Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!

Howdy guys and gals!  I'm taking over this club, not because i think i have all the answers (i so know i don't) but because i'm super pumped up right now and motivated to help those people out there who have a lot of weight to lose.  we need a place that's more than a "can i join" place.. we need a place to talk about issues related to being this overweight.. 

Who here needs to lose over 100 pounds? Who needs to lose over 150 pounds? Or more?

I did! I did! And yes.. i did!

A small amount of background on me for those of you who don't know: i am a binge eater. I have had a problem with emotional eating, hidden eating, over eating, eating with a hang nail, eating because i have split ends.. you name it i stuffed my emotions down with the greasiest, nastiest food i could find!

Why did i do that (you might ask)? Because of many many different reasons.. frankly i think it was because this is how i was taught from a young age, this is how we handle stress and emotions. I learned that it's not proper to talk about your feelings.. or god forbid, express your emotions! You have to shove them down with a piece of cake and a smile!

Anyway.. onto the reason for this post.

If you are out there and need to lose a lot of weight.. just like i've got to.. i think we need to have a place where we can discuss these issues with each other and try and work through them together. Because, let's face it, people who are morbidly obese (yes.. i hate that word too) have uniquely different issues to work through and deal with than the average person.

Losing weight, for people who have this much to lose, have to deal with so much more than the formulas to figure out how much to eat.. and exercising. It's more complex than that. We have to deal with years and years of poor eating habits that have to be unlearned, we have to deal with the emotional torment of just being this size, we have to deal with the harsh looks and comments from strangers or from loved ones, we have to deal with our emotions for the first time in our life because we aren't shoving them down our throats anymore..

this is the hardest thing ANYONE has to deal with.. but, from my experience, things are different for us bigguns. :)

also, for those of you who don't know me very well.. (because i've kinda been in hiding and not posting much and there are so many new people out there) i started out in january weighing 324 pounds. I now weigh 232.5.. i have lost 91.5 pounds so far. I am not telling you guys this to get kudos.. i got those yesterday. I'm telling you guys this because i want anyone out there who is struggling with knowing they have, what seems to be, an insurmountable amount of weight to lose, that there is hope.. it IS possible.. you CAN do it.. but it's hard.. and you will hurt.. i know this because i've been there.. i've done it.. and i'm still dealing with it.

so.. come on in and share your stories.. i want to hear them and i want us to support each other until we are all at our goal weight!

Howdy. I am new here. And have 111 pounds to go. I am currently 231 and am so disgusted with myself that I got this way. I don't know how it happened. Well, I know HOW it happened, but I don't know why I LET it happen. I went to the doctor last week for an ear infection. After the nurse wieghed me, I forgot all about a little pain in my ear. So for the last week, I have been eating right, using the calorie tracker thingy, and drinking tons of water. Now I need to get on the excercise wagon. I would love to be able to tie my shoes and not be out of breath. I would love to wear something sexy and not vomit when I look in the mirror. I would like to be healthy. I would like to not be tired all the time. I would like to have the energy to enjoy being 26. So, here we go again. But I have a different feeling about it this time..... ....I just read that to myself and it brought tears to my eyes.

Hi Lyndsey,

I've only been here about 11 days, but I lost 10 lbs. I have alot more to go. It is a struggle. I think you will like this thread okay. There are some people who are very encouraging and friendly.

Good luck , take care

I weighed 335 lbs when I started to lose weight but I think only about 320 when I found this site.  I have about 157 lbs to lose now.  I am soooooo looking forward to getting to "only" 299 lbs.  Only 18 lbs to go to that "short term" goal so much easier than the 157 lbs to my ultimate goal.

I've been there before and started back up again even following what I had been doing to loase the 85 lbs and it was only a year until I was up to 300 again.  Plus I had developed some heart  valve problems.

So I am really hoping that it'll work this time.

Mini goals help a lot when you've got a lot of weight to lose.  100lbs can be a daunting number.  Heck, even 50 can.  At 1 - 2lbs a week, the ultimate goal is so far off it sometimes seems that you'll never make it.  So break it up into mini-goals.  I did mine at 10lbs each, celebrating each 10 lbs lost.  And then I also marked when I would change BMI categories (obese to overweight) and I plan on celebrating again when I get to "normal" weight (~20 more lbs).  Furthermore, I marked my 25%, 50% and 75% of my goal, so it's another smaller chunk to celebrate. 

