Looking for those who have 100 + to lose

Ready2lose4ever

:happy: Hi Laura
I am 43 and have over 100lbs to lose. I have been here 2 weeks and have lost 2 lbs so far. I started at 284 lbs and my ideal weight is 133lbs. Take every day at a time - baby steps to reach your goal. I'm with ya! x:happy:

Hi Weeb, welcome!!!!!!!!!!

Ready2lose4ever

Welcome Donna & Weeb. It is great to have you join us. Together we can do this. We can get support from one another & in turn we can also support one another. It is great.

Laura, I also searched online & in the library for recipes. My favorites actually come from a weight watchers cookbook. My hubby's favorites come from a south beach diet cookbook. there are tons of great ones out there.

Gotta run get started with dinner prep.

Happy losing,
Staci

I love the weight watchers cookbook. I have 2 of them. I just made a pepper steak recipe out of one of the weight watchers cookbooks. I loved it!1 I hope you have good time at your dinner.

Ready2lose4ever

Hey everyone, I have maxxed out on friends on here. I have 250 and I can't accept any more. I have a facebook account and if you do too send me your username and I will add you on facebook.

StaciO

Good Morning my Monday Mavens! How is everyone today. I am doing excellent. I weighed in at work this morning for the biggest loser and lost 3 pounds this week. Only one more week for the contest and I am ahead (by a little) and have lost 29 pounds. I will be totally ecstatic even if I only hit 1 pound nest week.

My dinner last night was great! I kept it withing my calorie goal for the day. My family didn't notice any difference except my sister asked what kind of spaghetti I used as it was really good. At that point I had to confess it was whole wheat and they were all surprised. Tee, hee:laugh:

Laura- congrats on the loss this week.

I have noticed that when I am at work, I drink more water. I keep a large glass on my desk and everytime I empty it I immediately get up to refill it. I don't know if it is because I secretly want to spend more time in the bathroom as opposed to working or what. I am not talking a little more. I mean like Mon - Thur I drink 12-14 cups of water at work then another 2 or 3 at home but on the weekend I am usually standing at the kitchen sink before bed getting #8 in. Does anyone else have this problem?

ecualumni06

Good morning all
I am 31 years old and I too have over 100 pounds to lose and would love to be apart of this support group. Remember it's slow and steady.
:flowerforyou:

Chelsrf

Hello everyone! I have over 100 lbs to lose and look forward to the support of this group. I have been on MFP for 2 weeks but just got into the community section today.

Ready2lose4ever

Good Morning my Monday Mavens! How is everyone today. I am doing excellent. I weighed in at work this morning for the biggest loser and lost 3 pounds this week. Only one more week for the contest and I am ahead (by a little) and have lost 29 pounds. I will be totally ecstatic even if I only hit 1 pound nest week.

My dinner last night was great! I kept it withing my calorie goal for the day. My family didn't notice any difference except my sister asked what kind of spaghetti I used as it was really good. At that point I had to confess it was whole wheat and they were all surprised. Tee, hee:laugh:

Laura- congrats on the loss this week.

I have noticed that when I am at work, I drink more water. I keep a large glass on my desk and everytime I empty it I immediately get up to refill it. I don't know if it is because I secretly want to spend more time in the bathroom as opposed to working or what. I am not talking a little more. I mean like Mon - Thur I drink 12-14 cups of water at work then another 2 or 3 at home but on the weekend I am usually standing at the kitchen sink before bed getting #8 in. Does anyone else have this problem?

Hi Staci. Good job on the dinner and staying within your calories. LOL, that is funny that you used whole wheat and they didn't really notice. I too eat the whole wheat noodles for spaghetti. I find that they are just as good as any other kind. Thanks, I have been working hard. I have a big plastic cup that is 32 oz. and I drink that all day long. I drink 96 oz. of water every day. To me it's not much of a challenge to get it all in.

Ready2lose4ever

Good morning all
I am 31 years old and I too have over 100 pounds to lose and would love to be apart of this support group. Remember it's slow and steady.
:flowerforyou:

Welcome, this group is great.

Ready2lose4ever

Hello everyone! I have over 100 lbs to lose and look forward to the support of this group. I have been on MFP for 2 weeks but just got into the community section today.

Welcome, this is a good group. I love it.

PoshTaush

Hi everyone!! I'm sorry I'm not around as much as I would like. 'I'm in several challenges so I'm trying to keep up with them. Do know that I come and check on you all often!

Hope everyone has a healthy week.

