Wow, awesome work, Christina!

Only fair that we introduce ourselves, right guys?
I go by Zan on the 'Net (and it is also one of my nicknames offline).
I've changed my lifestyle Dec 30, 2009, which included going on WWs, so it's only been eight months for me so far.
Turnin' 25 in two months and basically a slave to the computer (I do something similar to data entry for work, but haunt 3FC and some other sites when I get home). I play World of Warcraft off and on, Dungeons and Dragons when my friends and I get the chance, and write a lot of fiction that I have never tried to get published, . So you'll see me posting on here quite frequently, .

Nice to meet ya.

zan! I didn't know you played WOW!! lol. I'm a recovering addict.
Welcome newcomers!

Okay, so I'm having a fight with myself in my head. I maintained last week, and instead of that kicking my butt in gear, I ate and ate and ate. So this week a gain is guaranteed. Now I'm like "oh, I'll just skip the meeting...whine whine whine." Blah. I think my problem today is that I'm tired. Anyways, sorry for the whiney post. Have I mentioned that I'm trying to get back on track? I am.

Thanks for the welcome!

I'm 23 and from IL. I've been overweight my whole life, and while I never really was happy with my body, I never really did much about it. Recently though, I got on some meds for my mental illness that caused me to gain a ton of weight really fast (we are talking 20lbs in a month), and I started to physically feel horrible and not being able to button even size 16 pants (which was the largest size I've worn) felt mentally horrible, so here I am!

I tried the Belly Fat Cure for a week but didn't lose much and really didn't FEEL like it was a healthy diet--what with all the bacon I was eating! So my mom suggested we do WW together. Weigh in for me is Mondays, so I hope this Monday I see some more results. I start back to school (I'm a year away from a BA in Poli Sci/Journalism but I changed my mind on what I wanted to do and decided I wanted to be a substance abuse counselor, so now I'm taking classes for that) on Tuesday, and it would be GREAT to be in one-derland by then!

Welcome kcx and armywife! And hello to everyone else. I'm getting ready to leave for New York this afternoon. I got up early, went for a run, and then a 7:30 WW meeting. My weight was exactly the same, which is no big deal because I had a pretty big loss last week and shark week's starting soon. I'm just happy I didn't gain!

It's pretty weird to be less than 5 lbs away from my goal. I still don't love the way I look, but I'm trying to appreciate the good things about my body, and accept the bad ones (aka: my giant thighs).

I'm a little nervous about New York for a couple reasons. Firstly, I haven't seen any of these friends since Thanksgiving and most of them don't know that I've been losing weight, so I'm worried they'll make a big deal of it, which will make me feel uncomfortable. Secondly, when I was in college I was the president of the culinary arts club, and I cooked all the time, and normally when I get together with the college friends we do a ton of baking, and extravagant dinners and I want to still be able to enjoy all that and be the same person who loves food, but I also don't want to sabotage the "lifestyle" so close to the end. And, I'm not even sure if my body can physically handle eating like that. Which brings me to point 3, which is that there will be drinking, which I do a lot less of now and I really don't want to embarrass my self, or pass out in public or something.

Sorry that turned into kind of novel, I guess I'm more anxious than I thought...

Hope the rest of you are having a good week. Bex, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that you win the free apartment. Zan and Ade, I don't play WOW but I do love The Sims when I have 8-10 spare hours. Also, do both of you watch The Guild? If not, you should because it is hysterical and Felicia Day is 100% my girl crush.

Also, as far as introductions go, I'm a 25 year old veterinary student and I joined WW this past January.

Kcx, you'll beat me to Onderland that's for sure, but hold open the door for me, won't ya?

Ade, just go to the meeting, gain or no gain, at least you'll know where you stand now. Don't let this continue to trip you up, you should be able to get back on track if you start fighting the urges again. You've been having a tough time with migraines, so don't let this discourage you, . Oh, and surprisingly enough, I'm one of the few people who don't get addicted to WoW, and my poor guildies miss me when I am not on.
Online friends are the best, haha! (but don't let my best bud read me typing that!)

Can you just do the nibble-thing, Coh? A taste of this, a little corner piece of that? There's no law about cleaning your plate (though my mom made me think there was when I was younger :lol) so just do your smaller portions and get yourself mentally prepared before hand. This is a special occasion, so yeah, don't toss your inhibitions to the wind or anything, but you can always work off the few extra pounds when you get back, or maybe you'll end up maintaining, who knows. Enjoy yourself, Cohen. I can't give suggestions about the drinking part though, as I can count the amount of drinks I've had in my life using just my fingers. But maybe if you space out whatever you plan on drinking with water or something nonalcoholic, or just have one weak drink if you feel like it? Expect their surprise, just imagine how shocked you'd be to see a previously larger friend walk through the door half their previous size with no notice, it's going to be awkward, but it'll blow over in a few hours or before your next visit to them depending on the friend. Focus on the fun you're going to have, Coh, it sounds like you are going to have a blast meeting up with those friends.

