We're Newbies and Buddies!!
 

Hi, I just joined. Christine, 37, divorced with 4 kids (16-2). I stay at home with the kids and have a goal weight of 140 lbs. Last weighed at 211 but fluctuate to 214 my highest not pregnant!!! I am not doing any diets, but I am trying to eliminate dairy from my diet. I did this for a couple of weeks and got down to 207 before the holidays. I don't do a lot of exercise. I do have an eliptical. I am taking some vitamins and trying to drink more water. Goals are to do at least 20 minutes on the eliptical and drink 4 glasses of water or more. So far today 4 minutes and 1 glass of water down.

Hope to meet more buddies here!!

YES!! We will reach our goals! It will not always be easy but we will work together and make it!

I am 29. Will be 30 in July. I weigh 230 lbs. My weight high was 234 lbs, my size low was size 8 (1997). Of course I want to lose weight for my 30th Birthday! But I want to lose weight even more so that I can do the things that make me happy. My first goal is to lose 35 lbs. by April 9th so I can enter and complete a 5K road race (I completed four 5K's in 2002 and loved it)!! 35 lbs. is very lofty for that time frame but I will do it!! I have an eight year old daughter and a very handsome, sweet boyfriend!

I'm excited to have a group. We WILL do this!!!

Ok, now that I've breifly introduced myself...yesterday I did great! I'm so proud of myself. I ate 1,362 calories for the whole day and then jogged for 30 minutes last night!
I've done good so far today I've eaten 300 calories thus far and packed my lunch which is 240 calories. Haven't decided what I'm having for dinner yet but that will leave me with 460 calories for dinner! My goal is to eat 1,000 calories per day and get some exercise in. I plan to go to the gym this weekend to log some miles on the treadmill as training for the 5K!! I don't get to a computer over the weekends but will be able to post through the week!

Selena - Great job with the Awesome start of your plan!! and you're approaching this correctly to know that you will have weeks when you'll lose good weight and weeks when you do everything pretty good and see the scales go down 1/2 pound. Keep at it and you'll reach your goal for October!!

Good luck to everyone! And keep up the great work!

Stephanie

Goodmorning fellow newbies
 

Thanks Selina for starting this.

I am Sara. I'm 36 and married for the second time and the last. Have been married to my sweetheart for going on 4 years. I have two children. DS is 9 yo and DD is 20 mo old. Growing way to fast.

I joined ww on 2/3. I have been all over the scale in the past. But this is the highest I have ever been. I gained a lot of weight after my DS was born. It took me two years to lose the weight. I seem to be doing the same thing now with DD. I actually gained more weight after both children then I did through the entire pregnancy. Go figure. Its obviously me. So after DS I lost and maintained until pregnant with DD. I loved being thin. I felt like such a different person. Everything seemed better.

I know what you are talking about Selina. I am the fattest girl at work. I hate it. Cute PHAT!!!! Definately my goal. Want to be PHAT, One hot mama, hottie, WILF, MILF. Yes I am definately driven by vanity. But more than that. My daughter will be 2 in May. I have had no family pictures taken since her birth. In fact I think it would be a challenge to find ANY pics of me from the past year and a half for a before pic even. I want to take her to swim lessons this summer. I don't want my son to be embarrased of his mom when the kids at school tell him I am fat.

Someone somewhere wrote that if they really cared about their appearance they would not have every gotten this fat. I really care and I managed. I don't really know how it happened. I guess I got exhausted and overwhelmed. I don't know. But I do know I am going to lose this and NEVER find it again.

Christine, you have your hands full for sure. I remember being a single mom. It was hard. I'm so glad you are here. I'm glad we are all here. We will be great support for each other.

Take Care all of you. Have an awesome day. I will keep checking back. I am so excited to lose weight. And very excited to have such a great group of people to share the ride with.

Christine - You'll get there! Just keep working at it! Good job with the elliptical and the water! Keep working on it. Last night when I jogged for 30 minutes, I decided I wasn't going to stop until I got to 20 minutes. After the 20 minutes, I wanted to go to at least 30. (I need to be conditioned to 40 minutes for the 5K) After 20 minutes, I just made myself continue for a minute, then another minute, and so on. Then at that very last minute that would complete my 30, I gave it all I had. Just like you would in a road race!

Stephanie

Hi Stephanie
 

I'm sorry I must have been posting at the same time as you. Wow, you are doing great. Have you always been a runner or did you just recently start? I need to find an exercise that I learn to love. It is a huge downfall for me.

