Support Groups - Women of Color

Hey, Where did everybody go?:shrug:

Okay so another season of "The Biggest Loser" ended and a whole new set of people lost like 200 pounds and i'm sitting here wondering why i can just dropp 40 in 3 weeks :lol:

Well i am down two pounds this week so i guess I'm on my way, huh?:goodscale

Cake- 30 miles before the new year? That is quite a goal. Go for it girl!

Matilda- Don't quit on us. You have to dig deep and just do it!

Alexxus- pretty bold buying the dress in advance. I wouldn't even have th guts to do that. Now you gotta earn it girl.

Loryivey- So you're one of those anime geeks, huh. That's so cute. where out of town are you and how long will you be away?

Ok ladies...going to the gym in the am so I gotta go to bed now.

Toodles from NY freezing my butt off!:snowglo:

Dips'n'twists About the biggest loser I sometimes say the same thing then reality sets in. They workout about 5 hours a day and have a trainer yelling and screaming at them all the time.

Think of it as a false positive. If it wasn't for the show they would sill be the same.

Don't get me wrong I like the show but like I said they train for hours.

Very true, i am well aware of how very controlled the environment is and that the contestants are in an unrealistic situation, however I think the show is very important because if nothing else it proves that weight loss for even the morbidly obese is possible without surgery, diet gimmicks, etc.

It also provides motivation for the rest of us. Which is why I feel a whole new drive to get healthy.

Hey all! I was in the NY/NJ area, but I'm back in DC now. I am totally an anime geek! LOL I have a 21y.o. brother, so I share a lot of his habits and interests. He got me into one mystery anime called Death Note and a comedy about a school club called The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and since then I've been an otaku through and through. Probably watched more than he has; my ringtone is actually a Japanese song! LOL

re: Biggest Loser - I don't like that show. I just haven't gotten into it. I don't like the sensationalism and feel that it discourages as many people as it motivates. If you are 300lbs and eat 1300 calories a day while you're burning 6000 per day, you'll lose tons of weight, but in reality, most people can't stay motivated to eat 1300 calories, much less to do that WHILE exercising at all. I also don't like that they allow the contestants to do cutting diets to dehydrate for final weigh ins. I think it should be based on body fat percentage, not weight.

Well i say if they base it on body fat then every one should weigh the same or something... i think it kinda makes it unfair if they dont start off at atleast the same weight or body fat percentage....
Yea i know i was bold... to be real i have tons of things in my closets that i have bought that i knew would not be in the store when i got small....

the only reason i like biggest loser is bc it gets rid of the whole 2lbs per week stigma. i ve have always felt like as long as its healthy thwn youre good... psychologically i feel that losing weight quick will make you put it on quick... bc you havent had enough time to make the healthy lifestyle... a LIFE style.. and a habit... BUT i have always thought it was ok to lose more than 2lbs a week.....

right now im in sc... chillin.. im starting back on the working out on monday...im going to be home and at home is like the biggest loser ranch... my dad runs like 10 miles a day and im held accountable for everything i eat... so i think ill be ok.... heres to some weight loss.

hey ladies!

we are supposed to begin a new thread at 500 posts so i am starting one in this same forum! yay WOC we get a brand spanking new thread
right here ---->>> http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/support-groups/188020-women-color-2-a.html#post3045196