We are a group of individuals who weigh or have weighed 300+, or near there. This group was formed to provide a place for others like us to find support and hope. We are aware of the distinct problems that come with weighing over 300 lbs.

We want to invite everyone to join us in our journey.
We share laughter and tears .
We share what works for us and what doesn't.
We often use a "Topic of the Day" for discussion.

Motivational Monday
Tuesday Tips
Wednesday Wish List .. and What you are doing to obtain it.
Thankful Thursday
FUN Friday ... don't wait until you lose your weight.
Sit-up Saturdays - any physical activity
Share your Success Sunday

These are not required topics ...just ideas to share. We often find them very helpful. We also share heartaches and fears ... joys and celebrations.

We have several extra threads going on simutaneously such as Monthly Challenges, Weekly Weigh-ins, Recipes, Bios, and more. Please feel free to check them all out.

We have found this thread to be more than just a support group...
we have found it to become a home. We invite you to join us.

WELCOME!

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Wow. I'm a roller coaster of emotions from these posts tonight.

I'm am simply DELIGHTED by Annie!! You're on that exercise high! Keep riding it. <<<I AM SO PROUD OF YOU>>>

And then Catherine. I wanted to cry reading about your miscarriages and your thoughts about them. And then this:



First, I want to tell you that you ARE making a positive impact -- HERE!!!! I know this is some game we're playing where we can divvy up the positives and negatives. But I want you to know how much of a positive effect you have. From little ideas like putting your car keys in the lunch sack, to scissor kicks and situps, you show all of us, every day, how we can do this.
YOU HAVE GRIT, WOMAN.

You also are teaching us that the only excuses for giving up are of our own making. I know that I feel like I have finally "grown up" and am dealing with my weight, whether I want it or not. I have no idea why I let it get where it did, but I certainly am owning up to it now. I guess the big question is whether I continue to be able to do so.

We all make choices every day, and if we want to lose the weight and keep it off we have to make the "right" choices most of the time.

Now, I hope no one mistakes me... sometimes we do need to put other choices above weight loss. But most of the time these are choices we're making. (I hope that makes sense! I'm not trying to offend anyone's choices!)

Hey everyone-

Well I got all of the cleaning done. I am worn out! Who said heavy house cleaning isn't a work out? Ok let me get some personals in...


Catherine~I am so sorry you have had to go through all of that hun. I am also sorry to hear about your Godmother. Things will be ok hun. You have done so awesome with the weight you have lost! You are such an inspiration and I am glad you are here!

Sandy~That is so great about you being OP! I hope your leg feels better soon!

LUAN~Thanks for saying that bout the gym. I think I worry to much about what other people think about me sometimes. Good reminder!

Monalisa~Good for you passing up the cupcake! Sweets are such a weakness for me! I just always try to remember how horrible I will feel after eating them. Although that doesn't always seem to work.

ANNA~Hang in there with the crazy work hours! I know how that can be rough!

SARA~WTG on staying OP and getting that many steps in!

VALERIE~We are moving to Spokane. Which like seattle has a ton of parks and mountains. So I am really excited about that. It will be nice to get back to the lower 48! Speaking of the northern lights...I saw them yesterday. They were a bright pink and orange. Just gorgeous! I hope you get to see them one day! Fairbanks is the best place to see the northern lights.

Well I am off to go feed my furbabies. They are harassing me!

Hope you all had a great night! Have a good day tommorow!

Hey everyone. Glad to here about all the positives for today, and my thoughts are with you all about the negatives...

The dvd I got was the Biggest Loser workout...got it at Half Price Books for real cheap and thought, why not I like it, its not too hard, and its motivating.

I really really hope to get a treadmill someday...thats my main goal. (Well, once I get a job and find a place to live and am not living with my mom anymore LOL)

Have a great night everyone, and a wonderful tomorrow!

Heather

I just wanted to post a quick reply to Catherine

I can't even begin to imagine how you feel right now, but please know that you make a difference all the time. You definately do touch people. I feel as though my life has been enriched just by being aquainted with you over the internet. I think most of the people here would agee with that.

If one good thing has come from this sadness, it is that you have a new reason to dedicate yourself to your health. I will be here for you in any way I can be.

Holy smokes! I knew this board would start hopping again as soon as the holidays are over. I worked late tonight so only had time to skim the posts.

Catherine - I hate to hear you blame yourself for your miscarriages. I was going to post that same Maya Angelou quote that Mona Lisa did. I have never had kids, or tried to, so I won't pretend to understand how painful losing a baby must be. Just know there are here for you. On a lighter note, I loved your idea for rememberin to take your lunch to work. I am definitely going to give it a try.

I lost 4.8 at my weigh-in today. I was ecstatic! And our leader shared something with us to get 2007 rolling that I will share with you all here because I loved it so much:


"I dedicate the year 2007 to myself and my journey of self-discovery:
2 make my dreams and goals of a healthy lifestyle a reality.
0 guilt (if I stray for a moment I can get back on track).
0 failure (failure is an opportunity to learn & I choose to learn to not fail).
7 days a week."

good morning everyone and congratulations on the losses. i am very happy to report i lost 2 poounds of my holiday weight gain as of this morning.

