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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Quick Post. I can't seem to shake this infection. I am just down for the count.
Catherine: Like everyone else, I can't wait to see you in your dress. Please show us when you get the pictures. I know you will be such a beautiful bride
Keri: Welcome back. It is good to see you back.
Suzisonthemove...: Welcome to our group. I am so excited for all the new faces joining our old ones. This is such a loving and supportive group of ladies. Hopefully you will find the support you need here!
Jimoreta: Welcome. Looking forward to sharing this journey with you.
Brenda: I'm right there with you doll. Feel better soon and I will too ok!
Everyone: Blessings and keep on having op days
Dogpal
Hello everyone! I am back! Well, wouldn't it figure that everyone at work wants to join Curves and do 30 at lunch, but next week (week after?) I'm starting fall classes and will be doing them during lunch and only working on Fridays. So won't work for me, but they'll still be good moral support.
Thinthinker Yup! That is me. My husband actually is in Afghanistan not in the military any longer, but he works over there. Been there almost a year in March and will be there, except for R&Rs until I'm finished with my degree (crossing my fingers on 3 more years). So that's rough! But good for me in the being able to afford to take time to workout and eat right most days. So I'm finally doing it, and little by little he'll get to come home to a cuter, hotter wife each and every time! How cool is that?
dogpal Thanks it's so good to be back here!
Brenda! Thanks for the welcome. I missed it here! This is a truly wonderful place to be and I have to catch up now!
Did good for lunch today-- no sodas all day-- water and tea with art. sweetener and my morning coffee-- still gotta get back in the swing of breakfast. That one's always been a toughie for me! I have NEVER done it, so back to the ol' drawing board!
I am going to make a pact with myself to get up every morning before anyone else and work out and eat breakfast. And when I'm unable to do that I WILL do it after classes everyday. This is going to be my new year's resolution I've decided. Losing weight is just a resolution. So here's to it!!
How is everybody doing? I am ok, I still haven't shaken the cough that I got from my cold back in November. It's annoying, but I guess I will get there in the end.
I am not dieting, nor have I gone near the scales, but I am getting myself ready for the big day next Monday. This time I am going to measure myself, not just weigh myself. It will be nice to see the inches come off not just the lbs. I really can feel I have gained weight, my back aches more, and it's harder to get my shoes on and tie my laces etc. So in all honesty all though I know I should say, forget waiting, start now. I just don't want to start yet. I have too much nice food left from Christmas, and I want to enjoy it. Then it's back to the old diet, and I am sure I will get back on track with no bother because I really am ready for it.
Catherine - I know I haven't written in a while, but I have been reading about your preparations for the wedding and the move etc. I am so excited for you and can't wait to see photos of you after the service. Have you had any time to add to your book? I still say write it in a trilogy of something so we al don't have to wait for you to get to goal before we can read your amazing story
Sharon (voodoo) - I emailed you today, sorry we haven't chatted. I hope we will be able to do so soon.
Lori - how have you been, and how are those wonderful children of yours? You aren't by any chance looking forward to them going back to school are you LOL. It's ok, I know EXACTLY how you feel and I only have two girls.
Wyllen - did you get my last email to you, how did your Christmas go? Please write when you have the chance.
Luan - still never seem to catch up with you on Yahoo. I really should stop all this sleeping I do lol. Hope you are well and say hi to Vegas for me.
Dogpal - I am sorry to hear you are feeling so unwell. Not a great way to start the New Year, and not very helpful when it comes to sticking to a diet is it. Feel better soon.
Kayley - well done on the weight loss you have been making, I bet you will make the Valentine's goal you have set yourself. I know what you mean about feeling so great even though you haven't lost a huge amount of weight. I lost 22lbs before Christmas and since then I know I have put some of that back on, and already I can feel the difference again. Just a few lbs and my back is hurting more, it's more difficult to do a lot of things, and I have less energy. When I get back on track I will look forward to getting those lbs off and feeling so much better again.
Valerie - How are you doing, will you be home for a while now, or back on the road again soon? Did you manage to carry on dieting while you were away? I have been away for a while, but I am trying to keep up to date with everybody now, and will keep posting regularly again. I have been missing everybody a lot.
Tracey - good on you for getting back on track after having a bit of a food attack. It's so wrong isn't it that it is so easy to gain 5 lbs and so hard to lose it!!
Kerri - Have you got your new exercise bike yet. Will you ride it while watching TV or listening to music so it's not boring? I wish I had a big house and lots of money because I would love to get some gym equipment in.
Suzisonthemovetolose - LOVE your nick name here, it's brilliant. You have a brilliant first goal, to hopefully see yourself under 300lbs by the end of January. Keep up the good work and I am sure you will see that happen. My first goal is to be under 300 lbs too, but it won't be by the end of January because I haven't even started being back on track yet and in the mean time I am gaining, not losing!!
jjmoreta - hello and welcome. Look at me welcoming you when I haven't been here for ages lol. How is the diet going. I hope you are doing great and that you are getting close to your Valentines goal.
