Weight Loss

I want to start a club for those of us who have a lot of pounds to lose.  Anyone interested?

Checkin in at 3 beans..... I have started to change my life for the better last week..... i'm a big guy with a big goal..... see ya round.

I would love to start a club for those of us who have a lot of weight to lose. Do any of you have AIM?

Hey, just found this thread. I weighed in at 235 at my last dr. appointment. I've lost 8 lbs so far. This is really exciting because I feel I understand what I'm doing, I'm not "following rules" (I'm so rebellious!) and I agree with everything about this method. I've got a good foundation of nutrition from my childhood, my mom always cooked healthy, but I found it nearly impossible to figure out how to eat well once I was on my own. American culture is sooo filled with bad choices and huge portion sizes, and I couldn't make sense of it on my own. But now it's easy and I don't feel like I'm going to "fail" doing this.

I just want to get thinner mostly so I feel like people respect me again. I'm smart and talented and I'm sick of being treated like I'm a sweet but probably stupid nobody. I'm involved with theatre but my body doesn't respond like I think it should. I ache and have pains after I've been sitting for awhile. I'm 41 with a teenage son and I want to be a M.I.L.F.!!! :)

sorry, just trying to tag this thread ...

Hi all: I just joined the site about an hour ago and am too over the 200 mark. I'm about 5'8, weighing 270lbs. The site gave me a goal of 144, but I believe I will be happy with anything below 170. It's dead winter here in Canada and I'm a student at University, so it's difficult to get the exercise in. I dance regularly, by myself, just rocking out. I also walk to class each day and to and from classes adds up... mostly 20 minutes a day. I try and walk at night when the weather's good and walk at a pretty fast pace. I want to really start sweating though, so I think I'll up the pace.

I want to lose 25 lbs by the end of April, start of May. Right now, I'm eating 1800 calories a day, even though the site recommended over 2000 for me. I'm never hungry and just started adjusting to the portion sizes and the huge amount of veggies and fruit I need to eat.

I really think that this site will help me reach my goal. When I return home, I will join the local ymca and work out there. I am truly excited for the first time at the prospect of being healthy and at an attractive weight.

Good luck to everyone! If you really want it, you can do it! :)

I weighed 235 and didn't lose a thing while dieting and working out with a trainer.  About the time I stopped working with the trainer I wa tested for allergies and found out I am allergic to wheat.  I was told this was causing me to not lose weight.  I quit losing weight and lost 30 pounds with little effort (I continued exercising but not as much as with the trainer).  Over the summer I fractured my foot and ankle and was in a wheelchair for 2 months.  I put the 30 pounds back on.  I am back with the trainer, eating right, and doing everything I am supposed to do but I can't lose even a pound.  Hopefully there will be some suggestions or at least motivation to keep me going. 

Hello everyone. I am new to CC. I've been looking through the site and this looks like a great website for support when trying to lose weight! I was at my highest weight of 220lbs on Dec 15th and decided that I must do something to get my weight back under control. I am now 207lbs and have a goal weight of 143lbs, which would be about 5lbs lighter than I was when I met my husband 6 years ago.

It's amazing how much weight I gained during the last 6 years - it really snuck up on me. I probably gained about a pound a month and before I knew it, I was 220lbs!!

Well, here I am, and I'm ready to do it. I've started out by reducing my calorie intake to about 1200-1300 calories a day, and I'm trying to work out 3 times a week. So far I've been disciplined with the calories, but I've only been working out 2 times per week. I need to up the exercise this week!

I'm glad I found this site. Good luck to everyone this week.

Can I join the club???

Hello all!!!  I joined C-C about 4 days ago, and I must say I am fascinated by all the support and motivation that is offered here.  Everyone really sticks together!!  I love it!  Not sure how I found it, but it had been very informative and inspirational, to say the least!!! 

With that said,  I MUST say Thank You.  To everyone here!!!!

I am 248lbs (down from 251 last week) and I would absolutely love to join the over 200 club.  I'm here to motivate, and be encouraged, and plant to do the same in return!!

Thanks.

We CAN and WILL do this!

Hi  you all, Is a new week to get motivated , I haven't been doing any exercise because of my arthritis but need to get going. This week I'm going to watch my cals. closer. I'm into 27 th day without binging (thats a different group on c.c. ) so now I feel I can work more with the calories. Have been having 3 meals and snacks. Nothing after 6:00 pm.  I haven't weighed in since Jan.2, except that visit to the doctors office which I'm going to forget about. If I only lost 1 lb. this month aleast I wouldn't  have gained. I would like to lose 50 lbs. this year. I have to b ecareful about health problems getting me down and then I'll eat. Have a great Monday and keep up the good choices. :)

Guess I'll join in with the crowd.

I've been on calorie-count for a little while now, but have kind of gave up on dieting a couple of times since I joined.

This time I have a friend dieting with me, and it is helping out a lot having someone else do this with me.

I reached my all time high recently of 288 pounds.  I just kept getting bigger and bigger, and I had to put a stop to it.  It's been two weeks and I've lost 8 lbs by using a Weight Watchers plan.  We've been doing it ourselves, since going to the meetings and such cost a lot of money.  I've been keeping real close track of what I eat, and think I have been doing really good at it so far.  I expect the easy weight loss to stop soon though, and kind of level off. 

