Hi Iam new
 

Iam new to this site and would like to lose 80lbs by Feb 2011 as my husband is taking me on an Hawiian cruise.Iam way too heavy for my little body. pls help!:carrot::carrot:

welcome zabou, you'll find lots of support here!

welcome zabou. This is a great place-lots of support and helpful people. Are you planning to follow a particular plan?

Welcome to the group zabou. You will find excellent information and support here at 3FC.

zabou - Just wanted to add that CruiseCritic.com is a wealth of information. Cruising is an obsession of mine. Let me know if I can answer any questions for you. I leaving tomorrow (yes, 7 of my 16 days will be on cruise) so if I don't get back with you right away don't worry I'm not blowing you off.

Again, welcome to 3FC.

Welcome - and jump right in...very friendly group here.

Have you thought about what you will be doing to help you reach your goal? What are your eating plans, exercise, etc?

Thank-you for your support all!
 

Thanks to all for your support. I have a friend on here whom has lost a substancial amount of weight through calorie counting so I have taken some advice from her and started counting calories as my problem really isnt over eating. It is skipping meals and not eating properly. If anyone has anything else they could share with me that would be graet as Iam looking for any advice and tons of support and I know I have come to the right place. Thanks again.:)

My only piece of advice is to try to view this as a way of life and not a "diet" you do to lose weight for your cruise. Anything you do temporarily will only lead to temporary weight loss.

Welcome! I calorie count too.

thanks1
 

Thanks all for your replies!

You're welcome! :) This is one of my favorite forums and I mostly just lurked until recently and then started posting. I love these ladies! :sunny:

I also cruise too and have the same screen name at cruise critic.

Welcome, Zabou! Sorry I missed your first post - hope you are settling in and exploring 3FC!

Book recommendation - can get you up to speed with what "good" eating really is about, and give you some ideas on how to apply it to a way you want to eat at least 90% of the time for the rest of your life. It's "Ultrametabolism" by Dr. Mark Hyman. This one deals with the physical side of food as fuel and how disease processes start (and can be stopped) through the right foods. It's going to be about the same as what you've probably already heard - cut down on red meat and dairy, or at least move toward free-range/grass-fed/wild, add plenty of vegetables and some fruit, quit the "white death" of refined sugars and flours. I like this book because it does a very good job of explaining why processed foods are bad on your system. It also addresses food allergies that can make it really hard to lose weight, and has menus/meal plans to get you kicked off in the right direction.

I've been using the guidelines from that book, but tracking calories (and a lot of measuring/weighing) because portion control is my weak link. :D

Good luck, and jump in and post in our weekly chat. The holidays are upon us officially, and the extra support here is incredibly helpful!

Cassieroll... how do you calorie count? Aside from packaged foods that tell you. I dont use packaged foods much. thanks! looks like you are doing great! My height ,weight and goals are very similar to yours. :)