20lbs or less club

Oprah had the You on a diet authors on her show. Basically it reccommends only eating whole grains and cutting sugars, enrciched flour and such. It sounds like it might work for me b/c I have been totally eating too many carbs lately!! I don't think that cutting out carbs completely is healthy but it eating to much is not either!!
 
I suppose this is the right club for me. :)

I'm about 5'7'' tall, I guess, and weigh 132 lbs. In the metric system, I'm 171 cm tall and weigh 60 kgs. I know I'm not overweight - my BMI is about 20. It's just that I gained 11 lbs after my mum passed away two years ago and in this weight I feel weird. I want my old body back! I'm not obsessed with my weight, though - I just want to be smaller. My size is much more important than my weight.

Highest weight: 60 kg - 132 lbs (BMI 20,5)
Current weight: 60 kg - 132 lbs
Lowest weight: 53 kg - 117 lbs
Goal Weight: 51 kg - 112 lbs

--> 20 lbs / 9 kgs to go

I guess that's all for now.

Good luck everybody - we can do this!
 
Welcome Hilka!! Me and you are exactly the same except an inch and a pound! Yes guys I gained another pound but it is a menstrual pound! I used to be about 120 but I have been eating and eating and eating and eating for about a year now and so the reason for the 12lb increase!! My BMI is 21.5, I had my body fat measured recently and it was 18%. I would say I am more weight conscience then size but after I had my son no matter how much weight I lost I couldn't get into anything smaller then a 3/4 which is better then what I am not 7/8. I would be happy at anything below 125 but I am not happy and I am feeling very self conscious about myself at this point and fear of gaining more weight. Today is my first official day back on the wagon!!! This link is great for food and activity diary :

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Ladies!!!

I'll be in your club one of these days. I guess I could be now. Man- if I lost 20 I'd be in great shape. 130 is just a nice round number, who doesn't want to weigh what they did at the end of highschool??? Haha- I've done it once since then.
Anyway, I'm at 154 now, and plan to hit 150 by Monday. So then I'll be back. Root for me! (my diary is on the forum too)
Best of luck to all of you, I know it's hard to stay motivated when there's not much extra!
 
Hi everybody! Uh, rough weekend, I expected to hop on the scale and see that I gained 10 lbs but in fact I lost one. Bringing me down to 147.5 :D i'm really happy with my slow but steady progress. I get to eat a ton, not exercise and still lose weight. I'll start exercising when my video gets here, it feels like it will NEVER come. I'm excited to start burning this postpartum belly off. As for the rough weekend, I thought I was pregnant again, ugh, with a 3.5 month old, I don't think so. Anyway, it's looking like I'm probably not though, we'll know for sure Friday. Well, I'm glad to see that someoine new joined, welcome to the club Hilka! As for you bglittert, welcome back to the wagon :p I'll start posting in your diary to help keep you on! you can post in mine if you want, I can use all the help I can get. Well everyone have a good day!
 
Hey! I don't have a diary, I don't think? Glad to see you are losing the baby weight! I know how it is. My son is 3 I lost the weight immediately but have gained back 12 lbs! When did you have your baby?
 
hmmm...no wonder I ouldn't find it when I looked then :p my baby is about 3.5 months old. I actually was the same weight at the beginning of my pregnancy than I was the day before I delivered. I gained absolutely no weight. I lost 30 lbs in the first 2 weeks and now that I have a head start I'm working on losing about 20 more. Pregnancy was the best diet ever for me :p
 
hi, i'm new, and i've always had low will power, and never was successful on a diet so i thought this site would be a good place to start!!!

i'm 5'2.5 and weigh 120ish pounds (prob. closer to 121) and would like to get down to 105.8 (there's a reason for this number)

the last straw was that somebody asked/commented that my mom is so much skinnier and smaller than her daughter (very heartbreaking), and then on the same day, another person said "you mom is so much 'fitter' than you" (please, she can't climb the stairs without huffing and puffing)

and then my mom decided to tell me that i will never be as thin as she is because i have no will power and control, and therefore i must prove her wrong right? and while losing weight, i might as well become healthier and be able to run for 30mins straight.

sorry for the long first post, and i hope i'll get a nice welcome from you guys!!!! ^.^
 
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Hi V1rgi3! It's nice to hear from you. Unfortunately this thread doesn't get much traffic so I would suggest also making yourself a diary if you haven't already and ask for support on one of the support threads. I know that my will power would have fizzled out already if it hadn't been for the people who write in my diary (remember to write in other people's too!!) I think it's horrible that people would say that. You and your mother are two different people and it's not fair to compare you. And for your mother to say that was mean, she is your mother and is supposed to support you no matter what. You will get good support on this forum. Can I ask the reason for 105.8? Well, I hope I see your diary soon!
 
thank you for the nice welcom, i'll head on over to the support group then!!!

as for the 105.8, that's my mom's weight, so i want to be at least the same weight as her just to stop the comments... i just recently hurt my back, so no working out for a while,

but i'm so impressed with you, you've lost half of the weight already, keep up the great work!!!!
 
