Hello there...I am also starting my weight loss journey tomorrow. I am not good at the cooking healthy foods so for breakfast and lunch I am doing Slim Fast. Some people don't think it's a good thing, but I think it will be fine for me. I just need some motivation. I have started dieting over and over again for a while now and would really like to stick with it. Maybe we can help motivate each other :) Good Luck

GOOD LUCK!!!
I began today, and am praying to God that i can stick to it this time. I am doing my own version of weight watchers. Im feeling pretty good so far, and im not starving yet!
again, good luck. God Bless.

Good luck to you all! I'm trying to start a healthier life too, but I'm not sure how well I'll do. This IS Thanksgiving time, after all.lol!

Careful with how much you're loosing - 3.5 lbs a week generally isn't safe. 1-2bs is.

Perhaps you'll be healthier, and less likely to be disappointed if you aim for 15 lbs by Christmas and 25lbs by February.

All the best!

hi i am also on a plan already and have lost 24 pound in 6 weeks, but be realistic in the weight loss you wanna lose each week...I wish you and your mum all the best let me know how you get on.

Ok today is my first day and I weighed in at 238.6. Thought it would be higher but sad at the same time. I go up and down with my weight and I was 124 at one time I wish I would of stuck with it. I remembered when I was 180. I wish I would of stuck with it then. I will stick with it this time! I had bran cereal with banana with skim milk. Looks like rain today so I will have to do my walking when Im at work. Have to walk the halls. Same thing.

Today is Nov 6, 2007 Tues. I very very good yesterday. Not hungry at all. I drank 3 liters of water. I had a water bottle that held 33.8 (1 liter)and drank 3 of those. I did have coffee in the am yesterday and today. I really dont know why I drink it cause it makes me feel ill afterwards. I call it coffee sick. Have to start drinking my water now. Would like to increase it. Windy and cold today. Haven't started my walks yet. As you can tell I dont like to do it. Make every excuse not to do it. I just have to do it! im trying to keep tracks of the calories and stuff. That is one thing I dont like doing is tracking calories and weighing. I would just like to make it and eat it. That is why I like packaged foods. Simple. How is everyone else doing?

Today is Nov 7th. Did very well again yesterday. I weighed myself early and I lost 1.8 pounds since Monday. I feel good. Not hungry. I need to exercise but that will be my next hurdle I guess. I hate doing it. A co worker wants to have chinese food pretty soon. I have no idea what to order and something I would like to eat. I usually order almond chicken with rice, egg roll. Now I dont know what to get. Have to look at the menu and find out what I can eat and still stick with a better eating plan.

Well, I dont know if I blew it or not. I ordered chinese called triple delight. It had veggies in it and beef, chicken and shrimp in a light sauce. It was good. I didnt have any rice. I would order it again if I knew it was good for me. Ive been drinking my water. Keeps on getting me up in the middle of the night tho. lol

Today is Nov. 1, 2007 Monday weigh-in day. I weigh 233.6. I lost 5 pounds! Yippee! I know what people are going to say. You shouldnt lose that much in a week. How can you control what the scale says? I eat 3 meals and 2 snacks. I think it was just a fluke plus its my first week in weighing. But Im happy for it. Gives me a incentive to go on. I even ate chinese! But I didnt order my usual Almond Boneless Chicken. I ordered something called triple delight. It had beef, chicken and shrimp and veggies in a light sauce. Im sure it was high in salt but I think it was better than what I normally would eat. Let see what can I improve on???? Maybe doing more cooking instead of eating the south beach dinners. That will happen down the road when my life is a bit simplier. I did make chicken soup. It is delicious. I dont know the calorie content. I made it out of a soup packet and added stuff to it. I did buy some cole slaw without the sauce and going to eat that. It is suppose to be good for you. Ok Im going on and on. Have a great day!

Well, I am starting my diet today, and I don't generally like to call it that becase if even sounds temporary, so I just eat differently. But this is like my 5th diet. I am only 16, so I think that is quite a bit. I did drink water all last week and worked out for an hour three days a week, but then totally binged this weekend. So it is lunch time and for breakfast and lunch I had a Special K protein snack bar. I have only had water to drink. I will eat a fuller dinner and I will go work out for an hour. Wish me luck, and good luck to all of you!

Hi Ijustneed! Everyone is different in their eating pattern and I think everyone can lose weight if they keep at it. I have tried millions of diets and lost on everyone of them. Im a yo yo dieter. I am on my last one. I am eating 3 meals and 2 snacks and trying to keep calories low and eat healthy. Do it the right way and not skip meals or eating just a bar. You will feel deprived. I have been there and done that. Knowing you eat 3 meals and 2 snacks you dont have the feeling of being deprived. I think that is why ww works. You eat. You need to eat to lose weight. You have to give you body fuel for your metabolism to work. I always felt the opposite but its true. And me, I love to eat. Sit down and write out what you are going to eat every day and see how it goes. 3 meals and 2 snacks. Take your weight and multiply it by 7 and that is the calories you should be eating. You will amaze yourself in how it works. Take for example, me, my weight is 233 x 7 = 1631 is the total calories I need to eat in a day to lose weight. You can do it give it a try. Come back and we can have more conversations on this.

Thanks for the info on how many cal. I never heard that before. Giving up sodas ouch, but I know for so many more reasons it is best to drink water instead of a diet coke, I just keep telling myself water is good water is good water is good.

I think water is blah tasting so I buy those little sugar free packets that add different tastes to it. I like fruit punch. I can get the water down that way pretty good.

Didnt do so well today. I started off great but then after dinnertime I blew it. They had cookies and candy and chips out and I caved into the cookies. Didnt have the other stuff but had about 10 small cookies. Not going to guilt myself over it just move on. Drink more water today. Plus I had that chinese meal again. I dont think that is good for me cause I feel bloated today and maybe its just not because of the cookies.