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| Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club! |  obsidyan |
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| #761 |  gaileh1 |
Jun 12 2007 04:18 |
| bump. what jakjak said. an excellent post. | ||
| #762 | loven_1951_longwalker |
Jun 12 2007 14:35 |
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Good Morning Everyone, Gloomy Tuesday but, a nice day for a walk and the Gym. Jakjak your post rocks 90lbs down (: AWESOME! I can't wait to reach 90lbs I know I will step by step.
Everyone have a GREAT DAY! |
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| #763 | stormigrl |
Jun 12 2007 15:33 |
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Ok what if we want to lose 150lbs. Or maybe more. I'm at the 300 ish mark and yes I'm not proud of it. But I know I'm working on it. Will tell you this, in 1 year working out at the gym, I have gone down 2% body percentage of fat. From 49% to 47% (So I think I'm headed in the right direction). My weight still looks terrible but my trainer tries to remind me that.... Remember you have gained upper body strength by 30lbs, so let's see that's like you gained 30lbs because of muscle mass. So maybe that weight is not too bad. But I still want to look thinner and still want to look more appealing for my husband and friends. I want so badly to fit into a pair of 20's jeans (for Plus people but right now I'm stuck at 26) Grrrr. Maybe with me not working now, I can get focused, I don't know but I will try. Anyone been in my boat.. Oh yes I must say this too. Anyone been in this boat including a Knee Injury? (Can't forget the obvious thing I got to deal with: I slid on black ice 3 months ago and its not healed entirely, but I am working out at the gym 3 x a week for 1 hour with a Trainer, even eating properly and taking in Protein Drinks. Please get back to me if you share in this! Marianne |
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| #764 | loven_1951_longwalker |
Jun 12 2007 20:12 |
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Stormingrl, STOP! being so hard on yourself of course we have all been where your at... 150lbs yes, yes and yes you can do it. It sounds like your focused, your working hard towards your Goal those 20's jeans(: Keep focus, keep goal in front of you and You'll be in those jean in no time.
I haven't bought anything new. I'm holding off until August. August is when I have a girlfriend reunion about 6 of us get together every year for a week. Last year, I didn't join my friends - I was 249lbs I made every excuse why I couldn't be there. Selfeteem was at my lowest and my weight was at my highest ever. I couldn't walk my knees would ache so bad cause my knees couldn't support my weight to stand or walk. I was only able to stand in the shower at the most 20 seconds - I just hated myself - I gave up on myself on 2/2/2005 I didn't care anymore so I ate, ate, ate and ate - I gained 125lbs in 2005 - I was very angry and depressed always crying and FINALLY, I said ENOUGH! On January 12th I joined CC and now at 202lbs (: I love myself and I can't wait to reach 200 lbs and hopfuly by August I can buy a pair of Jeans (: and be with my friends. So yes I've been in that Boat |
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| #765 | 1heavenlybody |
Jun 14 2007 22:07 |
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A general but frank question I must ask. I have 190 lbs to loose and I am terribly afraid that I will have to have plastic surgery to remove the excess skin? Anyone here in that boat that lost 100 lbs and had to have this done?
Anxious to here. Thanks |
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| #766 | 1heavenlybody |
Jun 14 2007 22:07 |
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A general but frank question I must ask. I have 190 lbs to loose and I am terribly afraid that I will have to have plastic surgery to remove the excess skin? Anyone here in that boat that lost 100 lbs and had to have this done?
