Need help - MASSIVE amounts of weight to lose

[SeaSpray]

I have succumbed to the peer pressure and signed up for the Biggest Loser challenge. It would be nice if I could be on the same team as SeaSpray and LaLaRoo, but it will be fun no matter what. Our dear friend Brenda is participating-I had wondered what had become of her. I hope she pops in over here and lets us know how she is doing.

yay! I mentioned over on the BL thread that I hoped we could be on the same team, but if not, then that's fine too

 

[dare2dream]

Veronica,

Visit with grandbaby was wonderful but proper WOE has been non existant since their visit. August has been TERRIBLE. That is what happens when I do not even try to do what I KNOW I need to do. When I am doing poorly I avoid checking in here.

I must be insane to have volunteered for this Biggest Loser thing. I just wanted to make sure it happened because I REALLY need it. I think the pressure of having a team to inspire is just what I need. Since I have such a MASSIVE amount of weight to lose I know if I just do what I know I need to do I can be very succcessful. Knowing I need to do it for the team will be a great motivator too. Since my self esteem is so low I often do better with things to impress others than with things I should do for me.

I'm looking forward to being more involved here too. I see you and Terry have been busy setting up threads for September's weight loss and exercise challenges. It's so good to have goals in black and white that are permanent and don't go away and can not be forgotten.

Terry,

You go girlfriend, you BIGGEST LOSER!! I am so proud of you. I know you worked very hard for this. You are an inspiration to me. You are such a loser in a winning kind of way.

To others struggling with MASSIVE amounts of weight to lose,

Hang in there, never give up, you are worth it!! We can all reach our weight loss goals with hard work and persistence. Some days will be hard and some days we will fail, but we MUST immediately put the failure behind us and move forward toward our goals.

Brenda

 

[VernRDH]

Brenda Glad to see you back. We have missed you over here. But we are hoping you have great success on the BL challenge. Check in with us once in a while, we all are hoping for the best for you.

 

[SeaSpray]

Veronica,

Visit with grandbaby was wonderful but proper WOE has been non existant since their visit. August has been TERRIBLE. That is what happens when I do not even try to do what I KNOW I need to do. When I am doing poorly I avoid checking in here.

I must be insane to have volunteered for this Biggest Loser thing. I just wanted to make sure it happened because I REALLY need it. I think the pressure of having a team to inspire is just what I need. Since I have such a MASSIVE amount of weight to lose I know if I just do what I know I need to do I can be very succcessful. Knowing I need to do it for the team will be a great motivator too. Since my self esteem is so low I often do better with things to impress others than with things I should do for me.

I'm looking forward to being more involved here too. I see you and Terry have been busy setting up threads for September's weight loss and exercise challenges. It's so good to have goals in black and white that are permanent and don't go away and can not be forgotten.

Terry,

You go girlfriend, you BIGGEST LOSER!! I am so proud of you. I know you worked very hard for this. You are an inspiration to me. You are such a loser in a winning kind of way.

To others struggling with MASSIVE amounts of weight to lose,

Hang in there, never give up, you are worth it!! We can all reach our weight loss goals with hard work and persistence. Some days will be hard and some days we will fail, but we MUST immediately put the failure behind us and move forward toward our goals.

Brenda

Brenda, I'm so glad that you had a great visit with your grandbaby However, I know what you mean about your WOE going out the window when you have a chance in your normal routine! I went to New Jersey for only 4 days a couple of weeks ago, and thought I was doing OK with my eating, but I ended up gaining 2 pounds AND in retrospect, I can see that I really did not do well with my food choices at all!! It's the whole mentality of "oh this is a special occasion so it's ok if I have this to eat/drink" and "I'm on vacation so it's ok" and "Oh it's only this one item, it'll be ok" etc! LOL Then it all adds up and before you know it, you've lost your good pattern and good WOE habits. And that happened to me in only 4 days!! lol In July I went to WDW and ended up gaining nothing because I made sure to make good food choices (with a couple of splurges here and there). Anyway, it's nice to see you back over here, and looking forward to the WISH BL contest!

And thanks for calling me a loser Hehehe!

I got on the scale this morning and saw a "1" in front of the number!!! This is the first time I've seen a 1 in the front of my weight in several years!!! So as of right now, I'm officially down 24 pounds! One more pound until I can add the 25 pound WISH clippie to my signature!!

I hope everyone's having a good weekend!

 

[LaLaroo78]

Terry Congrats on being the Biggest Loser! We knew you could do it! And congrats on reaching ONE-derland!

