Official Weight Loss Support Group

[yaris-me]

Good luck to everyone over the holidays. I don't think I'll lose, but after the holidays, I'll do my best to eat less.

[DandiDani]

Originally Posted by JumpmanYaris

REALLY ???!?!?!? I HAVENT NOTICE ANY diffrence

oh i should kick your ass when you get home

[why?]

this is a cool thread. it is always good to realize everyone else has issues too, and that i might actually be human (well i don't really believe that.)

I've always had weight problems, from the very beginning. My first bought of weight loss was when I was in the 6th grade, so about 11 or 12. I lost about 25 pounds, and my goal weight was 160. Yea, I have what most would call a large frame.

I was fine through high school, always remaining active and relatively healthy at 6'2" and 250 lbs. But when I hit college I stopped being active and started gaining weight. I stopped caring and my high was a few years ago at 345. It is rather sobering to realize you weigh more than most NFL players listed weight.

I have a very sedentary lifestyle, though a rather active job. It helped the first year, but after that my body grew use to it. I have absolutely no motivation though, and that has always been my biggest problem for anything. I could lose some weight just by caring and my job, if i started eating right. It is not easy though, even though i totally hate the way i look. I can never be motivated by anything for more than a couple hours. I just don't know how people get motivated or inspired to do anything.

[HTM Yaris]

One day I plan on getting a lightweight battery along with other weight saving measures . I think Coryn could stand to loose 1 or 2 hundred pounds .

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by why?

this is a cool thread. it is always good to realize everyone else has issues too, and that i might actually be human (well i don't really believe that.)

I've always had weight problems, from the very beginning. My first bought of weight loss was when I was in the 6th grade, so about 11 or 12. I lost about 25 pounds, and my goal weight was 160. Yea, I have what most would call a large frame.

I was fine through high school, always remaining active and relatively healthy at 6'2" and 250 lbs. But when I hit college I stopped being active and started gaining weight. I stopped caring and my high was a few years ago at 345. It is rather sobering to realize you weigh more than most NFL players listed weight.

I have a very sedentary lifestyle, though a rather active job. It helped the first year, but after that my body grew use to it. I have absolutely no motivation though, and that has always been my biggest problem for anything. I could lose some weight just by caring and my job, if i started eating right. It is not easy though, even though i totally hate the way i look. I can never be motivated by anything for more than a couple hours. I just don't know how people get motivated or inspired to do anything.

A large part of it is caring about your health. Diabetes is a serious issue that is often weight related. Heart problems are weight related. As are a lot of other very severe issues. Granted, these issues can and do occur in any aspect of the population, skinny, fat, and in-between. But there are often higher occurrences in the overweight category.

For me to be/stay motivated, I think of my grandfather (RIP) and my uncle who both have diabetes, late onset. For my uncle, it was weight related. I don't recall as to my grandfather. But since they are both on my father's side of the family, it concerns me.

The fact that I have had other health issues due to my extra weight (bad knees and other joints, back pain, etc) has inspired me to at least try and live healthier. I have a very sedentary lifestyle. I commute approximately 5 hours a day, sit at a desk for 8.5 hours, and when I get home, I'm usually sacked out in front of the TV or trying to get work done for school.

My boyfriend and I did join a gym. We try to go at least 3-4 times a week. Working out anywhere from 30 mins to 2 hours, depending on our schedule. That and eating a little healthier has helped me to loose about 3lbs since the beginning of December. May not seem like much, but it's a start. I'd rather loose the 3lbs in 1 month and keep it off than to loose 10lbs just to gain it back again. Besides which, for some people, it's not so much the pounds that they loose, it's about the inches, as is my case. When working out, I tend to loose fat, but gain muscle (even just doing toning exercises).

[why?]

Originally Posted by DevilGirl

A large part of it is caring about your health. Diabetes is a serious issue that is often weight related. Heart problems are weight related. As are a lot of other very severe issues. Granted, these issues can and do occur in any aspect of the population, skinny, fat, and in-between. But there are often higher occurrences in the overweight category.

For me to be/stay motivated, I think of my grandfather (RIP) and my uncle who both have diabetes, late onset. For my uncle, it was weight related. I don't recall as to my grandfather. But since they are both on my father's side of the family, it concerns me.

The fact that I have had other health issues due to my extra weight (bad knees and other joints, back pain, etc) has inspired me to at least try and live healthier. I have a very sedentary lifestyle. I commute approximately 5 hours a day, sit at a desk for 8.5 hours, and when I get home, I'm usually sacked out in front of the TV or trying to get work done for school.

