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~

=)

Susan,

Self determination works best when supported by friends and faith! Happy to have you aboard!

Grandma Sue

"THE AUGUST WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE" lost me rebepi. I am not there anymore. Did you ask your boyfriend for the salsa recipe. Congratulations on your weight loss!

newbegining-Welcome to this forum I hope you will jump in and let us know how we can help.

krismasself-Have you ever heard this one "I can't." "He can." Let Him."

I don't understand the MAP challenge. How is it any different than the weight loss challenge.

Humorpam- I wish there was something we could do to help.

Lora

Lora: I forgot to ask him last night when I saw him. I'll do my best to remember to ask him this weekend. I'll write myself a note.

I don't really post on the weekends, so I shall talk to you all on Monday or Tuesday. Have a great weekend!!!!!

Sure, I've heard those often, Lora. They're a synopsis of the first 3 steps of any 12 Step Program! "Let go and let God!" Sometimes it's hard to not try controlling things, isn't it?

Feeling a bit stressed this afternoon, so I jumped back online to catch some inspiration...and there it was!!

 

Lora & Sue - That is what I think all the time. I can't do anything about all of this, but I know without a doubt that He can and so I am trusting and letting Hime take care of me. I do appreciate your prayers. So very much. His mercies are new every morning and I am thankful for Him getting me through each day. I also thank my dear friends here for all the love and support.

Thank you Grandma Sue. I know that everyday is a new day and that it just takes positive thinking and one day I will see my goal of 127. I am new at this and realize that this time is my time for making it happen.

Welcome Susan I am sure you will like this group. Well I finally got my daughter to sleep through the night in her bed. I am so excited. Now me and my husband can be real newlyweds!

Just dropping in to give my new stats from Yesterday

Down 5 lbs in one week, now 306. Total in 3 wks 11lbs.

Hope you all have a great weekend

Marsha, please tell me how you're doing it. Fill me in PLEASE. What is your strategy?

Good Morning everyone! I am still around for the weekend if anyone wants to talk.

Marsha-Sounds like you are doing good. Congratulations on the 5lb weight loss.

Humorpam- I see you are looking like you are back to normal. ( Although I liked the pictures you keep morphing into ) I wish everyone would post their pictures. How is your weight loss going?

Trapp-Congratulations on getting your daughter to sleep through the night in her own bed. That can sometimes be a difficult thing to do at that age( For you and for her.)

I am ready to give up on my twin Clwhit where are you ? I hope everything is OK!

Lora

Mornin everyone,

Kraka how did you do at the fair when you went? I hope you did better then me, I went over board but also walked alot and drank alot of water so hopefully that helps.

I gained as of this morning but I know some of it is water and if I do really good and work hard at it I think I can still lose more plus lose what I gained by friday. We have friends here this weekend and I already got my brkfst all ready to go. I'm making a huge one for everyone eggs sausage bacon toast for them and for me I'm having the better for you version with egg whites 60 cal and a morning start brkfst pattie 80 cal. So, It's not too bad and I dont feel left out. Now if I can just keep it up all weekend =) wish me luck and send me good eatting vibes =)

Wishing you good luck and sending good vibes sarahip.{{{{{{{{{{{{{{.

Lora

The other day a young person asked me how I felt about
being old. I was taken back, for I do not think of myself as old.
Upon seeing my reaction, she was immediately embarrassed, but
I explained that it was an interesting question, and I would ponder it,
and let her know.Old Age, I decided, is a gift.

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have
always wanted to be.

Oh, not my body! I sometime despair, over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt.

And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my
mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize
over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly.

As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less
critical of myself.
I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra
cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying
that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avant-garde on my patio.

I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon;
before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the
computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, and
if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if Ichoose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some
of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the
important things. Sure, over the years my heart has been broken.
How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when
a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by
a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding
and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile
and will never know the joy of being imperfect. I am so blessed
to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to
have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so manyhave died before their hair could turn silver. As you get older,it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think.

I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be
wrong. So, to answer your question,

I like being old.

It has set me free. I like the person I have become.

I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not
waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will
be. And I shall eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)

Lorabear I know how you feel.  My niece was talking the other day and referred to me as a GROWNUP.  Im 38 and refuse to believe I am an adult.  It is much more fun being a kid, so I told this little bratty niece that I am not a grownup and to quit calling me that...then I pretended to throw a fit on the floor.  Just to prove I am not a grownup.  This bratty niece then said since I was being a brat I could just go to my room.  Totally backfired on me.  Bwahahahahahaha.  I just love that kid. 

Lora - You blessed me with your post about getting old. It came at a perfect time. I turn the big 5-0 tomorrow. It meant alot what you had to say. Thank you.

I was not great this weekend by any means. I ended up gaining 2.5 lbs since Friday, and I know I didn't eat THAT much. I'm hoping I just had way too much sodium and I'm just retaining. I've been at 234-235 for 2 weeks now and I really want to start losing again.

I just find it really discouraging that I can't even "cheat" a little bit without gaining 2 pounds. Everytime I have something that I probably shouldn't and even in small quantities I gain a lot of weight. I don't know, it's just really depressing.

This ever happen to any of you?

Yeah it happens to me too. I can usually lose the weight gained from "Cheating" quickly in a few days after by watching or reducing what I eat.

This probably won't make you feel any better but I am with you it is really depressing. I just want to be like everyone that can eat what they want and never gain weight!

Lora

Me too. I've been drinking water since I got up this morning, so I'm hoping it cleans out some of the sodium today and maybe I can drop a little bit tomorrow.

I also need a nap. *haha*

Alright, Labor Day weekend is over. You people need to come back now!!!

Anywho, I'm back down to 233.5 this morning, which I've been circling around since August 25th (the first time I hit 233.5). This is really getting aggravating. I've lost 1 pound, yes, 1 pound in the past 10 days... AFTER I lost 16 pounds last month. WTF (pardon my abbreviations)!

Oh man. I'm crossing my fingers that I lose weight again tomorrow morning. I have to weigh in for the biggest loser challenege tomorrow and last time I had only lost .5 of a pound. Think big losses for me tomorrow. (Or even a half a pound haha).

Has anyone else read "Molly's Diet Rants" yet?? Oh man. I laughed my butt off. It's in this forum if you haven't seen it yet. Hysterical.

Yeah Rebecca, I totally agree. Molly is a really neat lady and very funny!