Veronica I am glad you decided to join us on the Biggest Loser challenge! That would be really cool if we could all be on the same team! But if not I know we will continue to support one another!

Hi Brenda! I hope doing the BLC gives you the motivation you need to get yourself back on track. Best of luck to you!

I am still fighting this terrible cold so I guess I have to call the doctors on Tuesday and make an appointment. I hate going to the doctors but I don't want to be sick for my trip.

Have a great day ladies!

Good luck to all of us doing the BLC and all our other Sistahs!

Michele

 

[delilah]

This is my mom! I know she means well, but it's making me crazy. I've been between 20-35 lbs over weight since I was a kid, with periods of higher and lower weights, though never an 'ideal' weight. In my family we immediately gain weight in our butts, and it is the last place to lose it. My mom is trying to tell me that it's okay to have a big butt/thighs because it runs in the family and it should just 'be that way.' She's freaking out because I recently got down to 135 which I haven't been in YEARS. (I'm 5'3", med frame) She's insisting if I lose anymore I'll look anorexic. Ummm, mom? I'm still 20 lbs overweight by the height/weight charts, at least 10-15 lbs overweight for where I'll be comfortable. I know she only does it because she loves me, but Grrrr.

ETA: She even asked my DH if he thought I needed to lose weight. Smart man that he is, he told her that he loved me at any weight and it was up to me where I wanted to be.

My husband is the same way about my weight. I guess that's nice, compared to some guys I work with who harp all the time about their wives. One of my colleagues, in particular, told me that he was divorcing his wife because of her weight. This was years ago, in 1995. Amazing, but true. That is what he told me. He also went through all kinds of contortions to make sure she didn't get any money after the divorce, either. He was another doctor in our practice, and he quit the practice because his wife's attorney valued the practice at something like $1 million, and he contended that if he quit the practice, the practice had no value. So he did. Obviously, that was very stressful for my other remaining partner and me. It took about two years to recruit a new doctor to join us, two years of every other weekend call and every other night weekday call, and no vacations. Well, I got some nicer, more mellow partners out of the deal (we had three doctors in the practice back then, now there are seven).

I think that some of the people I work with who think I've lost enough weight are those who for some reason feel threatened by the fact that I'm losing weight. It is complicated, but true. Some people (but not many) are in a position to sabotage my efforts (mainly drug reps who bring lunch). I have solved that problem by bringing my own lunch every day. So, I don't have to worry that the the drug rep is bringing triple meat pizza with double cheese and cheesedip with breadsticks for lunch. There is absolutely nothing on the Chik Fil A menu, for example, that I feel is appropriate for me to eat, so I don't. I find that most of the drug reps don't even notice that I'm not eating what they brought. All they want to do is discuss their products with me.

My office manager is prone to exaggeration, so, when she tells me I look "skinny", I take it within that context. But, I worry about some of my coworkers who might feel threatened if I lose weight to my goal. In particular, there was a nurse several years ago who became anorexic after I lost weight to close to where she weighed. Since then, she recovered. There are a couple people in my office that I feel are at risk also, so, I am keeping my eye on them, one girl in particular.

 

[SeaSpray]

My husband is the same way about my weight. I guess that's nice, compared to some guys I work with who harp all the time about their wives. One of my colleagues, in particular, told me that he was divorcing his wife because of her weight. This was years ago, in 1995. Amazing, but true. That is what he told me. He also went through all kinds of contortions to make sure she didn't get any money after the divorce, either. He was another doctor in our practice, and he quit the practice because his wife's attorney valued the practice at something like $1 million, and he contended that if he quit the practice, the practice had no value. So he did. Obviously, that was very stressful for my other remaining partner and me. It took about two years to recruit a new doctor to join us, two years of every other weekend call and every other night weekday call, and no vacations. Well, I got some nicer, more mellow partners out of the deal (we had three doctors in the practice back then, now there are seven).

I think that some of the people I work with who think I've lost enough weight are those who for some reason feel threatened by the fact that I'm losing weight. It is complicated, but true. Some people (but not many) are in a position to sabotage my efforts (mainly drug reps who bring lunch). I have solved that problem by bringing my own lunch every day. So, I don't have to worry that the the drug rep is bringing triple meat pizza with double cheese and cheesedip with breadsticks for lunch. There is absolutely nothing on the Chik Fil A menu, for example, that I feel is appropriate for me to eat, so I don't. I find that most of the drug reps don't even notice that I'm not eating what they brought. All they want to do is discuss their products with me.