It keeps you sane and lets you have victories and feel accomplished even though the ultimate goal is far away.  So 100lbs looks so far you can't see it, but 10lbs is pretty close! 

Keep thinking positive!

I agree with Beanie... That's the way to go. Small goals and LOTS of patience.

I even edited my profile. When I joined CC, my goal weight was set at 131. After two weeks I couldn't stand it anymore! I don't even remember when I weighed 131 the last time... My mind kept telling me "you can't make it!". So I put 170 as my final goal ( i now weigh 272) all the while telling myself that once I get there, I can always choose to set a lower goal.

urbanrose~

Small goals are the best ones to keep us on track.  I celebrate every time I get to new #'s on the scale, like 250's to 240's etc.  Also I broke down mini goals on my profile for about every 20lbs.  But I find myself celebrating almost every pound, because it's an accomplishment in itself.

I know about those breaking the ten pound marks.  Today was the first time I was below 240 in almost a decade.  239.5  how sweet this is.  I too have broken my loss into smaller goals.  For the first part of this journey I set the goal as 50 lbs less.  I have 14.5 pounds to go until I meet the first goal.  This was unthinkable when I started. I will likely aim for another 50 and stop there for a bit.  That is the weight I feel really good at and can be active and strong.  I have never been able to maintain less than that and I may choose not to.  One day at a time, I guess.  

I am 263 and 34 I really need to lose at least a hundred if not more....I have spent the last fifteen years of my life in emotuiional turmoil but three years ago found a wonderful man to be my husband and a he is a wonderful dad to my children but I cant seem to step out of the binge eating and have done nothing but gain wieght since we have been together which makes me angry at myself..so instead of eating because others are treating me horribly I now eat because I am angry...HELP....I love my husband and unfortunately I hate my body so intimacy is a joke....: ( I am new to this sight and possibly looking at resorting to gastric bypass because I have not had much luck with anything else but the thought of it really scares me...I hope to find support with others who understand what it means to really have a weight problem....

Thank you all for your great information.  I'm 59 so losing weight isn't as easy as it was before when I could walk a lot.  Now I am happy to be able to walk 2-3 minutes without stopping.

I had gotten up to walking 5 minutes without stopping but hurt my knees because I did it twice two days in a row.  Now worked up to 2 minutes without stopping.

I celebrated by looking for this site when I lost enough weight to be able to buy my clothes at Walmart again.

dsterw  dont lose hope man, i am new todays my first day but if all these people can do this weightloss thing then so can we!  I need to lose ,,, too much to think about and i also thought about the bypass,, i've seen people who get it done and in 6 months are right back where they were so it doesn't seem to be the answer! we can do this!! it seems so easy to track what i eat here in this forum. lets roll!!

Hello everyone

I am 22 years old and weigh 202 pound, shamfull I know. I have just recently joined CC and everyone here has been very helpfull and encouraging. I have 82 pounds to lose and sometimes it feels like an impossible task. The idea and philosophy behind mini goals seems very right and as of today i ll also divide my goal into mini packs . lol . and congrats to everyone on ,aking some progress and hope i ll soon join the clubs of losers to. i means losing weiight ;)

Hi Everyone :) Welcome to our new {{{friends}}}  Nothing to be ashamed about!  We all put it on... let's take it off now... 1 lb at a time.  Here! Together!

I also use the 10 lbs at a time to celebrate mark ~ i get my pic taken holding 10 lbs bags of taters and when i lose enough and can't hold them all, they'll be piled at my feet ~ lol ~ i can't wait!!!

I have a few rewards for goals...  that helps...  1 is pretty pink stillettos when i have lost the weight and have my new sexy legs ;)  on a more serious note, formal portraits.  haven't had those done since our wedding pictures...

but in the meantime, other nice little non-food treats... so far it's been a haircut and some books on nutrition and other related health books...

doesn't sound like fun, but somewhere along the way, this became about living a healthy lifestyle ~ to nourish my body and my mind (hearts & soul), regain some health...

It's no longer about a diet.  I always quit those before... and always regained every single pound plus some... so now i'm trying to learn how to live life without over-eating or bingeing... and eat and exercise in ways I enjoy so I can do it forever and enjoy it...

