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

That sounds like a great idea! I decided to snack on cracker thins and low fat houmous with low fat mint youghurt I'm starving!! For my dinner I have a chicken salad.

Hi everyone... Im melissa and i need to lose at least 50 lbs!!! More like 70-80. I cannot believe i have let myself get so fat!! Over the last 4-5 yrs i have gained weight, lost it, gained it back plus some, etc. its been a crappy cycle and i need to stop it. Ive recently gained back about 30 lbs i lost last yr... Ugh!!!!! I have a wedding im in this june and its given me some motivation. Im not the type to wear a dress so this will be hard, and even harder cuz i'll be the fattest one in the wedding. I know i wont b skinny by june but im hoping to drop 30... Im down about 10 so far. Ive been on mfp for years, but i just came back like 2 weeks ago. I struggle with my eating.. I hate veggies!!! Lol!! I stopped my mt dew addiction about a month ago. Also trying to stay away from fast food, but have eaten out a couple times. I try to exercise everyday, some days more than others. Some days are great and other days suck!! Today was kinda hard, i didnt exercise thurs or yest and certainly didnt feel like it today. But... I managed 35 mins of stepping. I feel like im not doing enough... Like im gonna lose the first 15 and get stuck and get discouraged. Although, im happy that its been just over 2 weeks and ive lost weight... And i havnt given in!! I know i can do this if i really want to. I hate being this fat. So gross looking in the mirror. I def need friends and encouragement. Oh... Maybe i should add.. Im 32, live in MI (just outside of detroit), and im a single mom of 4.

Please feel free to add me!! I need friends!!!

Melissa, Maria, welcome from another newbie, I've only been posting here for a couple of days but it's a nice place to be with friendly people :happy: Maria, I have the same problem with my knees, though I'm waiting till I lose a chunk of weight before doing anything other than walking as excercise as I don't want to break them completely!

@all - l'm getting very frustrated with the weigh in, anyone else have this problem? I find when I travel I retain water which takes me about three days at home drinking my normal amount of water (I drink a lot of water plus a lot of tea) to lose it. This has happened every time so I'm pretty sure I have worked it out correctly. I think it has a lot to do with sodium in restaurant/hotel meals, not drinking as much (not always available) and possible dehydration due to flying all causing me to retain water. I weighed myself yesterday morning after a week away and had put on 4 lbs since last Sunday! Weighed myself this morning and I'd lost 3 of those four pounds overnight. From experience I know if I weigh myself tomorrow I'll be below last Sunday's weight. However I'm travelling again this afternoon so can't weigh tomorrow.......... I stress none of this has to do with the scales, I have a good digital scale bought new in January and I always weigh myself more than once. The result is I don't know where I am. It's not a big deal as I'm as honest with my diary as I can be and I cannot have underestimated the calories in restaurant food to the extent where I've actually put on weight. Apart from anything else I managed to put on a pair of trousers yesterday I hadn't worn for a year. They were tight, but they were on and I know in two or three weeks time they will fit! It would be nice to have the confirmation from the scales though. The pattern of the next couple of weeks is similar so it could be Easter before I can get an accurate reading.

Penny, the problem is if I retain water, my stomach in particular gets bigger or stays the same but comes down again afterwards, so measuring is not the answer though I do that anyway. Don't get me wrong, it's an irritation because I cannot regularly weigh myself and gauge progress, but it's not demotivating because I understand the reasons, and I'm happy that I keep below my MFP allowance so the trend is always going to be down. Not only that I am eating a healthier diet so feel better all round. Incidentally I found out about the effects of sodium on water retention and therefore weight by daily weighing over a couple of weeks I was working from home. It's probably because I'm a programmer, I like to analyse data and I like there to be logic behind everything, then I'm happy :happy:

Good morning everyone!

Penny, sorry to hear about the boyfriend issues. The other day I saw where someone said, "All boys are mean. Throw rocks at them." and I laughed out loud. I'm not condoning violence or anything like that but it struck me funny and tickled my funny bone.

Didi, glad I could help. How did your weigh in go this morning?

Stephanie, I cleaned house yesterday as well. Not at warp speed or anything, just a slow steady pace. Got a few more things to do today to finish up.

Fooja, take baby steps to find your groove. Start with your water, or your fruits, or adding in some kind of veggies every day until you have some kind of routine. It takes a little time but you can do it. Then focus on one day at a time or one week at a time. Everyone's different. Some people get lost looking at the big picture. I'm sort of like that because I naturally have little patience so I try to keep myself focused on *this week*. Every Wednesday to Wednesday when I weigh in. Find what works for you then stick with it.

Maria, congrats on your loss so far! Is swimming or some kind of water class an option for you?

Ron, I agree with Penny. The scale may not be your best option at this point. Even if you hold water in your belly area you can still measure other parts. I measure my neck, right arm, bust, waist, hips, right thigh and right calf. I keep the measurements in a spread sheet and track my combined changes on the first Wednesday of every month. Also, any losses will add up over time, scale or inches, regardless of water weight, so maybe you could weigh once a month to see a more accurate accumulation?

HigherVibes, welcome and good luck with your C25K program.

A little more house cleaning for me today but I'm not sure what else. We had turkey burgers last night and I almost hurt myself. I guess my stomach has shrunk so in the future I need to make my burgers a little smaller. This morning I'm still feeling stuffed. I managed to get in 1 mile with Leslie Sansone yesterday but I think I'll take a rest day today. Yesterday was 26 straight days of staying within my calorie range so I'm feeling really good about that. :bigsmile:

Hope you all have a terrific and healthy day!

