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

Hi Everyone, I hope it's not too late to because apart of this group!

I'm 27, I started at 279 lbs and my goal weight is 160 lbs. This is the heaviest I've ever been in my entire life. I've currently lost 13 lbs so far, but i feel that I could do much better as my eating habits continue to improve. I think I am an emotional eater and stress really sets me off. I am a single mom to a 2 year old, I work part time, and I am a full time graduate student. Moving 1300 miles away from "home" and reevaluating my life prompted me to work toward changing my life. I really want to lose this weight and keep it off for so many reasons. I love reading everyone's stories b/c it reminds me of the common goal we all share.

Hi all, I'm new here and could do with some new friends. Please feel free to add me :-)

Hello new faces: come back and post often

Becky: I hope things get sorted. Sore feet are the worst thing. I have to wear insoles because of flat feet and if I don't wear them I end up practically crippled.

Been an ok couple of days till the end of the yesterday when chocolate and peanut butter won out and I pigged out. So today trying to be super good. It's also thirsty Thursday so drink up!! It's 3 pm here and I've had 8 glasses so far. Bottoms up!

Hello all and happy weekend!

So this week started out terrible, working 13 hours and then Monday I binged on thin mints. BUT I made up for it and ran my *kitten* of this week. I ran a 10k on the treadmill for the first time in my life, so that was pretty amazing. I am getting very anxous for spring and ready to try running outside!

Very happy with this weeks loss of 3 pounds, biggest number I have had in the almost 8 weeks of doing this. I am now only 3.4 pounds away from my record low weight. Can't wait to beat that barrier! I hope everyone has a great weekend

Ouch, I just downed the rest of the cake that we had last night. And now my daughter was asking for some and I lied and told her i threw it out .... BAD!!!

We are going to switch over to a new thread in just another 8 posts... if you are the one to switch it over -- PLEASE DO AN INTRODUCTORY POST for the first one in the new thread... I'll try to remember to watch to see if it can be me...

oooh i've never flipped a thread over to a new thread before...i hope it's not me. do i have to do anything particular?

Also I'll just copy-paste an edit of your intro, with an added *this is not a group, it's a thread that requires you to come back and post about your highs/lows/successes/failures and boringness of life....come back, post often, become friends*

MY UPDATE

Everything is up in the air chez penny. I'm in a grumpy mood about it too, especially as it *should* be a good thing, but it doesn't seem to be feeling like that in any context.
Basically, bf freaked out he was going to be homeless on Tues (I get where he was coming from but it was a massive over-reaction). So he immediately applies for job, and by the end of the week he already has 1 definite interview, and 3 others to be confirmed today...most of which are in London or just outside (great location close to me, and significantly higher salaries). The other is in Plymouth (very south coast of England, 250miles away and ~4.5+hrs away....also plymouth is where he grew up and his family all live). So not only am I quite jealous that he's finding it this easy to potentially move jobs (he doesn't even *need* to...he still has a job allbeit in a location that he hates and at a salary that it pretty crap...) btw he also works in the building industry, so although we're in different disciplines and different roles etc, it took me 7 month of hard graft to beg/borrow/steal a job and he's got 4 interviews in under a week.
but also, he's basically either going to end up needing to move so close that the only sensible thing is for me to move out of home to move in with him...(huge scary scary step), or we'll end up splitting up coz he'll move home and it's not really doable relationship-wise.
I'm not really sure why he's even taking the interview for the job in plymouth...it's not something he wanted prior to applying, he didn't even want to apply...he only did it to get his mate (who works for the same company) off his back, he always wanted to move towards London, rather than massively away from it... Also he's all super-stressing and worrying about these "massive life decisions" (that havn't even happened yet! there is NO WAY he'll get all the jobs offered, that'd be too lucky,) I keep telling him to calm down and wait until the interviews/job offers before he starts freaking out/worrying. But already he's not sleeping and panicking. *sigh*...so yeah I dunno. Stay tuned for updates.
Also food was a bit crazy this weekend with mother's day, and cold/stress/too much exercise induced migraine, but I'm trying to be good again this week. It's FREEZING cold with strong icy winds, but still cycling in and walking lots etc. Hope the snow that's falling doesn't settle. GAH,

Sorry for not such a positive update! Hope to be more supportive of everyone else later in the week x

Hi ladies.

Penny - Hope everything settles down with ur bf and his interviews. It's hard to be stressing about yourself then add in another person. That's double stress for you. At least you had the energy to exercise which is a good thing. Exercise brings i happy hormones so it might help you cope up with these things. As for the food, well today is a new day.


debbie - congrats on the weight loss. By looking at your ticker, it says you already lost 46 lbs. I'm green with envy. I haven't even lost 5 lbs. It seems like a very loooong stretch for me. My goal for the week is to continue eating healthily and exercise. I've been a mess two weeks ago with the cough and colds and some work-related stress.

To the new ladies, welcome.


Well as for me, the past weekend was too tiring for me. I had to work until Saturday so I failed to exercise. Sunday, I did the Shred and well, the food was blah. Monday came and my work is pulling me towards different directions but I'm glad its over. Also, TOM visited which made my day even crappier.

As for today, I woke up at 4:30 am, to squeeze in a round of Shred. But my baby decided to join in the fun. Good thing, he was just watching me and he cried when I was done. He's just 4 months BTW. My hubby drove me to work today. We only have one car and can't afford to buy one anytime soon. ANyway, instead of having some quality time with him, we ended up arguing over my supposed new job. I just learned that I was a nominee for a prosecutor (it's like the DA) in the States. I'm currently a Public Defender. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I get the job which would mean a higher pay and a flexible schedule.

