[alexandria]

Who is with me! I am 30 pounds overweight. I am 5'3", large frame, 148 pounds light) I have diabetes, bad back, joints are killing me. I am a mother of 3 ages 10, 6, 15 months. I work full time.
I have been on diets since my second baby was born. I am not after Victoria's Secret figure. I want to be healthy, fit, and live to see my great-great children.
Here I'd like to get a group together. We can start with introducing ourselves, and sharing our priblems with weight struggles, how it effects us, and what to do about it, also we will share our success, for I know we will be winners!!!!!!!

With love to all.

[heatherm]

Hi there

What a great idea!

You mean I won't have a Victoria's secret figure??? darn . I would love to join in too.

I am 5' 7" 150 lbs and would love to lose about 20 pounds. I am active with my 2 sons....work part time as well as run my own business...help my bf with his bakery (ahh there are my 20 pounds ). I noticed more of a weight gain since I started Celexa though. I wouldn't change how I feel since I started it though. I do smoke (a lot ) and have never had an inkling to quit but know I should.

I think this is a great idea.


Heather

[yokus]

Hey I will join that group! I've been on and off steroids the past couple years, right now on. They really make you gain weight. I've never weighed this much in my entire life, (but just don't ask how much ha ha). I go to pulmonary rehab and my husband and I have been talking about joining the ymca. Sounds like a great idea!

[alexandria]

Thanks for replying! I am a very bad speller, sorry)
I do better with numbers.
So, ladies. Let me share my weaknesses with you. I love to eat! I can eat all day, I can wake in the middle of the night and eat. I love Chinese food, my God how I love it! Sometimes I love it more then life itself. Oh, my Mongolian Beef, I can write poems about my love for Mongolian Beef)
Another thing, is that am not consistent. I start a diet, half way through - I am bored with it. I start the GYM, then BAM! I am tired, don't have time. Last month I signed up for a personal tariner. Ladies, he was a stud! Young, sweet, well build, smeled sooooooo goood) After two session I was done. I was so shy, uptight, I don't know, but I felt OLD!
Right now I am sitting at my desk at work, looking at the Fitness magazine.....
My beautiful friends! Lets take small steps. Number one for me would be stop snaking between meals, and drink water instead. Just like in France, they do not snack between meals, they eat 3 times a day. That is it!!!!!

With love to all.

[FearsomeAnna]

My fiance and I are doing the Discovery National Health Challenge - we weigh in tomorrow!!! I'm so excited. I am 5'6, 135 pounds. That wouldn't be bad except for the fact that I gained those last 20 pounds in a month after starting my Zyprexa - so I feel like 115 pounds under a curtain of flab!!! Ew. Must get back in shape. I would love to have a weight loss encouragement section! We WILL be healthy!

Go ladies go!
Anna

some of it's magic
some of it's tragic
but i had a good life all the way......
~jimmy buffett

[survivor1]

I'd like to participate too! I'm 5'10" 195 pounds. I was always thin - around 145-150, until my first depressive episode about 6 years ago. Since then I've steadily gained. I gained a total of 60 pounds! yikes!! I have lost 20 of that and maintained that for awhile now, but I still need to lose another 40 pounds.

I haven't been exercising due to the latest depressive episode. But, now I am feeling much better. So, I think I'm gonna try to exercise and eat better this weekend.

Good luck to everyone!!

[FearsomeAnna]

Well, Jordon and I went to the mall today to weigh in - we were in line for THREE HOURS! Apparently a lot of people want to get in shape (or the free pass to Bally's) - as it turned out, they had to stop weighing people because they were getting swamped - so we filled out a form/health release, and they're going to mail us the stuff - but as it turns out, you can register online and they have a diet tool that creates a diet for you based on a bunch of information you give them. If anyone is interested, go ahead and give it a shot!

Anna

some of it's magic
some of it's tragic
but i had a good life all the way......
~jimmy buffett

[yokus]

I hadn't heard of this before. www.shapeup.com. It's a new diet shake by Dr. Phil. I'm going to get his book and give it a try. The site even has forums if you're interested.

[ree81]

I would love to join... I have been looking for a good support group to help me. I am 22 5'5" and 190... I went to my doc in June to see if he could help me.. The first thing he said after I told him what I was there for was "I think gastric bypass would be the best thing for you, prescription pills just won't work for you".. (at that time I was 220) I had never heard about it, so he explained it and I wasn't sure so I told him I would call him and let him know. I called my mom after I left, crying, I didn't think I was that big. He really made me feel bad and look at myself in a whole different way. Well I called him and told him that I wanted to go on pills anyway. So I have been on Phentermine since, with a low calorie diet and light workout (not much time to exercise with 2 jobs, 7 days a week) and I have lost 30 lbs. But I am stuck here. I would love to join a support type group, (help with meals and exercise) I think that would really help me out. Thanks

[ltlredvett]

ree81:

My advice is to avoid gastric bypass and use that ONLY as a last resort. Gastric bypass is major abdominal surgery and 1 in 200 patients will die from the surgery or complications resulting from it. Further, in most cases the procedure leaves your stomach the size of a shot glass. And you will have to carefully watch your diet and take vitamins for the rest of your life. In a lot of cases you won't be able to enjoy things like ice cream or milk shakes as they can lead to some nasty side effects. Typically gastric bypass is reserved for people that are over 100 pounds over their ideal body wieght. At any rate there are great stories with gastric bypass but one has to consider this option VERY carefully.

Hell, when I was at the height of my worst depression I lost 45 pounds in about 3 months. The formula for loosing weight is relatively simple. Burn off more calories than you take in. Simple in theory, but hard in practice. For example, did you know that one McDonalds meal has more calories than the average adult needs for the entire day? And running 2 miles might burn off enough calories to compensate for eating two Oreo cookies.

I think a lot of the problem with loosing weight is that there are many misperceptions about the calorie content in food and how much calories you burn off with exercise. It takes a LOT more exercise than you think and eating a LOT less food than you think.

But, it can be done. I just think of how easily I lost that wieght when I was at the height of my depression. I never even intended it to happen. Now I could stand to put on a few pounds.

Good luck in your quest.