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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 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.

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Good morning, ladies!

I ended up yesterday at about 1200 calories, so i was happy with that. My planned food for today brings me to about 1400 calories, and gosh darn it, I AM going to stick to my plan!

Andrea--to add a picture by your name, go to User CP (toward the tops left of the screen), then click on Edit Avatar on the left. From there, you can either pick an image they already have provided OR you can upload a picture of whatever you want (fair warning, the uploading can be a bit tricky--very strict about file sizes--I remember having to resize my picture about 10 times before it would accept it ). Congrats on the 9 pounds!

princesspuffypants (may I call you ppp? )--I hear ya on the happiness of only gaining a small amount...I have been there SO many times, where I think I gained like 5 pounds and only actually gained 1 or less. IT's weird to be happy about a gain, but it really is good to know that our lifestyle changes have at least slowed down the rate at which the weight comes back on (if that makes sense?).

SueMarie--the only healthier option in our cafeteria is the salad bar, but I like my salad with lots of cheese, egg, and regular honey mustard dressing, so it quickly becomes an unhealthy option

Welcome back, Blondie!

Karen--sorry to hear about the athsma. If it is encouraging at all, I have heard that weight loss is generally based about 80% on what you eat and only 20% on exercise (or 70-30...in any case, the eating right is more imporatant than the exercise), so you can still do well

dolfingirl--I LOVE the coke zero! I have never liked Diet Coke, and this just tastes a lot more like regular coca cola to me. However, it seems to be freakishly high in carbonation--I always burp more after a coke zero

Well, I have my TOPS meeting tonight (assuming I get out of the eye doctor's office in time to make it to my meeting), so I will probably be up a little, but it should be by less than a pound, which I will shake off in the next week (plus some!). I have been inching back up the scale lately--I haven't had much of a loss since Aug. 11 My recent TOPS weights have been: 280.75, 282, 279, 279, 279.25, 280.25 I've been hovering around the 280 mark, and I just want to be securely below it so I never have to see it again!

yah. a .2 gain in a week of not going to the gym and eating not very well. i can totally live with... and by the way.. you can call me Luan..

Thanks Jill for explaining to me how to upload the picture...You are right...I had to resize it like 5 or 6 times.

Up 1.6 this week..but it's all TOM so I am not worried. Off to Palm Desert for the weekend where I can just bake...ugh.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Hello All,

I am pretty late posting today, been busy today. First had to go to my daughters school to speak to somebody about getting her assessed for Dyslexia, and straight after that I had my session with the counsellor. She's a nice lady, I like her much more now than when I first met her. She is really into nutrition too, so she teaches me a lot about that which is great.

Luan - that's only a little tiny gain, glad you aren't letting it bother you. I got rid of Trillian and only have yahoo and MSN messengers now, so I guess I won't catch you for a chat much now.

Julee - TOM really does upset the weigh in doesn't it. I am glad you aren't letting it get to you, and I hope you have a lovely weekend away.

Jessica - lovely to see you posting here, keeping busy online is a great way to keep your mind off food.

Andrea - ONLY 9 lbs, ONLY, are you mad That is a fantastic loss, even 1 lb is never to be considered as ONLY 1 lb. You work hard to get the lbs off and you should feel very proud at your brilliant start

Sharon - how are you, I hope your cold is finally going now. You know what they say, colds take three days coming, three days with you and three days leaving. Woops just saw you posted straight after me, so am editing to add this. Well done on your loss, see I told you you were bound to lose this week. Just a shame you feel so ill and can't enjoy the excitement about it all more. I hope you aren't sick for too much longer.

Take care everybody, I am off to make cauliflower cheese for my tea.

Hugs,

Ammi

Hello & welcome to the new girls , been weighed today at sw lost 1lb, not bad at its nearly that time of the month & not exercised or followed the plan , but after all the hard work I did before & did'nt lose its balanced out well, I hope!

I will go now as I'm still feeling ill & get tired easily, the loss has spurred me on to exercise the moment I feel better and to stick to the eating plan. Hope everyone is well.

bye, sharon

ammi - add me on Yahoo... xprsobns . since im not working anymore (at least right now) i wont be limited on my access.

Hello Ladies… I guess I forgot to post in Wednesday’s thread… I’m having one of those days body here brain gone!

I weighed at the doc’s office today… I’m going to weigh in on my scale tommorrow to see what the difference is… but 353lbs. that’s 9lbs gone since July. It kinda sounds small for 2 months, but! Being as how I went to vegas in August and Laughlin two weeks ago… those buffets really packed it to me! So I’m happy with it.

The only thing I’m not happy with is all my bouncing around with my weight.

My doctor told me today that I might want to seek more better services for my asthma… After those fires in 2003, it’s been horrible. She said the Campus Health Center can only provide so much. Which I understand. I didn’t think it was that bad. She listened to my chest and even tho I felt fine, she said I sounded tight and had some wheezing. She said I may need to be on more stronger meds. Right now, I don’t think that will be possible for me. I dunno if I qualify for low income coverage. But soon I should be able to qualify for medical at work now that I’ve passed my 9 month probation period. We shall see…I gotta get running… have class tonight.