Selina, I forgot to tell you that all of the thin girls I work with are doing South Beach and they have great losses with the program. It seems to be a great program and very healthy.

Okay, Oobi is over. DD won't tolerate me typing away anylonger. Sorry to be so chatty. I'm bad. :D

hi! i am Christy from Tulsa. I think this group is perfect for me! Thanks so much for the idea. I was never slim, but at 5ft even, I weighted about 140 at the end of highschool. in the past 7 years I have put on 40lbs, last summer I went from 180 to 160 but over the past few months I found that I had put back on all but 5 of those. So it is time to get myself back on my self improvement regime. I started Sun and have already last 3lbs!
I am not a big dieter, but I plan on eating better. NO MORE FAST FOOD! I have a mini goal of 165 by April first and a main goal of 150by Aug 1st. I plan on walking daily or doing a tape for 30-45 mins everyday. Although I was pysically and mentally drained yesterday. I dont know what happened. ALl week I was full of energy and yesterday I couldnt keep my eyes open. So I took the day off. but today I am going to enjoy the wonderful weather and get out there after work.

Thanks so much for the new group!

[QUOTE=girly]Have you always been a runner or did you just recently start? I need to find an exercise that I learn to love. It is a huge downfall for me.

Sara - My true love is horses! But I can't afford to do horses right now! I sold my Thoroughbred when my daughter was 10 months old. But my boyfriend moved in with me in November 2004 so I hope I can have another horse in the next couple years.

So running is my substitute. I never thought I'd like it. But then I tried it. I was walking on the treadmill in 2002 and thought I'd throw some jogging in just to burn more calories! I liked it. I was a manager where I worked then and the two managers who were over me ran. They ran marathons and everything! I told them what I was doing and they started encouraging me and telling me how to train. I registered for my first 5K. I had no clue what I was in for!!! One of my managers actually met me there and ran with me!! I thought that was the greatest thing ever! She could do 8 min miles. She could have finished it in 25-30 minutes easy! But she stayed with me, encouraging me all the way. I'm so thankful too. If she hadn't, I feel certain I would have quit. We were dead last. And there was a cop car right behind us to keep traffic from running us over. I was so embarassed. If she hadn't kept herself back with me, I would have just hitched a ride with the cop!! :) But we finally made it through! I ran as hard as I could for the last 20 feet to the finish line!! We finished in 45 min. And last. But completing that race was one of the most empowering feelings I've ever had. I completed the other three 5K's that year all by myself. I told my managers about them. And I didn't come in last anymore either! My last race time was 39min22sec which is not too bad for 192 lbs. and 3.1 miles! Oh, and they did get easier! I became more accustomed to the distance I would be going for them and now I absolutely love doing 5K's! Sorry for being so talkative but I had to tell you how it all started! Even with this running is very hard sometimes - I have to set my goals and make myself get up sometimes to do it. But I feel great when I run and after I'm done. I can challenge myself with it and not get bored easily! I love it!

Stephanie

I forgot to tell you also that the entry fees are reasonable from $8 - $15 and you generally get a race t-shirt for participating. they also have bananas and sports drinks for you at the finish line. At one they even had bagels. And you can come out with a trophy or medallion sometimes too! I ended up with one trophy out of the four! (no, I'm not that darned fast) It was a very chilly day in May 2002. It was 40-50 degrees. I had already decided I was going to do that race. I was the only person in my age group (for females) who entered!!!! So upon completion of the race, I was awarded the trophy for my age group. I felt like I didn't really earn it at first but then I told my managers about it and the guy said that I earned it because nobody else was even willing to go out to try the race in the cold! I'm very proud of my shirts and my trophy. - And can't wait to get more of both!!
Stephanie

Hi. I think this was a great idea. I posted my bio in another thread, but I'll give a run-down here as well.


I turned 25 a little over a month ago. I have been overweight most of my life. I was sick as a child and got into the habit of eating anything and everything I wanted without effect. When I got better, I gained weight. And kept gaining weight, until I am where I am now-needing to lose over 100 pounds. I have constantly tried to lose weight, with some basic sucess twice, but always gained it back. Two years ago, I was pretty much able to maintain my weight by walking to and from work, but I've since moved (I'm now in the Midwest) I now drive instead. I am a full-time graduate student and I also work 15 hours a week to pay for school. Well, I'm paid to work 15 hours, but I typically end up working 20 or so. I'm constantly tired, often depressed, and I usually deal by eating.

I just bought the Cruise book, and I'm going to start using the diet/exercise plan in it for now. I have a treadmill that I was using this summer, and I'm planning to get back to that, once I adjust to the Cruise plan. I'd like to lose enough weight to not have a painful, hugely expensive, time shopping for professional clothes for my summer job.

