Great job Tracy!! I'm jealous. Did you do something different this past week?

JasonsLea - congrats on your licence, that's awesome!! :carrot:
akacutie - 5.5 pds?? are you kidding me?? that's so amazing!! what's your secret?

I fell off the face of the earth for a while, but I'm back!!! And while I was gone I found a little bit of motivation somehow - no clue where it came from, but I'll take it :^:

How's everyone doin'?

Hey Megan! Glad to see you back girl!

Hey everyone!

Had a great weekend, diet was ok, went swimming on sunday, weigh in this morning was great!! Also had a very enjoyable friday night with a gorgeous guy, so yep had a fab weekend!!!

I weighed myself about three times today because i couldnt quite believe the scales - you know the drill, you stand the scales in different places around the room! He he!!!

Hi everybody. I'm 27 and I'm about 350 lbs. I've had a gastric bypass but I've struggled with is since I was 19. Here's a little post from my Yahoo 360 blog. I'm resolved to get this weight off. Hope this inspired y'all. Later, Steph

Repos and other stuff :)
Ok, so my day started out great. The Ex BF and I are talking again. The new BF finally got in contact with me. My friends are doing good. My diet is going GREAT! Then at high noon I get a painful reminder that I have no money. The Repo man comes to take my big beautiful 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 away. I'm devestated. Ok, well not really. But, it freakin bites the big one cause that's the nicest vehicle I've ever had in my life. What a waste of money! I tried to help my little Bro by taking over the payments. I had a job for 4 months and made 6 months worth of payments. I could've bought a vehicle for as much money I wasted on that thing. So, after a little bawling and scwaling I decided I needed to get up off my *** and do something. I got up, put on some tennis shoes, put on my knee brace and set off toward the water tower. Anger sure does help you walk fast and far. I made it halfway to the tower and back. A half a mile I walked. Now, you may be saying well, that's not very far. For someone who was told they'd never be able to walk more than a mile a day it is. I will get up to that goal. I want to walk 2 miles a day within a month. I'm so tired of being Fat. I mean I like being a Big girl but I'm talking obesity, u know? I'm gonna get in shape. It's gonna take a while and god I'm in for a lot of pain. But, after spending 4 days with my friend Tish, I am resolved that I WILL NOT end up like that. Yeah, my knee is swelling already, but that's ok. Tomorrow will hurt even worse and the next day will too. But, after about 10 days my body will get used to all this activity. Things are fixin to change for the better.

Congrats Piggin!

Welcome Steph!

Hey Everyone :)
I am Amanda I am akacutie's little sister (not in size but in age). Can u tell we are sisters; I stole her user name... Ha ha ha (evil Laugh)... I am also doing WW. I just thought I would come bug my big Sis and start posting on the same thread as her…

More about myself. I am 23 and have struggled with being over-weight for as long as I can remember. I am a notorious yo-yo dieter. I lose some weight then gain it back again. I have tried several fad diets but I never seem to keep the weight off. Or have enough motivation to stick to a diet for long enough to really lose "big pounds". I would really like to get to 200 for now that is my short-term goal. My long-term goal is 100 pounds.

Wow!! This thread is really motivating. You all seem like such a great support group. I have spent the last hour reading thru the 19 pages of this thread. It is so motivating to know that there are other girls just like me that are struggling to lose weight too.

I should mention I just started WW on the 9-1-06 and when I weighted in on 9-10-06 I was surprised to see that I had Lost 6 pounds!!

Welcome Amanda and congratulations on such a big weight loss your first week!

Hi Amanda! Glad to have you here!

WI today is 244.4 TOM sucks ***!

Welcome Amanda!

i haven't been losing any weight. you guys just inspired me to go on the stationary bike. :)

Yay!

JasonsLea - no worries girl!!! TOM always sucks, just keep that in mind and weight your self next week. :D I stepped on the scale this morning, and said the exact same thing to myself *lol*

ayla84 - glad we could help!!! I think I might actually step on the treadmill tonight!!!

akacutie2006 - welcome!!!!!!!

ok girls, i need to vent out some anger. i'm feeling extremely overwhelmed and i'm about to cry. i moved back in with my parents after graduation because i quit the job i was working at while in college. i took some time off to travel and they were ok with me waiting because they wanted me to focus on losing weight while i had time off. so yesterday i officially started job hunting and it is adding so much stress on me.

today, in addition to all the stress from searching for companies, filling out applications, and worrying about interviews, i have a million errands to do for my parents. wash the dog, clean the kitchen, return a movie, go to the post office, go to the grocery store, go downtown to get a birthday gift, etc etc. This is probably a typical day for a lot of people, but today just feels different. then my mom gets on my case about my diet and exercise. She asked if i went to the gym (i can only go tues and thurs) so i said no, but i did go on the bike for 40 min this morning. that seemed to disappoint her. then i told her i was about to leave to get some lunch and she asked me what i was getting. i said a subway sandwich (turkey with no cheese, oil, or mayo on wheat...it's low in calories and i'm counting calories, it works!) she said "why don't you get a salad."

i don't think i'm PMSing yet. haha. I guess there are just a lot of little things building up and it's driving me crazy. It's not like I have fallen off the wagon. Ok I already feel a lot better. hahahaha. Hopefully I get everything done then I can just relax in the tub tonight and tomorrow will be a new day. :)

:) :) Thanks Everyone for the big Welcome :) :)

Shari- yes, TOM does suck. Hopefully next WI you will have a big loss. I am worried that on my second WI this Sunday I won't lose much because I lost so much in the first week

Ayla - sounds like you had a rough day. I would also find it annoying if my Mom hounded me to exercise and eat right. Maybe she is just trying to help you, but doesn’t realize how unhelpful her comments are.

Well I am doing great on WW diet. I love that I am able to eat anything I want as long as I count the points. I am determined to stay motivated to lose the weight this time. It always happens to me I lose my determination fall off the wagon and then give up dieting. But not this time. I think chatting with a support group will help me to stay motivated. I am so glad my sister told me about this website. :)

Ayla, hopefully it was just one of 'those' days, ya know? Hope everything is better tomorrow and you get a job soon....but not too soon if you don't need to!

Amanda, don't sweat it. It doesn't matter how much you lose, as long as you lose SOMETHING! Just take your time. And yeah, coming to this site helps ALOT.