Club 200 Plus

I would also like to join this group. I am not at my highest weight but at the the point that I don't want to be fat anymore. I started this jounery Sept. 19th and my starting weight was 269lbs. I am now 262lbs.
 
hey i'm new too! currently 260 but was at my highest in june after having my baby girl, i was 285. i'd love to be 160 (within healthy bmi) by march 2011 because we are going ot a big family reunion at disney world at that time! everyone here seems really supportive and I could use some of that!
 
MamaCasavant said:
hey i'm new too! currently 260 but was at my highest in june after having my baby girl, i was 285. i'd love to be 160 (within healthy bmi) by march 2011 because we are going ot a big family reunion at disney world at that time! everyone here seems really supportive and I could use some of that!
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That seems very realistic to me. If you only lost 1 lb a week, you'd be down 104 lbs if you started march of 2009 so a little below your goal weight! I would just make minor changes and go from there. You'll be surprised how quickly 20 to 30 lbs comes off just on the minor changes at first.



As a side note, I weighed in at 201 tnight! Woohoo..I usually change my ticker at the end of a week or 2 so I'm hoping this week I will have it below 200 lbs. I think it will take me another 10lbs after that to really leave this group though I'm afraid.

I wish you all much luck starting out and will be watching your progress with cheering eyes!
 
well it seems like a lot of new people are wanting to start in this group.. me first weigh-in is tomorrow.. i'm not expecting to lose anything but no gain is just as good!! I really just kinda decided to start a diet one night and I did the next day.. so anyways.. I decided to change my goal weight to 165 thats the lowest I've ever been so just decide if I want to get down to 140 after I feel what 165 feels like again!! How's everyone doing? How are the diets going? Staying strong??
 
Seems kinda strange to join a club I'll never get out of, but I'm in. I'm 6'7" 272lbs, my goal is somewhere around 225. I guess I'll know when I get there :D. Lets drop some pounds people. :coolgleamA:
 
oh good i am glad to see there are some new people in this thread too. i weigh in on fridays. that way if i overindulge on the weekends i have m-thur to even things out! i totally hear you about not gaining just as good as losings. it's such a personal battle to lose weight, i'll take any victory i can!
 
well I had my first weigh-in this morning.. and I lost 5lbs and 6.5 inches.. I was really happy especially since I didn't do that great last week.. so Im officically at 236.. its a start... 16 more pounds before my first mini goal!!! how everyone doing??
 
I've lost about 16.3% of my weight since starting this journey.

Right now I'm sitting at a shade under 215 lbs. I plan to lose those 15 lbs by the end of the year. If I keep losing at the same rate I've been losing, they should be gone before Christmas and I can finally be out of the 200s and...no offense...off this thread.
 
txsqlchick said:
I've lost about 16.3% of my weight since starting this journey.

Right now I'm sitting at a shade under 215 lbs. I plan to lose those 15 lbs by the end of the year. If I keep losing at the same rate I've been losing, they should be gone before Christmas and I can finally be out of the 200s and...no offense...off this thread.
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Ahh..tx..I'm with you! I think(and hope) I will technically be out of this thread at the next weigh in on Friday. Psychologically, it may take another 10 or 15 lbs though.

I did weigh in today though and I am at a hair under 201!!! I still have a lot of cardio left before my official(when I change my ticker) on Friday so I'm hopeful! I wanted to be at 195 by Halloween, but am thinking at this point..just under 200 is probably more realistic. All in all, I think I'll be in the 180's by the end of the year and I'm pleased with that. That would put me on track for 100 lbs loss since I started this journey 'officially' in February of this year!
 
I can't get motivated to exercise.. any suggestions on how to get started?? I'm sure you've all been there at some point.. lol

heftysmurf,
good job getting to the 200s in awesome!! i think thats everyone's first goal.. just to get to the next 100s.. I can't wait for 199.. but i still have a 37lbs to get there.. lol

txsqlchick,
my goal is to lose 16 by the end of the year.. so i think we can do it!! I can't wait til I get to Onederland!! Good job losing 16.3% of ur weight!! How do you figure the percent you lose??

angel98,
ALMOST TO ONEDERLAND!!! way to go!!
 
i_will_not_fail said:
I can't get motivated to exercise.. any suggestions on how to get started?? I'm sure you've all been there at some point.. lol
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It wasn't easy taking that step, but a trip to the emergency room for extremely high blood pressure kind of knocked some sense into me. Even then, it was another 6-7 weeks before I actually joined a gym.

txsqlchick,
my goal is to lose 16 by the end of the year.. so i think we can do it!! I can't wait til I get to Onederland!! Good job losing 16.3% of ur weight!! How do you figure the percent you lose??
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((Starting Weight - Current Weight)/Starting Weight) * 100

For example my starting weight was 256.6. My current weight is 214.6. Formula looks like this:

((256.6 - 214.6)/256.6) * 100
(42/256.6) * 100
0.16368 * 100
16.368%

I got As in math. :Angel_anim:
 
Yay a club I can join! Hello everyone! :waving:

Can't wait to make it to ONEDERLAND (hah!). I have a huge goal to reach but I have always said to myself 199.9 would be a miracle.