Hi Christy, Its nice to meet you. Congratulations on your loss! That is wonderful. I hope you enjoy your day off. Get some rest :)

Selkiesa, Hi! I'm so glad we have each other for support. It is so hard being overweight isn't it. I know I am tired all the time and very depressed about my weight. Sometimes I feel like it affects every aspect of my life. You sound like you are very over worked. No wonder you are tired.

Stephanie, Wow! How exciting. I guess I have always been intimidated by running. I am totally impressed. I just feel everything shaking when I run and I stop immediately. :o That has got to really help your weight loss and your metabolism.

I have to work all weekend. I have such a hard time avoiding junk food on the days I work. i don't really know why. I'm sure between stress and everyone constantly having junk food there. lack of sleep..... I don't know. But I am going to do really good this weekend. I have to.

Hope you all have a great day

Hi, I was wondering if i could join you. I am new here too.

My name is Marie and I am 47, 5'5" and 160 lbs. I am single and work full-time. I started putting weight on about 12 years ago, I just never thought it would happen to me, result I guess of bad diet, very little exercise and aging metabolism.

I am trying to change my habits. The year before last I gave up a lot of junk foods, and tried to add healthy foods last year - the healthy food part didn't stick, so I am trying that again. I have only lost a total of 7 lbs, but I figure any year I don't gain and lose something is a success for me. I don't know if that would be considered too lazy, but....

Anyway, glad to meet you all.

budda I think trying to change your eating habits is better than any of the diets out there. If you dont change your eating habits then none of them would work. I am also trying to become a more healthy eater, and I gotta say nothing that is this hard could be called lazy! It is so hard to give up junk food. But I know we can do it!

Good Morning Sleepyheads!! Where is everyone?? Im up early on my to Curves..How did everyone do yesterday...I really need to work on my water today...I just can't get down 100oz...and that's my daily goal...
I hope everyone is on track this morning...Let us know how your day is going!! I will be back...
Selena :)

Hello Everyone .......I was invited to jion this group when I posted a thread in the buddy up forum ......It seems like a really great group...........For those of you who dont know me ....here is my story................
I am married and have 2 children who are now 3 and 5 years old . I am right now at the highest weight of my life 225 which is alot considering I am only 5'3 . I actually was a member of this site a while ago and was doing pretty good ( down to like 212 ) .....I got pregnant last summer and had a miscarriage in july which I am sure any of you can guess pretty much ruined my diet and everything for a while . I have dealt with it pretty well ....I look at my 2 beautiful boys and realize how lucky I am to have them ! Anyway I am ready to get on with my journey to find myself again . I am tired of looking at pictures of me and my children and being in shock .......do you guys know that feeling ......you think OH MY GOD I thought I looked really nice that day and then you see this picture and you just wanna cry ......We went to the beach last summer and the few pics there are of me I just kept looking at them over and over thinking DID I REALLY LOOK THAT BAD .My husband trys to help but well he is 5'9 and weighs 145 and can eat junk all day everyday and has never gained a pound in his life ......but he is supportive ......but you know how it is at times he trys to say the right thing and no matter what he says I take it wrong ......he tells me he loves me no matter what and I believe him ....then i think in my head when did we go from me loungin around in his sweatpants to him loungin around in mine HAHA.....
Anyway I am very glad I have joined this site and am looking forward to having you ladies to vent to and share the ups and downs of this rocky road we have all chosen to travel down ........Right now I think I have found a fork in the road .....one direction looks flat and easy ......the other looks like it is uphill and full of twists and turns .....For once in my life I am chosing the uphill road ...the hard road ....and I am gonna get to the end of it no matter how long it takes .........

Happy Saturday
 

How wonderful our great group is really growing. We are all going to reach our goals. I know it. We are strong, determined, striving to be PHAT chicks!!! :lol:

Selina, Thank you for the encouragement. It makes it easier to avoid junk food knowing I have such great support here. It's almost like I would be letting you guys down as well as myself. :D And I'm with ya!! PHAT or bust!!! You are gonna be the hottest chick in Vegas. :devil: You will be turning heads!!!!

Water is a huge downfall for me also. I just can't seem to give up the diet coke for the water. I really need to though. The really bad part about diet coke (there are lots of bad things) but for me is that it makes me crave salty crunchy spicy junk food. But I am a big diet coke addict. I have cut back some but need to cut back more and add in the water.

How does everyone else do on getting enough water in? Maybe we should have a water challenge?

