I'm new to 3fatchicks (Just registered today).

I was 296 lbs. on the beginning of my diet, I am about 240, now, I want to be 125 lbs. I am 18 years old and I have been dieting off and on for about a 1 1/2 years. It was off and on because I couldn't take anymore. lol. But I want to be able to feel good about myself, so I'm back on the diet. I am drinking ALOT of water and I am writing all calories and fat grams, ect. in a food journal. I also put down my exersize activities in there, so I could look back and make sure I was exersizing enough. On the beginning of the diet, I could only carry 5 lb. weights, but now I can carry 20 lb. weights.

Anyway, I would like a buddy who I can email and ask if a certain food is good for weight loss; For exsample If I am not sure of the food I want to buy is healthy, I can just email my buddy first and my buddy can email me back. I might even ask for tips of excersising and eating right. I am also on a 1100 cal diet, but am thinking of cutting 100 calories off the diet; Is it safe to not eat as much as I am right now??

Thank you

Welcome to 3FC Alisa!! I see you've lost 56 pounds so far! Way to go! Exercise and food logging is a great thing to do to keep you accountable! I'd love to be your buddy. We're around the same age, but I only have about 20 more pounds to lose. Have you checked out Fitday.com? You should be able to find nutritional information for a lot of foods there.

As for the 1100 calorie diet, I would read this thread on "Starvation Mode". It has a lot of interesting points. As one person stated, you have to tinker and tinker until you find out what works for you!

Ithink that u may not be eating enough calories i started out at 341 a month ago an i am now 328 wtg me but i can eat 2300 calories an still lose 1-2 pounds a week which i have trouble eating all of them but i do get at least 1800 a day so maybe you should check out how many calories for your weight an height if u eat less than u should u will go in to starvation mode an not lose any. I think you said you are 240 which is way less that me but i think you shouls stll be eating more than 1100 a day .I also have a question does any one no how many fat grams that should be eaten in a day an should i only reallt watch my saturated fat or should i watch total fat .fat is so confusing to me

No, I haven't checked out Fitday.com, but I should (I will). And thanks for the tip about the starvation mode thing.

btw, Thank you for being my buddy I'll PM you my email address.

oops, didn't see your post. lol.

My height is 5'5. Does that mean I need to eat more, or is it okay?

Hello and Welcome!! Good Luck with your weight loss!! You can do it!

Thanks.

BTW, I saw your before and after pics (I did notice you have lost alot of weight! Great job)

Hi,i just joined too.i just posted up above,i would like to be your buddy.

I already have a buddy, now. Sorry