Mela! Another shorty like me....although I am shorter than you!!
I am coming back after many years of absence...weighing more than I ever have in my life!! The good news is I am a little less than my last highest weight now. That sounds complicated. Let me rephrase.
When I started this new journey Dec 2014 I was at least 270. I hadn't weighed so I am not sure. And today when I weighed I am 255.4. The last time I was here on 3FC I started at 258. The crazy thing is when I left here at 210 I still didn't feel 210. Actually I don't think I have ever really felt my weight in the real time. I am either feeling as big as a house or I feel like my weight isn't an issue. Like I don't even see myself as thin or as fat. I hope that makes some sense to someone somewhere. I've always has a distorted image of myself. I'd love to find a weight twin. Ha, whatever that means.
Hey Cathy! Nice to see another shorty as well! I can't believe how well you've done since December! That's incredible. I think I understand what you mean about having a distorted view of yourself. Sometimes when I catch my reflection in a mall mirror it just hits me that I'm so much smaller in my mind. Sometimes I run into other big women and I wonder, to someone else, do they look bigger or smaller than me? I always feel smaller than them but maybe I'm not!
This cold/flu situation keeps dragging on. I just try to get a ridiculous amount of sleep so that I can come out the other side. I'm trying to eat pretty decent, but my weight is just hanging on, probably because I'm just not drinking hardly enough water at all. I'm hoping that I wake up one day this weekend with all the energy I've been missing because pretty soon I need to see that scale going down!
I too am smaller in my mind and look at other big women and wonder "Am I bigger/smaller than her?"
I have been bouncing back and forth between 262 and 264 and it's driving me crazy! I just want to get into the 250s. I think seeing a new decade would add to my motivation.
Hope everyone is doing well... keep at it, because we can do this!
I was down to 267.2 today. Now let's hope I can keep it together for the weekend! Hope you all have a great one.
Mela, I am ALWAYS asking my husband if women I see are bigger than me. I'm sure he probably lies though
Hey twish, you're almost there! I was in the 250's in November... or maybe October.... but I've inched up over the last few months. I have got to get back on track!
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I was down to 267.2 today. Now let's hope I can keep it together for the weekend! Hope you all have a great one.
Mela, I am ALWAYS asking my husband if women I see are bigger than me. I'm sure he probably lies though
Hey twish, you're almost there! I was in the 250's in November... or maybe October.... but I've inched up over the last few months. I have got to get back on track!
Haha my husband is from Africa and hasn't caught on to the concept of lying to make me feel better yet so I just don't ask!
Hi everyone! Watching the scales fly down from almost 300 to 280, then 270, then 260 was amazing. The day I stepped on and saw the number 255 made me cry many happy tears. It had been so long since I had a number that low.
My goal for February is to get into the 240s, but I may have hit a plateau. It's frustrating sitting at one number for awhile isn't it?
I guess I just have to plow through but I will willingly take suggestions for what others do when they've plateaued.
Hi everyone, I'm rather new here and want to fly through the 260s and 250s. Yesterday I was 263.5, so I'm almost through the 260s. Hopefully, that will happen soon.
I was a member here at least 7 years ago, but I couldn't remember my log in. glad to be here, and hope to continue to see the scale move in the right direction.
Good morning chicas! Welcome to the group Imthegoddess! Twish - you're on a roll! Good for you!
Ladies I don't know what happened to me this weekend. It was Friday night and I was eating my feelings BIG TIME and surfing channels and suddenly I happened upon the "Fat, sick and Nearly Dead 2" documentary and after 5 minutes I put the Doritos in a bag and walked them to the trash and did an HIIT workout. After that, I spent the weekend juicing and eating what I wanted and trying to get over this confounded cold that keeps hanging on. I'm determined to get healthy and that includes a good immune system so I drank a green juice every morning.
That had to be the game changer. I literally dropped over 6 pounds from Friday and now I'm sitting at 262! It's like the water and waste just decided to fall away and now I'm finally seeing some progress! I'm so glad because weights, pictures and measurements day is tomorrow so it'd be great to show even a little more than that! And for that reason I'm going to work really hard today. I just pray that this is one of those times where I get the motivation to just become a weight losing machine!
good for you Mela! I have caught a really bad cold and I feel so congested that I think I could be drowning! Actually today is better than yesterday. some folks say they can't eat when they are sick//ah it doesn't matter what it is I can stilll eat. I feel very grateful that I have kept the "compulsive monster" at bay. dog gone it!
stay true to yourself everyone....
Hi everyone! I'm a little more active on the 20 something's group, but I love checking in here and reading all your progress, so I figured I'd say "hey"!
Weighed in today at 265 after a weekend of non stop snacking (i was down from 265.5 last week). It was kind of a shock.
I decided today that now is the time to start working out consistently. I've lost 22 pounds by dieting pretty casually. I've been at this since November and I basically took December off and got started again a week or so into January.
I wanted to lose a little bit before really working out, just to make it easier on my hips, knees and back. I started Tracy Anderson Method for Beginners today (I'm doing a post about it in the fitness video forum) and I really enjoyed it! I'm hoping to stick with it since in the past I couldn't manage more than 2 or 3 days with a workout DVD. We shall see!
Hey ladies! I'm brand new and glad to be here. In November I went to the doctor's and I thought the scale was broken. It said 275! December 26th the scale said 271.2 lbs so I realized it wasn't a broken scale. O.o I went out and bought a scale and decided to start counting calories, and I've been losing about 2lbs a week.
As of this morning I'm 263.8 lbs. Ready to be in the 250s!
