We are a group of individuals who weigh or have weighed 300+, or near there. This group was formed to provide a place for others like us to find support and hope. We are aware of the distinct problems that come with weighing over 300 lbs.
We want to invite everyone to join us in our journey.
We share laughter and tears.
We share what works for us and what doesn't.
We often use a "Topic of the Day" for discussion.
Motivational Monday
Tuesday Tips
Wednesday Wish List .. and What you are doing to obtain it.
Thankful Thursday
FUN Friday ... don't wait until you lose your weight.
Sit-up Saturdays - any physical activity
Share your Success Sunday
These are not required topics ...just ideas to share. We often find them very helpful. We also share heartaches and fears ... joys and celebrations.
We have several extra threads going on simutaneously such as Monthly Challenges, Weekly Weigh-ins, Recipes, Bios, and more. Please feel free to check them all out.
We have found this thread to be more than just a support group...
we have found it to become a home. We invite you to join us.
WELCOME!
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Hi everyone, thanks kayley for the message, I just got off the phone sobbing with my fiance who is at work right now. He said that he knows that I am very unhappy with my self right now and just wants to see me pull out of this depression and be the outgoing girl that he met 4 years ago. So he is going to kick my butt tonight with an exercise program (btw he is in shape). I am going out to Walmart today to pick up some Start the Diet groceries and a reliable scale. Wish me luck!
Sorry I've been absent, we've had computer trouble. There's no way I can catch up on the threads I've missed. I had my first visit with a Canadian doctor. He was in a hurry, and didn't seem interested in me until I told him how much weight I had lost. He was struck speechless. He had to sit down and write my starting weight in my chart. It sure beats getting screamed at or ignored as I often encountered when at my heaviest. He's my husband's doctor, so when himself starts registering significant weight losses, I'm sure the doctor will be even more impressed. He looked so disappointed this week that he had "only" lost a pound. I told him that just means it is working the way it is supposed to. Today he is getting low cal pumpkin and blueberry pancakes. His question is always, "how can this be a diet when we are eating all the time?" The funniest thing is that he has become regular for the first time in 13 years. These are the things that actually catch your attention.
KcLynn - So glad to see you over here in the forum! What program are you going to start doing? Are you going to be doing any exercising along with it? I know you'll be successful in your journey. Especially with the help of everyone here...we will be here for you through happy times, sad times, and everything in between! So again, I you!
Catherine - I'll BET that floored him! You've lost so much, and it's so fantastic! Are you finding things in the store that works for your diet? Are you adjusting?
Well TOM finally arrived, I feel like sh*t . I have been pretty BAD the last couple of days, I really hope that weigh in tomorrow is a loss or stay the same. I've not exercised, I felt too grotty so that's something else which will stop me losing much. Once TOM has gone or slowed down (sorry, but I bet a lot of you know what I mean ) I will be back doing my salsacise dvd and resistance band stuff.
On the 19th we are off to my parents for a week, (its school hols) so I will be doing tons of walking, some on sand dunes, they are KILLERS on the legs. So at least I'll lose some weight then, though I hoped I would have lost enough for my parents to notice, my sister's friend on Friday night didn't so we'll have to see.
I hope everyone is well, those balance balls arer great, EXCEPT for I had to fight my boys for mine, as they love me rolling them round on it or bouncing on it while I hold it between my legs and hold their hands!!! good for the inner thighs!!
xxsharon
I am going to start with what I know works for me, I went to a bariatrician about 5 years ago, granted I didn't weigh anywhere near what I weigh now but he put me on 20grams of fat or under per day and 1 gal 1qt of water a day and I lost substantial amounts of weight, my first 2 months I lost close to 40lbs. I did use phentermine that was prescribed to me but it made me anemotional wreck. I know that I can do this without them, because I did in Septemeber of this past year, I just have to find that mind set I get into when I'm losing weight and I can't seem to find it right now. Hopefully I can make myself over the next few days. If you guys have any ideas please I need all the help I can get! Thanks
hey guys, anyone else having problems seeing the trackers and stuff. They seem to not be loading anymore for me this afternoon. There is just an "x" where all your trackers should be
Sharon - OOOH! Sounds like it's going to be a fun time...and if it's a workout, that's like 2 birds with 1 stone Don't let TOM get you down!
