Dropping pounds with inspiring pals [CLOSED GROUP]

I am so very very late and I don't have time right now to do my introduction, but I just want to let everyone know that I skimmed over their posts, am incredibly inspired and can't wait to get to know everyone. I will try to get back on tonight to do a real introduction, but I am a college kid and its Easter weekend which means I am packing my dirty clothes up and heading home!

Woohoo Ladies! Y'all have been busy! I have been fighting an excel workbook most of the day so I am just now getting my to post.

With that being said:

My name is Christy, and I live with my husband in Memphis, TN (home of Elvis (yep he's still alive saw him at the Kroger ), BBQ, the Blues, and all kinds of deep fried goodness............Ahh I digress. Anyways, my husband and I have been married for about 13 months, I am 32, and work for a VERY LARGE shipping Company (that doesn't allow us to identify ourselves as its employees on "social sites." I have a bit (a lot) of ADD, and my thoughts are pretty random most of the time. We currently have 4 Dogs, one is up for adoption (we do dog rescue, and we contemplated keeping her it's just not working out with the others). Our dogs are Bella (chocolate lab), Forrest (Austrailian Shepherd), Bella Dos (yellow lab-- long story, yes I realize we have 2 dogs with the same name!), and Honey (the one up for adoption--she's a ChiWeenie (think Chihuahua meets a daschaund). We also have a Beta, but I forget his name (we've had 3 lately, and this one was my nephews.)
We just began TTC, and it seems its on my mind constantly, Could be all the pregnant friends/couples we know! Ideally I'd like to have twins, being 32 and all, it'd just be easier. We are members of Highpoint Church, and I can tell you that I have never in all my life seen people worship the way they do at our church. It's Awesome.

As for the overweight thing, I've been either chubby or obese my whole life. It's kinda scary to think, but I think the last time I was anywhere near my goal weight would have been like 8th grade! (Nervous about what I may look like!) I have just as of today hit the -50 mark, and I feel great. I am also wearing some "right fit" jeans from Lane Bryant, and I haven't had them on in about 2 or so years!!!!!!! YAY! In 2008, I was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer (had surgery for removing thyroid, and radiation), and my weight continued looming up, and I got to the point where I stepped on a scale and thought NO WAY!) I'm in remission now and have been since October 2008.

Even though I've lost 50 lbs I am still mostly wearing 18/20 tops and 22 bottoms, which is a bit discouraging, BUT I know in time my clothes size will follow the scales-- RIGHT? To be honest, I probably need to lose at least another 100 lbs, if not another 110. I am 5'11", so I'm not sure how "skinny" I can be.

For fitness, I started C25K, and I quit after 4 weeks... (I repeated several weeks, but just quit when my period came and it was INSANELY bad TOM). Since Saturday (not counting rest days) I've walked 4 miles each day, with the exception of last night, I got to the gym late and only did 3.1. Walking is really helping me I think. I've also began to make sure that I get at least 10 glasses of water a day. I am for the most part not eating back my exercise calories.
I have both Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred, and Biggest Loser Last Chance Workout, Although I haven't done either one lately. I got all the way to the pushups in the BL and quit. I feel bad for not being able to do pushups, but surely I'll be able to master the girly ones soon.

Occassionally I do the eliptical at the gym too...We are in progress of scuba classes so we swim/do that 1x every other week or so- Our instructor is kinda flighty with the schedule.


I would really like to lose my "spare tire" or the stomach roll I have between my boobs and the rest of my belly, but from everything I've read you can't target weight loss areas.. If someone knows differently I'm all ears.


While I did read thru everyone's posts, I've got to run (to the gym!) for now, and will post replies later on.

I am so excited for our group and know that we can all DO THIS!!

Anyone please feel free to add me I give/need support!

Happy Good Friday!

Hey guys!

My name is Amanda and I'm 25 years old. I have 3 kids, all under the age of 2 years old! Twin girls who will be two in about a month and a 6 month old son. I started this journey at 230 pounds and am currently 217 pounds. My ultimate goal is to be 165 by my wedding anniversary (February 21st), but it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

My biggest issue is portion control and stress eating. I just got told by my doc yesterday to stop exercising so hard, but I'm not sure I'm going to listen... I really want to lose weight. Honestly, I almost cried when she said that... I asked her, "Well what the hell am I supposed to do then?" And she had nothing to say. Got home and had a letter in my mail (couldn't have possibly be sent the same day) about a "Medical Weight Management Program". Contemplating doing that, but felt really upset that someone (I'm still not sure who) thought it was necessary to send me this information for people who have "over 40 pounds to lose". Maybe I should take it as a good thing and actually look into it.

Anyway, I'm struggling and pretty upset right now as I'm trying to decide what to do... but things will work out. They always do.

Have a great day and it's WONDERFUL to meet you all! :happy:

Why is the Dr. asking you to stop exercising? That's weird...almost as weird as that letter.....could it be something you signed up for, or tracked to you by searches and such you have done online? Curious to see what that program is.