Well, I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. Hope to see you all here later. I have to get to sleep now because I worked all night and I have to be up in 6 hours to get ready for work again. Yuck! :tired: :coffee:

You all have a great day. I'm so glad to get to know all of you. :D

:grouphug:

FM in PA!!! Goodmorning. I must have been posting with you. I'm pokey! Just want to say hi and so glad you are here. So far there seems to be a lot of supportive ladies gathering in our little group.

I am sorry about the loss you went through with a miscarriage. I can't imagine how hard that had to be for you. And thank heavens you do have two beautiful boys to cherish every day.

I so know what you are saying. I will be feeling pretty good about myself one day get dressed up and then see a picture and I am horrified at what I actually look like!! :fr: I usually destroy those pics. I almost think that it was that denial in myself that allows me to keep gaining? I don't know though. I haven't solved the mystery in my head yet.

Husbands are sweet but I don't think they know what we are going through. There is really a lot of pressure put on us to be beautiful. More than them. My hubby needs to lose thirty pounds and he is clueless about what I am going through because he doesn't feel the need to run and hide from mirrors cameras public. Like I do.

Hopefully this difficult road we are taking will get easier as we decide each day that it is just a way of life. Its just the way things are, just like we brush our teeth and put our shoes on. eating right and taking care of ourselves the way we deserve to be taken care of is just part of every day life. Anyway, I like to believe it will be that much of a habit someday.

Okay, really going to sleep now. I am totally motivated for sleep. It will keep me from eating too :lol: Not many things can do that. Hee Hee

Stephanie, Christine, Selkiesa, and Christy!!!! You all have a wonderful day!! Keep posting. We need the encouragement! and our thread should always be at the top of the charts. Hee Hee!!! Cuz we rule.

I just joined this site as well and saw the post in the buddy up forums.

My name is Michelle, and I'm a stay at home mom with a beautiful 7 year old daughter and a new small jewelry business. I recently married a wonderful man, and we are getting ready to take a trip to the UK in August to see his sister get married. I want to be a lot smaller for her wedding than I was for my own. I'm not on a specific diet plan, just trying to eat sensibly and exercise. I'm a total carb-aholic so Atkin's and the like would never work for me :lol:

I've lost 6.5 pounds since I started this all a week and a half ago, and I already feel more energized.

Thanks for the welcome Christy. Staying away from fast food is very, very hard and that is what got me where I am today, lol. So good luck to both of us with that.

Stephanie, I hope you don't mind my saying, but I think 1000 calories a day is too low for you, or for anyone trying to lose weight. If you make it too restrictive, you are more likely to fall off the bandwagon so to speak, and they say that at too low of calories your body is thinking it is starving and retains fat to protect itself. Also if you are training for running, then you might not have enough energy to get you through the day. Just for what it's worth.

One thing I am doing to help me stay away, hopefully, from restaurants/fast food, is I am paying myself if I spend less than a certain level every month - $20/$100 less and then putting that money into a pot for certain things that I want. Then I am also paying myself $2.00 for 2 hours of activity a day (I also having cleaning related issues) - so that helps me to exercise too. I only give myself 10 minutes of activity points for work since I have a desk job.

Marie

Hi Marie, Welcome!!! I am so sorry I did not see your post earlier. What a great life change you have made to cut out junk food. That is wonderful. I am so glad you are here.

Michelle, Hi and Welcome. I'm glad we are all getting together to support each other. You are going to be lookin good in UK!!!!

I hope you are all having a great weekend.


Sorry have to leave for work. I will check in later. :D

Hello!!
 

Hi everyone :wave: I am fairly new to 3FC (about 2 weeks) I joined Weight Watchers on 1-27-05. We have a group of 22 employees at work doing WW. They come weekly and conduct meetings at work which is really nice.

My name is Paige and I am soon to be 40 which is really stressing me out!!!! :yikes: I don't know where my 30's went, but I want them back!!!! I have been married for 12 years to a great guy. We are parents to a 6 year old son and a 4 year old daughter.

I have always stuggled with my weight to some degree. I was my heaviest during my last pregnancy when I topped 304. (Boy I don't think anyone even knows that except for my OBGYN) We tried for 5 years to get pregnant and during that time I gained 60 lbs. and then another 40 since my first child. The fertility treatments were brutal and with every negative pregnancy test or miscariage I would comfort myself with food. Since my children were born I can now say that I am a slave to conveince food. Whatever is fast and easy is what we eat.

