*** Supportive Friends -- Looking to Release 50+ Pounds ***

Happy Tuesday....Its a Cold Tuesday.. Our high here on the Eastern Shores of MD, 25, thats our high...That is chilly for us..lol
The wind is whipping, its just darn right cold..And I used it as an excuse to not go to the gym this morning... 5am, and it was like 20 degrees....It was awful, I just didn't want to go out into it this morning... Now......I'm feeling guilty that I didn't... Hate when I make excuses.....lol
Have a good day

Hello everyone .

I'm Keeleigh, 25 and from Wakefield, UK. I have over a 100lbs to lose, I'm a student and slave to 2 cats haha. I have always been a big girl, for as long as I can remember...Used to get told "oh it is puppy fat" until I got diagnosed with underactive thyroid at 12 and later on with PCOS. At the time I was also severely depressed, social anxiety and agoraphobic due to some pretty awful situations - neglect, abuse, sexual abuse and rape as a child/teen and as many do in those situations...I was so desperate to get out I went with anyone willing to take me away, which mean my last ex was physically abusive and controlling, I'm explaining this because my ex used to withhold food from me, so when I got away and I could eat again - oh boy, did I eat again! I have put on 6 stone in about 4/5 years! I'm okay now as in the last couple of years I sought help and now feeling much better, though I do still mainly struggle with anxiety in social situations (even in forums! So, please excuse if my posts ever come across all unstructured etc haha). I think in years previous I used my medical conditions as a crutch for the weight "I can't lose it, it is my thyroid" or "There is nothing I can do" and the only time I lost weight previously was in that abusive relationship and I think my sub-concious must have put 2 and 2 together to make 5 haha, as I am more than fine now and have access to food and nobody is stopping me, but if my boyfriend ever game me a portion size smaller...I would immediately think of those past times of "You can have 20 % and I can have 80%". Sorry, for all the personal stuff, trying to explain where I'm coming from .

All is good now - I'm a student, went from being stuck in with 2 cats all day, never leaving the house to attending a brick university campus with thousands of students, I volunteer and I take care of myself, as I do matter and I'm truly looking forward to this year. Losing the weight will be the best thing, it will be almost as if I am losing not only the weight, but those stupid associations my mind makes and telling those in the past "you have not won" and look at me now, because seriously I will be HOT when I get down to my ideal weight haha.

Very sorry for the long post and if anyone needs support, please feel free! As cliché as it sounds, I truly do love helping people

Hello Everyone!!
My name is Stephanie and I am a stay at home mom to twin boys who are 2 1/2. I have about 50lbs to lose and have struggled with this for years. I have PCOS and that makes it more difficult but definitely not impossible.
Hopefully I can meet some people on here who can help me accomplish my goal and I can do the same for them.

hi, my name is Rayanne, i'm from alberta and i'm a stay at home mom to 2 wonderful boys, 3 years and 8 1/2 months, i also babysit a 3 year old girl full time and a 5 year old boy part time, so some days i find it hard to keep to my exercise routine. i would love to lose 60+ lbs and gain some self confidence. my husband has been quite supportive but of course when he decides he wants to lose weight he does it like nothing. men are lucky that way! anyway i would love to have some friends to talk to and help keep me motivated

5.4lbs RELEASED THIS WEEK BABY!!!!!! I am estatic!! I really was not expecting this. My goal for January (didn't get back on the wagon until 9th) was to lose 5lbs this month with an ambitious goal of 10lbs. I currently sit at 6.6lbs for the month. This means that the 10lbs is getting closer. I credit a lot of this to the super clean super low cal Sunday. I've kept up the water and tea (I'm burning calories just making the trips up and down the stairs to the loo). I am thinking of having one of these low cal days a week. It just made me feel good to know that I made it through that day and didn't cave and it made me feel good when eating 'normal' on the other days. That said struggling with the pretzels that are in the kitchen...just can't stop!!

Been a busy day. Raced to the doctors office for an emergency appointment for the baby, pushing the buggy through the snow up and down hills, running part way (they said I needed to be there in 15 minutes to hold the slot and its 20 minutes away). Felt like it burned a bazillion calories. Baby has bronchitis And I have De Quervains disease in my wrist which is a fancy way of saying super inflammation in my wrist from hoiking baby around so we are both on meds.

Becky: 2 days girly and then life will begin to return to normal. I can only imagine how you are feeling. Hugs

Penny: I might be Canadian and I might laugh at the ridiculousness of the British response to snow and cold but I have had enough of the cold. Our place is older with single glazed...I'm tired of being bundled up like Nanook of the North! Well done on getting through so far and you will beat week 3. I hear ya on the bacon butty...the staff room at school always had them and they became a weakness of mine. You can do.

Julie: wowzers, great job on the 10lbs and I have no doubt that with your mind put to it that you will reach your goal for the class reunion...it certainly is great motivation! And you look fantastic regardless.