:::sigh:::  it ~ haha...  creating my lifestyle is a work in progress....

but it helps so very much to have friends here to encourage each other and cheer each other on when the going feels hard or dreary.....

that's the key i think... don't give up.  when it gets hard and you feel like quitting, come here, shout it out and let people help :)

cheers, jules

HI - I'm new to this site - recently joined curves current wt 278. I have polycystic ovaries have been overweight all my life and to top it off i'm a dietitian....hahaha........I know what to eat,what not to eat how to cook it. I don't eat alot of fried foods or junk food. I just can't get started and I really don't have a good support system. I am healthy but i want to stay that way. So here I am. This seems like a great place to start.

I'm Cat. I was 294 lbs at my last medical, summer of 2006. I'm going to guess I'm still around there. I'm 5'11" and have a very large frame. I dont really show my weight. Most people would definitely not guess me at nearly 300 lbs. There's pictures in my gallery.

I have NO health insurance, so dieticians and all that is not an option for me. I'm gonna do all of this on my own.. Insane? Perhaps... I believe my healthy weight is 160 pounds or so. I'm not sure if I want to go that far, I'm rather fond of being a curvy lady.

See, I have NO problems with my looks. I could stand to use a little flab, but I like me just fine. It's my health that isnt agreeing with my weight though. I have varicose veins all over my thighs and I suffer from IBS-D (which seems to have not bothered me much since I started this diet).

I officially started my new way of life on February 15th, so I'm still positive :p I'm going to take it one step at a time and we'll see how far I get. One thing is for sure, I'm probably gonna have to get surgery by the time I'm done... I got lots of stripes, I doubt my skin will be able to 'shrink' itself back.

Had a real rough weekend.  It started out on Friday night with M&M's.  I had a craving and gave into it.  Then, it just dominoed from there.  I ate fast food yesterday for lunch, and then nothing the rest of the day.  Between the M&M's and the fast food my stomach was not in the mood for anything else.  So you'd think, I'd get up today and eat right.  Nope.  I woke up early and did my laundry and went to the market on an empty stomach.  By the time I left the market I was HUNGRY!  I stopped at the donut shop and got one (I was glad that it was only one) donut and a mocha. 

The rest of today has to be good.  Although I will not feel like eating, I have to eat at least some veggies, or I know this cycle will continue. 

I am hoping that by writing here and not just in my journal, I can get back on track now instead of saying I'll wait until tomorrow.

hey everyone, i am starting cc today... hope all goes well. I have 148 pounds to lose. I am tried of feeling like crap every single day of my life. Heel hurt, knees crack, just want to sit on the couch and watch t.v. I will need lots of support from this new found site and hopefully one day can give support to someone else. They keep telling me that 40 is the new 20, well believe u me, i felt a heck of a lot better 20 years ago. Anyway thanks for letting me vent and for hopefully finding some new found friendsl.

dsstewart29,

Been there. I feel for you. But the good thing is you are here. You have started in the right direction. So hang in there you can do this. If you have handled all the emotional stuff all these years, its your turn to do something for yourself. I wish you all the luck in the world. When you get down, just remember you are in a better place in your life, take a deep breathe, look in the mirror and say "I am going to do this"

take care

Hey everyone...

Just some words of encourgements....  I have been reading some of the posts and some sound down on themselves. Gaining weight or being in this little group society has labeled us in as "Obese" is nothing that should get us down. There are so many reasons as to why were are PHAT(Pretty Hot And Tempting)! It took us a long time to get this way and it's going to take us a long time to loose it. For whatever reason... that new bathing suit, to be a cover model(my reason)... to get back at an ex, to show off at your 10, 20, 30 yr high school reunion, for your health, for your kids, for your parents, regardless, as long as it is for yourself! I believe this is the only way you will truly loose the weight and keep it off. Don't loose hope people. Being big is not ugly and it's not something to be ashamed of. People come in different colors, and ethnicities... why not shapes and sizes. We all don't want to look like a model... well except for me:) whether it's 10 pounds or 300 pounds, we are still teh same person inside and if people can't see that then who really needs them. Im just here to say if I can loose weight anyone can. It's a very difficult process but once you see it come off, its like a game your playing with yourself to see who will win. Who will win in your game?

Bobbyinsf,

Well said! I agree 100 percent.

Sorry just woke up.  I have the flu and can't walk or eat much.  Gd for me but at least I can drink water.  Talk to yall when I'm more myself.