100+ lbs to lose support group

hello everyone! ahh i wish wish i would have seen this sooner. but, would you all be interested in a new person? (: i'm kaitlyn, i'm 20 ( 21 in two weeks!) and i started my journey at 270 back at the end of march. i have about 100 lbs left to go to my goal and i would love some more support from people that have about that much to go, too. so feel free to send me a friend request! 100 is a big number but i'm determined! and i'm a big believer in if you have the right support system you'll get it done. we'll get there! even if it is one pound at a time.

Hi, I'm 20 and have a lot to lose.(Around 165lbs) :frown: Oh well, I've been working over 3 weeks and I feel more energized throughout the day. Nice to meet you all!

I think I have the same to lose as you :flowerforyou: feel free to add as a friend

same goes to everyone - do feel free to add

Hi

I'm in (PLease!!) Have over 100lb to loose and need all the support i can get! I hope to learn to set small goals, be happy with those goals and not be scared and upset by how much i have to loose :-(

I am on the road to loosing the weight now though and have lost 20lb so far. hope I can be of support to others here too :-) Please feel free to add me as a friend. my food diary is open to friends too.

good luck all, and take care x

Soooooooooooooooooooooo, I just made my food diary public to friends ..............

Holy Moly!!! I'm a little absent for a couple days and we've got a ton of new folks!!! That is fantastic!!! Jaimee, Coco, Turner, Kaitlyn, PurpleCoookie & Leanee (and anyone else, if I missed you!!!) - welcome!!! This is a great group of people and all have been incredibly supportive. If anyone would like to add me as a friend, please feel free!

Suzy - so glad to see you're going to MEAT me at the beach!!! :-) It's been really good experience for me so far. I'm definitely enjoying it.

Mary Louise (this pertains to Suzy, too) - So, yesterday, I go to the gym. I get on the treadmill and walk for 30 minutes. By the end of it, I'm sweating BUCKETS and have only gone 1.2 miles. I'm not even halfway to a 5k. Not to mention, I didn't go over 3mph. I think I'm going to hold off on the C25k for a while, too. I would just hate to set myself up to fail. I will work my way up to being able to walk 5k. Then I'll start to think about training with the C25k.

Rose - I would call that an NSV if I ever heard of one! Nice job!!

Kimmi - Maybe you're not seeing a difference in the scale because you're gaining muscle. I am sure you hate to hear that (because I know I do! I want to see the numbers going down, damnit! :-)), but just keep with it. I'm sure you'll get to the point where it just starts melting off again.

Things are going pretty well for me this weekend. Yesterday was the family BBQ. The weather was beautiful and the company was great. I managed to stick to my calories - had a cheeseburger without the bun, a salad with balsamic viniagrette and fruit salad. And the apps that I brought were a total hit! I had hummus & homemade ranch dip (from skinnytaste.com) with cut up veggies and crackers. And then I made stuffed mushrooms (http://www.dlife.com/diabetes/diabetic-recipes/Spinach-and-Cheese-Stuffed-Mushrooms/r7065.html). They were wildly successful and a huge hit! I had extra stuffing, so my aunt suggested that we slice up some french bread real thin and toast it in the oven. Then spread some of the stuffing on each piece, top with some grated romano cheese and bake for a couple minutes until the cheese melted. I didn't have any of the bread, but I heard they were delicious, as well.

My dad brought some OLD photos to the party from my grandmother's old things that are in Dad's basement. Pics of Grandma & Grandpa when they were my age and younger. An album of photos from when my dad was born through his 2nd bday. And another album from the mid 70's, when my parents had just gotten married and my three uncles were all at least in high school. It was so fun looking through these old photos with my family. Definitely a treasure.

Today is supposed to be the day of rest, but it never is! After church this morning, I went to Menard's. I wanted to pick out ONE flower to plant in my flowerbed. Today marks one month since my best friend's son died and I wanted to plant something in his memory. I was in search of a perennial, but could only find annuals. So, maybe I'll plant some new flowers for him every year. At any rate, I ended up coming home with two flats of petunias, a purple phlox and a hanging basket of Calibrachoa (Callies). So I spent the afternoon planting all my pretty new lovelies. And got a bright pink sunburn on my back, as a result. :-) Had an early dinner with my Hubby. And now the rest of the evening is mine to do as I please. I'm kind of thinking a nap is in order. And catching up on some of my tv shows.

I'm off work tomorrow - spending the day with my bff. We're going to get our hair done. Mine is desperately in need of a dye job. People keep telling me that I've done something different with my hair lately. And my response is - no...I just usually don't let it fade this much before getting it re-dyed!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Can't wait to hear what everyone's been up to!!!

It does feel good - and makes me accountable for my actions!
I feel ok about my food choices though.

Jen your weekend sounds busy, nice work sticking to your calories at the BBQ, and taking alternatives that were tasty! Look after that sunburn. Oh for sun LOL it's winter here, winter winter winterl

Apparently are getting our first snowy cold front in the next two days - thank goodness I got firewood heaps early this year.

Hope you are all having a good start to the week

x

So I am starting the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred today... Pretty happy about that. joined a challenge team for July... supposed to lose 10lbs. a month, also joined a 90day weightloss group at work... to keep me motivated with some touchable friends... -not that y'all aren't great but it makes a diffrerence if they see you in person. So who thinks I have got enough going on this month? Yay for me...

Giant Yay for you girl!! Way to go and I'm rooting for ya. I just started doing Power 90 as well as my Wii Dance and Fit. Really want to get this weight off and I think I wasn't getting enough in. So here we go!