Welcome losetogain.. I am from NY, Not sure if there are western girls on this forum or not, but welcome anyway... India

Tonight will be my first Tops meeting in Crestivew Fl, I don't know if I can join tonight or not but if I can I probably will. I've been "dieting" Wednesday will be one week. I'm eager to get some local help and motivation, I've been gone since last Thursday night and we just got back late last night. I was hoping my Nurtri System meals has arrived. I'm going to give it a try. I wasn't going to weigh till my first day on Nutrisystem but if I join Tops they will weigh me.

I'm scared to death to see what I weigh!

Quiltmama, welcome aboard... Dont worry about the scales, just go with it and you will be surprised... .... scales are scary lol ... believe me, I know... Barb

I went to my first meeting at TOPS, they seem like a nice friendly group of people. Another lady joined tonight as well so I didn't feel alone. When they weighed me in I was a pound less there than at home which was a surprise.

Where is everybody at and how has everyone been doing. I'm looking forward to my meeting Tuesday to see what I weight, actually I should know Tuesday mornng because that is the only day I get on the scale at home.

Hi my name is Maureen but you can call me G I'm a member of TOPS in westminster Colorado I just love it.I just joined 3fc the other day it seem really great. I have lost a told of 20 pounds between ww tops and ediets it's been a long road and I have 80 pounds to go but I'll get there.

welcome G, I'm a member in Crestview FL, it is a small group. I've lost about 8 since joining so I'm pleased but have a way to go too. Hang in there with me and we can see us to our goal! I'm counting calories and cooking and eating low-fat. I'm focusing on this is how I will eat the rest of my life. It doesn't mean depravation, just moderation.

Yes sir well be KOPS before you know it I was just elected co-leader of my chapter everyone is so nice and suportive. I'm a vegetarian and have been since the begining oh the year. It is working for me all losses not one turtle. Good luck to you your next meeting is when?

G, my next meeting is tomorrow night, Tuesday, and I'm not sure what my body is going to do. but what ever it does I will go with it. I know I've stuck to my calories so if it shows a weight gain, then I know my body is just being dumb.

I'm doing the presentation tomorrow, I'm doing it on Calorie Counting, and how the body loses weight. Want to read it?

I have a friend in Delaware who is also a vegan. She's had problems losing weight. Nutri system has vegan meals. I ordered one week (from QVC) of their food just to see how it was, it wasn't bad, but you don't get to choose your meals in the one week package. It had more beef and pasta type things, than I perfer. I'm not doing the Nutrisystem diet, but I do have to go about 1.5 hours away and stay 4 to 6 hours so those meals have helped me have something to take with me to eat since they don't have to be refrigarated.

I'm not vegan, but I'm not a big meat eater. I perfer fish and chicken.

How is everyone doing. My scales and the tops scales, between one or the other of them something is too goofy.

The scales are driving me crazy! Last week my scale said I lost 2.5 pounds. The tops scale which normally shows 1 pound less than what my scale says, said I lost 1.25. This week my scale said I lost 1/2 pound, their scale said I lost 2.75. I'm not so sure about the weighing ladies. LOL

But I count what my scale says, and pretty much ignore theirs. So overall I lost and that is what counts to me. A little bit less of me each week. I did a presentation on dieting using calorie counting method and lots of imput from the book Calorie queens.

quiltmama, you are doing AWESOME! Whether it's .25 or 25 pounds, a loss is a loss, and you're heading steadily in the right direction!

As for me, I didn't go to my TOPS meeting last week (I was too lazy and too afraid to face the scale), and I'm not oging agian this week because my co-workers are throing me a good-bye party on my TOPS night (since I start my new job on Monday).

I can't wait to get back into the swing of things with my group, and our SRD is next month, so hopefully that will motivate me!

Thanks for the support, you are right a loss is a loss, my group is going to SRD, I think next month too, I'm not sure what that is, but since I'm a newbie I've declined to go anyway.

yeah for you, that is great. How many are in your TOPS group? Mine has about 14 to 17, although I've never seen more than about 14 there. I guess I made a good decision not to go. I hate to say this, but I'm a bit confused about some of them too. Two ladies in the group are so nasty with their attitudes.

I'm not sure about other things too, it seems a lot of people go in my group more for the social reason. It seems they've all been going for many, many years, some as many as 5 or 10 years but none of them are KOPS.

I don't see a lot of real weight loss discussions either, each week someone does a small 15 minute presentation. Maybe it is me and I'm being negative, but I'm not sure with some of their attitudes. When I joined I had 30 pounds to lose, keep in mind I lost 60+ a couple of years ago, and one of them, don't me I shouldn't even be there.

Welcome to the on-line TOPs forum. Glad you decided to stop in. We have a biography thread at the top of the forum in the "sticky" section where you can introduce yourself more completely. That way we can learn more about one another - you can read about some of us in there too. Just copy the questions into a new post and answer.

I hope you find some great support here and at your local TOPs. Ours has about 25-30 members, but usually about 15 stay for the meetings. I was just elected secretary, and was weight recorder before that. Going every week keeps me honest and motivated.

So welcome!!

Lyn