Hi !!

I am a morbidly obese (hate that title) late 20's chick who needs to lose this weight desparately and wants to do so before I hit the big 30. I am a compulsive overeater, so I am dealing with an eating disorder, but have been doing good the past 17 days. I don't eat sugar (refined) or flour or wheat, etc. I eat something similar to the Zone diet.

I am looking for diet buddies possibly in the same situation. I realize that my overeating and obesity is severely affecting my quality of life. I don't have any health problems (thank God!!), but I feel that the weight does effect some physical and emotional aspects of my life.

I want to make 2005 the year that I get below 200 pounds!!!

Anyone care to be my diet buddy?

wow MY TWIN! I'll be your buddy! I'm pretty much in the same boat. Please IM me sometime Xxemochic78xX

I'm in exactly the same boat you are! I'm 28, about 240, and I can't remember the last time I was below 200 or wore smaller than an 18. This is my year! I'm so glad we're all here to do this together!
I do a low carb - not SB or atkins though - low cal diet, and I've been trying to excercise everyday. IM me if you want to talk or just say hi!

Hope

Hey Girls, I'm in the same boat too. I need a buddy to help me to. I'll be 20 in march. I'm 6 foot tall, and weight 260 and it seems that the scale just increases everyday. Im tired of trying to buy a size 20 in tall. NO Body makes pants like that, and if they do, the legs are huge.. it's just my stomach that needs the huge size. I'm very depressed. I was on atkins a few years back with my mom and lost alot of weight, but I dont have the will power to do that. I'm going to try weight watchers. I start next monday. I would like to keep in touch with all of you.. if you dont mind?? The more help you have, the more confidence you can get! Thanks guys.. this is great!! *smile*
P.S. I'm new to this system and I'm having problems trying to figure everything out. I've added all of you girls to my buddylist, but how do i find that list to talk to you guys?

Wow, I'm gonna say it too. I am also in the same boat. I am too a NEW member here, and figured I needed someone to help me and keep me motivated to lose the weight. All of my friends locally( except for my best friend in Savannah Ga) are skinny and don't know what it is like to struggle with being over weight. I am 25, will be 26 Feb. 1, and I weight about 245lbs. I have been watching what I eat for the last two months and have lost 20 lbs or so, but I have hit a wall. I started the Total Lean from GNC today.( my doctor says it is okay) I hope this works. I also have PCOS and it is hard for me to lose the weight. I hope we can keep intouch and keep one another motivated to reach our goals. Your stories are all great. Lets do this!

Alright, to whoever cares, I'm real into writing back and fourth to someone with the progress of how things are going. Anyone, Please email me at any time, [email protected] I would really appreciate it! I need a buddy..*frown* Just make sure you remind me ur from 3FC lol. Thanks guys!

Hey ya'll! Just read your posts here... you all sound like me. We all can do this.. even those of us with any disabilities and also with PCOS. I have that too. It all can be managed. The main thing I can tell you that might help is to be consistent. I mean that.. it's what has brought me to jogging for 30-45 mins a day when I could barely walk two or three blocks to start. I am fitter now, even at the weight I am at, 220, than I have ever been in my entire adult life. So even tho I have almost 100 lbs to go before I hit my ultimate goal.. I am doing ok. Yay!! I hope I can help with anything you have questions about. I'd like to say too, that all these diets out there.. they aren't for the long haul.. try to lose weight the way you will want to eat the rest of your life. The reason I've lost and gained all these years is because I used a diet, lost alot... then I relaxed. And the old habits crept in.. not fast, but slowwwwwly. I regained it all plus more over several years each time. This time is different. I'm doing this not only for me, but for my son.. I finally have a child! I adopted him (back to that old PCOS thing, still not able to conceive, maybe one day or maybe never, and that's ok) and he means the world to me. I want to play with him! And rollerskate and hike and do all the things he will want to do. I don't wanna just watch him! So you can see why I'm more determined now than ever b4. I'm going to do this. And I know you all can do this too. Just take baby steps. The biggest thing is the habit. If you walk some every day, no matter how much, that's better than we did b4, right? You'll get tired of hearing that but to become and stay a fit person, you have to behave like one every day. Move more, eat healthier than b4.. then you will look better than before. When you wanna snack, and are bored, clean house! That makes me feel better even tho I hate cleaning. I didn't overeat, AND I have a clean office or bedroom now!~ LOL. Ok, I can go on forever, I'm sorry! Write me or post here! I'd love to get to know you all!!!!

