1000Monkeys
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Down 1/2lb. Guess it was a fluke! Oh well, I'm down another jeans size (38 - 36) so I'll just be positive about that instead!
princess_lolli
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Hi
I just thought that maybe some of you feel the same way as I do about the long journey that we have ahead of us. I know that loosing weight is a struggle no matter how little or how much you have to loose but I thought that those of us in the 200's might have a little something in common.
So if anyone is interested I would like to start a club for us.
ive been 205 for the last 3 weeks, the 200s dont wanna let me go
minus86
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You are almost out of the 200's FOREVER!!! Congrats.
I am in this club. Sorry, everyone, but I don't WANT to be in this club...lol. Can't wait till I can see 199. I see alot of people that have the same desire so good luck everyone!
fnvgn
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thanks!!! , ill drag you down with me!
minus86
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Congratulations! That's a huge weight loss in a short amount of time. Hopefully you've triggered some good luck for everyone else here.
1000Monkeys
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3 little ducks: 222.
Down 3lbs.
Congrats to everyone else down this week too.
Down 3lbs.
Congrats to everyone else down this week too.
fnvgn
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thanks dazzle , and welcome to the group, congrats 1000 monkeys , you seem to be progressing along nicely. cant wait until weigh in in two weeks when fingers crossed i will see 19X.X lbs......
LillyTame
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You wait for 2wks to check your weight? Wow, what restraint! lol...I wish I had that restraint with fast food! Good luck!
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Thought I should bounce in here. Started hitting the working out hard again and being a little tighter with the diet. Did lose some over the summer, but overall I considered those 3 months maintenance since I know I could have done more, but the kids were all home so...
I should be in here for a few more weeks at least I would figure so coming to join you all and say hello. As of the weigh in challenge I'm now at 213. I don't even know what I'll do with myself when I cross the mark into the 100s...think I'll be in shock and then push my butt to get a little lower so I don't jump back and forth across 200...lol...kinda like having one foot in one country and one in the other.
I'd like to see 190/195 by thanksgiving and then go into a small maint. again during the holidays.
This board has been very motivating!
OH and goal weight is somewhere in the 135-140 range..thinking by the start of next summer.
I should be in here for a few more weeks at least I would figure so coming to join you all and say hello. As of the weigh in challenge I'm now at 213. I don't even know what I'll do with myself when I cross the mark into the 100s...think I'll be in shock and then push my butt to get a little lower so I don't jump back and forth across 200...lol...kinda like having one foot in one country and one in the other.
I'd like to see 190/195 by thanksgiving and then go into a small maint. again during the holidays.
This board has been very motivating!
OH and goal weight is somewhere in the 135-140 range..thinking by the start of next summer.
fnvgn
New member
I don't even know what I'll do with myself when I cross the mark into the 100s...think I'll be in shock and then push my butt to get a little lower so I don't jump back and forth across 200...lol...kinda like having one foot in one country and one in the other.
i tottally agree with you welcome to the group
LillyTame
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Makes sense, I used to wait a wk to 4 wks but I think doing it everyday motivates me to go to the gym so I can see that scale move. It's like a reminder that if I want that scale to be under 200 I better go to the gym!
cricklefb2
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I weighed this morning and i reached 197!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been doing alot of journaling trying to get down to the causes and conditions of why I can't seem to stay out of the 200 range. Lets just say "I've got issues". Mostly no matter what I do I never feel like I'm good enough. I wonder how many of you deal with these thoughts and feelings? Once you recognize underlying issues like that what do you do with it?
For now I'm eating lots of veggies and the treadmill. One amazing thing I've discovered about myself is I can jog!!! I may only go for a minute or 2 (once even for 5 mins) BUT I DID NOT COLLAPSE!!! How exciting is that? I even did a 48 hr fast last thurs and fri and I made it! I know theres alot of controversy around fasting, but I needed to lose the control food seems to have on me. It helped! I felt more in control and able to make choices according to whats best for my body afterward. Fudgy brownies don't really whisper!! One thing I heard this week is that I may be an emotional eater, but I'm not emotional all the time. For me that had power and I hope it helps someone else who's struggling.
Please don't give me the boot because I made it under 200. Inside I am still 235 and we all know one binge and I'd have to rejoin.
