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!

Hey Catharina!  I'm with you !  looooove pink/sparkles/lime green!  (ok you didn't say LIME green but that is what i like-lol)   anyway, where do they have the no burst one for people over 300?   thanks in advance!

angel

Thanks, loven_hearts for the words of encouragement! I'm so glad I found you guys! I was so down when I found out I wasn't going to have gastric bypass (something I'd always said NO to, until the last 2 months.) But now I see it may have been a blessing. I've been eating healthy for about a week, and it's all goooood! My knees are so shot, I have to plan how I'm gonna spend my little bit of "getting around time". I have a wonderful ergonomic bike, which I CAN ride, so I've been doing that. I'm hoping after 10 or 20 pounds off, my knees will give me a high five! Taking 4 Advil a day, makes life easier, but that was causing bleeding, so now I try to do without. And life grand when you get older??? If I didn't have my pre-schoolers, I'd go crazy! But they keep me laughing (good thing---or I'd be crying.)

Lime green, oh yea!

You can find the balls by searching 'burst proof exercise ball' in your favorite search machine. They're not that much more expensive than regular ones. Sissel makes ones that are burst proof upto 1500lbs!

I need to get me one, it will make butt-dancing so much more fun.

Good Morning Friends,  Welcome to the New your at the right place here.  I'm off for my walk.  I feel I need some energy to get out that door today.  LoL - piercedangel 1975 good luck with you Lime Green Ball.  I still haven't tried my pink ball yet.  I will tonight when someone is home to spot me.  LOL    Any way have fun today.  And, drink your Water and Milk  

Good Morning Friends,  Welcome to the New your at the right place here.  I'm off for my walk.  I feel I need some energy to get out that door today.  LoL - piercedangel 1975 good luck with you Lime Green Ball.  I still haven't tried my pink ball yet.  I will tonight when someone is home to spot me.  LOL    Any way have fun today.  And, drink your Water and Milk  

Sorry for the double entry.  I don't know how to delete it after I posted.  I tried but failed.  Sorry

I wish I knew how to find the posts after I have  posted. I'd like to keep up with the group that have the bed and also have over 100 pounds to lose. could someone email me maybe with some easy directions...LOL...djren28@aol.com...

Thanks if you can help or just want to email me to talk about this disease.

Donna

Hi all sorry been too busy to post lately. Still doing the curves thing 3x a week. I definitely notice increased flexibility and just overall feeling better. Almost time to be weighed and measured again. Now if i could only stop eating or i should say overeating especially at nite. But I'm not quitting no way - Have a Happy Easter All - Allie

Djren..You are at the right place! We are all  here to lose 100lbs LOL 

Hey hows everyone doing for a FRIDAY? I'm waiting on some friends to arrive we're doing a group work out in my livingroom today.  Y-M-C-A music blasting it's a real good cd motivator to excerise too.  Yesterday, I had the best work out ever.  A full one hour an a half  great!  I really pushed myself yesterday yikes! Did I mention it was all  up hill for two blocks My husband called me right when I was on my "climb break" hehehehahaha, he was really surprised.  I did really great on my Calories.  And guess what my daughter has JOINED me.  I am so happy I didn't push her she just did it on her own.  I'm still going for those JEANS.  that goes to show THAT... Loven hearts is good.  God bless you all have a great weekend.

Happy I found this thread, haven't been here for a while.  I have now lost 69 lbs and have 41 to go. 

I have been quite faithful except for birthdays and celebrations and visits from out of towners.  I seem to be able to go back to the right way of eating quite easily. 

Found out something about myself throughout this, sometimes when I was sad I felt hungry.  At least now I can identify it and not eat.  Now when I feel sad I don't want to eat at all.  Go figure.

I am now using my daughter's treadmill while she is at work, have no idea if it helps as I have tested out being on it for 2 weeks and off for 2 weeks and I lose the same amount of weight.  Will keep it up as it is good for my heart.

Congratulations to everyone, nice to have other in on this with you.