Oh well until next post.

Have a great day everyone....

Good Morning!

I'm 27, from MN, FT working Mom of a toddler...looking to lose 60lbs! Any and all support is motivating, especially to chat with those who are on the same journey!

Please add me, would love to give/receive support! :happy:

POSTING TO FLIP THREAD

Thanks Penny for flipping the thread!

I just want to reiterate what Penny said:

If you are going to introduce yourself and think that this is the place for you then come back! No point introducing and then not trying us out We are very supportive of the people who stay with us and are a friendly bunch. The original group was together for over a year and really close and ran monthly challenges. Personally, I know I would love to get back to that!

:flowerforyou: :happy:

Thanks penny for continuing the thread. I didn't want to end the thread and start a new one 'coz I don't how to do it.

I woke up with the side of my back aching. I'm not sure if its the Shred or how I slept last night. I failed to wake up early today so I missed my exercise time. Hopefully, I could go home early and hit the gym afterwards.

Have a great day ladies...

Debbie, I find running outside a lot more enjoyable (but it's much more tiring), outside and the treadmill are completely different animals, if you're not feeling it you can't just go with the flow outside...but then it's so much more rewarding once you get going! Hows the water going?

Becky, are you still in spree or are you over that bump? I'm feeling quite self-destructive too. Boys are rubbish sometimes...

Steph, Thank you for the worrying/box advice, it's amazing and totally right, and although I do *know* this, I've never heard it said quite like that, and it's amazing. So I'm trying to be as duck-like as possible, and not listen to the constantly changing ins-and-outs of the situation. It's also a bit wrong but I'm kinda hoping he has to go down to Plymouth this weekend so I get a weekend *off* and someone else (his family) can deal with him for a little bit!
Hows the new attitude thing going? Well done on resisting the plantain and the dancing around with kenzie, that's a huge tick in the on-track box. Long may it continue!

Jehan, you're doing really well, you've got a little one, I'd be totally using that as an excuse to not even try. I could never get up at that time to do a workout, so I think you're amazing, and it's completely natural to not be able to do that every day! Don't worry about the weight, it's just a number and it will cooperate eventually, you just need to keep at it and eventually it'll follow. I'm rooting for you on the new job opportunities!

Breezedaze: this could definitely be the place for you as long as you keep coming back. Join the conversations, share about you, the highs and lows and the boring stuff and offer support as well. It sounds like you have made a great start on your journey.

Penny: hope your breathing sorts itself out. Its understandable that you hope he heads to Portsmouth for the weekend. Sometimes we just need a break. I completely understand about the eating bit. Sometimes I find it sooooo monotonous!! My solution to this is to purchase a cookbook or browse the net for new recipes (including snacks). It allows me to add more stuff to my menu. Here's one to try:

Maple Cinnamon Yogurt
Yeo Valley - Fat Free Natural Yoghurt, 170 g
Syrups - Maple, 1 tbsp
Spices - Cinnamon, ground, 0.12 tsp
Total: 154cals

Jehan: hope the back sorts itself out!

Well as for me, yesterday was a success. I know for me though that exercise is the key. I always find it easier to be good with the eating if I am getting a good burn. I never used it as an excuse to eat more, it gave me a reason to not undo all the hard work. And I miss exercise, I was quite the gym bunny before I got preggers. I was reading through some threads last night when I came across one from a mom who was struggling to FIND TIME to exercise and I thought, gee this is me!! There were some encouraging responses, some not nice ones (implying that SAHMs just sit on the couch watching soaps and eating bon bons) and one that really stuck with me. They said: if you wait to FIND time, it will never happen, you need to MAKE time. This stuck with me and has been going through me head since. I have made lots of excuses for not exercising lately. I'm tired, Kenzie isn't napping long enough for me to work out, I need to do my cross-stitch (for my brothers baby who is due any time now). Kenzie is not an excuse to not exercise, she is a reason TO exercise. So this morning when she went down for a nap, I turned on Just Dance 4 and did the cardio combat just sweat dance for 45 minutes. When she woke up part way through, I put her in her jolly jumper and she jumped along to the music and seemed happy to be watching Mommy look like a fool. Will get a bit more exercise later when we walk to the Children's centre to spend the afternoon at stay and play. Hope you all have a great day! :flowerforyou:

Hey all .... took me a while to figure out that the thread started over. Kinda new to this sort of thing. I was reading up on last two pages and replied to a couple - but they must have gone into cyber space!

I got back a few days ago from my trip with my daughter and have been working pretty late hours to catch up. First chance I've had to sit - but just for a few because I gotta go in soon...we are short handed now, another girl had surgery and will be out for another 2-3 weeks !

Well, I totally ate my way through Epcot! Like I had mentioned before, my daughter and I are a bad influence on each other! We did work out, but I fear it only gave us another excuse to have an eclair in "France"! Then sausage in "Germany" and sushi in "Japan". I could go on but it's only making me hungry! We did alot of walking and massive amounts of eating but all in all I only gained back 3 lbs.

Lombrica - your foot problem sounds awful. Hope things get better soon. I had plantar faciitis in both feet a couple of years ago that lasted nearly 8 months and just getting out of bed to stand up was really painful. I'm just starting some running (if my back holds up) and I can only imagine how frustrating it must be to be an avid runner with foot problems. Good luck and try everything you can to find some relief, it'll be worth it.