Anxious to hear. Thanks |
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| #767 | gaileh1 |
Jun 15 2007 05:10 |
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1heavenlybody,
Don't have an answer for you really, but I'm going to blather a bit anyway. I'm down 135 lbs with a few more to go, and yeah, there's some serious jiggle going on. (I've pondered at times whether my impressively mobile chicken wings couldn't be turned into some sort of deadly ninja weapon... I've also searched sports supply sites online for some kind of exercise girdle that will let me run without making plap, plap, plap noises. The best I've come up with is tight bike shorts. Why doesn't speedo or somebody make this item??? sigh.) There are lots of posts on the skin issue in the forums, and it just seems peoples' experiences differ. Go figure. Age, genetics, etc. But I'm not any unhappier with the aesthetics of my body after losing weight than before. And I'm much much happier with its functionality. I've decided I'll worry about whether I'll need surgery or not later. When I've maintained a comfortable weight for a good while. I guess my point is, why be afraid of this now? There are a lot of reasons to try and lose weight, and only part of that is aesthetic. I've also found, that part of the recipe that allowed me to lose weight was a growing acceptance of my body period. Right now I'm kind of intrigued by its transformation; sags, wrinkles and lumps included. I've actually toyed with the idea getting some reallly intimate nude photos taken. Not erotic necessarily, or a portrait, but just from a form/shape perspective. From a kind eye that's conscious of our society's rigid standards, but not totally taken in by them. I have no idea how to find this like-minded arty farty photographer though. Hmm, went off on a slight tangent there. Anyway, good luck to you. |
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| #768 | zeebi |
Jun 15 2007 16:11 |
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Hello! I've just found this thread. I've been on CC since
late April so not a newbie...HIYA if you 'know me'... HOWDY if
you don't! My highest weight that I KNOW of is 254.8 last December. I have to believe it's been higher, based on photos. I'm 5.5 with a LARGE frame. Huge bones, truly. Always been a muscle-girl, too. Viking heritage. Childbearing hips. Huge boobs! But, I was never truly obese until after kids. Conclusion, I have 100 to lose. Yet, I fit 18W jeans now. I'm 'only' down to 239, but I've lost lots of inches. I was at 24W in some styles, and 22W in others. I guess that muslce I mentioned is building up again. SIGH. Still, feeling as I feel and looking better everyday is a plus. But OH how I long for the scale to plummet!!!!! Anywhooooo - just thought I'd pop in and say hello. Counting works! |
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| #769 | demuralist |
Jun 15 2007 17:21 |
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Hi! I am pretty new to the CC website, and just found this thread. I am in desperate need of motivation and just stumbled here.
My highest weight was 282, then I lost 40 in 12 months and went into a holding pattern for 4 years. Unfortunately the trend then started upward. I reached 260 and held there for a year. Now I am serious about getting it off forever. So I found CC, got excited, and joined the June weight loss challenge, lost 4 pounds the first week. Now I have gained 3.6 back, doing -I swear- the same things. I am sad! (there is an understatement) I am not gonna quit (which would be my normal response to a situation like this), and I will not binge (again typical for me). I know what I am doing will work and I have adopted a healthy eating style (averaging 1500 calories a day) and I am exercising (currently 3.5mph for one hour, with a goal to get to 4.5mph by Christmas), and it worked last week. So I would like to be under 160, under 150 would be spectacular! So as of today that means right at 100 pounds needs to come off. Tired of dragging all this extra baggage (physical and emotional) around! |
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| #770 | cyndy-jo |
Jun 15 2007 19:05 |
| I just joined on June 12 and I have had a few problems on entering in the food log, but I do like this site. As with most of us, I have tried every diet in the world...from the slim fasts to the cabbage soup diet. Nw I am taking phentramine and trying to watch the calories. I see them add up,,,if I added a pre calorie-count day, I think my intake would be about 3500 cl. But according to all the formulas, I should be taking in about 1600..OOPS! I started t 234 on Tuesday and am down 2 lbs. Just seems like a long road. Doesn't help that the rest of my family (parents /sisters) are slim. How many of us are the 'heavy ones' in the group? According to Calorie-count I should be at 123 (I'm 5'2"). haven't seen that since I was 15! I'm 51 now and think I'd be happy at 150. Can anyone tell me how to keep a food that I have entered the info in manually...so that I can click on something and post it on another day? | ||
| #771 | brendakh |
Jun 15 2007 21:48 |
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Hi Everyone! Today is my first day and I am looking for friends. Here is my story. I am 43 yrs old, never been married, 5'3" and 312 lbs. The calculator says I should weigh 127 lbs. That is 185 lbs to lose. Very overwhelming. I am going to take this one step, one meal, one day, one moment at a time though I am fearful and crying inside. I have spent the last 2 hours reading posts. I admire everyone who is here for their efforts big or small to improve their lives. That is what I want to do. I have extra time on my hands because I am currently unemployed. I fear that my weight is an obstacle to getting employment offers. But mostly I am just tired of being out of breath, looking for chairs rather than booths in restaurants because I can't fit in the booths and tired of the car steering wheel rubbing my belly. I need your friendship, support and encouragement, anyone who reads this post. Please email privately or post. I will try to be a good friend and support all who contact me. Looking forward to this journey even though I am afraid of failing as I have many times in the past. I have had successes in the past too, so I will try to focus on the positive. Please write to me!! Brenda |