Hey IWNF:
I have an idea for motivation for exercise. I found an activity I have always wanted to do. There is a swim club I joined (ugh bathing suit) with a race competition in April and I have been working so hard because I want to join the relay team. Point is that it doesn't feel like exercise because it is more like fulfilling a dream or life goal. I've always wanted to run a marathon so that is something I want to next year when I lose some more weight. Going to the gym and lifting weights or running on a treadmill never got me motivated so I am finding this route a little more satisfying. Any fitness goals you ever dreamed of?

Anyone else have motivation tricks??
 
CeleryStalksMe said:
Yay a club I can join! Hello everyone! :waving:

Can't wait to make it to ONEDERLAND (hah!). I have a huge goal to reach but I have always said to myself 199.9 would be a miracle.

Hey IWNF:
I have an idea for motivation for exercise. I found an activity I have always wanted to do. There is a swim club I joined (ugh bathing suit) with a race competition in April and I have been working so hard because I want to join the relay team. Point is that it doesn't feel like exercise because it is more like fulfilling a dream or life goal. I've always wanted to run a marathon so that is something I want to next year when I lose some more weight. Going to the gym and lifting weights or running on a treadmill never got me motivated so I am finding this route a little more satisfying. Any fitness goals you ever dreamed of?

Anyone else have motivation tricks??
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Well, miracles do happen, hon! I am officially in wonderland with consistent 198-199 readings..just an occasional bounce at 200. To offer hope, I should say to not look at my short term ticker--i change that every 10 lbs or so. I started this journey with an official weigh in of about 278 in Feb of this year. I couldn't imagine being where i am today! I thought I was going to be at that place for the rest of my life. I'm sure I was higher at some point oto. I see pictures and know it is the case. I'm sure I hit 300 at some point, but the highest I ever looked(and couldn't bear getting on a scale after) was 289. Hang in there everybody. I look back now and 8 months seems like it has flown by. There were bumps along the way, but I just got back up and kept going everytime and would not allow myself to get permanently mired in either a physical setback(hurt hip flexor, pulled muscles here and there) or one or two 'failures' in the food or motivation dept. I would never let myself just let the whole day fold in on itself once I made a mistake and I certainly would not one day's decisions affect the next day's.
Another suggestion--don't wait to live your life until you reach the goal in mind. I live everyday now to its fullest even though I'm not at my biggest goal(145/sz 8). I feel so well and realize I deserve to enjoy life and everything in it like everyone else. I think I punished myself for being fat before by putting life on hold. I stopped doing that about April of last year, but it took a few months to realize not only was I worth taking care of myself, but I was worth living the life I was meant to live too.

Just keep at it everyone. Do it, once it is done, I promise, it does get easier and then it is just like you have your good and bad days with anything else, you will have those here too, but they go as quickly as they come.
 
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Thanks a lot for the motivation angel98! I have no excuse and I really intend to get under 200 but sometimes it can be so daunting how long and how far I have to go. It is really impressive that you have lost all that weight. You must feel amazing! I've lost only 15 pounds and I feel all proud of myself!
 
CeleryStalksMe said:
Thanks a lot for the motivation angel98! I have no excuse and I really intend to get under 200 but sometimes it can be so daunting how long and how far I have to go. It is really impressive that you have lost all that weight. You must feel amazing! I've lost only 15 pounds and I feel all proud of myself!
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I know exactly where you are! I remember feeling that way too and kicking myself that 100 lbs meant only getting to 175 or 180. :cuss:

Just take one day at a time and one lb at a time. Enjoy life in the process.
 
Hello everyone!!

Newbie to the thread, but not newbie to the Weight loss forum. I used to be in the other 200 club thread, but its been awhile and don't recognize anyone there, so I would really love to join this thread. I have a ways to go in losing weight. I have lost fifty so far, but I feel like, or did, that it would never end. The plateau. But I am weighing under the 270s and am now looking to lose another twenty pounds by June. I love thirty over last Thanksgiving and Christmas to May. Hopefully I can do it again, however, I suffer from depression. The only thing driving me to do this is to lose weight, but also spend that extra special time with my fiance. He doesnt like to walk, but he should.

And he is willing to walk with me, may grumble, but it feels good having him right behind me ..u know ..he carries the water bottles and I carry the two pounds weights in my hands...

anyway, this looks like an awesome thread... so I would really like to join this thread.

so .. HI!!

always
natalie jo :cheers2:
 
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