I've only seen a few episodes of the guild, but I might pick it up again, dunno.

Zan-oh boy did my boyfriend and I get addicted. He had an extra bedroom that was known as "the cave" because we'd go in there in the morning, and stay in there until 1am playing wow (he built two custom crazy monster computers, so the cave was really just his computer room). This was us for about...2.5-3 months. He got to level 75 and I got to 72. And I'm sure our guild thinks we either died or broke up, because we both stopped playing at the same time (my credit card maxed out and he started playing EVE Online, then moved). So we literally just disappeared. I'll probably go back to it after I finish school...but I need to focus this semester!
And thank you for the pep talk. I'm going. *sigh* it ain't gonna be pretty, but I'm going to pull it off with a smile!
msgeng- I've never seen the guild. But oh my, I love the Sims. 3 is awesome. 2 was pretty good. And I loved 1 when it game out...but I don't know that I could play it very long anymore. Have fun in NY. Drinks are tough. I'd do maybe diet coke with rum or something. (I say that now..but I'd really do the girly drinks lol). Be safe!
kcx-my mom is on WW, too. She actually inspired me to do it. She's lost 45-50 lbs. She has literally been on it for 3 years...but she is happy with the slow pace because she knows she can maintain it. But anyway, I live in a different city than my mom, but we actually go to a meeting at the same time (60 miles apart). Kinda funny!

Oh, and I'm in a better mood. I woke up late and was just really tired/groggy/irritated. Sorry for the "I'm a whiner" post. I got this!

Yeah, I could burn up a few weekends on it, but I get bored easy without being able to play with others at the same time. Most of the time I solo, but being able to help out others level is the fun part for me and most of my guild have been offline lately (the ones that team up, some others don't even do the guild chat part - which is annoying, because why be in a guild if you don't do the group stuff?).

Bah, it doesn't have to be pretty. Mark it down and move on,

yeah, I played with my bf (he would play w/o me, but I didn't w/o him or I'd be bored), so it was usually pretty fun. I started getting really moody toward the end, though, the stepping back was good for my sanity/relationship lol.
I'll take your advice. I'll post my weight, and then move on. Thanks, zan.

Just popping in to say I maintained again. I'm happy with that,but I deserved a gain. Fast. Food is my downfall. No more! Friday is near. I can make it through the week. Have a good night!

Well done Ade! I would have been so happy with maintaining last week! And well done for going to your meeting. I know how hard it is to go to a meeting when you are expecting a bad number. :P

I am exhausted. First full day of work in ages tomorrow. Kinda looking forward to it then going to celebrate the end of term with a few vodka and diet tonics. I'm on "holiday" for two weeks but will be spending majority of my time at uni I think. Got a few assignments to do.

Anyways should get to bed. Give my ankle a good rest before a long long day tomorrow!
xx

It's Friday!

I hope today goes well for you both! Grats on the maintain, Ade, !

One hour out of eight here at work done. Why do I have the feeling that today is going to drag on? Maybe because it's FRIDAY! Woohoo!
I've got a busy weekend in front of me. I have to write at least one more chapter before a 2 hour drive to my parents' house early Saturday and a whole weekend with friends ahead of me, plus a housewarming party late sunday night. And I usually like my weekends to be lazy... Oh well, .

Hm. When one has a vivid dream about work, one that is so realistic it is kind of exhausting, is it a sign that one needs to take a vacation day or two off from work? I sure think so. Ugh. Brain, sleep is for fun dreams! *pout*.

Maybe I should take Monday off of work... Hm...

I better think on that.

Thanks for the welcome everyone.

Ade - wtg on going to the meeting and on maintaining.

Zan - I've never played WoW but I am quite addicted to Call of Duty MW2 on the PS3 and XBox 360. My hubby and I play together a lot. It's way more fun them sitting here watching him play LOL

Coh - Good Luck in NY. I have horrible issues with portion control so for me it would be disastrous.

Yeah, video games are always more fun when played with friends. Unless they are competitive and whip your butt at them... Haha!

I just might score a treadmill, elliptical, and a "home gym" for $400 bucks this weekend. Yay for craigslist. That'll save me quite a bit of time and cash in the long run if I do this right. Now I just have to figure out how to borrow my dad's truck and maybe my sister to help me haul it. Bribing them with food usually works, Muahahaha!

zan-that's awesome! Way cheaper in the long run than a gym!!
armywife-I go through phases with xbox/ps3. My bf just moved and he has a tv for his room now, so I'm sure I'll be playing it more! I suck at COD, but it is so much fun.

So today is a weird day for me. My "task" from the beck diet solution is to eat breakfast (done), then not eat ANYTHING until dinner. Just this one day. So I'm giving up 2 snacks and lunch. The purpose of this to teach me that hunger is not an emergency. So I'm at 11:15. Feeling okay. My mind wants to eat, but I know I don't need it. No tummy rumblings...yet.

YAY for Friday.