My office manager is prone to exaggeration, so, when she tells me I look "skinny", I take it within that context. But, I worry about some of my coworkers who might feel threatened if I lose weight to my goal. In particular, there was a nurse several years ago who became anorexic after I lost weight to close to where she weighed. Since then, she recovered. There are a couple people in my office that I feel are at risk also, so, I am keeping my eye on them, one girl in particular.

That's a shame, it seems like you have a real tightrope to walk, in regards to your weightloss and your co-workers/work situation. Losing weight can be difficult enough as it is! Congrats to you though for continuing to do what's right and healthy for yourself You can only control what you do, not what others do. I hope the anorexic nurse is ok. And I think it's great that you have such a supportive DH!! My DH is great; we've both gained weight in the last 10 years, and together we're taking it off. And during those 10 years, we discussed our weight gain a couple of times, and realized that health issues aside, we did not feel any differently about each other because of the weight. I have to say though, it's awesome losing weight together with him now.

 

[VernRDH]

delilah-I can completely understand. I only work with 3 other people (my dentist boss, the office manager and a receptionist). Can I tell you how they try to "sabotage" me? Let's bring in all kinds of goodies or lets go out for office lunch, even though you brought in a good healthy lunch? I have just gotten to the point where I don't care. I do what is best for ME and just because food is there, I do not have to eat it. Or if we do go out unexpectedly, I only order a salad or something I can figure the points out for quickly in my head. There is an element of jealousy from the ladies at my office, because they have both tried to lose weight, but not succeeded. And sometimes my boss is very supportive, other times rather critical and negative (we think he is bi-polar )

SeaSpray-It is nice having a DH do the weight loss along with you, isn't it? Between my DH and I, we have lost 75 lbs. That's more than DD weighs! We need to lose about 200 between the two of us (100 each). People seem to think that I will be "too skinny" at my goal weight. They do not seem to realize that I am only 4'11" and small frame. 115lbs for me is still toward the "heavy" side of normal according to "THE CHART". But as I have not been below 160 since college, I have no idea what a weight of 120 or 130 will look like on me. And if I build more muscle mass by lifting weights, that will effect things too.

Sometimes dealing with others is harder than actually losing the weight. But I am doing what I need to do for my health and life, and don't really give a hoot about what others think.

I am looking forward to getting back to the routine tomorrow. School starts up on Weds. and DD is excited to go back. We are hopeful that this year is going to And I am looking forward to the BL challenge. And only 9 more days until we are in WDW!!

 

[delilah]

The nurse I am talking about was hired about two weeks before I started, and so she has always been particularly close to me. She just turned 40 last week, and the episode of anorexia occurred years ago, shortly after I started. It's a long story, but, in brief, I was never overweight to any degree until residency. I weighed about 112lbs when I started. I don't know how much I weighed when I finished, but, I know I wasn't able to button the skirts on the suits I wore to interviews for positions after residency. When I got settled into my new practice, I decided to lose the weight. This is when the nurse became threatened because I was losing weight. At one point, she herself pointed out that we were wearing the same size (I denied it at first, but she made me prove it; then she became anorexic). She is OK now, but, I was concerned that she wanted to assist when I had my routine exam. She wasn't assigned to the doctor who I was seeing. Later, she complained that the nurse who checked me in hadn't weighed me. I was grateful for the privacy. I guess they figured that I probably knew what I weighed. I'll just have to keep my eye on her.

 

[LaLaroo78]

Seaspray & Vern - We are on the same team for BLC! Go Blue Team!

I hope all our other sistahs had a great weekend!


Michele

 

[Pryncesa]

Hello everyone. I am mostly a lurker on these boards, but I feel the need to post on this thread. I have over 100 lbs total, to lose. And, I am re-starting my weight-loss program today, once more. I have tried to lose weight many times before, and am praying that this time I will be successful. My plan, this time, is to break the large number down into smaller, more manageable numbers so that I don't overwhelm myself.

I haven't read through the entire thread, but from what I have read, I see that you all are very supportive of one another and I am looking to be a part of a supportive group. I have been overweight most of my life, and can recall a few years in my life when I was a "normal" weight. I tend to be an emotional eater and have packed on many layers of sadness and frustration over the years. I'm ready to shed the pounds and let go of my past pains.

I have two sons for whom I need to set a positive example. I don't want them to have the same struggles that I face.

Thank you all for sharing your experiences and successes.

 

[LaLaroo78]

Pryncesa!

Congratulations on making the decision to shed those pounds!
I have too been in your shoes. Losing the weight then packing it back on. I am determined to do it this time and keep it off! I found that the mini goals have helped me tremendously. I have already acheived my first one! The overall number always scared me and when I would lose only a few or no pounds I would get fustrated and quit!

