I've been looking at the different support forums and decided it would be best for me to pick one and stick with it.

So I thought I'd join you lovely ladies (and gents, though I haven't seen any on this particular forum yet) in the 100+ club.

I started my new eating plan about a month ago. I didn't weigh myself at the time but was over 300 lbs based on past experience and how my clothes were fitting. I think I'm hovering at about 300 atm but not sure.

I'm going to see if I can find a scale today but I live in a small town where it takes over an hour to get anywhere with a variety of shopping but hopefully I can find one at our version of a mall the local Fred Meyer, haha. I was going to just weigh in at the doctors office, but decided maybe a weekly weigh in day will be best.

Alright wish me luck finding a big enough scale. I'm hoping to find one that goes to 330 instead of just 300 in case i'm still over the 300 mark.

Oh and my first goal is to go from wherever I am to 199lbs. I don't think I've been under 200lbs since middle school.

Welcome to 3FC rodeogirl! You'll love the 100+ group, lots of friendly helpful people here.

What type of eating plan are you following?

My eating plan is sort of made up and evolving every day. I've been trying to keep things really simple and see how it goes then adjust if it's not working.

So far my routine is:

1. Make sure I take my thyroid medication every day.

2. Eat only when I am hungry, but also make sure I eat when I am hungry.

3. Eat about 1 cup worth of food at one sitting. The exception being vegetables. For example I can eat as much as I want of raw spinach so long as I only eat 1 serving of salad dressing. The vegetables have to be the only thing that increases.

4. Wait at least one hour after eating my portion of food before deciding if I'm still hungry. If after 1 hour I'm still hungry, I eat another cup of food.

5. I place no restrictions on what goes into the cup of food. If I want to eat a cup of butter that's ok. Gross. But Ok.

6. Track everything I eat at the DailyPlate.com so I can look for better choices of foods.

I just started #6 yesterday after reading about it on this site. As for #5 I find that restrictions of types of food really don't work for me. I just get hung up wishing I could have whatever food I put on the no-no list. By restricting the amount of food and knowing that whenever I'm hungry I am allowed to eat, I find many of the psychological barriers removed.

Purple - thanks for the idea about measurements. I know I can find a sewing tape measure at Fred Meyer!

Hi rodeogirl

I totally agree with that. When I have a "no-no list" I seem to want it to the point where I only want to eat those things. I think your idea is good. It doesn't mean that you WILL eat those things but are less likely to crave them.

Welcome Rodeogirl!

You can do this! You are worth it!

p.s. I LOVE Fred Meyer!

welcome welcome!!!

Welcome!!!

You will learn so much around here. It is amazing! I am glad you joined us!
Just jump in here and enjoy. You will figure out what works for you. Just keep track of your weight , when you get your scales . They will let you know if you are on the right track. Really focus on keeping your numbers going in the right direction! Good Luck !

welcome! this place and ppl are amazing! post often so we can get to know you!

Thanks for all the welcomes - I'm really excited to hear everyone's stories and be encouraged along the way.

I got a nice scale which has a blue LED!!! (I have a weird thing for anything with blue LED lights, lol)

I decided to go ahead and weigh myself so I had a starting point of some kind. I will weigh myself in the mornings after this but it was nice to have a known starting place. Which was dun dunnn dun....

318.6lbs. More than the 300 I thought I was at but less than my last weigh in at the doctors office by about 10 lbs. So I've got my official starting line and am off!

(Oh and I can't wait to hit my 20 days here so 1. I can see how much progress I manage to make and 2. so I don't have to cut and paste my little horse below every time!)

welcome to the 100lb club!