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:beating: Helloooo and welcome to my newcomer thread :grouphug:

My favorite nik is cookie...but I do not think it is wise to use that on this thread so I guess you can just call me by my name, Ginger. I always thought I was fat since I was a little child. My big sister was very skinny and I was the normal size for a child, not fat or skinny. My family always used to call me the fat one as a joke because she was so thin, but I thought I was really very fat. It's amazing now because I look at pictures from when I was little and I remember the hours of them ridiculing me and calling me fatty only to realize that I was a normal sized little girl. Honestly, I remember looking in the mirror when I was little and thinking I was soooo fat!! I even remember that I was 50lbs when I was in kindergarten lol I did start to gain weight after that and I became the fatty they were joking about. By the time I was 17 I weighed 190 lbs.

I know that's a pretty deep way to start this post...and maybe TMI, but I think that the power of the mind cannot be denied in the weight loss battle. I am convinced that just as I was psyched to gain the weight, I can psych myself to lose it.

I want to see myself as the thin I cannot remember. I am also setting a moderately modest goal for myself to weigh 135. How can I call that modest when I weigh 275 now? That is 140 lbs to lose!! 63.5 Kg!!! Well the truth is I have a very small frame and I am 5'3" tall. Because my frame is small, people normally mistake me for a much smaller weight. In fact whenever I go to the doctor's office and a different person weighs me. They always put the 50 pound measure at 150. I remember one of the times that I moved it to 250 the assistant got a little annoyed with me and asked me if I know what I am doing. I just showed her that at 250 it was still too light and she was completely shocked. That happens all the time. But please don't get me wrong, at 275 of course I am obese and I look it...I just look like a smaller obese.:D Based on my frame my doctor recommends that I aim for 115...for some reason 115 sounds like an impossible number to me, but I think 135 is achievable.

I recently lost 14lbs, my largest weight was 289lbs. I normally tend to go up and down within 10lbs so I am determined now to keep losing way past the 14 that I have already lost.

I have read some posts on this forum and I decided to join because there are so many devoted people here with such a powerful drive. I have a long but not impossible road ahead of me and I would like to talk to others and share their journey as well.

I wanted to write more but....I am tired of writing honestly :blush5:

WOOOOHOOOOOOO 2008 is almost here!!! :jump: Enjoy yourself everybody and have a wonderful and MARRRRRVELLLOUS NEW YEAR
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hi Ginger - welcome!

happy new year!!! im already in 2008 (time difference lol)

so anyway...how you losing the pounds? whats your plan?

set your self some mini goals. good to work towards. also take measurements because the scale fluctuates almost everyday!

start yourself a diary if u havn't done already.

good luck with the journey

;-)

x
 
LOL! Welcome, Ginger!

There are a bunch of people here who have lost 100+ pounds, so I think you'll find good company. Plus a "Lose 75 pounds in 2008" challenge, if you like that kind of thing. :)
 
hello and WELCOME..this is a good thing that you joined since there can be a lot of diff. info and ways of doing things! well if you have any questions just ask!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!:biggrinjester:
 
Thank you for the WARM welcome everyone!! Sorry I was a bit late in posting but I was off to bring in the new year as soon as I posted

Hello a-n-g-e-l (that was fun to type lol a-n-g-e-l) Happy New Year to you!! I take it you are from some place in Europe (England or Great Britain maybe;) ) I took the time to skim through your diary to see what it is about and picked up on your e-accent :D Thank you for the suggestions. I am currently doing the six week body makeover...really it's more like a lifestyle change and will last much longer than 6 weeks, but it is very effective in speeding up your metabolism. They have a work-out program, but it is so uninteresting and scary to me lol. I will read your diary more when i am more awake coz now I am a bit zombie-ish. Thanks for wishing me luck...I wish you so much luck and success as well.

Thanks for the welcome allyphoe!!!!! I would absolutely love to join that challenge...is it in the club challenges section? I signed up for the new years to v-day challenge, but being that I have so much weight to loose i was a little concerned about the rest of the year lol. Thanks for the invite ;) and Happy New Year to you!!

Hello Amber and Happy New Year to you!! The diversity on this board is exactly what I need.....and don't worry if I have any questions I will not hesitate to hunt you down:gnorsi: Happy New Year!!

Thanks for your kind words and enthusiasm MyOwnNBF. :D :beating: I hope that you attain all of your goals in this year and that you have a Happy and VIBRANT new year!!

I'll be on to greet as much other newbies as i can later....I am a bit :sleeping: now and could do with either more sleep or coffee lol. See you around!
 
Hi Ginger!

I honestly know what you are going through. I have a skinnier younger sister and an older brother who was always in shape. Me....I was always the fat one. My parents never really ridiculed me over it , but my mom would tell me from time to time that I should really lose weight for my health. (Can't argue with Mom I suppose). But I was never ready until recently.

I think that you are completely correct when you say that weight loss is a mental thing. I'm in 100% agreement! I know that you can do this. We are totally in the same boat with the amount of weight that we should lose. I KNOW WE CAN DO IT!! I'm there for you :)
 
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