Brenda - wow, you are amazing. You have decided to ignore all the left over chocolate in the house and unlike me you will be losing those lbs while I gain them. I just can't ignore all the goodies that are still in the house. I am letting the kids tuck in as much as they want now though so hopefully by Monday if I do have to throw anything out it won't be much. I know if I just put them away and not throw them out the temptation will be constantly there for me. I just can't handle that lol. So good on you for being so strong!! Sorry you haven't been feeling well by the way. I hope you will be feeling better soon.
Ok time for me to hit the hay. Take care all and I will write again soon,
Hi, I'm new to this forum. I wanted to say hi, and tell a little about me. I'm 23, 6 ft tall, 330 pounds. I HATE being fat. I've only topped 300 in the past 2years. I've been "chubby" all my life. When I was in high school, I weighed 200 pounds and was pretty happy. But, my goal weight is 170-180. I would be in HEAVEN if I could get down that small. I feel like being so big has kept me from finding the guy I'm supposed to marry, even. I've got a double whammy, I'm tall and fat. I can't get any shorter, but I can get thinner, I hope. I'm am NOT going to resort to weight loss surgery. For people who want/ have had it, more power to ya. It's just not for me. It's too drastic. Also, besides being fat, I have a skin condition that is made worse by being fat. I think it's hydradenitis supperativa (sic), but I'm not sure. Can't afford a derm doctor right now. Maybe it's just fat girl bumps and losing weight will help. I've had it since I was 13ish, but it got worse the bigger I got. I feel so unsexy. I'm afraid to be intimate with guys. Being fat has caused me to have worse panic attacks. Being fat has caused me to miss out on alot of opportunities. Being fat has depressed me to no end. Well, I hope to be slimmer by this time next year. Enough of my rambling. If ya read this, thanks.
Peace and Love,
Andrea
Welcome Alabamachubster,
My name is dogpal and I want to invite you to come join us in the numbered forums. Right now as we "speak", we are on number 800 or 801 I believe. There is also an exercise one if you would like to post and join us in keeping track of our exercises.
All you have to do to join our forum is to click on the 300+ and ready to try again #(what ever is on top) and you can jump right in!
I am tall too, not quite as tall as you are but 5'10" is still pretty tall. There are a few of us tall girls on this forum so you won't feel alone being big and tall. I weigh in right now at 460. I started here at around 497 after loosing 8 pounds. I think you will find the support you need here and maybe you can encourage other people too.
Blessings to you and looking forward to talking with you again on the #'d forums. P.S. I copied your post to the 300+ and ready to try again #801 so everyone can meet you!
Dogpal
Hi, I'm new to this forum. I wanted to say hi, and tell a little about me. I'm 23, 6 ft tall, 330 pounds. I HATE being fat. I've only topped 300 in the past 2years. I've been "chubby" all my life. When I was in high school, I weighed 200 pounds and was pretty happy. But, my goal weight is 170-180. I would be in HEAVEN if I could get down that small. I feel like being so big has kept me from finding the guy I'm supposed to marry, even. I've got a double whammy, I'm tall and fat. I can't get any shorter, but I can get thinner, I hope. I'm am NOT going to resort to weight loss surgery. For people who want/ have had it, more power to ya. It's just not for me. It's too drastic. Also, besides being fat, I have a skin condition that is made worse by being fat. I think it's hydradenitis supperativa (sic), but I'm not sure. Can't afford a derm doctor right now. Maybe it's just fat girl bumps and losing weight will help. I've had it since I was 13ish, but it got worse the bigger I got. I feel so unsexy. I'm afraid to be intimate with guys. Being fat has caused me to have worse panic attacks. Being fat has caused me to miss out on alot of opportunities. Being fat has depressed me to no end. Well, I hope to be slimmer by this time next year. Enough of my rambling. If ya read this, thanks.
Peace and Love,
Hi Andrea and welcome! I haven't been on this forum all that long myself, but it is a great bunch of women who are very supportive. I'm on the tall side myself (5'9"), and like you, chubby my whole life. I made a few attempts at weight loss over the years -- finally at 44, I think I have a plan that will really work.
Until I came to this site, I didn't even know there was a name for those "fat bumps" -- I thought it was just like a really painful zit. Now, I realize I have hydradenitis supperativa. From my web browsing, it seems like something that does get better as you lose weight and also something that isn't really all that treatable unless it is very severe. I am hoping that as I lose weight, it will just go away .
I hope you stick around -- this is a really supportive group of folks -- I know that participating on this forum and others on this site is helping me stay on track (thanks y'all ).
Last night I had to stop writing pretty quickly because I was mid post when the site went down. Fortunately I now copy as I go, so by the time the site was up and running again I could paste my reply into a new post, but it was late and I was so tired.
So here I am again. I wanted to mention that my therapist told me yesterday about a new gym that has opened not too far from me. It sounds great and although the membership costs will probably sting, I am seriously considering joining Daren and myself up. If I have to pay big money then I will be more inclined to get myself going there and working out. We will take a walk over there some time next week to check it all out. I can't afford too much of a big spend, but if it's reasonable then I think I will go for it. It might just help with my depression too, actually having to go out. I will let you all know how I get on and if I sign up.