So I'd like some feedback on the question of how do you begin to feel "good enough" and once you start to get to the root of your weight issues how do you deal with it?
For now I'm eating lots of veggies and the treadmill. One amazing thing I've discovered about myself is I can jog!!! I may only go for a minute or 2 (once even for 5 mins) BUT I DID NOT COLLAPSE!!! How exciting is that? I even did a 48 hr fast last thurs and fri and I made it! I know theres alot of controversy around fasting, but I needed to lose the control food seems to have on me. It helped! I felt more in control and able to make choices according to whats best for my body afterward. Fudgy brownies don't really whisper!! One thing I heard this week is that I may be an emotional eater, but I'm not emotional all the time. For me that had power and I hope it helps someone else who's struggling.
Please don't give me the boot because I made it under 200. Inside I am still 235 and we all know one binge and I'd have to rejoin.
So I'd like some feedback on the question of how do you begin to feel "good enough" and once you start to get to the root of your weight issues how do you deal with it?
englangrover
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Way to go!! That's awesome. I'm hoping that by the time Halloween comes around I'll be right there where you are right now. Great job to you.
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Lilyofthevalley
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well... I'm at 205.4. Regardless of what my ticker says. I just don't want to change it because going up seems kind of final once you do.
At least I kind of know why my weight has gone up a little. It's that time of the month (something I'm actually pretty new to due to medicine) so I'm just guessing that's it.
Ah well.
I hope to be in the 100's soon though! I'll keep checking in, even after I go below the 100's. I don't want to desert (or be deserted!)
Here's to health!
<3 Annie
At least I kind of know why my weight has gone up a little. It's that time of the month (something I'm actually pretty new to due to medicine) so I'm just guessing that's it.
Ah well.
I hope to be in the 100's soon though! I'll keep checking in, even after I go below the 100's. I don't want to desert (or be deserted!)
Here's to health!
<3 Annie
First of all, congrats! I'm stairing down the barrel of the 100's and was about to post that, but wanted to address your post first.
Your post really touched a nerve. I grew up in a very critical environment. I remember one time at 15(and about 5'1") my dad told me at 120 lbs that I was fat(this was par for the course with him). Unbeknownest to them, I skipped 2 meals a day and did the old 20-minute workout show every morning before they got up(yes, I'm that old--Friday night videos and all that)
I remember stepping on the scale and I was 95 lbs. I realized then that I was starting to go on a dangerous path and that maybe, just maybe my father was wrong. Coincidentally, or not, this is the point I started rebelling against my parents maybe in an effort to say your criticisms are unwarranted.However, despite my youthful bravado, I gained weight later on. A bit of a yo yo, but it seemed as if not only was I an emotional eater, I punished myself(yes, I said punished myself) with being fat. I lived down to my father's expectations thinking I didn't deserve to be the girl that got attention. I know it's an elaborate web that you can figure out.
I think my breaking point happened in steps. In the last few years, I've begun to stop running from my father and standing up to him like I did in my teens. That's helped the 'I don't deserve it' thing. Plus I've surrounded myself with friends, male friends in particular which is what I needed to counteract the negative since it came from a male, and they have been a constant source of encouragement because they told me the truth about the outer shell--both the stuff I needed to hear: that I was actually attractive and the stuff I didn't want to: that I was fat. But they did it without tearing down my character. One person in particular I call my 'drill instructor'. He got my tush in the gym even when I didn't want to and there were many of those times in the early days.
I've also had to detach food as the solution or a punishment. I decided I needed to find more positive outlets. I went back to school(about to graduate with a 4.0) and I started eating better and working out.
Another big motivator was getting older. I realized I would never get to enjoy being healthy, fit, and to my fullest potential as far as attractiveness if I didn't get my butt in gear soon. Middle age is no longer some distant destination, it is coming up the street at me and now was the time to be the best me I could. I realized I deserved that and it was someone else and their issues that tried to steal it from me in every way. I won't let that happen again. I do deserve it, along with all the other happy and joyful things in life. I work very hard to not lose site of that. I hope that you keep that in mind too. We may not be owed a living, a way of life, or a certain amount of money a year, but we do deserve to be the best we can possibly be out of the hard work that we put in.
Now, that said...I'm at 209.5 today
Staring down the 100's and since I'm on a 10 week push to Halloween, I know I can make it! WOOT!