Newbies...hello and jump in to the conversations!

Hey - I need some supportive friends right now. My name is Christine and I now have about 77 pounds to lose. I am disappointed by this amount today because I had not been weighing myself because I didn't want to be disappointed - but I decided to get it over with to get a good starting point. When I did weigh, I was 10 pounds over where I expected to be. I have struggled with this since I was 7 (I am 40 now) and seem to gain and lose the same 60 pounds. Well, I guess now it is the same 70 pounds. I have been on this site several times before and get discouraged and end up leaving for a while (hence the 60 pound cycle). I am just really discouraged today and if you are offering to be supportive friends, then I need it. I don't even really feel like I can do it anymore. I am not trying to whine - just sad today.

Hey there I'm Meghan.. Feel free to add me! I am always looking for new friends who are serious about this journey and love to motivate/be motivated! I am super positive and don't like negativity.. So you won't hear it from me!! Again feel free to add

Hi,
My name is Sara, I'm 22 from Chicago, IL. I would like to lose 45lbs (I know its not 50, but I need a support group because for me it feels like a LOT of weight to lose). Between losing my parents, a few bad bfs, stress, and a lot of extra projects in the past few years - it's been a losing battle with my weight. In April 2011 I was 155. Last Sunday I weighed 200lbs. I'm trying to get back down to 155 at least. Possibly more than that, but we will see. Part of the reason I feel I will be more successful this time is that I'm not emotional eating, I have a good fiancee who is very supportive and who himself is starting to work out again. I had promised myself that if I ever got to 200lbs I would really try. So here I am. I'm doing a VLCD for the first month to shed as much excess weight as I can (I'm eating healthy though - lots of veggies, fruits, fiber, protein), then I will slowly increase my caloric intake with exercise. It's too much for me to exercise right now as I also struggle with fibromyalgia. Which make exercise for me so freaking painful most days. I think losing some excess weight might lessen the strain on my body and help exercise to feel better.

My name is Charlene and I want to lose 50 or so lbs. I've lost nearly 7 so far and feel this time it will stay off! I'm retired, 64 and live in Texas. I love scrapbooking and I also run a Scottish shop out of my home (internet) and sell kilts, bagpipes, etc. Feel free to "friend" me!

Hi. I'm Casey. I'm 25 and have another 55 pounds to lose until I'll be at my lowest adult weight. I've been down to that point before, but it was not done the healthy way. I didn't realize I was starving my body by eating a lean cuisine for lunch and a lean cuisine for dinner- and that was it! I knew nothing about nutrition, but knew they were considered "healthy", right? Needless to say, as soon as I started eating normal food again, I gained at an abnormally fast rate!

I've lost close to 25 pounds to date, but I did put a couple back on during the holidays. I'd only done the eating better portion to lose weight up until the end of the year. It worked, but I've been at this dang plateau for well over 5 months now! As of the second week in January, I started exercising somewhat regularly (I had the most awful flu ever the first week!). I'm hoping that will kick this plateau's butt and get me started to lose again.

I did do some TurboFire workouts with my sister for a while, but our home just isn't big enough and wasn't built to be an exercise room. I'm now working my way through the C25K program. I also recently joined a Zumba group that meets in a church on Tuesdays and Thursdays for only $1 each time! That's relatively cheap for Zumba! Plus I love it.

I work at a call center full time as a trainer and go to school full time online, so I've always been pretty busy. This is my last semester to my AA (yes, it's taken me 8 years to get a 2 year degree due to taking a loooong break!), so hopefully I can maintain a healthier lifestyle through it. I am in my best friend's wedding in November, and was really hoping to be down that 55 pounds by then. However, the scale hasn't budged again in January! Gr! I'm hoping I'm just building up some muscle and then the weight will start falling off! Maybe? I did decide I'm not standing on the scale again until February 1st, and maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised then!

I'm usually very encouraging and post on almost all of their statuses (except the daily finishing the diaries). Have a good burn? I'll let you know! Logged in for 100 days in a row? Great job! I have also noticed that others on my friends' lists have not been so great at encouraging. Even worse, I have some that haven't logged in for a month or more! Ah! :P Feel free to add me!

Hi, my name is Kim & ideally I have 60+ lbs to lose (although I'll willingly offer it up for adoption if someone really wants to give it a good home)

Hi- I just had to reply that I love highland style. I made two kilts for my 4 yo son and husband this summer for our faire. Husband's was to the stripe and 9 yards. My son looked adorable.

I'm Mike Y'all,

I have 80 lbs to release. that's after dropping 8 already.

I've been rolling up and down between fit and fat so many times, and i'm tired of going through this. It's lifestyle change this time, and for good. I've been moving into a Clean Eating type of living, slowly but surely.

WOW Gabrielle! Hurray!

80 already?! Aweseome!

What kind of exercises are you doing to help?

-Mike