WoW! 69 lbs that is awesome.  When did you start cc.  Have you posted any pics of before and now?  I am totally happy for you This goes to prove we don't have to give up the foods we love we just have to adopt to a healthier lifestyle.  Enjoying good food is a pleasure but our pleasure can easly become our peril.  And you have grasped that. You can stop before it becomes a hazard to your health.  This is where I'm heading a healthier lifestyle.

I'm so proud of you!

Today a very mixed day.. My brother in law was the first to lose a bunch of weight (with less than healthy methods) and lately he had been gaining weight back. He bought a scale yesterday and today I just had to take a peek. I'm 269lbs! Wowie. Never thought I'd see such numbers in my lifetime.

But, sadly. My husband took a peek at his: 312lbs. He's been depressed the rest of the day. I knew he'd be over 300, but either he has been lying to himself or he honestly did not see that he has been gaining quite a bit lately... His self-esteem is down the drain. But he wont get up and do something about it, he'll feel sorry for himself, go to bed early (it's 7pm) and have a bunch of junk food tomorrow, ignoring his growing waistline.

It's such a pointless, pointless fight.

And my brother in law is on a diet for boot camp. I want to strangle him for being so stupid. He tells me my diet isnt working and his 'blitz diet' is much better. Stupid 19 year olds x_x He had one cup of yogurt for dinner (fat free! still 220 cals. But it's fat free! duurrrr)... Of course, by the time we left, he was chowing down on fried chicken because hey, starving yourself doesnt freaking work. But what do I know?

Grr... stupid people. My inlaws are all stupid when it comes down to food. I suppose that's what the media has done over the years 'Hey, it's fat-free, it's healthy!' My mother in law bought Peeps for me, because they're fat free *rolls eyes* I tried to tell her sugar can make you gain too.. but they just dont listen. She'd eat a whole angel food cake because it's fat free. Diabetes anyone?

Hey cat, I used to believe that 'fat free' and 'sugar free' stuff. I really believed in was ok for me to eat them. I've downed an entire cheesecake (in my previous bad eating days) because it was 'sugar free'. I am now pre-diabetic, just on the border. I believed those lies.  Now I'm learning better. I feel much better when I just eat regular, natural food. And..I'm not starving myself. Tonight I had an 8 oz chicken breast and a salad for dinner. I've noticed I don't need as much to get me full and I try to stop when I feel full.  I couldn't eat all the chicken, so I shared it with my dog (lucky him). I'm learning so much on this website. It is really helping me with my eating disorder. Everyone have a great Wed. Vicki

I don't always understand the way Americans think (I'm an immigrant from Europe). It's hard to realize that a lot of people heard day after day 'fat is the enemy, buy fat-free' from the media and whatnot. And -now- they're like 'uhm.. we didn't mean eat all the carbs you want..'

A lot of people only now begin to realize it's balanced eating that is required, not cutting out fat or sugar. Still not all of them. Most want a quick fix, and there is no such thing. There's no drive-thru diet or gym, you can't bring your butt to the dry cleaner and pick it up 20lbs lighter the next month. Effort is such a scary word ;)

To me that's strange. but it's just a cultural difference. My husband wants to lose weight, but he wants it gone instantly, without effort or thinking. I told him to sign up with CC, his response 'I'm not gonna calculate every stupid carrot I eat, I'd rather be 500lbs and die.' Eh, I really think he needs to keep a food log for just a week or two and he'd be SHOCKED by what he eats. But man, effort. Scary word ;)

Hey all...I'm new to this website and have been mostly reading the posts so far.  I started using this site on 3/6/07.  I thought this might be the group for me..so I will tell you a little about myself.

I had just been to the doctor on 2/28/07 and weighed in at 371.  I am only 5ft 1in.  So it is easy to say I need to lose more than 100 lbs. 

I have started, under a doctors supervison, changing my eating and exercising habits.  Well it wasn't hard to change my exercising habits, all I had to do was exercise and that was a change!!

Right now I am following a diabetic diet with 1200 calories a day.  I am trying to eat 40% carbs, 30% protein, and 30% fat.  For most days I am doing pretty good.