I found this thread a few months back and I have to say these women are wonderful. The support and encouragement these women have given me is priceless and I hope that we can do the same for you.

Good luck on your weight loss journey!


Michele

 

[VernRDH]

Pryncesa-

Welcome to the Minnie Sistahs!!! You have come to the right place for support in losing your weight. Everyone here is on the same journey and we are here to support each other through it all. We share the good as well as the bad and no one is here to judge any one else. Let us know how you are doing, we want to help if we can.

LaLaRoo is right-breaking down that "big" number into smaller goals is a great way to get where you want to be. Take it one day at a time.

LaLaRoo and SeaSpray-I am so excited that we are on the same team!! I am sooo excited about this challenge.

Gotta run-DD has first day of school tomorrow and we need to get to bed!!

 

[wahoostampingirl]

Hey everyone,

I last checked in right when we got home from the beach. Let me tell you that I had every intention of getting right back on track with eating well and exercising. Well, as they say, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I totally got away from writing down my food choices and that is always a way for me to then rationalize all the bad stuff I'm putting in my mouth. Today I haven't made particularly good choices, but at least I opened up my WW online tracker so I can write it all down. I also exercised this morning.

I haven't gained too much. Just the couple of pounds that are leftover from vacation, so I'm ready to get back in the saddle. I wish I had gotten back here a little sooner so I could have signed up for the Biggest Loser Challenge, but I think I'll just act like I'm doing it with y'all. I've got 19 weeks left until our Jan. Disney trip and I really want to make the most of it.

Congrats to everyone on their successes!

Carol

 

[Pryncesa]

Pryncesa!

Congratulations on making the decision to shed those pounds!
I have too been in your shoes. Losing the weight then packing it back on. I am determined to do it this time and keep it off! I found that the mini goals have helped me tremendously. I have already acheived my first one! The overall number always scared me and when I would lose only a few or no pounds I would get fustrated and quit!

I found this thread a few months back and I have to say these women are wonderful. The support and encouragement these women have given me is priceless and I hope that we can do the same for you.

Good luck on your weight loss journey!


Michele

Thanks so much for the warm welcome. I look forward to getting to know everyone, and losing a lot of weight along the way!

Pryncesa-

Welcome to the Minnie Sistahs!!! You have come to the right place for support in losing your weight. Everyone here is on the same journey and we are here to support each other through it all. We share the good as well as the bad and no one is here to judge any one else. Let us know how you are doing, we want to help if we can.

LaLaRoo is right-breaking down that "big" number into smaller goals is a great way to get where you want to be. Take it one day at a time.

LaLaRoo and SeaSpray-I am so excited that we are on the same team!! I am sooo excited about this challenge.

Gotta run-DD has first day of school tomorrow and we need to get to bed!!

Thanks so much!!! I've been doing well so far, keeping up with my eating plan. Two days and counting. I'm taking it one day at a time, just like you suggested. Actually, more like one hour at a time. But I know it will get better. My next goal is to incorporate excercise into the plan. Small steps...

Have a great evening everyone!

 

[VernRDH]

Well things are not going so well here. I seem to have hit a nice plateau just in time for my trip next week. I am going to the gym today hoping that by starting the weights again it will give me the kick I need to get losing again.

But on the plus side, my DH has not caught up to me so I should still win the contest!! I am really hoping to see that 170 next Weds before I leave. Only 5 more days!!

 

[ashleypmo]

Welcome to the Minnie Sistahs Pryncesa!

And Hello to all my Minnie Sistahs!

Terry--- (see, the banana looks like the number "1"!) you go girl! I remember stepping on the scale to see that "1" and it was such an emotional day. Congratulations you big loser, you!

Delilah & Vern-- I am so sorry y'all have to deal w/ sabotaging co-workers. We humans like our status-quo, and all too often when someone in our orb starts making positive changes in their life, it throws us (by "us" you realize I don't mean "us," I mean "those skanky, petty people who are trying to mess with y'all," but "us" sounds more polite) off kilter. But you are both strong women and I'm pround of you for rising above it!

Hey Carol! Yes, I've heard of that road....

Michele--so sorry this cold won't hit the road & leave you alone! Hope you're feeling better soon!

Brenda-- Hola chicka! Good for you for joining the Biggest Loser challenge! You have the right attitude, and you'll do great!