I need to lose this weight for myself and my family. I have never really been a yo-yo dieter, I just don't diet. This is something that I am committed too and have to do!!! I can use all the "buddies" and support I can get.

I started a charm bracelet when I started WW. The first charm says "family". I am only a few pounds away from being able to add the next one. I hope to get to know all of you better.

Paige :balloons:

Hi everyone!

Hope I can join your group!

For my intro: I'm 32 y.o., mom of two (21 months and 4 years old) and working full time for the moment. I have steadily gained weight since my teen years and just can't remember what it feels like to be thin and not so self conscious. I want to lose weight for me (a million reason why), but also for my kids. I just don't want them to be teased because of me. Plus I want to be a good example to them concerning food & exercise.

I'm 5'2" and 215 right now, which my highest ever. I'm determined to lose my extra weight this time. I joined ww this week and have started eating better. That already makes me feel better knowing I'm doing something about it. My goal weight for now is 175 which is what I was before the kids. Eventually I will aim for 140, but that seems just too far for now to comtemplate.

Selena: Thanks for starting this group! Congrats on your excellent first week!

Christine: We're starting at about the same weight, good luck to both of us! Hats off to you for taking care of 4 kids on your own. Your house must be so lively : )

Stephanie: I'm sure with all the exercise your getting it, you will see amazing results! Keep it up!

Sara: Hi again ww buddy! My DD is just turning 21 months so almost the same as yours : ) I love your Dori quote! Let's just keep losing together!

Christy: Keep up your good work! I love walking too! I usually listen to my favorite music and get going. I stoped with the cold weather, but it's my goal for next week to start it again.

Selkiesa: Hi! What is the cruise plan? I haven't heard of it yet. I too can't wait to shop for clothes in regular stores! That is a great motivator since I love shopping but don't like spending too much!

Marie: Glad to meet you too! Any loss is better than gain!! Keep losing however slowly and you will end up at your goal!

fatmommyinpa: Glad to see you here too! I replied to your other post in the buddy section cause I saw so much of myself in you. You seem determined, you will make it!

Michelle: Hi! Congrats on your great start!

Paige: Glad to meet you too! I love the idea of the bracelet charms!! Congrats on your good start!


Water challenge! What a good idea! I was drinking none before but I started doing much better this week. My goal for now is 32 oz, since more than that my bladder can't handle yet. I have one container that I fill and drink from it. Once it's finished I treat myself to my favorite: a diet pepsi (I can sure related to your diet coke addiction, Selena!).


Talk to you all soon

Hi
 

I hope you don't mined for me to post. I'm not realy that new still trying to figure out how to post something like the weight bar. I joined last month been trying to figure out just which diet and exercise is best for me. So now i'm ready to start talking and I would like to join you.
Hi I'm Angie I'm now 26 years old have two kids boy 6 and girl 2 years old. Been married for 8 years now. My highest weight was 255. I've been overweight on and off for as long as i can remember. I lost 35 pounds while I was pregnant with my baby girl. My current weight is 220 and I will lose the weight for my health and for me. I bought me a elliptical this week and thinking about doing WW. at home.
I real need buddies to talk to because I'm ready for this long process and need some company along the way. The only so called friend I have around here are small and talk about people overweight right in front of me like I'm not then say well she was bigger than you. As you can tell we fight a lot. Thanks

Hello everyone .....boy we are sure getting alot of us in here ......I am trying so hard to keep all of it straight .......but just to let all of you know this group is helping me already .....REALLY .......I know I could come in here and lie but I dont want to .....and I wont ......All day I think in the back of my mind " I gotta post something ....gee wonder how they are all doing " and really it gets me thru some of those brutal moments ......but I must say I did great today ( for the most part ).................noithing to drink but water and ice tea w/ splenda .........turkey sand. for lunch ........veggie stirfry for dinner ( at my mother in laws ) and then ****>>>>>>>>>> my husband who wont eat veggie ....ate nothin at his mothers and had to have wendy's on the way home .....ok so I go thru the drive thru ......get him what he wants .....Im doing great I ordered nothing ......I can do this ....I really can .....AND THEN WE GOT HOME AND ALL **** BROKE LOSE ......he left a cheeseburger sitting in the bag on the counter and told me to throw it away .......HEY ANY GUESS"S WHERE I PUT IT ???????? YEP thats right I ATE THE CHEESEBURGER ........so I made a mistake and I feel like crap about it ....but tomorrow is a new day and I am gonna wake up in the morning and try HARDER........

Good Morning!!
 

Good Morning!!!
 