Xena WELL DONE!!!!! I am SO pleased for you!!!! I think some over-eating over Christmas will give a lot of us struggling some new resolve, to lose that 3-4 lbs we've been losing & gaining PLUS LOTS MORE!!! How is work & did you get any bible reading in? I KNOW you would never be a 'holier than thou' person, you're WAY too GOOD for that sort of thing!!!!!xxxxxxx
Catherine, I hope the Drs are right and that next time you can have a healthy baby. Oh yes, that gaining weight thing, isn't it amazing what we can mindlessly do to ourselves, blindly and without a thought for the consequences? BUT we are all here now, accountable and TRYING again!!! Good luck with your baby-making endeavours!xxxxxx
Patti, great on finding alternatives to rest your poorly leg/back.xxxxxx
Annie, you are doing so well too, isn't it great to be getting healthy & fit? I saw you had a horse you wanted to ride, do you have one or know someone with one? This year I really want to be able to get cantering and even try a few jumps, though I need to lose another 30+ lbs at LEAST before I'd put a poor horse through it, lolxxxxx
I forgot what else I wanted to say BUT I had an OP day, then yesterday Steve was in a nasty mood, I GAINED a pound!!!! and felt REALLY fed up, then TOM started, so that gain was explained. I went TOTALLY OFF plan, but today is another day! I did some walking but felt so ill & faint I HAD to have bread, butter & bicuits!!! YES, they REALLY helped, NOT!!!!
WEll here's to a HAPPY & SUCCESSFUL YEAR to us all, in life, health & WEIGHT LOSS!!!xxxx
xxxxsharon

Oh I like that!!!

Hey everyone!

Xena and Patti - Good for you!

Sharon, I understand about those biscuits - now were they biscuits or cookies? I love the difference in language! Me, I HAD to have peanut clusters that were sitting on the table at the meeting I was at last night! Got home, went right to WW.com and checked out the points - 10 points for six! I only get 28 a DAY! Ah well, live and learn. My favorite candy just became a LOT less appealing!

I got up and did the elip again today. I got woken up three times last night and REALLY didn't want to get up on time - but the thought of those peanut clusters drove me on! I got on thinking I'd probably manage 10 minutes - but did the whole 20. You all may be tired of my bragging about the eliptical - but it's such a big deal for me to actually do cardio exercise I just can't get over the actual doing of it part! DH and I were discussing trying to do some major renovation this summer and combine the sewing room and office into one and turn my sewing room into a work-out room and buying a bowflex or some other weight system. I'm loving that idea!

Got to run! Later!

Love the 2007 poem that you shared thank you. Okay OP all night even with the dang 5 pound box of chocolates some family just had to bring in and share. no i didn't have any i swear. , may times i did too Some of the girls were talking about the newest diets they are trying this year. I have to share the craziest one with you all here goes:

reminder this is drank for 2 weeks and I believe nothing else. Water, ice cold, add lemon, honey, and, cayenne pepper. drink 8-12 eight ounce glasses a day.

Umm I could be wrong here but one, yuck and 2, who are they kidding. I almost started to laugh and realized she was serious as she is going on a trip in 3 weeks. oh my. anyways. Here is to all of us lovely ladies and gentlemen that are doing it healthy and consciously. Yeah to all of us.

Yes I really did talk to her later but she had already started it and didn't want to hear any negatives.
Anna

Ammi where are u/ ihope you are feeling better?

So much inspiration here...sounds like almost everyone has gotten the new year off to a great start!

I was having a great morning--last night, Jeff and I went to Walmart to return some things, and he bought me a new purse (with Eeyore on it ), so I switched all my stuff into my new purse. I got to sleep a bit later this morning because I work later hours on Thursdays so I can go straight to TOPS after work, and then I had some extra time so I did 75 minutes of exercise this morning. Oh, and I got 2 new betta fish last night to bring to work and set up new homes on my desk. So everything was going great--I got everything into the car and headed to work (with the fishies securely fastened in the passenger seat!).

And then the happiness came to an abrupt halt. I take 3 highways to work, and I had just gotten on the first one. I get on the highway at exit 3, and just before exit 2, a cop pulled me over, so I had been on the highway for less than a mile. Now, I had been driving in the far right lane behind a big truck with other traffic flowing in the middle and left lanes, so I thought maybe I had a headlight out or something. But no, he said he clocked me going 70 in a 55. WHAT?! While following a big truck in the RIGHT lane?! Now, I know I have a tendancy to speed, but when I get caught, I fess up and pay the ticket. But this was absolutely ridiculous. I will soooooo be going to court and pleading not guilty--I know it would be easier to just pay the fine, but in this case, I just can't do it. Ugh, it just makes me so MAD with anger!

To end on a more positive note, I'll be adjusting my ticker down since my scale has said 284 for a few days now. Not sure that's enough to register as a loss at TOPS tonight, but at least I know I'm down, so it's all good.

I love that! That's really motivating! Thanks for sharing it

XENA - I loved the 2007 thing too!

JILL - Bad cop! He probably picked up somebody in a different lane on his radar, but you were the easiest to catch. I feel the same - If I'm doing it, fine. But I'd fight it too.

SHARON - Sorry yesterday wasn't your best, but I'm glad your still focused on those fences. I still dream of riding with you and all our riders here. Hey, even as spread far and wide as we are, stranger things have happened!

Doing good today. Had a talk with a friend who pointed out how many negatives and the denial approach I was taking to food. What she said hit home and I'm looking more closely at the way I phrase my goals, like "Do this" instead of "Don't do that." She pointed out that a lifestyle change is permanant, something to be lived with forever, and lots of negatives are self-defeating. Good point. She has me drink ing more water all day at work, too. What a good influence!

I hope your days are all OP!