Tausha

DonaGail

Staci, I do have issues with the water, but mine are a lot different. Because of my job, I have to drink as little as possible because I am on the road and have VERY FEW bathrooms avaiable and sometimes have to wait hours to go. It really stinks but I cant do much about it. My Dr.suggested taking a coffee can with me and going in my delivery truck but I dont know about that. I am pretty parched when Im on the computer at night. This is an on going problem! I wont even get into the eating issues.
Dona

StaciO

Hello and happy Tuesday! Welcome new posters. We love to have you.

Yesterday, was the first time that I intentionally went over my calories for the day. Well maybe not intentionally but I knew that if I ate the cupcake instead of fruit after dinner that I was going to be over but not by too much. I had been craving red velvet cake for 3 days and tried eating other things instead but it just wasn't cutting it. So, last night I went down to Starbuck's and bought one (no latte, no hot chocolate, no nothing else). You know what? It was good. And my craving is gone. So today, I will put a little extra oomph in my workout to try to make up for it a little. So has anybody else had any cravings? What did you do?

I'll check back in when I log my lunch. Happy losing.
Staci

Ready2lose4ever

Hello and happy Tuesday! Welcome new posters. We love to have you.

Yesterday, was the first time that I intentionally went over my calories for the day. Well maybe not intentionally but I knew that if I ate the cupcake instead of fruit after dinner that I was going to be over but not by too much. I had been craving red velvet cake for 3 days and tried eating other things instead but it just wasn't cutting it. So, last night I went down to Starbuck's and bought one (no latte, no hot chocolate, no nothing else). You know what? It was good. And my craving is gone. So today, I will put a little extra oomph in my workout to try to make up for it a little. So has anybody else had any cravings? What did you do?

I'll check back in when I log my lunch. Happy losing.
Staci

Good job Staci for having a cupcake. You know there are times when we all have to have something we are wanting or craving. That is good that you didn't go over on your calories too bad. It should be fine and you should still have a loss this week. I have had a good day. Got in 61 minutes of exercise and burned 400 calories.

StaciO

Laura great job on your committment to exercise. I am so proud of you.

So I have some great news, I just had a meeting with the campus administrator of the hospital where I work. It seems that he has heard about our biggest loser contest (which ends on Monday) and asked if I would be interested in mentoring other departments in how we have been doing it and then organize a challenge between departments. It sounds like fun but I am a little nervous that it could become a much bigger task than I can fit into my already busy day. Oh who am I kidding? Of course I'll take it on.

Until tomorrow, happy losing.

Staci

overit

Hi, ladies! I hope you are all doing well! I have been busy the last few days and haven't really felt like I have been able to keep up with the board but I have been logging my food and calories.

billdo68

Hey guys I'm relatively new to the site and I am also looking to lose 100+ lbs. I weighed 348 lbs 2 weeks ago. I currently weigh 340 and would like to eventually get down to the 200 lbs range. Another mini goal for me is to lose weigh and try to be under 300 lbs by my wedding which is June 4 of this year. If anybody would like to add me as a friend and help me by encouraging me it would be greatly appreciated.

anubis609

Hey to everyone in this thread. I've lost 124 lbs and counting since I was at 303 last April. At my heaviest, I was 320 in October of 2009, but I didn't start doing anything about it until April '10.

I'm just checking in to let everyone here know that you're all starting off perfectly by wanting to actively track your calories. It truly is a lifestyle change, not just in diet, but with everything. If anyone needs advice, feel free to ask, as the community is helpful, and I like to think I am too. Heh.

Ready2lose4ever

Hey to everyone in this thread. I've lost 124 lbs and counting since I was at 303 last April. At my heaviest, I was 320 in October of 2009, but I didn't start doing anything about it until April '10.

I'm just checking in to let everyone here know that you're all starting off perfectly by wanting to actively track your calories. It truly is a lifestyle change, not just in diet, but with everything. If anyone needs advice, feel free to ask, as the community is helpful, and I like to think I am too. Heh.

Thanks for sharing your story with us. It's very inspirational and defintly motivational. I love this Site!! It's the best thing I could have found.

Ready2lose4ever

Hey guys I'm relatively new to the site and I am also looking to lose 100+ lbs. I weighed 348 lbs 2 weeks ago. I currently weigh 340 and would like to eventually get down to the 200 lbs range. Another mini goal for me is to lose weigh and try to be under 300 lbs by my wedding which is June 4 of this year. If anybody would like to add me as a friend and help me by encouraging me it would be greatly appreciated.

Welcome and congrats on your upcoming wedding!!!!!

Ready2lose4ever

Laura great job on your committment to exercise. I am so proud of you.

So I have some great news, I just had a meeting with the campus administrator of the hospital where I work. It seems that he has heard about our biggest loser contest (which ends on Monday) and asked if I would be interested in mentoring other departments in how we have been doing it and then organize a challenge between departments. It sounds like fun but I am a little nervous that it could become a much bigger task than I can fit into my already busy day. Oh who am I kidding? Of course I'll take it on.