Take care everyone!
Sue…

Yay it's Friday, though why I am excited about that I don't know lol I mean it means another weekend to get through. Still Monday morning is normally a good day because then I can think YAY I got through the weekend without going off track. So maybe I should say, ICK it's Friday, Don't mind me, I am just in a daft mood

Sue - you say 9 lbs doesn't sound like much to lose since July, but it's pretty great if you ask me. You had those trips away and you still managed to lose over half a stone as us UK people say. That's half a stone lighter and some, which is fantastic because you are on the downward track, going towards your goal. At least you aren't up 9 lbs which you might have been had you not even attempted dieting since July. So I say and good for you for losing that 9 lbs

Ages ago they advertised on TV over here for people who want to lose a lot of weight. If you were chosen you would be away from friends and family for 10 weeks. Well at the time I was recovering from recent surgery anyway, but also I don't think I could have coped with being away from my family for that long. BUT I now find out that the show they were going to do was The Biggest Loser UK. Now if I was well, and if I knew they were talking serious prize money at the end of it all too, I might just have applied. We have just finished seeing the US version of the show, and I am amazed at how fantastic all of them look right now, especially Mo, he has lost so much weight, I bet he feels amazing. I hope he continues to lose. Anyway our show starts next Thursday and I am looking forward to watching it.

Time for me to go now, so take care all and have a great weekend,

Hugs,

Ammi

Just a quick one as I have to prepare & cook dinner for my boys . I still feel vile from this cold and T.O.M. is due in next few days, ugh! Hope you all are well or getting better and that you all have a good weekend and keep on track!

best wishes,
sharon
ps where r u PJ?

Today was my last day in the pool before my trip. I actually got going away presents from the ladies. Just the idea that I have friends now is a new experience for me. I was such an angry unpleasant person while I was larger that making friends wasn't easy. I don't think I really even wanted anyone caring about me because I didn't care about myself. It's the old "I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have me as a member" thing. Plus, to make friends, you usually have to leave the house.

There is a new woman in my water aerobics class who talked to someone and found out how much weight I had lost, and now she is pumping me for information. In between laps in deep water, I try to catch my breath, and now I am talking about cleaning pantries and food substitutes in recipes, etc. It like what AA says, you have to give it away to keep it yourself. Talking about it reminds me, and gives hope to someone else.

You know I haven't told my beau yet how large I was at one time. He knows how much I weigh now, and that I have been dieting for 4 years, losing on average a pound to a pound and a half a week, but I've not shown him a before picture yet. He knows everything else about me except maybe my shoe size. I'm not afraid to tell him. He'll find out when he gets to proof read my book, but I guess I don't want that picture of me that large to stick in his head. Maybe I'll break the ice with showing him my driver's license photo. If that doesn't scare him, nothing will.

Ammi - Yes… definitely… I thought those trips to Vegas and Laughlin would do me in, not to mention being on brith control. That in itself is a huge test on my motivation. When I was on b/c a long time ago, I gained 70lbs!!!! So just being on them alone and loosing weight is a miracle I don’t think I could cope with being away from my family either, not to mention my online family here at 3FC. You guys are my lifeline and my motivating. I find that when I stop talking with everyone here and go awol from the board for a while… I tend ot get lazy and then start gaining weight back, but if I’m posting regularly and talking to everyone here I seem to keep myself honest and work at my diet. It would be hard for me for sure to be away from everyone for 10 weeks!

Hippievanlady – Only you will know when the time is right, and when you do, let us know how it goes… you’re our online family… we love you! Have a good trip and be safe!

I cannot believe it’s FRIDAY! Man! I thought the week was never going to end. If this is what it’s going to look like for the rest of Fall Term, boy am I in trouble! Cause this is only the first week… barely… and I mean barely survived! It’s not so much the homework… I feel like I have ADD only because I can’t stand being where I’m at and wanna jump out a window and just run away. My motivation for school used to be super high… now it’s like “Blah” I guess I’m just waiting for the payoff… it’s like doing the same good deed over and over again and getting nothing out of it. That’s a bad way to say it, but that’s how it feels. Come March when I graduate, maybe I’ll feel renewed. Course then there’s another year to year and half of credentials I need to work on hehehe… gonna need that renewal!

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Take care!
Sue…

Hippievanlady---I am new on here and I think it is so awesome that you have lost so much weight...WTG!!!! Like Sue said tell him when you are ready...but I am know he will still ove you regardless. He will see what great strength you have. I have my son's fall festival tomorrow at his school. I am going to be tempted by all the food there...hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, caramel apples and funnel cakes. I am gonna make sure that I eat before we go. Wish me luck. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

I need to get caught back up here. There are several threads I wanted to respond to, but I have been up to !@#$%@# in battling a demon that I have run from for 20 years. Long Story. Let's suffice it to say that with me being a stress eater and this being probably the biggest stressor I have ever had in my life, the fact that I lost 4lbs this week is nothing short of miraculous. I have shocked myself that I am so vigiliant in my caloric intake during the week and can't believe it paid off in a 4lb loss. Oh well! I'll take it!

I am vowing to come back tonight when I get back from another meeting and address all the posts/people that I have been checking in on but not posting this week!