I have set goals to lose 10% of my body weight at a time.  By mid June I am hoping to have lost 29 pounds, and then after that I will set a new goal to lose 10% more of my body weight.  I think by taking small steps I'll be able to better manage it.

I want to use c-c.com in conjunction with my weight watchers diet.  While the WW stuff is pretty good, I don't think it always encourages eating healthier foods, just less food is all.  Of course if you eat healthy, you get to eat a little more.  I like the food grading system on c-c.com, and I would like to get to eating foods in an A-B range, so I can lose weight and look healthy, instead of losing weight and just look skinny.  Also, there is all the extra added support of the people on c-c.com, and it is more visual and easier to see if I am doing good or bad.

darnit do i hate the weekends -- well i love the weekends cause i don't have to be at work -- but i never do as well eating wise on the weekends as i do during the week!

Well, I give myself a "cheat day" once a week and  eat how ever much I want and whatever I want. I can tell by my weight log here, you see little upswing spikes, and then continues down the rest of the week. I have been extremely sucessful though-- I have lost approximately 20 pounds since I started on January 1st. Its alot of time at the gym on the elliptical machine, but I am seeing such fast results, that i dont care about the weekend 2 pound gain...hope this helps. I started the first week with 800 calories consumed a day, and gradually increased my calories to a now 1200 calories a day(except for the weekends-heehee). I drink alot of green tea and water, reduced alcohol to only on my cheat day. I also go to the gym at least once a day and try to use the elliptical for at least 35 minutes each time. I don't recomend this diet to anyone unless reviewd by your physician..its easy though, all simple math kiddies!!!

Start weight  on Jan 1st:    213 LBS

Body Fat%        ;    31%

Weight on Jan 28:          194.4 LBS

Body Fat%        ;      28%

CALORIE-COUNT.COM WEIGHT LOG GRAPH

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SLIDESHOW OF WEIGHTLOSS

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MY LIFE CHANGE/WEIGHT LOSS BLOG

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Hello!  I recently joined CC -- it's taking me awhile to find my way around.  My highest weight ever was 233; today I'm 227.  I have a goal of 150 -- a weight I haven't been for about 20 years (I'm almost 57).

I am totally an emotional eater.  I'm going to try to pick the book 'Mindless Eating' today -- if Wally World doesn't have it, I'll order it from Amazon.  I've heard wonderful things about it -- and no one can go into a mindless eating zone like I can!!  :>)

I've quite active -- I retired at 53 from a wonderful 3-year career and am pretty active.  I live on an acreage with my partner and near my elderly mother.  We have 5 dogs, 2 horses, a mini-donkey, and too many cats to count.

Body image and self-loathing because of my weight have been a lifelong battle for me.  It's sad, really.  I have 2 sisters who underwent gastric by-pass and have never regretted it for a minute.  I'm a freak when it comes to anything like that.  I really want to have what they have in terms of wgt loss and overall health, but am waaaaay to affraid to even think about surgery -- even if I could afford it, which I can't. 

Anyway, I intend to post several times a week and look forward to "meeting" the rest of you here!

Susan 

Ok -- let's try this again.  I retired from a 30-year career, not a 3-year one!  Geez!!  :>)

I'm stuck, guys! I haven' lost anything in about a week. But I do know that I have cheated some... but I don't think enough to go over. Who knows. I'm not completely frustrated, because I didn't gain, and I knew I would hit my first plateau. Just needed to vent! I hope everyone is doing wonderful!!

~Amanda

Hi all. I'm happy to report in that I'm down 10 pounds from my estimated start weight. I didn't buy my own scale until a week and a half in, so I based my start weight on what I know I had weighed in the past. This 10 pound mark and dropping under 250 which should come soon as well are my first milestones I have reached and are helping to inspire me.

Also I'm happy to report I've got to go out and buy a new belt soon! ;-)

I'm 230 right now.  I was on CC last year, and dropped big weight from 230 to 190.  I fell off the wagon over the summer, but I know that CC was the reason I dropped those 40 lbs, and this time I'm on it for good all the way down until my goal of 166.
After this post I'm off to go buy a scale!  Good luck and congratulations all!

I'm in, I'm at 258.2, I've lost 47.8 but I still have another 108 lbs to go to reach my goal... I was actually looking for an over 200 lb club, it seemed they were all lower weight. anyways good luck everyone!

Hi guys im new to this site and just reading everyones support towards one another made me want to join I have started to diet yesterday when i steped on the scale and seen how much weight i have gained and it sucks 5 months ago i was 200 now i am 230 I hate it makes me sick and the thing that kills me is that im only 19 and i dont look 230 i say i look 190 every one says ur built my boyfriend says u look find but a little weight wont hert to lose so i came here for some support cause i dont have much to support me cause my boyfriend likes to eat out all the time and it dosent help and he loves reeses candy bars its so hard for me to look in the mirror and say deal with it this is what u are I want to fight it and look my best before u know having kids or whatever i want to enjoy myself my birthday is oct 16 and i want my weight to be at least 170 by then if i can acoplish that then half my worries would be over so my diet plan is eating healthy and doing belly dancing and the 3 mile walk i have on demand on my tv and sticking to it Thanks