Well time to get some emails written now. Just wanted to say a big good morning to you all. It's good to be back.
Hola chicas (as I don't think we've got any men lurking in this part of the forum)!
Yesterday was another pretty successful day on my new-ish plan. I had a few leftover holiday chocolates, but that was my only cheat (better than the 2 slices of cheese pizza I'd been having for lunch nearly every day a couple weeks ago!). I've been keeping my calories below 2000 and my fat at or below 30% of my intake, plus I'm trying to keep an eye on my sodium. Tonight, I will have my normal Thursday night splurge of a 12" Subway sandwich and 2 Subway cookies, but I have already looked up the calories and included them in my plan, so I will still be below 2000 for the day
For the past few months, I'd been having a single packet of reduced-sugar instant oatmeal, a glass of milk with a packet of Carnation instant breakfast, or a Special K cereal bar for breakfast. I just hated the idea f "wasting" so many calories so early in the day, you know? But the past couple days, I instead had a large bowl of low-fat granola cereal (2 serving sizes) with milk and sliced banana, and today I had a whole-wheat English muffin with natural peanut butter and sliced banana, and I find it really is worth the calories because it keeps me full for SO much longer! I don't normally skip breakfast all together, but having a more well-balanced, higher-calorie breakfast for the pst 3-4 days is already making a noticable difference in how I feel and eat for the rest of the day
Hi Jill - lovely to hear from you. Sounds like you have done a good thing changing what you eat for breakfast. I normally have a good breakfast, a snacky lunch, and then a nice size evening meal. A good breakfast really does set you up for the day.
I looked at your ticker, 40 lbs lost, you must be seeing such a difference in how you look and feel. I must be a good girl and hopefully soon I will be in the same boat. Don't ask me why, but I always lose up to 30 lbs, and then always put it back on. I have done it here once, and that is one too many times. I am cutting those yo yo strings once and for all when I lose the weight this time. Oh I dread the scales on Monday, lol.
Hi all. I am so happy to be back on track. I feel normal again. Who'd of ever thunk that eating healthy and exercising would feel normal for me??? I got on the scale this morning and I lost all of the weight I gained over the holidays so it must have been mostly water weight. Potato chips and beer will do that to you. I never added the pounds gained to my ticker because I wasn't going to let those suckers stick around long enough. So, I'm hoping that this means I will have a loss for my weigh-in on Sunday. I have been at 291 for about two or three weeks now and I really can't wait to get under 290. Time for a new decade.
AlabamaChubster - Welcome to 3FC. Please feel free to just jump right in. I'm looking forward to getting to know you.
Ammi: so good to see you back. You are very missed when you are not around. I think you should go for the gym if you can budget it in. It always helps to go if you have to pay. Don't fret over the weigh in on Monday. Just jump on and get it over with. Maybe you should make it today or tomorrow so Monday isn't so aweful? What ever the scale reads, it will come off again with your good attitude and hard work.
Jillybean: So glad that you have found something that is working for you. How are you and your honey doing? Before Christmas you were having doubts. Are they all smoothed out now? I hope that whatever you decide you are happy.
Teahoney: yes, it does feel good to be back on track. When I am not following what I am supposed to be doing, I feel horrible and guilty. Good job on loosing those Christmas pounds so quickly water weight or not.
Everyone else: have a great day and be blessed.
Dogpal
I looked at your ticker, 40 lbs lost, you must be seeing such a difference in how you look and feel. I must be a good girl and hopefully soon I will be in the same boat.
Oh man, here's the truth--in the past month and a half or so, I've put about 10 pounds back on. I know some of it is water weight from not drinkning enough and not watching my sodium and blah blah blah, but I still feel super guilty about it. I no longer say I've lost 40 pounds--I just say "around 30." I'm losing the weight I gained over the holidays, but I hate that I have to work just as hard to lose something I've already lost once, ya know? I've dieted before and got down to about 265, but I can never seem to get below 260 before I end up backsliding. At least this time, I didn't gain it ALL back before refocusing, but it's still very frustrating that in a month and a half of slacking, I could undo about 4 months' worth of hard work
Another thing that was quite frustrating is that honestly, I don't feel any different at 269 (or now really 280) than I did at 310.5. Exercising doesn't seem to make a difference for my energy level, and I didn't even lose enough inches to go down 1 dress size. I started in a size 22 and am still wearing a size 22 (comfortably--I think it'll be QUITE a few pounds before they're loose).
Sorry to be a downer, but it's the truth. It feels good to be able to fit into things that were slightly too tight before, but I really wish I could go to the store and be confident that a 20 or 22 would fit me without having to check the rack to see if they have a 24 "just in case."
I know I am happy that I am still well below my highest weight, but I just wish I could enjoy it more
300+ And Ready To Try Again...#801
Hello All,
