part of a pre-TOM thing; I've also gained 1.5 pounds in water weight and not lost anything this week because of it. :-( Hope you feel better on the train, that would be horrible!

I have a crazy weekend ahead because my matron of honor is in town from across the country, so we're doing a lot of wedding stuff, like dress shopping. We'll probably go out to eat a few times, so I have to be careful with that.  Have a great weekend everyone!

Hi everyone!  I was wondering if you had room for one more?  I have lost a total of 36 lbs in the past year and I still have 125 lbs to go.  I think the support would help considerably!  My husband works nights and I am home alone ... with a tendency to snack when I shouldn't.  :(

It sounds like everyone is doing great - keep up the good work!

Welcome darien7684

Boy do I know what you are talking about! My husband works and night too and I find it is the hardest time to not eat. I find myself grazing and I know I am not hungry.

Lora

Thank you lorabear!

That is exactly the problem - I have been trying to drink some tea at night to keep myself from snacking ... but then the dreaded "if no one sees, it didn't happen" mentality creeps up.  I think that mentality has haunted me my whole life.