introducing me! - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

themonkeysuncle · 05-02-2007, 01:07 PM

Hi! I'm new to this thing - don't really know my way around it! Ive been pointed in the direction of the 20 something thread - would be great to get to know a few people my own age who are trying to lose weight. I think it's just as difficult for us twentysomethings to lose weight - we have such a hectic lifestyle and sometimes eating crap is the only sustanance for the day! And the drinking too - has anyone else found the going out to the pub a bit of a problem? Anyways would be great to meet other girls and hear their stories! x

janamonkey · 05-02-2007, 01:10 PM

Welcome!

I def. agree about the drinking thing. Seems like alcohol is the pathway to all bad foods for me

especially garlic fries with ranch... those evil things!

themonkeysuncle · 05-02-2007, 01:11 PM

I know, dont you hate it when you've been out on a bit of a crazy one and you just can't help but buy some sort of junk food! It's like it out of your control!!

Spunkster5 · 05-02-2007, 05:52 PM

I agree with the drinking thing - its so hard because you know there are so many empty calories in alcohol...ugghhh. Then once you get tipsy there is nothing like a nice greasy something to help sober you up a little...hahah...i've had to learn to cut back on my alcohol intake and choose wiser....such as red wine, whiskey and diet coke, etc...

momerath · 05-02-2007, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by themonkeysuncle

Hi! I'm new to this thing - don't really know my way around it! Ive been pointed in the direction of the 20 something thread - would be great to get to know a few people my own age who are trying to lose weight. I think it's just as difficult for us twentysomethings to lose weight - we have such a hectic lifestyle and sometimes eating crap is the only sustanance for the day! And the drinking too - has anyone else found the going out to the pub a bit of a problem? Anyways would be great to meet other girls and hear their stories! x

I live/go to school in Ottawa, but I'm originally from Vancouver. I went back for a week or so in February, got together with a bunch of friends at an Irish pub and drank 6 or 7 double vodka diet cokes. At the time, I was allowed to have 2 starches a day, so the 12 starches I had to write down in my food diary looked pretty ridiculous. The girls at LA Weight Loss were worried I was an alcoholic. I've pretty much given up on drinking since then, but even when I don't drink, there's still the awesomeness of pub food!!! Absolute torture

Anyway, welcome, and good luck with all of your weight loss goals!

silver plum · 05-02-2007, 07:36 PM

Hi there! Welcome!

Yess to what everyone says about the drinking!
I've given up drinking on the weekdays - but the weekends are so hard!
One drink always leads to another, etc.
And I'm not quite ready to give up that lifestyle...

shrinkingchica · 05-02-2007, 11:19 PM

Well, drinking has never been my downfall.......... sweets are!!! I would rather have my starches in candy form!

Welcome!

mamaplots · 05-03-2007, 12:34 AM

Ugh! I understand! I love to have some beers on the weekend. I'm a lot better than I used to be, because now that I have a son, I only drink on the weekend. I used to drink every night!!

wateraddict · 05-03-2007, 07:33 AM

Welcome!

I used to drink every weekend, with a friend of mine. We would get our husbands to go to mcdonalds and get us a cheeseburger b/c that is what we always craved when we would drink..we did gain weight! So I will not be doing all that again lol. I'll have my wine cooler every now and then, but thats enough for me lol.

snowbunny2 · 05-03-2007, 05:15 PM

I'm so glad you brought this up... alcohol is definitely my downfall. I am graduating from college in 3 weeks and classes are over so it is really ultimate party time. There is no way I will be able to drink even a moderate amount of alcohol over the next few weeks, and I agree with everyone about the food that comes with it! I try to stick to wine if I'm just hanging out with friends or eating dinner and vodka tonics or vodka sodas at the bars, but I always end up having way more than I should, and being hungover pretty much means eating crap all day..... not good!

Beaullah13 · 05-03-2007, 05:25 PM

Drinking is totally my downfall as well. I used to be able to drink like a fish, and drinking was a big part of most social activities. Then life changed a little (I moved away from all my drinking buddies) and I became really self conscious of drinking alone. And two things happened.

1) The first 5 lbs fell off.
2) I now have no tolerance at all.

I really only drink on special occassions now! Good luck and welcome to the board!

momerath · 05-03-2007, 05:41 PM

Speaking of drinking, I have an annoucement to make. This morning, I made the decison that I am never going to drink again.

I have come to this conclusion for several reasons. Firstly, alcohol has waaay to many calories. I would much rather eat a chocolate bar or a steak.

Secondly, I don't really like the taste. I hate beer, I hate wine, and I can only tolerate vodka when it's mixed with Coke, and even then, the taste is only reasonable when I'm already drunk.

Which brings me to another point: I only drink to get drunk. It's fun and all, but I think I can be confident or an idiot or a flirt pefectly well using my sober personality; and if not, then clearly I need to practice, and the alcohol is doing me more harm than good.

Fourthly, hangovers. This is an obvious one; they make me feel icky, and I lose entire days to their awfulness.

Finally, and a little more seriously, I recently read into a few studies that have been done about alcohol and breast cancer risk. While it may not be a HUGE increase, the risk did go up about 10% on average among test subjects who drank regularly. This stat scares me a little, because my mom died of breast cancer when she was 39, with no family history or anything; the only cause that jumps out at me from the list is alcohol, as she struggled with alcoholism for a few years.

So that's my reasoning. I don't think it will be very hard to abstain, because that one night in February is the only time I've had alcohol since I started the program. It's not something I need, or even really want. So I would like to take this opportunity to officially announce that I'm never drinking again.

And because this decision wasn't made after a night of drinking, it's not just an empty promise

browneyedgirl77 · 05-03-2007, 06:12 PM

I mix my drinks with diet soda and totally stay away from beer. I only have one drink believe or not. I drink it really quickly so that I can catch a buzz for a little while. I moved recently and started drinking more than usual. I gained a ton of weight. I think in the past 2 months I have at 2 drinks to relieve some terrible stress. I think the biggest problem with drinking is definitely the cravings it produces. Luckily for me my fav junk food is from JIB and there are none of those in GA.