My boyfriend and I did join a gym. We try to go at least 3-4 times a week. Working out anywhere from 30 mins to 2 hours, depending on our schedule. That and eating a little healthier has helped me to loose about 3lbs since the beginning of December. May not seem like much, but it's a start. I'd rather loose the 3lbs in 1 month and keep it off than to loose 10lbs just to gain it back again. Besides which, for some people, it's not so much the pounds that they loose, it's about the inches, as is my case. When working out, I tend to loose fat, but gain muscle (even just doing toning exercises).

Every pound you can keep off counts. I know I've gone up and down by 20 pounds at least two or three times.

I shudder thinking about the health consequences, and that should motivate me, the number of people in my family that have diabetes, um, eek! My father, sister, 2 cousins, an uncle, my grandfather. And that is just diabetes. I think I have almost every medical condition you could think of somewhere in my family. I should be able to say I need to do this, yet I don't.

For me personally, eating is one of the few things I do that helps me relax, and genuinely makes me happy. That is really sad to say, but i hate my life right now, and I need to make some huge changes.

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by why?

For me personally, eating is one of the few things I do that helps me relax, and genuinely makes me happy. That is really sad to say, but i hate my life right now, and I need to make some huge changes.

Try experimenting and see what other types of things help you relax and make you happy. I know for me, if I'm having a bad day, I can curl up with a good book and relax, or play some video games with the boyfriend. Everyone's different. Just gotta try things.

[wiirenet]

Originally Posted by why?

I have a very sedentary lifestyle, though a rather active job. It helped the first year, but after that my body grew use to it. I have absolutely no motivation though, and that has always been my biggest problem for anything. I could lose some weight just by caring and my job, if i started eating right. It is not easy though, even though i totally hate the way i look. I can never be motivated by anything for more than a couple hours. I just don't know how people get motivated or inspired to do anything.

Hello, I can't say I'm just like you but we are similar. Even if this intro doesn't sound at all like someone you can relate to- keep going..

I have never been really really overweight. BUT I am above average. If I wear the right clothes I can hide it and a lot of people say I'm not as bad as I say I am, however people who are truthful to me (close friends, my mom) say they have noticed my weight gain and I need to lose it.

I'm like you completely completely unmotivated. I'm a 22 year old female.. I should be the most fit I'll ever be.. I should have a flat stomach, etc. But that's not enough to make me care. I'm tired all the time. Last time when I was in a hurry with a girl friend that I thought was like me physically, I could not keep running like her- for a long time I was panting and dying after our run and she was fine..

I love last food. Sitting down with a bag of fast food on my couch is one my best "happy moments." I look forward to it if I know I'm going to do it.. its sad.

It's horrible, from reading that, you would imagine me as a much bigger girl, like I said I think I am 'bigger' than most but its not *that* bad, although its not good.
I'm worried with my lifestyle in a few years, my 30s, my 40s I will be awful. I am on the fence now really- if I gained a few pounds I think I will reach that point of being much more noticably overweight. Right now, I had a friend recently tell me looking at me straight ahead I look 'ok', looking at my sideways you can see my belly. And then I have other friends saying I am skinny and not chubby. And then my mom out of no where gasping "WOW your stomach is so big" in a non sarcastic/joke way. Its REALLY hard for me to figure out what to do. I KNOW I have extra fat- its just that some people say its not a big deal and some do.

I don't want to be admitting all this on a forum, but something has to shame me enough to lose weight. So far nothing yet. I'm the typical whiny girl about my weight, I can see how physically tired I get doing something like running, and I know at my age it shouldnt be like this.....

.... but then I go buy fast food and sit on my couch or bed all day after work. I can't find my motivation even though I hate my body and health too!

[why?]

Originally Posted by DevilGirl

Try experimenting and see what other types of things help you relax and make you happy. I know for me, if I'm having a bad day, I can curl up with a good book and relax, or play some video games with the boyfriend. Everyone's different. Just gotta try things.

You are right. I've gotten myself into a rut i need to break. I need to do other things, and figure out healthy eating habits.

Originally Posted by wiirenet

Hello, I can't say I'm just like you but we are similar. Even if this intro doesn't sound at all like someone you can relate to- keep going..

I have never been really really overweight. BUT I am above average. If I wear the right clothes I can hide it and a lot of people say I'm not as bad as I say I am, however people who are truthful to me (close friends, my mom) say they have noticed my weight gain and I need to lose it.