Oh, the wicked, wicked plateau! I know what you mean! I bumped my chromium piccolinate (sp?) up from 200 to 400 and it seems to have started my metab firing up again. I also read that calcium interferes w/ chromium absorption, so I don't eat any dairy w/in 2 hours of taking it. I was stuck at 154.5-156.5 for what seemed like for-e-ver, and after battling the food poisoning when I finally was able to eat, we had family in town and yep, after three or four days of eating nothing but a few saltine crackers each day and not dealing w/ my WOE guidelines, I pretty much just ate what everyone else was eating. I didn't go too crazy, because my appetite was still pretty small, but I wasn't sticking to the one "reward" meal, I had 2 or 3 reward meals and a couple of snacks. So any weight I lost from the food poisoning was undone, and I was back where I started.

But the chromium seemed to do the trick, and the other day I weighed in at....(drumroll, please) 152.5! Which is officially 75 pounds! I can hardly believe it! Of course, as in love as I am with that number, my knees & my thighs evidently haven't heard the news, 'coz I'm still a long way away from looking decent in a pair of shorts.

Do you guys ever do this (come on, 'fess up! ): while I was laying down doing my floor excercises, I had my feet up in the air doing ab work (lest you think I'm a workout junkie, remember: this was during my 8 minute workout! ), and all the flab around my knees ran downhill, and I'm like "Dang! Why can't my knees look that good when I'm standing up?" I know the answer: GRAVITY! So unless I learn to walk on my hands for prolonged periods of time, I'll just have to get rid of it the old fashioned way....LIPO!

ciao for now, or as we say in Texas, "Bye y'all!"

 

[LaLaroo78]

Hey Sistahs!

I am close to the 25 lb loss mark! Only one pound to go! I hope I can do that before my vacation next weekend! I am getting so excited for my trip! Now I just have to make good food choices while I am there.

Carol - Like you said you got 19 weeks until your trip. I know you can get back on track and make the most of your remaining time! You can do it!

Vern - Plateau's stinks! You still have 5 days so hopefully stepping up your workout will help you shed those last few so you can acheive your goal! I hope you have a great vacation!

Ashley - 75 lbs! You go girl! What an accomplishment! I am glad you are starting to feel better. I have to admit I do the same thing with the knees and also my arms. The women in my family have the granny arms if you know what I mean! (Yes the very flabby upper arms!) I made a promise to myself that when I hit onederland (even if if is 199.5) I am getting plastic surgery on my arms to get rid of the granny syndrom! Good old fashion exercise does not help enough!

Have a great weekend Sistahs!

Keep up the great work! I am proud of all of us!

Michele

 

[delilah]

Do you guys ever do this (come on, 'fess up! ): while I was laying down doing my floor excercises, I had my feet up in the air doing ab work (lest you think I'm a workout junkie, remember: this was during my 8 minute workout! ), and all the flab around my knees ran downhill, and I'm like "Dang! Why can't my knees look that good when I'm standing up?" I know the answer: GRAVITY! So unless I learn to walk on my hands for prolonged periods of time, I'll just have to get rid of it the old fashioned way....LIPO!

ciao for now, or as we say in Texas, "Bye y'all!"

I've noticed the thing about the legs in air since I was in junior high. Actually, interestingly, my mom pointed it out to me. When I was in seventh or eighth grade, I can't remember which, I had a "crisis" in body shape when I went from little girl shape to more adult shape. For me, I went from being able to wear little girls size 10 short under my uniform skirt for gym to ladies size xs. In all honesty, I think I was about 4'11" and weighed something like 85 lbs. But, for me it was a crisis, and it probably drove my mom bonkers. I wanted to have what I called "straight legs" and mine were not "straight", referring to the super thin legs that models have. So, she told me that when they take pictures of hosiery, they have the models lie down with their legs in the air to elongate the muscles.

I managed to lose about 1lb this week. I just have to keep working on it. Good luck to every one else.

 

[FSUDisneyGirl]

Hey Minnie Sistahs!


Mind if I join ya? Right now, I weigh in at 242 pounds. I've been here for about a year (probably longer!) and I am ready for my weight to go seriously down! I know I am an emotional eater, and the last year included an internship, graduating college, another internship (Disney College Program! ) a summer job, and now a "real" teaching job! In the past year I've done many new things and moved almost 7 times!

I now have a fun teaching job, my own apartment, and some stability! I am really ready to start losing weight. I am not doing WW or any other diets (I tried LA Weight Loss last year and it did not work for me) but I did get the Beck diet book...just started reading it yesterday...because I know when I'm sad, or angry, or anything...I EAT!!!


So....if you all don't mind, can I join ya?