Mamas or soon to be mamas who are morbidly obese, lets be buddies!

[Eve]

It has to be water retention, are you due for your AF soon?

Topsy, glad you are doing better and home again.

 

[hello_kitty]

af will be here around september 9th...so about 8 days give or take 1 or 2 days.

 

[Eve]

I totally fluctuate up to 5-7lbs leading up to AF. I try not to get discouraged if I see a gain around the week before.

 

[hello_kitty]

how is everyone doing? I havent lost as much as ive hoped. keeps going up and down. so far i weigh 226.6 this morning. really hoping to weigh 213 by Halloween which is exactly a month away.

 

[Eve]

I haven't weighed myself yet, but don't notice a change I've been so busy and stressed with other things I've put weight loss on the back burner, and I really shouldn't have.

 

[hello_kitty]

aww I really hope you get your issues solved soon hun. I know its not fun to stress, I've been through those periods before.

I'm just so tired being in this body. It drags me down so much, I feel tired and heavy all the time and I can never find something good to wear.

 

[Eve]

Thank you.
I know that feeling all too well

 

[Try Rocking]

I'm doing ok. My weight has finally started moving again. I made a goal of wanting to lose 35 lbs last month and I'm down to 26. Hopefully it continues. I'd love to be rid of this extra weight. That won't finish me off, I still have a long way to go, but I figured I needed a year end goal.

 

[topsy]

I have stalled and gained weight xxx

 

[hello_kitty]

Way to go Try Rocking! I hope you reach your goal soon!

Topsy, I know you've had a lot going on so its probably hard to stay on track. Its ok, you're strong and I bet you'll be losing all those weight in no time.

Afm, I have realized that Tuesday is NOT a good day to weigh myself. My husband's day off is on Monday and usually on that day its my day off and I eat whatever I want so obviously on Tuesday my weight will be higher (which I lose within the rest of the week). My lowest weight this week was 224.8 but since yesterday was monday, I gained weight from that 224.8 and is now 226.6. I still lost some weight based off last week though because last week I weighed 227.2.

I decided to weigh myself on Saturday instead because usually on the weekends dh works the entire day and I am home alone with the kids so I can easily manage my eating habits. Will record the 226.6 since it has been week, but will start weighing myself on Saturday from now on.

 

[Eve]

Weighed myself two nights ago, and I was 223 Just thankful for not gaining and taking off a few lbs!

 

[topsy]

I lost 1/2 a lb determined to loose a 1lb a week before xmas xxxx

 

[Eve]

I would love to do that too

 

[Try Rocking]

You guys are all doing great! The important thing is to keep going, even with setbacks. Keep it up

 

[topsy]

I would love to do that too

Lets see IF we CAN do it hun xxxxx

 

[Eve]

Sounds like a plan!

 

[hello_kitty]

Great job to all you ladies! Lets beat this! My next goal is Halloween. I would like to set a goal for every holiday/event. After Halloween is thanksgiving, my bday (which is about 2 weeks away from xmas), and then xmas. Lets finish this year strong!

So I weighed myself today, which is 4 days from the last time I weighed myself, and I am now 223.8. I am sooo excited because my lowest was 223.6 so I am getting there. Its also nearly a 3 lb weight lost from Tuesday. I am not trying to go fast, but I guess my body says otherwise, which I dont mind since I know down the road its going to slow down.

My goal for next Saturday is at least 1.5 lbs. My scale doesnt use odd numbers so I guess it would be 1.6 lbs for me that would put me at 222.2.

 

[Eve]

You can do this! That's great!

 

[MommyCandice]

Can I join you all. I am Candice I am 24. I weigh 254.8lbs as of today. I am 5'6 and my waist measurement as of today was 53inches. I just started last week. As of the 5th i was 255. I have a bad habit of weighing daily and i did go up and have started to go down slightly. I have started counting calories and eating healthier i walk 1-2 hours per day carrying the little man. I feel so great and have so much energy since starting. I track it all on and app called my fitness pal and i eat roughly 1400-1600 or so calories per day and burn off about atleast 400. I am trying hard but my app said of i keep this up i should be down 10lbs in 5 weeks which is the goal to lose 2 lbs atleast per week. It was a shitty time to start trying to eat last week as i had a wedding i attended yesterday and a thanksgiving dinner today and 1 tomorrow.

Before i got pregnant with my oldest i was 186. My goal is to be 170. When i had my oldest i got up to 218lbs. I didnt really try to lose any After him and when he was 5 months old i found out i was pregnant with my daughter. So last weigh in before my son was born i was 218 and when i found out i was pregnant with my daughter i was 219. The last weigh in with her was 230. After having her i packed on the weight as i was depressed and so i ate alot of junk and got up 250. I was so unhappy with myself. My relationship with her dad just became more and more toxic until i broke up with him. Within 2 months of breaking up i was down to 230. I got with my fiance a yr after that and was roughly the same weight. I found out i was pregnant with my youngest and i was back up to 242 at my first weigh in. I gained nothing through that pregnancy just fluctuated under my beginning weight and had my tiny 4lbs 12.8oz peanut at 35 weeks. I weighed 238lbs. Within 2 months of having my youngest i was down to 224 lbs!! I battled with bad ppd and as of a couple months ago i was 263. Im feeling better and still nursing him almost 14 months. I stepped on the scale last week and knew i needed to make changes quick. I Couldn't recognize myself when i looked in the mirror. I'm so proud of myself.
Sorry about the rant

 

[hello_kitty]

MommyCandice - We're glad to have you join us, welcome! There are a lot of nice ladies in here, and they also have some great achievement stories as well as tips that are working for them. I think there are at least 2 people in here who are joining WW and I have been told great things about it.

You sound like you've been through a lot with a failed relationship and all. I know I would pack on the weight too if I had gone through something similar.

Some things things that are working for me is drinking green tea (I drink a brand called green tea hawaii which is kinda expensive $60 bucks a month but is like a dietary supplement that supposed to help with weight loss) and taking garcinia cambogia at the same time. I bought the green tea packets in bulk when I had the money to splurge so after I run out I think I will just be drinking regular green tea. CG is pretty cheap. They have it on groupon and depending on the brand you can get them for a few bucks. I usually go buy the reviews, but the price never exceeds the $20 range.

I give credit to those 2 things because I have tried working out and exercising by itself before and I never lost weight or kept it off. After I started the combo I went from 235 to 223.8. Ideally, I would like to drop at least 3 lbs this week so I can finally see the 220 number.

I have noticed that if I eat decent, I will usually stay the same weight. I literally have to stick to mostly salads, veggies, and protein (basically the low carb diet) if I want the scale to budge. I am doing just that this week. My birthday is in 2 months and I want to look different for my bday. I am 26, so not terribly old, but I am not getting any younger either and have already wasted my late teens and early twenties looking like this so I know its now or never.