I'm like you completely completely unmotivated. I'm a 22 year old female.. I should be the most fit I'll ever be.. I should have a flat stomach, etc. But that's not enough to make me care. I'm tired all the time. Last time when I was in a hurry with a girl friend that I thought was like me physically, I could not keep running like her- for a long time I was panting and dying after our run and she was fine..

I love last food. Sitting down with a bag of fast food on my couch is one my best "happy moments." I look forward to it if I know I'm going to do it.. its sad.

It's horrible, from reading that, you would imagine me as a much bigger girl, like I said I think I am 'bigger' than most but its not *that* bad, although its not good.
I'm worried with my lifestyle in a few years, my 30s, my 40s I will be awful. I am on the fence now really- if I gained a few pounds I think I will reach that point of being much more noticably overweight. Right now, I had a friend recently tell me looking at me straight ahead I look 'ok', looking at my sideways you can see my belly. And then I have other friends saying I am skinny and not chubby. And then my mom out of no where gasping "WOW your stomach is so big" in a non sarcastic/joke way. Its REALLY hard for me to figure out what to do. I KNOW I have extra fat- its just that some people say its not a big deal and some do.

I don't want to be admitting all this on a forum, but something has to shame me enough to lose weight. So far nothing yet. I'm the typical whiny girl about my weight, I can see how physically tired I get doing something like running, and I know at my age it shouldnt be like this.....

.... but then I go buy fast food and sit on my couch or bed all day after work. I can't find my motivation even though I hate my body and health too!

You do sound like me, and that is scary. I am sorry. I know a little bit about why I am what I am, and none of it is anything I would wish upon anyone.

Fast food in and of itself is not a bad thing. When I was in college I actually lost 13 pounds in a month eating nothing but mcdonalds. I exercised like crazy though, i think i was walking 2 or 3 hours a day.

One thing though is females have to watch what they eat more than males. Y'alls bodies store fat more then ours does.

DevilGirl is right. Finding other things that make us happy is very important. Some way to treat yourself that has nothing to do with food.

I think one of the most important things is that it is always easier to lose weight with friends. See if you can take a class at a local gym, or try and do something on a regular basis with someone you are close to, that way you know they will not let you try and get out of it.

Losing weight is one of the hardest things to do. There is no easy anwer.

[staypuft]

well here's my story, i was fat all of my life, i am now 29 and i told myself that i have to take care of myself i stepped on the scale and i saw 256lbs. my jaw just dropped and i said this is the last time i will see that number. i started by changing up my diet, less deep fried foods. lost 10lbs. so i started becoming a little more active. another 20lbs. now i was determined to go even lower so i joined a gym. i am also on my feet 8-10 hours a day at work so this was really working for me now. i stopped losing weight when i hit 216 and thought what am i doing wrong. i finally figured it out after 3 weeks. i needed to boost my metabolism and start eating more frequently but smaller portions. i adjusted and hit another block at 202. then it took me another 3 weeks to get it right. need more fruit and vegetable intake. so now i am so close to my goal. i am at 186 as of right now and my target was 180. i might try to hit 175 since i do not remember the last time i weighed that much. i started this commitment july 09 i have lost 70lbs by willpower. this is my story and i am proud to share my story with you guys.

[wiirenet]

Wow that's really really great. I am in awe of people who have much more to lose than me and DO IT and follow through with it! Staypuft have you elimated fast food entirely? How often do you work out?

I'm starting now. I'm going to eat less crappy food and work out.. I won't promise everyday because I know I'll break that but a couple times a week.

I dislike driving and the gyms I've joined I didn't like the.. public/community aspect (i'm weird) so I have some work out DVDs I bought I will try to start up again.

What I'm hoping will motivate me is that in 6 months I'm going to Florida to a convention and seeing friends from the internet I havent seen in a long time. I'm shallow and hope my looks will motivate me enough haha.

The food will be so hard though. I pigged out at two restaurants this weekend =(

Who is currently on a work out schedule? How often and what do you do? To start out with I'm going to try to do do it every 2-3 days, I have an elliptical at home and the dvds I have tell me to do things like squats, push ups, etc for 30 min. I know its not much and I should do it daily, but its better than nothing.

Most girls might be familiar with the crash diet- some event is coming up and you want to look good so you eat really little for 2 weeks before it... at least I've done that before and sure it works but it feels awful and you gain it all back. I want to make sure I don't do that in July... therefore I really need to force myself to start NOW.