Wow, it is amazing how fast a new group can grow. I really wanted to get in on one that didn't have alot of history already. It can be a bit intimidating to just jump right in. Let's see we have Selena (thanks for starting this), Christine, Stephanie, Sara, Christy, Selkiesa, Marie, FM in PA, Michelle, Ann, Angie, and Paige (ME!). I hope to get to know all of you better.

As I was making my list of names I was re-reading some of the posts. Some of you were talking about pictures. I totally understand and I will hide from the camera or hide the pictures (if they don't make it to the trash first). It then dawned on me how true this is but how sad. My kids have grown up so fast (time flies) and we don't have a nice family picture. I never even really have had my pictures taken with my kids. So I have decided that this is going to be something I will work towards and do when I reach my goal.

Well my husband needs to get on the computer so I hope you all have a great day and make wise choices!!!

Paige

Good morning Paige!!
 

Happy Sunday
 

Goodmorning Newbie Chicks!!!!! Well, I just got home from work and I need to get to bed so I can be up by 4 and start over again. The great thing about tonight is it is my FRIDAY!!! Yay! No more work after tonight. At least for a few days :cb: It is really hard for me to stay on my program when at work. First, I am sad because yesterday my husband woke me up and I am STARVING because I hadn't eaten in a long time. And he went and had KFC waiting for me when I woke up. :mad: He keeps doing this to me. I don't understand why :?: . So I looked up the chicken pot pie. Its very bad. But since I hadn't eaten anything I ate half of it and had enough points to not go over. But half of a chicken pot pie doesn't last long I was still hungry. GRRRRRR. Then everyone at work brought food. So I ate a couple bites of the bean dip and 2 bites of the pie. And that was all I ate all night at work. Then came home and the other half of that stupid pot pie was still here so I just ate it and now I am going to bed very hungry. Dumb Dumb Dumb. Definately not the way a PHAT chick would eat. I haven't gone over on my points but its not good choices.

Okay that is my rambling of how bad I did. I am going to do good tonight and then I will be off work for a few days and I will work really hard.

I am so scared to get weighed. It is so stupid. I really have been staying in my point range but My first week I lost zero after working really hard. I'm scared if I weigh in and don't lose again I will feel frustrated and give up. But I know I can't give up. Because I am he*l bent on wearing my old jeans this year. :^:

We have lots of new faces I see. Hooray! That makes me so happy. It is hard to fit into a group of people who have been online friends for a while. I think we will form our own little circle here and it will just be wonderful. I didn't see some from our first day post anymore. Hope to see em.

Paige, I know what you are saying about no one knowing your weight. In fact I am always worried my hubby will get on this site and somehow figure out who I am. Silly huh? But I don't want anyone outside of this group to know. Here though I feel like it lets people know where you are coming from. Its the only place I can actually discuss my weight without feeling ashamed. Bad me I know. No stress about 40. It really is only a number :lol: Isn't that what we say about the scale too? Hee Hee. But it is! And you are going to be so happy and healthy and energetic in your 40's they may end up being your best years yet! :D Convenience food is the root of all evil. It has put at least 70 pounds on me. I have officially declared it my enemy!! It is just so darn convenient. I am so glad you are here. Thanks for being our weight loss buddy!

DETK1320, I'm so glad you are here. We are going to do this. It is so nice to have all of this support. I can't wait to get on here everyday to see how everyone is doing. I hope your first week at ww goes well. It seems like sometimes I forget that I am on a "diet" and I have to remind myself quickly that I no longer eat whatever I darn well please. I have to really think about what I am eating right now. I hope as the weeks go by it gets to be more "normal" for me. You are so right though. I already feel better because I feel totally determined that this time I am going to lose weight and I'm not ever going to QUIT again. I'm going to be healthy from this day forward.

basic75, Welcome. It's so nice you are here. It is nice to have people to talk to about weight loss who understand. I think this will help me a lot. How do you like your eliptical? I have been thinking about getting one. Except I just bought the DDR to do with DS. Hopefully I do it. But I have heard that the eliptical is really good. As far as the weight bar.... Go to the top of the page where it says "user cp" click on that, you can alter lots of stuff to personalize this site to you, go to the one that says "edit signature" that is where you can put all sorts of deco on your name. It entertained me for quite a while.

FM in PA, I just can't call you "fatmommy" I can't do it. Because you are not a fatmommy. You are an awesome mommy. And I feel for you girl. Cheesburgers should not be left all alone and unwanted. :burger: :devil: It is just WRONG!!!! And you know what? Thats what I'm talking about. I need my house to be a safe place!!!! No tempting food. I am tempted enough everywhere else I go. I need a safe haven. I need to make DH understand this. But one cheeseburger is not going to ruin a week of good. Thats the great thing. Yay for you knowing today is a new day. We can't beat ourselves up. We have to be nice to us :D I will try to remember that too. ;) Can't wait to hear how your day went today.