Hi, I'm new to this so I hope I can find my way back! I am 36 and have hashimotos thyroiditis, along with degenerative disk and spinal stenosis. This has lead to some struggles with weight gain and loss and gain. But my thyroid is under control right now so I know it's time to make a change.

I am going on a 10 day cleanse that a friend of mine wrote (mostly veggies and small portions of protein). And I'm going to try to add some treadmilling in as my back allows. I am a full time college student and mom to 3 teens. I can use the gym at my school but don't make the time (I'm being really honest).

I want to visit my best friend this summer and at 185lbs I'm a disaster at 5ft 4in. My back hurts and I'm tired. Time for a change even though it's freezing in NY.

I have nobody IRL who has the time to be supportive in this adventure so I'm reaching out here. Thanks!

Hi,I am seriously in need of all the support I can get and this seems to be the place to get it. I am just getting started today,so be patient with me. I will be coming back to this thread often if I can find it again..lol Is there anyway I can favorite it or bookmark it ? I will be 52 on the 28th of March and I really want to make some life changes. My only daughter is graduating in June and I so want to be able to get pictures done with here,where the smile on my face is true and proud and not just pasted there for the sake of the pictures ! I about 60 pounds over weight. i want to wear a size 10 again..I am currently wearing a 16. Looking forward to making new friends with wisdom and courage to share with me

Hi I'm fairly new to mfp was referd by a volinter at work that loves it, and so far i love it to but could always use some support. I have around 100 lb to loose so i have a bit to go. :happy:

Hi my name is Kaarin. I have been on MFP for about 30 days now (longest I have stuck with anything) So far I have lost a little over 5lbs of the 140-150 that I would like to lose. I am hoping that I can get the pounds to come off a little quicker this month. I would like at least 10lbs a month I think that is a good number but I will take what I can get every pound counts :happy: I am planing to start working out starting today I have a total gym that i am going to start using. I am hoping with support I can reach my goals and actually feel good about my body for once in my life Its time to love myself :flowerforyou:

Hi,I am seriously in need of all the support I can get and this seems to be the place to get it. I am just getting started today,so be patient with me. I will be coming back to this thread often if I can find it again..lol Is there anyway I can favorite it or bookmark it ? I will be 52 on the 28th of March and I really want to make some life changes. My only daughter is graduating in June and I so want to be able to get pictures done with here,where the smile on my face is true and proud and not just pasted there for the sake of the pictures ! I about 60 pounds over weight. i want to wear a size 10 again..I am currently wearing a 16. Looking forward to making new friends with wisdom and courage to share with me

Yes you can put it in your favourites, just store the page as a favourite and you'll always come back to the topic. I have :happy:

To bookmark the page:

Just by commenting it's automatically put in your "my topics" tab...
Just go to "community" tab at the top of the page (blue), then under the banner there's a set of tabs that say "home, recent posts, my topics, settings, search"...click on "my topics" and it'll be under that (and it'll stay under that if you keep commenting...the list updates as the threads get updated)

dancer: just start with small changes, start by logging what you do eat, then gradually start to change, start to try to stick within your allotted calories, start trying to add in a walk, start trying to add in a portion of fruit, etc...
Set your cals to lose 1lb/week (for now) and see how you feel...(though if we knew your stats we might be able to advise more on this).

jolande: I've always had hands and feet that are like blocks of ice (even when I'm boiling often) so I don't think I can really say it's coz of weightloss...! I've always been someone that's had a cardigan with me in the summer "just incase" and more often than not I put it on as the sun drops!

Hi everyone!

I am 24, very overweight and I suffer from depression... which kind of means I have put on LOTS of weight.. and I feel really disgusting most of the time.

I really want to change - hence Fitness Pal.. But where to start?? I don't want to go to extremes and do something I cannot sustain, but at the same time I get discouraged very easily.
Anyone got any advice?

I am good at cheering people on btw. Really glad I found this group

I agree with Penny. Start logging and then find one thing you can work on (like adding a walk). It could be something that seems small and 'too easy'. Breakfast, focus on making it healthy, add in a portion of fruit etc. When that feels comfortable then move on. I have lots of weight to lose too and know that it can seem totally overwhelming. So make the changes small and then move on. It makes it manageable.

Hello everyone,

Hope everybody is doing well! On my side I'm better than I was Friday. Today, my husband cooked us a lasagna smelling sooooo good and after I calculate the calories in it... I just find out that I could only afford half a portion of it, but how good this half portion was!!!!!!! I'll eat the other half another day of the week!

I see that we're a lot of peoples having problems with our knees and wonder if it really have something to do with our weight since I have problems with that since highschool where I was underweight instead of overweight.:ohwell:

I wish you a good week and will try to come at least once a day.

PotScrubber, I lost 3 pounds in the last 2 weeks!:bigsmile: Woo-hoo! Did a lot of snow shoveling this week-end, maybe it helped... And how are you doing on your side?

Ok ladies this is new for me. I don't usually join any of the groups. It would be nice to have some motivation some times. My name is Pansy. Yes that is right just like the flower. I lost 70 lbs from 2009 to 2011 then had a knee replacement, quit smoking and gained back 25 lbs and I feel like it is killing me. I am finally back at the gym working out regularly. I work 2 hours a day at the gym 5 days a week. My goal right now is to lose 25 lbs before July. My 25th anniversary is in July. I hope we all can motivate each other. I look forward to the conversations.

hi guys,need some motivation to lose wt......anybody ?