Hi everyone! I'll chime in with it too. I'm 26 and need to loose 71 pounds. I've managed to drop 10 pounds since december 4th but I really need the motivation to do the rest. Right now all I can really do is monitor my portions and keep an eye on snacking and try to get a little excercise in. We're in the process of buying a house but until we move in we are staying with my parents which means eating what they cook. I get no say in the menus. I'd really love to email back and forth with someone. Feel free to email me at [email protected] I don't always have my messenger on but you can try me on that too.

The boat is gonna sink ladies! lol

hey, i started a group for us, if anyone wants to join. it's in the support section. here is a link. http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...226#post758226

please join!!

I just signed up. I have been trying to loose weight for the last year in a half. It is making me really discouraged. I had my son in 4/2002 lost something like 75 lbs after that. Then I went to my moms in April of 2003 watched her husband cheating on her with a 19 year old girl right in front of her eyes. Then came home with some kind of major depression that affected every aspect of my life even my intimate parts with my husband. I am finally getting over some or most of it, but I can't seem to loose this weight. Started going to the weight club in January gained 10lbs. Have been fighting to loose ever since then. Tried Weight Watchers, did not loose one pound after over two months of pretty much loyal service. Went to the doctor to find out why I can't get this weight off, nothing is wrong with me. Everything is in the good. Right now though I am 265 and trying to get back down to at least the 260 I was before Christmas. I have been trying to watch what I have been eating. I have been having a hard time even getting an exercise plan set up since I quit going to the club. My schedule is just too busy now to even try and get to the exercise club. I am a stay at home mom. My husband is in school all day during the day. I have started going to school as well. I even tried taking over the counter water pills, but I didn't take them enough to find out if they would help me or not. If anybody has any suggestions at all or just support or even wants to be a loosing weight buddy with me I would really appreciate any support or advice that you guys may have, because I am too the point of thinking, I will always be this way and I might as well accept it.

Misty, I'm sorry for what has happen in your life in the past years. I know how tough things can be. You said you joined a weight club and gained 10lbs. I knowing dieting isn't fun. I've been there and done that. I've tried Atkins (worked wonderful, felt great and lost a ton of weight) but why deprive yourself of the foods you love. I'm tired of all the fad diets that are out there, the south beach, the grapefruit. One that i've tired and find it easy and acutally enjoyable is Weight Watchers. I've been on it since Monday. (this being my second time) and i've found that just with in the last 4 days, I wake up with more energy, dont feel AS hungry ( but i'm the type of person that will eat, even if i'm not hungry). The scale says as of Monday, I've lost 6lbs. Im sure most of it is water weight and weight lost from not eating a Mcdonalds double cheese burger like I used to do everyday! This diet lets me eat the foods that I still enjoy. right now for breakfast Im eating an english muffin with cream cheese, it's 3 points and I'm allowed 28 for the whole day. For snack, I have some pretzels to hold me over til lunch or dinner. Im really enjoying it, but at 19 I've come to realize that I'm always going to be a big girl(although I carry my weight well) I'm 6ft tall, and started (as of monday) at 260lbs. This is a way of life that i'll have to continue for good. I've been skinny before so I know I can do it. It's just having the willpower and the self-disipline to do it, to want to do it. You are going to want to find a diet that will suit your whole family. For dinner, you or your husband can make what you guys want, but just have monitered portions. (and convert some things to Fat Free/low fat/red.cal) It's really not hard, I believe in you. I believe in everyone. Id like to be a support buddy, I've been looking for one. If you'd like, you can email me anytime. I can give you my home email address or my work email address. I'm at work M-F 7:30-4, so I use my work email address much more. I hope you can find it in yourself to believe in YOURself. You need to start doing this for you, that's most important. The best of luck..~Mandy

At the risk of being redundant...me too. 26, 100+ to go, no major health problems yet, but have been battling weight all my life and know I need to get it under control before my health is in jeapoardy.

Thanks, suchaprettyface, for starting a support thread. Good to have some folks to talk with.

I have finally found something to help me loose weight. It is called the fat flush plan. I have lost 8 lbs. and 4 inches in the first week.
Misty