Selena, I just really do appreciate you getting this whole group started. This is so great for me. If we all stick together we have the potential of really bonding and supporting each other all the way to our goals!! Thank you! And I'm so glad I'm your PHAT friend. :D We are going to do this.
And this thread is making it WAY more fun for me.

Okay, Water. I don't really like it all that much. I mean if I have no diet coke or coffee I might consider drinking it. But otherwise, eh, no thanks. So I guess my first goal is to lose the attitude toward the water huh? I mean water has never done anything to me. I should like it. I'm pretty positive if I had been drinking water my ankles would not be cankles and I would have lost weight my first week. I have major water retention issues. But its not the dear sweet Diet coke that does that ;) nooooo. So, I say we all challenge ourselves to drink very minimum of 8 8 oz glasses of water every day. Starting today. Actually too late today for a lot of you prob. Okay, but tomorrow morning it will be our mission. Got Water? yummmm. helps prevent wrinkles too!!!! I will do this because I don't want to be the weak link in our water challenge. :cheers: So drink up ladies.

Have a great day!!!! I'm so glad to have met such a great group of chicks.
Thanks for being so supportive. :grouphug:

"Talk" to you later

Angie and Ann, Sorry I am a dip. I have been looking like a mad woman to find your posts so I could reply (I saw that Selina had posted to you) I would have felt bad if I missed someone. So I just broke the code and figured it out. Haa Haa I'm going to bed now because I OBVIOUSLY can't even read now. Take Care

Well Sara ....your husband had the KFC and mine had WENDYS ....lets forbid them to go to fast food restauraunts in our presence .......hahahahaha...yeah right !!!! We just gotta keep trying to overcome the need to eat ......Makes me feel better that I am not the only one who made a mistake ......I did the same thing with the cheeseburger ....10 minutes of ...to eat or not to eat that is the question ....lol.....
Anyway .....I have been eating tons of veggies ......I keep making this stuff with broccoli...green beans ..corn ...peas ...carrots ...and a little bit of pasta ..(more veggies than pasta )...and cook it all together with some garlic ,parsley, and a hint of romano cheese .....it is really good and fills me up ....I am gonna make a big batch of it today and put it in containers to freeze and take to work .......I figured I can have that on days the husband and kids eat badly as well ......small portion of that and a peice of chicken or turkey and thats a sensible dinner .........I find it hard to find healthy foods I like .........
Selena .....thanks so much for starting this thread it is wonderful to have somewhere to vent and discuss weight with people so much like myself .
Paige .....thats a great idea ....work to our goal so we can have a nice family pic that won't bring us to tears .....I need that as well.
Angie ......dont let friends like those bring you down ......I know how it feels .....they sit there right in front of you and comment about someone and you sit there and listen and then realize that some of the FAT people they are talking about are smaller than you .....then you wonder GEE what do they say about me ......I've been there so many times ........Thats why we can do this ......HERE ...TOGETHER .....We all know how it feels
Ann....I noticed our goal weight is the same .....Well 175 here we come ....we are both gonna get there
Marie , Michelle , Christy and Christine .........Gosh I hope I have covered everyone .....keep on posting ......I cant wait to get to know everyone better ....so we can all be here for each other ......I look forward to reading all the posts .........
By the way my name is Christina but with a Christine and Christy it may get confusing so I'll just keep FMinPA.........

I am having kinda of a hard time about it today. I dont know what it is about me and the weekends. My husband is outside doing yardwork and I am just hanging out indoors!

OK

That just sounds pathetic! I am just gonna have to go out and help otherwise I will feel bad! PLus I need to work off the wonderful breakfast he made this morning.

Hey, all, what do you think of starting a new thread each day to post our progress and maybe have a mini-challenge each day (you know: drinking water, 30 minutes of cardio, no dessert, avoiding fast food, eating low-carb, etc.)?

I think it's great so many people are jumping in, but if this thread gets to be 15 pages long, it might intimidate any other newbies (or maybe I'm just lazy :lol: ). In one of the other groups I jumped into on here, the first post each day is an introduction of all of the people already in their group, and then from there, everyone just posts about their day, how they are doing, and that fun stuff. I'll see if I can come up with a list about the people who have posted so far, and maybe we can start a new post tomorrow monring. What do you all think?

