i am leandra (lea) from upstate ny, i would like to find buddies to help me lose 140 lbs, i am interested in supporting you as much as i can also. i am currently 260 lbs and at 5'2 would like to get down to 120. also if anyone lives near me id like to workout together, if you lived within a hour or two perhaps arranging a lunch date once a month just to check that we are doing what we say would be great, all other ideas would be to email or IM/PM one another. Please let me know if you are interested. I can be PMd here or reached at lady.leandra at hotmail thank you.
I also have more than 100 lbs. to lose. I don't live in your area, but I will give support any way that I can. I have received so much support here already and it has helped me tremendously. You can do this!
Hi and welcome!! I have 100+ pounds to lose too, but unfortunately not in your area. I am in Canada. Wish I had someone to hang out with and lose weight with together!
Hello all! I am a "returning customer" of sorts as I have not been here in over a year, but next week, I am starting all over in regards to my weight loss. I now need to lose over 100lbs as I broke my upper arm in October and couldn't do much for nearly three months. The pain was incredible and I sadly spent alot of time eating in front of the television. So now, I have a real mess. My knees are killing me, my blood pressure is up for the first time in my life.
I am turning 40 this year and would really love an email buddy to support and to be supported by. I do better when I'm accountable.
Welcome lea. I know your wanting some people close to you but there is a ton of support to be had here on the forms. So if no one is close to you know we will all be here for you.
HI I am just stopping in to welcome you and just say you can do it! I am not in upstate N.Y.( although I am from N.Y.C), but in N.C. Good luck on your journey, and please keep on posting, because even if you don't find anyone in your area here, it is a great place to get encouragement. Cheryl
SW-268
CW-264
GW-167.
thanks to everyone who posted to welcome me, and i am really looking forward to becoming an active member and getting to know as many of you personally as possible. its taken me a few days to get use to navigating this web site but seems really great! i use mostly yahoo when i am online, if anyone has that and wants to chat, i am lady.leandra there and the same at hotmail also. currently i am just sticking to counting calories, watching my portions and trying to do some physical activity at least 5 days or more a week. i think i stated in my post i as of sunday was 258, i am making a small goal of 8 lbs and want to end at 120 whenever that happens lol.
i have a lil recipe box that i use on my counter, inside i have folded up 28 pieces of paper (1 for every 5 lbs i need to lose till my ultimate goal). inside each piece of paper is a tiny reward, when i lose 5 lbs i randomly pick a paper and read it, for example i can go out and buy a tiny hand lotion from body & bath shop, or a new tube of lipstick, a pair of earings, ect, i had some duplicates because i dont mind getting more then one pair of earings as a reward lol.
then i also wrote a double reward for when i hit biggy goals like under 225, 200, 175, 150 and ect like a pedicure, a highlight for my hair, something a tad more expensive. those 5 lbs should be incentive i hope and i will have 28 lil trinkets to show for it, heck i could do it all with earings alone and be so happy lol. can you imagine 28 pairs of earings? gosh all the outfits id have to buy when i was thin to match with them lol hehe.
thanks dee and lake girl, feel free to use it and create your own items you would like, some ideas i have in there are like a new music cd, a workout dvd, pair of sneakers, forgot what i put in there by now so lol when i do get to them it will really be a suprise. could even if you got a good partner use them as helpers, say if you make 5 lbs you get a hot oil massage from them? grins works for me.
I love your reward system also. I think I might steal some of your ideas. As of now I only have my "biggie" rewards in place for each 25% I lose. As soon as I lose 1 more pound I get these Seychelles shoes. At 50% loss, I'm getting a new pair of glasses (I sort of "collect" funky frames).
ok cool , love the shoes, i have not dared to try wearing dress shoes, am scared i might topple over or something am waiting to be thin to get dress shoes. i am basically putting my boyfriend to use as my rewards monitor. he keeps tabs on if i lost 5lbs or not, how long its taking me to see if i am hemming and hawing about doing things. he even made up a few rewards for me , promising to give me lotioned foot rubs when i lose 5lbs so definately those are worth working for.
Welcome Lea! We sound a lot alike. I am also 5'2". I weigh 267. And I'm also from Upstate NY. I live in the Finger Lakes region (near the southern end of Keuka Lake).
You've found a great place here! Everyone is great, and so very helpful!
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I am not in upstate N.Y.( although I am from N.Y.C), but in N.C. Good luck on your journey, and please keep on posting, because even if you don't find anyone in your area here, it is a great place to get encouragement. Cheryl
