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!

Thanks all-I just added you all to my friends list (while I'm dancin and hollering - hey.......dancin is exercise too!!) 

Writestuff: as to my food plan-it's evolving right now.  I started out on a Subway diet but that got old quick.  Now I'm just taking it one day at a time.  We have a small drink refrigerator in our room so have stocked that with 2 diet Cokes, 80 oz water, diet tea for my huband, 1/2 gal skim milk, string cheese and Healthy Choice ham/turkey, tomatos, lettuce for lunch.  Apples, oranges and bananas for snacks.  Sample menu for yesterday:

Thu, Jul 27 2006 D+  Superfoods, Green Machine, No Added Sugar - Fruit Smoothies 240 130 B   Water 592 0 B   Diet Coke 240 1 C   Pop Secret 100 Calorie Butter 31 110 B   Water 592 0   Breakfast C-  Oats 'N Honey 42 180 B-  Bananas - Fresh Fruit 126 110 A-  DANNON Creamy Fruit Blends Strawberry Banana 113 106 A   Coffee (Filter) 474 19 A   Coffee (Filter) 474 19   Lunch     Cooked Ham and Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Variety Pack - Deli Thin 104 120 A   Veggie Spring Mix - Baby Blends 85 20     Green Goddess 45 195 B-  LAND O LAKES Pre-Sliced Baby Swiss Cheese - From the Deli - Pre-Sliced Cheese 56 220   Dinner C   MACARONI AND CHEESE EASY MAC MACARONI & CHEESE DINNER ORIGINAL MICROWAVABLE SNACKS 58 228 A   Unpeeled Apricot Halves/Splenda 244 30   Snacks B-  Chicken of the Sea Salmon Steak/Mandarin Orange Sauce 149 170   Total Calories Consumed   1,659

alabama, that looks like a great start! 

I might suggest adding some more veggies or whole grains (mmm, fiber!) and eventually trying to cut your sodium back a bit (cold cuts, cheese, and salad dressings can have lots of it), but you're definitely doing well and seem to be off to a good beginning!  I don't know how you do it with just a small fridge.  I'd probably have it so packed stuff would fall out every time I opened it!  haha!  :D

Hey united - that's me exactly!  First bite off the diet, and it's done, what's the point.

I also used to not write that 1 hershey kiss (that turned into 12 by the end of the day) or the snickers bar around midnight cause it was in-between time.

Writing every single thing down is a PIA, but it helps!!  I went drinking with the girls tonight & when I logged it, I saw I'm over 3000 cals for the day - and that was guessing!  I'm supposed to be at 1750!!!

But it's ok.  One day at a time.  Today wasn't that good, but today's almost done, and I can wait out the rest of the day until I can start over tomorrow.

One step, and then the next, gets you where you're going.

Okay, I add all of you who were not on my friends list to my friends list.  If we belong to the same club, we gotta be friends.  Right?

It's been a looooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnggg day!

*runs to add veevee to friends list*

:D

*peeks through the door*

i hope it's not to late to join the "over 100" club. in some of my past posts i've mentioned that i don't know how much i weigh - and that my mom's scale didn't go high enough for me (300lbs was the max). i just know that if i lose at least 100, i'll be able to fit into the vast array of clothing i own. i've got a denim skirt that i miss wearing soooo much. let the count-down begin! :)

I'll join

Started at 245, supposed to be 143, total of 102 lbs loss ....eeep, dont know how I'll ever get there, but I'm trying.... does that count?

I sure could use some pals that know what its like

**bites nails while waiting for answer...hopes nails are low fat, low cal, low carb**

I'd like to join too. My goal is to loose 100 lbs, and as of right now I need to loose about 79/80. Lost about 21 since may 14... what a struggle.

I have had an aweful week (stress/life related) and need a group to come talk to. I haven't had time to read the full 5 pages on this thread, but I will get to it.

Thanks for reading,

-Kay

magicbluefairy

The only thing I think when I see your defult pic is:

"This is no fun staring at the wall"...

My coworker and I joke about that all the time when we are bored... It's the episode where 'Michelle' gets a timeout.

*ha ha* that is the best!

Welcome!  yes!  have added you all as friends.

It's the middle of the night, so i have to skeddaddle...  c u tomorrow!

Jules, thanks for the hot lemony fresh cloth and fresh cozy cuddly bathrobe & fuzzy slippers, I sure needed that.

Welcome Kay and Jen.  I added you to my friends list.

So it's another beautiful day. How are we, the 100-to-lose group, going to make sure we can have a good day, health-wise? :)

Good morning and WELCOME to Magic, Moon, and Kay!  Whoo hoo!  I'm glad you could join us and look forward to hearing more from you all!

Feel free to add me as a friend, if you want!

Hey, Hk!  Are we the only ones awake this morning?  :D

Possibly so, writestuff.. OR.. everyone else has something better to do :)

well, there is that, Hk . . . :)

I'm on at least until I figure out what to have for breakfast and eat it.  Any suggestions?  I wanna give myself a day away from oatmeal and shredded wheat but we're out of bread. . . . hmmm.  It's too early to think . . .

welcome to the newcomers..

i don't have anything to say.. but i wanted to be post 100 to this thread.. :)  hehe