GiddyupKaos (Selena): age 40, full-time office manager, married for 18 years, losing weight with South Beach

thechangingtable (Christine): age 37, divorced SAHM of 4 kids (2-16),losing weight by eliminating dairy

scnorris2001 (Stephanie): age 29, losing weight to compete in a 5k road race through reduced-calorie diet and exercise

girly (Sara): age 36, married with 2 children (9 and 20 months), losing weight through WW

palemoonlight (Christy): losing weight through eating better and eliminating fast food

selkiesa: age 25, full time graduate student with a part time job as well, losing weight using the Cruise diet/exercise plan

budha belly (Marie): age 47, works full time, single, losing weight by giving up a lot of junk foods and adding healthy foods to her diet

fatmommyinPA: married with 2 children (3 and 5)

michellejy (Michelle): age 29, SAHM of 7 year old daughter, recently married, has small home-based jewelry-business, losing weight through reduced-calorie diet and exercise

kpe (Paige): soon to be 40, married with 2 children (6 and 4), losing weight through WW

detk1320 (Ann): age 32, mother of 2 (21 months and 4 years), works full time, losing weight through WW

basic75 (Angie): age 26, married with 2 children (6 and 2), losing weight through exercise

Hi! Your group sounds like just what I need! I haven't been around for a while, so I am a "renew" if that is OK.
I am 46 yrs.old and would like to lose around 25 lbs. I lost some weight about 2 years ago, getting close but never reaching my goal; and I have put 10 lbs. back on.
I am going to start exercising more regularly, eat more fruits and vegies, drink more water, and avoid the late night munching. I realize that it took time to put the weight on, and that it will take time to take it off. Of course I would like to lose it like by next week...
Let's help each other stay on track!
Peace, Jen

:wave:Christy, I'm sorry you are having not such a good day. The weekend seems to be hard for a lot of people. Its hard for me and I work it. How does that make sense? Anyway, I hope your day got better. Take Care :)

:wave:FMinPA, I have told DH he is not allowed to bring fast food into the house. He just doesn't seem to get it. You have a great idea having good stuff premade for you. I really need to do that for work.

:wave:Michelle, Hi! Its so nice to see you again. I hope you are having a great weekend. Thanks so much for making that list. Its wonderful. I am going to cut and paste it so I can refer to it when writing. Thank you.

:wave:Hi Jen! Welcome. we are all very new. think we started this Friday. 3 days and going strong. Yay!!! I know what you are saying about wanting to lose it next week. If there were an overnight fat pill I would probably be willing to pay a pretty penny for that!!!! But I guess I have to just tough it out. Grrrrr. Have a great night. It was nice to meet you. Take Care. :wave:

as far as the thread goes I was hoping we could keep just one place instead of restarting everyday. I think that might get to be more confusing. Thats how I lost my first group of buddies I think. It became too hard to keep up with the conversations when there was a new thread posted every day and people gave up. Lots of groups just post continuously on one thread and don't start new and they seem okay? Just my opinion though. Its up to all of you. whatever everyone else wants to do. I'm just so glad to have met such a great group of people who are so supportive. I hope we stick together because this is really helping me. However you all want to do it I'm sure it will work out. :grouphug:

Okay, I'm running late for work so gotta go. Take care and see you all here tomorrow. :coffee:

Good evening everyone! Had a few minutes and thought I would see what you are up to. Where has the weekend gone???

Sara, I agree with you I have enough trouble keeping up with what I already have going. A new thread each day might make it just too much to keep up with. I'd really like to just keep it the way we have it.

Michelle, we could still do a challenge but just not post a new thread every day.

What does everyone else think???

Paige

I was going to say that either way is fine with me, and I like the challenge idea, but was hoping the challenges could be posted the night before, lol, cause I don't have time before work or at work to see what the challenges are. I don't get on computer for personal stuff until after the gym in the evening. Or maybe I could just be a day behind on the challenges (I already do 30 mins - 2 hrs at the gym every day except 1 day off, but lets see how long that sticks).

Oh and for those eating a cheeseburger or KFC occassionally, I wouldn't feel too guilty. I mean our habits weren't formed overnight and I don't think it realistic to not have an indulgence here and there, especially when you don't go over your points or calorie limits by an extreme amount.

Anyway good luck to us all,

Marie

Hi everyone ........I kinda agree on keeping in one place cause I to am afraid we'll all get lost ........dont want that to happen.......I'm happy to have figured this site out enough to get to this support group everyday ........I am up for the challenges though and posting the night before sounds like a great idea so we all have a chance to get in on it ...........