KcLynn - My friend is taking Phentermine, even though she only weighs about 150, and is 5'7...it makes her very edgy, and she even took up smoking again because of it. I wish you luck!
I am so conflicted and it is only going to get worse, so I suppose I need to start talking about it now. The problem is this – my BF, who I have been with for over four years is an FA. If you haven’t heard that term before it means Fat Admirer – or to put it plainly, he prefers fat girls. When we got together, it kind of nagged at me, but I was just so thrilled to find someone who found me attractive that I decided not to let it bother me. My personal belief is that people should love others for who they are, not for how they look – although I admit that for mostly everyone physical appearance does effect who they are attracted to. Also at the time I had pretty much given up on weight loss – I didn’t think I would ever be able to do it. OK, so fast forward to today. Something clicked and here I am trying to lose weight, and he has mixed feelings about it. He wants me to be happy and healthy, and is all in favor of me exercising. The problem is that he has this idea of how low I should go in order to still be attractive to him. I am not opposed to being slightly on the larger side (I don’t feel the need to be skinny) but I am not ready to commit to a size that I want to be. For the first time in my life I feel like I have the power to choose what size I want to be and it feels both completely empowering and somewhat frightening. I have only been actively doing this a little over a month and it is already putting a strain on our relationship. I have to lose a certain weight in order to be healthy – there is no question about it. I know that ultimately I need to decide where I want to be because it is the right thing for me – not because someone wants me to be a certain way. However another piece of this puzzle is that I am a very rebellious person by nature and the more he asks me to assure him that I won’t lose too much, the less I feel able to give him that assurance. In part, I don’t understand why he can’t love me for me – no matter what size I am, but then I also know that there are ways that he could change that I wouldn’t like either (for example, completely changing his political views).
Has anyone else had to deal with this at all? If so I could really use some words of wisdom. I am not looking for – “wow, he’s a real jerk – you should just leave him.” This is a very serious relationship and we have been together a long time. I love him very much and want to make this work. I just cannot compromise who I am.
Amarantha, we've discovered that we suddenly have countless thousands of our weight trackers being displayed on other forums which are pounding our server. So we've used a script to block access on a lot of them (not all) temporarily. What we're going to do is move the weight-trackers to another server, which will reduce the load here so that our site and the weight trackers will run more smoothly. However, it will take several days to do this. We have a long list of things that have to be done this week, and the weight tracker switch is on the list, but it's not at the top of the list
Nancy- Wow...this is a tough situation. First of all, what is the weight that he wants you to be at? I definately think that this is a decision for YOU to make, and that if he really loves you, he's going to love you at ANY size, even if he is a FA. I think that you should go ahead, lose as much as you want (need) to....and when you are happy and comfortable, stop. If he can't love you at say a size 12 or something, then he's not for you, as much as you love him. Andrew is all about me getting healthy...but he said that he wouldn't care what size I got to, just not thin as a rail! lol...I told him that I always wanna be curvy...not THIN, and he's very supportive. I'm really not much help, but just think about it...if he's happy but you aren't, well, you'll be miserable. (I don't have a way with words! LOL!)
300+ And Ready To Try Again...#832
you!
. I have been pretty BAD the last couple of days, I really hope that weigh in tomorrow is a loss or stay the same. I've not exercised, I felt too grotty so that's something else which will stop me losing much.
Once TOM has gone or slowed down (sorry, but I bet a lot of you know what I mean
) I will be back doing my salsacise dvd and resistance band stuff.
So at least I'll lose some weight then, though I hoped I would have lost enough for my parents to notice, my sister's friend on Friday night didn't 
as they love me rolling them round on it or bouncing on it while I hold it between my legs and hold their hands!!! good for the inner thighs!!
Don't let TOM get you down! 