I am down now to 336.5.  So I am making some progress.   I have been exercising 3 times a week...walking for 30 minutes, using a step machine for 10 minutes and doing some light weight training to help with toning my muscles...(also with a doctors help).

Even though I have been doing good, I feel like noone around me understands just how hard this is for me.  I have always been an emotional eater (my favorites being cake, cereal and pizza) Obviously those are not on my diet anymore.  I get so hungry sometimes and I wonder if I am truly hungry or just craving food.  My husband tries to help and be sympathetic, but he is healthy.  He has never dieted in his life and weighs 197 lbs at 5'11".  He is eating the foods I eat now so I can't complain.

I guess I am just needing some support and encouragment from those who have been there before.  This is hard and a daily struggle.

Well, thanks for letting me ramble. 

1200 calories, ouch. I've been there, when I was a teen. I had this insane dietician who thought 1200 calories was perfect for a growing teen ;p

Needless to say, I only lasted a month or two on it before I quit going to her entirely.

Right now I'm eating 1800 a day (I'm 5'11" though). I need to watch what I eat my entire life, or it'll be back on in no-time. So I prefer to stick with an amount of calories that I can maintain, not something I'll crash in 2 months.

I wish you lots of luck with your current diet. I know I wouldn't be able to do the same.

Hi everyone, My name is Deloris and I live in Missouri. I have tried and failed so many times at dieting. I have been looking for a place to get help and inspiration. I need to lose at least 100 pounds. I weigh 260 and my feet and legs hurt, my back hurts , my side hurts and I know the weight is the reason. I just have not had the will power to lose it on my own but now I have been diagnosed with diabetes so it is time to get serious. I will be reading post every night and if anyone would like a one on one buddy, look me up. my email is delorisann@aol.com and aim sign on is delorisann

yahoo is delilah 504 and msn messenger is delorisann so if you would like to motivate and help each other lets be buddies.

Deloris

Hi everyone, I want to thank all of you that sent me directions to the site. It has helped.

I weigh 286 and I started out at 276. I go up and down. Can't figure out what the difference is. I am thinking it is the exercise...I do it sometimes and sometimes not. I think I am going to join curves again. i used to wake up and eat all night long but found that I have sleep apnea and now use a cpap machine. I hardly ever wake up at night now, so I am eating less. I do eat healthy as often as I can be motivated to do so. I counted calories for a while and never got over 1500, most of the time it was 1200... so I think its more about the exercise. I am thinking I will join curves again LOL. I used to love it before but the sleep apnea got so bad I could hardly get out of bed. I now have much more energy but no motivation.

Other people will never understand the frustration and pure hell we go through sometimes. they don't know how hard it is to just take a bath or do the household chores. Its a struggle to do everything. Having said all of that I know I am getting better and better...I just want it to happpen right now!...LOL..

Your stories are so helpful and encouraging. I am so thankful for some place I can talk honestly...You all know how hard it is to tie your shoes or get on a pair of pants....Good energy to all of you.

email or IM me anytime.

Donna djren28@aol.com

hi, i am pretty new and have 100+ to loose. I first weighed in on the 8 or ninth at 241 and am now 236. I dont know if any one else has this issue but I am struggling. I got down to 188 two years ago then got pregnant. at everyones request and the hope of a healthy happy pregnancy I put almaost all of my original weight back on and the baby was still born exactly four weeks befroe I* was due to give birth. The following year I struggled with Depression as I am sure is quite natuaral considering. ...  how ever my highest this time is 243 and I cannot seem to keep on track. I got a reminder a few days ago that it is only a day at a time and I have done good so far but I am beating my self up severly when I see one pound or no drop in my weight as a complete failure and try to eat myself to death. I am an emotional eater and If I treat my self with say 1 small whatever as a reward for being good I ten minutes later feel guilty and will eat any thing I get my hands on. Is there hope for me? 

       

how can I make connections here to help me stay accountable I am new to this site as well