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| #772 | mita97330 |
Jun 15 2007 22:58 |
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Hello all,
I have just recently joined this site and I just have to say...I think it is fabulous!! I have always been lost when it came to trying to figure out my calorie intake and how much I should/shouldn't be eating and I would usually just get frustrated and give up. With the tools available on this site I finally feel confident that I can succeed! I am 5ft tall and my current weight is at an all time high *cringe* 260lbs... wow I have never admitted that before, anyways... I just turned 30 and I am determined not to spend the next half of my life trapped inside this incredibly unhealthy and uncomfortable body. I am really looking forward to getting to know others who are working towards losing a significant amount of weight.. good luck to everyone!! |
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| #773 | demuralist |
Jun 16 2007 15:51 |
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Good Morning,
The hardest part in the last few days has been that I know I am not going to quit, but I have had to remind myself nearly every waking moment. Everytime I walk through the kitchen I have to tell myself to keep walking. No binging in this pass through! It worked yesterday. I will keep on it today. Psychological test tell us that it takes 21 days to break a habit. So I am going for one habit at a time. The first one is to be able to walk through my kitchen and not look for something to eat. Hang in there everyone! ttfn |
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| #774 | vwoods1966 |
Jun 17 2007 05:33 |
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Hi everyone!Today I weighed in at 297.2 which means I dropped below the 300 lbs mark! Yeah!! My goal was to be below 300 by my birthday which is July 9th. I've lost 37 lbs so far since changing my eating on 3/7/07. I'm feeling so much better. Counting my calories is really work well for me. Right now my doctor recommends 1800 cals a day due to my weight. That is enough for me to eat and be satisfied and continue to lose weight at a healthy rate. I'll be 41 in a few weeks. I've started trying to do some exercise over the last 2 weeks. That is going ok.
Yeah, Marianne, all in that boat. I have a pelvic separation injury that has kept me in pain since last September from a car accident. That is why I'm just now starting to exercise again. It's very hard to stay motivated when in constant pain. But, as I'm losing weight and over time, my pain is lessening. Good to hear from everyone. Take care, Vicki |
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| #775 | demuralist |
Jun 19 2007 00:44 |
| Yeah Vicki! It is hard to stay motivated to exercise and I am not having any pain (besides the normal age things). I will turn 50 in 73 weeks. It is my goal to weigh less than 160 for that birthday. I have right at 100 pounds to go, so I need a little more than a pound a week. I think that this slow change will give me time to incorporate the new lifstyle and have it become who I am. In the past I have always been in a hurry and done some pretty crazy things to get it off fast. But as we all know it only comes back. So here I am, older and wiser, going it slow. Because I am going to hit 50 anyway, I might as well do it healthy. | ||
| #776 | brendakh |
Jun 19 2007 15:55 |
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Go Vicki! Congrats! And, Happy Birthday! Isn't it great how achieving one goal motivates you to keep going to the next goal?! Have a super day.
Brenda |
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| #777 | mita97330 |
Jun 19 2007 19:16 |
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Congrats Vicki!!! I hope you have a wonderful birthday :)
~M~ |
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| #778 |  morgan_j |
Jun 19 2007 21:21 |
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I would definately like to join as well. I'm thirty years old and 10 years ago weighed 220. I was alway big but very active and played football in college. Then I started eating and stopped be quite so active. In Dec. I weighed in at 341 and finally said "that's enough". I joined a fitness center and got back to being active. Right now I am at 300 and can't wait to break into the 200's. That's been about 5 years. I always lose the motivation and this site really has helped me to renew my desire to fix my eating habits. I agree with you that it is hard to change habits that you have had for soooo many years. I hope we all can help one another. My 30 minute bike ride really has me feeling good today. Jason |
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| #779 | demuralist |
Jun 21 2007 21:37 |
| Go Jason, I recently read an article about "interval" training. Given that I am 100 pounds over weight and not in great shape, it seemed a little silly but decided to try it. I am a walker but it translates to any exercise that you do. So you do a warm up (say 10 minutes at moderate speed) then you go as fast as you can for 15 seconds, then for 45 seconds (or as long as it takes) you slow down and bring your breathing and heart rate back down. Then you repeat it 6 times, with a goal to get to 12 times in one exercise session. It is actually pretty easy, my plan is to increase the reps once a week, so I am at 8 times now. It feels really good! Remember a small change repeated over a year can make a big permanent weight loss. Good Luck | ||
| #780 | morgan_j |
Jun 22 2007 20:22 |
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Thanks De for the support. Yesterday I even went to the gym and swam for 20 minutes (different strokes), but to swim for 20 minutes felt good. I then got to reward myself with the jacuzzi, sauna, and steam room. That always feels good. Today i went back and jogged in the water for 30 minutes. The interval sounds good. I don't think i will try it on the bike though. My luck would be that as i am checking the pulse i would run into something or get hit by a car as i veer into traffic..lol. but i will keep it in my pocket to try when i walk. Thanks again and GOOD LUCK! "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." |
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