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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 a bi-weekly 2x2 Challenge.
Our goal is to lose 2 lbs in 2 weeks.
We have a long term goal of losing 300+ lbs within our 300+ group in 2005.

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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Leanne

Happy Birthday 2 Cute

Happy bday 2cute!

I'm stopping in real quickly.. I was doing so well with eating this week! I've just gone nuts since yesterday I dont know why! I'm not depressed.. its actualyl seeming to be the opposite! I had tacobell for dinner last night but I think I stayed in my calorie range... the n today I had pizza for dinner, some chocolates, now I just had some low-fat icecream! I dunno what is up with me! I've just had this insane craving...

I did really well this week and I was excited about Monday's weigh in and was hoping it'd be a good one since its my first 2x2 but I dont know with these past two days I've gotta convince myself to work out tonight but I dunno.. I've been doing homework and its given me a huge migraine and I just took painkillers and i'm feeling a bit off base. I just lose so much control on weekends!

I guess we'll see! I hope you're all doing soOO much better than me Stay on track! If anything I'll try to get some crunches in tonight.. and sit ups and what not. IT seems its easier to do those rather than an entire video sometimes.


<- me, maybe its being around the kids all day today? They drive me a bit crazy! At least I know I'm still not ready for my own

Hey, cd, Hope tomorrow is better than today for you. Since you know weekends are hard for you, you should probably start trying to figure out how to work on them. What can you do to arrange your time so that you won't have a chance to eat things that aren't on plan?

I always get a bit distracted on weekends because friends ask me to go out, and then I end up eating things I shouldn't. As I did today. But I'm still okay on my average for the week, which is how I've been doing things lately. Tomorrow will have to be conservative, though. So... cd... I challenge you to an OP Sunday... I'll be conscientious if you will, how's that?

Cheers to all--

Good evening ladies.
THANK YOU so much for the birthday greetings !!!!
Hilta... you went all out. WOW .. lots of cute graphics.

My day has been a roller coaster ride. But finding your birthday wishes was an uplifting part of my otherwise odd day. Thank you.
Not posting tonight. Just saying thanks.

Late as usual! Happy birthday 2cute! I have to start reading the birthday thread! Iwillbe

Angela - I'm totally up for you challenge! I know we can do it! And maybe knowing that someone else is trying hard to stay OP on the weekend too will keep my bootie in line! I'll try my hardest.. of course we should be doing this every day! These darn weekends always get to me.. I guess its the "TGIF no work no school!" mindset.. even though I dont work and don't really have class

Lets do this!

to everyone!

Hey, 2cute, I wasn't here yesterday, so sorry I missed out on saying

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

As usual, I'm a little late.

Well, I don't think I strayed away from the plan by too much yesterday. When I went shopping with my friends I let them know that they could pick where we were eating. So we went to Olive Garden, mainly because they knew I'd never been there before. I did eat order water instead of pop and ate a generous portion of salad before our meal arrived. However, my main downfall was the appetizers, I believe. I haven't eaten anything deep-fried in a while, but I don't think I went too crazy with the zucchini. Man, I love zucchini, but I shouldn't have it breaded and deep-fried! I took half the main course home, so even though I ate a lot I think I did pretty well for eating at some fancy non-diet restaurant. But I got a bit of a tummy-ache later in the day. Nothing I couldn't handle, but it was a gentle reminder to avoid eating so much at one sitting.

I did a ton of walking yesterday, which is good. My feet started to hurt at the end of the day, but it made me realize that I can last a lot longer on my feet than I could, say, a year ago. We were out and about for around six hours, not counting our time at Olive Garden, LOL.

Weekends can be hard for me too, mainly because I don't have to get up so darned early and I allow myself to sleep in. It totally throws me off my schedule. And since I don't have to be at the Y, that kind of throws out my "well, now that I'm here I might as well work out" mindset. I do let myself relax a bit with everything but since I don't allow junk in the house anymore, at least I'm not tempted to go crazy with food. And I think that going to someplace like Olive Garden is not gonna hurt if it's only once in a great while. It wouldn't hurt for me to use that exercise video at least on the weekends, though. . .

Sorry I am late.....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2CUTE!!!

Good Sunday Morning Ladies

2cute--

Just love these graphics I'm like a kid in a candy store. I'm lucky
there are no calories in these

cd--hope your Sunday goes better for you. I know its hard but
we can do this

esmaraude-- don't you just love eating out. I know I do. I've never
been to an olive garden. My husband is strickley a steak eater
so we end up at steak houses.

Angela-- let me know if you and cd need a ref. I know
you both can have an OP Sunday

blissful- Your so close to your Valentine goal I'm
for you


Iwillbe-Grannie-BarbPa-Hippygoddess (I love this name) Talk later

Just popping in for a quickie!!

Barbpa...how are you doing Girlfriend? It was good to see you pop in!

Thin...thank you for the little surprise I received in the mail! It was totally appreciated! I'm gonna go get me some of them! I have a case of bottled water sitting on a shelf in my laundry room!!

We went to the Texas Saloon Steakhouse last night for our Valentine's dinner since I have to work late on Monday! I made good choices! But the beginning of the week was a bust!!

I'll catch up with you all another time! I have to take a nap....I am soooo tired!

Michelle
Everyone else...keep on trucking!!

Well, cd, hope you did well today. I was okay, but not great... stayed OP calorie wise, but haven't exercised. It's been a crummy day and I just don't care really. Although I guess I do care, cause here I am checking in.

Replies tomorrow, I guess. Hope everyone's well.

Ok Motivational Monday ...
I haven't been feeling very motivated at all this week - not losing much last week after such an OP week made me really down. But today I'm starting to get some of the motivation back.
Visit to the dieticians = 2.2 lbs loss for the week - so I made the 2x2 challenge - 2.7 lbs altogether
only 2 more lbs to go to hit the 50 lbs off mark so that's motivating me a bit!
I found that I ate more this week, and lost weight - my calories were obviously too low last week and my body panicked and thought I was starving

I find that it's hard keeping with this sometimes because I know that I have lost x amount of weight, but people I meet don't. They see someone with a weight problem that really needs to do something about it, they don't see someone who has had a fair amount of success already. It's one of the reasons I like this group so much - everyone here knows exactly what I mean, and are in it for the long haul, because we can't lose these pounds overnight but that doesn't mean we are going to stop working at it!

Hugs to all
Leanne