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by wiirenet

The food will be so hard though. I pigged out at two restaurants this weekend =(

Who is currently on a work out schedule? How often and what do you do? To start out with I'm going to try to do do it every 2-3 days, I have an elliptical at home and the dvds I have tell me to do things like squats, push ups, etc for 30 min. I know its not much and I should do it daily, but its better than nothing.

Most girls might be familiar with the crash diet- some event is coming up and you want to look good so you eat really little for 2 weeks before it... at least I've done that before and sure it works but it feels awful and you gain it all back. I want to make sure I don't do that in July... therefore I really need to force myself to start NOW.

I know the feeling. Our anniversary was on Friday. So we went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse where we both had large steaks (did a doggie bag for some of it though), and had a mini round ultimate chocolate cake for desert when we got home.

I joined a gym in December. I have a week-long trip to FL (coming up in March that I would like to look a little better for), a wedding in May, a wedding in July, and a wedding in August.

We try going to the gym most nights during the week, but with our work schedules and class schedules, we get there about 2-3 times a week instead. When we do go, I typically do about 20 mins on the treadmill, use an exercise ball to do some situps on (usually holding a 6lbs medicine ball), and then follow up with some more machine workouts, mostly for abs, but kick in some stuff for arms and legs sometimes.

What I had been told is that if you're trying to tone, rather than bulk up, do your repititions at a lower weight setting, but more of them, say like 5 sets of 8 instead of 3 or 4 sets.

I actually have another fit test with a trainer at the gym tonight. Hopefully I'll have good news, as well as a more customized workout plan. I'll keep ya posted!

[JBougie]

HELLO DEAD THREAD.

I am getting back into the mix of the whole working out thing because I've gotten really gross and need to drop a lot of weight quickly LOL

So yeah. Erm ... anyone else still working toward a goal?

[KCALB SIRAY]

Originally Posted by JBougie

HELLO DEAD THREAD.

I am getting back into the mix of the whole working out thing because I've gotten really gross and need to drop a lot of weight quickly LOL

So yeah. Erm ... anyone else still working toward a goal?

YES! Whatever you don't eat, I'll pick up the slack and eat it for you

[Slick]

Ha! You "fat" people and your weight loss thread. I laugh!!! Y'all don't know fat till y'all push 400 lbs. I could cut off my legs and still weigh more than most everyone lol. Here's my secret! 23 years of PB&J. I started young lol, always been a porker. But it's me. Sure, I would love to be normal sized, around 250 or so lol.

I hate running, I love weight lifting though, which definitely hasn't helped my weight problem. My goal is instead of making my gut smaller, make arms bigger to match the gut.

I need someone to push me and make me work. I'm waaay to lazy. So how's everyone else doing :)

[JumpmanYaris]

Originally Posted by Slick

Ha! You "fat" people and your weight loss thread. I laugh!!! Y'all don't know fat till y'all push 400 lbs. I could cut off my legs and still weigh more than most everyone lol. Here's my secret! 23 years of PB&J. I started young lol, always been a porker. But it's me. Sure, I would love to be normal sized, around 250 or so lol.

I hate running, I love weight lifting though, which definitely hasn't helped my weight problem. My goal is instead of making my gut smaller, make arms bigger to match the gut.

I need someone to push me and make me work. I'm waaay to lazy. So how's everyone else doing :)

I want to start running

[JBougie]

Originally Posted by KCALB SIRAY

YES! Whatever you don't eat, I'll pick up the slack and eat it for you

I am back to only eating:

chicken breast
talapia
turkey
greens
veggies
sweet potatoes
soy milk
eggs
protein shakes
supplements

That is where it ends there dear - so if you really want the left-overs, you're more than welcome to them :)

[JBougie]

Originally Posted by Slick

Ha! You "fat" people and your weight loss thread. I laugh!!! Y'all don't know fat till y'all push 400 lbs. I could cut off my legs and still weigh more than most everyone lol. Here's my secret! 23 years of PB&J. I started young lol, always been a porker. But it's me. Sure, I would love to be normal sized, around 250 or so lol.

I hate running, I love weight lifting though, which definitely hasn't helped my weight problem. My goal is instead of making my gut smaller, make arms bigger to match the gut.

I need someone to push me and make me work. I'm waaay to lazy. So how's everyone else doing :)

You want some info? Send me your email. I'll get you hooked up with some basics. My best friend is a fitness model/personal trainer/figure competitor and her boyfriend is a personal trainer/combat trainer/insane ninja slicer ... I have the hookup when it comes to getting in shape - I just never stick with it for more than 4 or so months :P