The doctor wants me to lay off the exercise because I have shin splints and because she thinks I'm shocking my body going from nothing to 4 workouts per week. I do plan on going a little easier in the workout routines I have now, but not stopping them completely.

As for the letter, I'm sure one of my doctors who I've seen recently noticed my weight, since they weigh me everytime I go in. The program is VERY expensive and crazy difficult, so I'm not sure I'll be able to do it. It's over $2000, about 40 weeks long with a liquid only, medically supervised diet for the first 16-20 weeks and food management for the rest. Combined with group meetings, doctor visits, and blood draws every week. I don't have the extra money, I love food, and I don't have nearly that amount of time, since I have 3 kids under 2. No way, but I'm interested still because the average weight loss is 46 pounds over that 40 weeks!

Hi everyone! My real name is Renee, I'm 31 and married with a 7 year old daughter (previous relationship). I am a musician down to the core of my body and use it constantly to help my church family praise and worship the Lord. My weight started being an issue for me when puberty hit and it hasn't stopped. Now that I know that I have Polycystic ovarian syndrome I can look back and say yeah that was the PCOS.
My mother didn't know what to do with me growing up, I had problems in school ,even though all the teachers said I had the potential if I would only apply myself, I acted out at home, I wasn't thin and skinny like she was in school, so she was constantly grounding me and spanking me and screaming at me. Little did she know I had ADD, Hypoglycemia, PCOS, and was being molested by a male cousin only 2 years older then me from the time I was about my daughters age on up to Jr High. I even got pregnant when I was 12 and had an abortion.
I was diagnosed with ADD and Hypoglycemia the summer before my sophmore year and my grades, moods, and weight dramatically changed that year. However I was still not in the body my mother thought I should be and has never stopped getting on me about my weight.
In college right out of high school I gained 45 lbs putting me over the 200 mark and I haven't looked back since. Before this last year my highest weight was around 280 I would hit that mark and then start to do something about it and lose but this last year after I got married in May at a weight of 277 I balooned up to 320 and stopped having periods, I knew I needed to do something about it and my mother (of course) told me about MFP. So here I am with a new attitude about life (thank you hubby) and a new way of living.

Friday fitness- I have been so bad I havent worked out in over a week and now it is easter weekend. Hoping to get back on track on Monday!!!

Sounds like a bunch of awesome, motivating people with similar goals! I think this is going to be great!! Can't wait to get to know everyone more and I don't usually go on the message boards a lot around here, but this is one post I will be sure to keep up on.

Have a goodnight everyone!

Wow, this is really great!! I love reading all of your posts! I guess I need to confess that I'm not doing good at all right now. I'm so stuck and feeling like I'll never get this weight off. Easter has been terrible with all the candy...lol. I've been eating it like crazy and it's my fault because I'm bringing it in the house for the "kids"...ya right. I've been trying to just concentrate on logging and I do pretty good all day and post my diary and then I'll get into the candy or something else and I'm too ashamed to log it. Ugh! I wonder at times if I will every get out of this terrible cycle! I'm afraid I'll never lose and that is just my true feelings. I just want to be successful and to feel good again. I hurt all over my body tonight and it's all the weight on my joints from my day. Anywho, I'm just rambling now, but felt I needed to come clean. Thanks for listening!

Good morons friends! I'll spend some time hanging out with y'all a bit later but I wanted to share a cool NSV. I sing. I've been singing for years and years. Lately with my church's worship team and in the car/shower! Well in the last couple of years I've struggled with correct breathing and would have a hard time sustaining notes. Since I started exercising and amazingly enough in the last week since swimming, I've noticed a HUGE increase in my lung capacity! I am thrilled! I never thought about what exercising would do for my music!!

Sue, that's a great NSV! And completely unexpected, for me. I never would've even thought about how weight can affect your ability to sing. Congratulations


Some of you have posted some really touching stories... it just goes to show how weight gain and loss is strongly intertwined with your emotional being for so many people. Thank you all for sharing your experiences! *hugs* to all who need them.


NSV Saturday:

One of my friends gave me this really awesome t-shirt for a birthday or Christmas present a year or two ago. I couldn't fit into it at the time, which I was upset about because I really loved it. I put it in my closet and largely forgot about it until recently. I wore the shirt yesterday and it fit more than comfortably! I was very pleased.

My NSV is fitting into size 16 jeans last night. Considering they were really really tight, but none of the less, I could pull them up and button them and zip them. WIN!!!

To be honest I haven't really had a NSV in a LONG time. Although I did have a scale victory today my scale told me this morning I was exactly 300 lbs. So that means only salads, and water today, and busting *kitten* at the gym and I will be under 300 on Easter!!!!!!! I know it won't be my orriginal goal of 20 lbs lost by easter but I will take the under 300 mark!!!!