Until tomorrow, happy losing.

Staci

Thank you Staci, I have been working my behind off with my exercise. Wow, that is some great news. Congrats on the great Chance to take it on.

annalobdell

me., me!!! i have about 185 to lose. i will friend request you.

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RNewton4269

Hey! I am looking to lose 100 pounds..not all at once but in small doses. Would be happy to help in whatever way I can. Nice to meet you!

StaciO

Hello my Wonderful Wednesday Wonders of Weight loss. I kept getting an error message when I tried logging in this morning so I am a little late with my greeting today. Welcome to the new posters!

I just have to say I love this website. My hubby had used a different one in the past and just started tracking again on Monday. So we were sitting down after dinner last night and I put my dinner in in just a minute or two and he kept asking me how I got done so fast. So today while at work I got an email from him asking the name of the website I use because it seemed much simpler than his.

I made a discovery today. I found a "new to me" bagel in my gorcers bakery. They are Thomas Bagel Thins. 110 calories per bagel. They are about the size of a regular bagel sliced in half (like you would for putting cream cheese & lox on it). So they are thinner than a regular bagel. But of course my reason for eating the bagel os just for the good stuff I put on it so thinner is fine by me. I made a turkey, cranberry, light cream cheese sandwich on one for lunch today. Delicious!

I will try to check in again at dinner time, in the mean time happy losing.

Staci

susu5

I will be your friend on this journey together, you are not alone!!!!

Ready2lose4ever

Hello my Wonderful Wednesday Wonders of Weight loss. I kept getting an error message when I tried logging in this morning so I am a little late with my greeting today. Welcome to the new posters!

I just have to say I love this website. My hubby had used a different one in the past and just started tracking again on Monday. So we were sitting down after dinner last night and I put my dinner in in just a minute or two and he kept asking me how I got done so fast. So today while at work I got an email from him asking the name of the website I use because it seemed much simpler than his.

I made a discovery today. I found a "new to me" bagel in my gorcers bakery. They are Thomas Bagel Thins. 110 calories per bagel. They are about the size of a regular bagel sliced in half (like you would for putting cream cheese & lox on it). So they are thinner than a regular bagel. But of course my reason for eating the bagel os just for the good stuff I put on it so thinner is fine by me. I made a turkey, cranberry, light cream cheese sandwich on one for lunch today. Delicious!

I will try to check in again at dinner time, in the mean time happy losing.

Staci

Thanks for letting us know about the bagels. I love bagels but I don't buy them too much. I will have to check them out. I can't wait to go grocery shopping again so I can get some.

StaciO

Good evening! I finally got back to my Wednesday Zumba class. I didn't realize how much I missed it. If any of you are thinking about it. I say try it! You'll like it!

robinc77

Hi everyone! I have been on this site for a while, but just started to activelyuse the site this week. I want to lose about 130 pounds, just looking for some people who are in the same situation. Just trying to take it one day at a time. I have been doing P90X for about 2 weeks now, lost 2 pounds and 5 inches, so really happy with my progress so far. Please feel free to add me as a friend.

overit

Good evening! I finally got back to my Wednesday Zumba class. I didn't realize how much I missed it. If any of you are thinking about it. I say try it! You'll like it!

Good for you, Staci! I actually went to a zumba class this week and loved it! It was my second class but have been doing Wii Zumba.

overit

Hi everyone! I have been on this site for a while, but just started to activelyuse the site this week. I want to lose about 130 pounds, just looking for some people who are in the same situation. Just trying to take it one day at a time. I have been doing P90X for about 2 weeks now, lost 2 pounds and 5 inches, so really happy with my progress so far. Please feel free to add me as a friend.

Welcome, Robin!! Wow! Great job with P90X! That is one of my goals to be able to do but I am afraid I am not ready for it. It seems very intimidating to me. I hope you have can find some great support here on your journey.



Question for everyone and I know this is a big topic on this site, but do you eat your exercise calories? I have been up until this week and am going to stop. A registered dietician and a personal trainer told me I should not be eating them. The trainer looked at me like I was crazy. So we will see how the weight loss goes from here on out.

StaciO

Good morning! Welcome Robin, I am also impressed. I've checked out both p90x and insanity. I am not quite ready for them but hope to be soon.

overit- I also have wii zumba and enjoy it . To answer your question I never eat all of my exercise calories. I sometimes eat some of them. For example, last night I earned 497 and I only ate 130 of them. My trainer says as long as I eat a net of 1200 I don't have to eat them. I confirmed it with the nutritionist where I work ( she actually said 1000 as long as I was getting all of my protein) I don't know if that would work for everybody but it works for me (the 1200)

I will check in later & happy losing.
Staci