Hi V1rgi3!! Welcome! No we don't get much traffic but I guess a smaller community is better? My mom and I have the same body type but she is much older so she has a mature stomach and she does not work out so not tone. We both had c-sections with our kids so I have pouch (from scarring in the abdomenal muscles and I had an ovarion tumor so had to have another surgery in the same area) That makes it difficult b/c no matter how much weight I lose the strange pouch is always there along with the loose skin. Very frustrating. Even when I was 117 lbs I still had to wear a size 4 and before I had my son I wore a 0 at that weight. Oh well... Guess I was just venting. I lost 2 lbs somehow. Not exactly sure how. I have been eating less but not a huge amount less and I have been busier. But no gym b/c I just started a new job and have to adjust my schedule for the gym.
 
New here

Hi! Glad to find this thread. I always feel a little guilty for wanting to lose "only five pounds" when I know there are so many people who would be thrilled to have my body weight. But it's about where you're comfortable and feel good, isn't it? I mean as long as where you're comfortable is healthy?

I sympathize with the pouch, thing. I didn't have any C-sections or surgery, but I did carry twins to 34 weeks and my skin was stretched so tight I thought it would split any second. Now, no matter how little I weigh, I have the pouch that hangs over the top of the undies or wiggles under me when I do push ups. If I were rich, would I have it removed? You betcha!

Has anybody tried South Beach? I tried it a couple of times, didn't lose more than one or two pounds if anything, and gained it back. I hated it. I'm swearing off any diet that says I can't eat any kind of food. All it does is trigger me to eat that food and eat more.

I also wondered if anybody has struggled with eating disorders? I still do. For the record, my BMI is healthy and would still be healthy if I lose this five pounds I want to shed.

Glad to be here.
 
Hi Dec5
Don't feel bad for only wanting to lose 5 lbs! People definately wont hate you for it on here :p Wow, twins! I carried one baby to almost 37 weeks and that was enough for me. I actually didn't get that big though. Did you have lots of stretch marks? I do and I cant figure out how to get them to fade faster, any suggestions? I've never tried the south beach diet before but I've heard good things about it. Is that something you would like to try?
I have never struggled with an eating disorder but my best friend has struggled with both bulimia and anorexia. At 5' 5" inches tall her lowest weight was 94lbs. her weight right now is 105 lbs and that is what she is trying to stay at. So just to let you know I'm no stranger to that if you want someone to talk to. :) Well feel free to start a diary if you haven't already, you'll get lots of great support in it!
 
Welcome Dec5! Binge Eating Disorder here! So yes I have an eating disorder which is another reason why I get concerned when I eat a lot. It's very stressful. Never tried South Beach. I am a firm believer that as long as you eat a healthy diet and smaller portions with exercise, that's the way to go!
 
Yes, newmommy1, I have tried South Beach and I won't do it again. Anything that forbids certain foods just doesn't work for me.

I have ED- NOS which means I have bits of a bunch of eating problems, I guess. I have had a few periods of anorexia (my lowest weight was 94 lbs.) and I've had periods of laxative abuse (no vomiting, though I've wished I could) and I've had lots and lots of episodes of binge eating with binge/starve cycles. I obsess about food. Another thing that happens is I sometimes feel like certain foods aren't safe or clean and I suddenly can't eat lots of things that I normally eat. This is different from being told I can't eat carbs or something like that.

When I was looking for a forum, I picked this one because the address said "weight-loss.fitness". I want to lose five pounds, but then I want to stay there and I want to learn to have a comfortable relationship with food.

I did start a diary. I'm going to kind of follow a format I read about in a book called "Overcoming Binge Eating"
 
Hi Dec5, have you ever gotten professional help with your eating disorders? It it something you would ever consider? The binge eating and starvations mixed with the feelings about the food not being clean or safe sounds like some Obsessive Compulsive disorder. I dealt with depression and anxiety a lot before I had my baby. In case you don't know Anxiety is actually a form of OCD, it's OC worrying. I got some help and got put on zoloft for it and it really helped. I came off of it about a year ago when I got pregnant and I still struggle but I feel as though I have a little more control. Sometimes I lay awake at night and can't get to sleep because my mind has decided that it's going to obsess over a certain thing (usually scared about my husband dying the next day in a car accident). Maybe if you tried some therapy it would help. Just an idea :)
 
welcome lupka99. We're glad to have you :) What works for me? cutting calories is what helped me lose these last 4.5 lbs. The first 30 were lost during my pregnancy. I started pregnancy at the same weight that I delivered at (low fat diet due to gallstones). then subtract weight for the baby and stuff and also I was in the hospital for 3 weeks barely eating so that helped and I was down to 150. I was 150 when I started this forum. I have cut calories down to 1500 a day and i breastfeed my baby which burns about 500 calories a day. This is all I have had to do to lose these past 4.5 lbs. I'm hoping it keeps working, lol! although I did start a postnatal exercise video yesterday. What method are you going to use?
 
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