back on track

well i am gettign started again. I have my mini gym and i threw away allt he bad food. I have no reason not to lose my weight. I do not have much to do. I mean when I think about where I started and where I am now...man.....I know i can do it. I am 1/2 way there. I just need to have my darn husband stop buying me ice cream or things i do not need to eat.

I am riding my bike everyday 2 times a day. I will do this eliptical machine 3 times a week and this week inshaallah i will get my weight machine. I do not like the treadmill well, I do like it but i have a weak tendon in my left foot. so I cannot use it but my daughter loves it.

Anyway I lost my buddy....she went on counting to number 10....she is out until febuary!!!!

well i am off to ride this bike.....

crappy week

short post! I did nothing . I lost nothing. I ate everything!!

Hiya...so sorry

I have been busy moving into my new place in a new city, so I am sitting between a 100 boxes typing...

diet is on hold....work out on hold....give me a week I will be back

Congrats on allt he weight loss!! Thats awesomeee...

How are you??

As salaamu alaikum,
I know your probably really busy this is the middle of the work week. I just wanted to stop in and give salaams and see how your week is going? I am hanging in there. talk to you soon

Finally

I lost a little more than 2 kilos. I guess that is around 5lbs. About time. It is strange that i lost only after i ate some carbs. I ate that pumpkin soup and the scale moved. go figure. anyway i will not do the meat and veggies thing anymore i have to have some voriety. I guess i am like a man.....lol....anyway we will c what happens next week.

no more south beach 4 me!!

this is not for me. I tel u God bless the ones that can do ti but it is not 4 me. I am breaking out all over my face. I am not feeling good. I do not go to the bathroom like i used to. I will go back to what i know works for me. It may be slow but oh well. at least I will feel better.........I wont be like SOME people losing 10 lbs a week....lol.. but it is ok. today I ate pumpkin soup and I fell better already. I do not think my body can take no sugar or carbs. I have low blood sugar already. I think my body is not meant for all this meat either. I just feel like i am going to keel over and have a heart attack any day now. I am sick of eggs............everyday eggs........... yuck. and i ate so much chicken i am about to cluck. just give me my soups and beans. my veggies and very little meat. i will be ok.

I will just do my machine and go to the gym for classes 2 times a week. something has to fall off. hopefully it will be my stomach.........

WAY TO GO!!!!!

I am soooo happy that your hanging in there. Keep up the good work and I KNOW its not easy but try not to let the scale get to you. Your daughters body is alot less complex than yours, my kids can eat and eat and eat and eat and it does not change them in any way. I USED to be like that prior to having a husband and family, now I live in the real world where everything that I put in my mouth shows up on the scale..ITS SOOO NOT FAIR, but this is my battle. We all have a battle and mine happens to be food and the quest to be skinny, well not skinny I just want to be the size I was prior to having 9 children and I would like to get there before I have 10 children,lol. I am here for you girl. I CAN DO IT and SO CAN YOU!!!!!!!!
Love you and anyone else out there going thru this with us.
talk to you soon

south beach

My daughter and I started the South beach diet Friday. She has already lost 4lbs. I have not seen the scale move a bit. I have worked out on this crazy machine and she does nothing......I tell you life is not fair!!!! anyway. I do feel good about sticking to something I have worked out 25 mins. everyday. I geel so much better. I just hope to see this scale go down soon. I know 4 days is not a long time but when the book says you will lose 8-14 lbs in 2 weeks I expected to see some progress by now. Inshaallah soon..........

I DID IT

I recently got an elipitcal machine. I got on it once an dit wore me out in 2 mins. I felt very sad and it just bursted my bubble. I had big dreams for this machine. well this mornign I did 25 mins. I feel so good. I have so much energy. I feel full of life.
I was sweating and wanted to quit but i didnt. i stayed on there and did my time. I plan on addign 5 mins until i get up to an hour. Then i will increase my speed then the intensity.
I am so happy I got this machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

21 days

thats how long it takes to make something a habit...thats all I have to do...mkae it 21 days with going to the gym and then it will be habit...right??

God i hope so!! because I hate the mental fight I have with myself everyday as I get close to the gym...its just like should I go or should I just go home...put my feet up on the couch and relaxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...and then the station approachs where I have to get off for the gym...and the doors open and alwyas right at the last moment, I jump out...so far that is...

its been 6 days of working out, and believe me Im struggling and aching in places i didnt know existed...hahahaha...

21 days...

21 days...

21 days...

i can do this... I can so do this!!! this time I am not going to give up.... not at all...I have given up everytime, each day, so quickly I just let it all go away.. and gain another 5 pds...lose 2 pds gain 5 pds... no good, not anymore..

Today at the gym, I actually liked how I looked in the mirror, I loved the sweat pouring down my face, my shirt sticking to my back, my breathe barely coming, as i stepped, stepped, stepped my way to a skinny me...

but then of course i came home, and had to shovel a piece of choc cake into my mouth really fast....argh!!!

but inshallah!!! ill get there....

why did I do it

I saw it coming but did nothing to stop it. I at soooooooooooooo many cookies I am full. My daughter is into fixing things all of a sudden. Now it is cookies. She made oatmeal cookies. they were so soft, so chewy, I had to eat them. they were calling my name. I knew when i went to the store for her I would do this but i told myself . it is OK i will be strong....NOT!!!!! So now i am sitting here with a full stomach not from food but cookies.........

Welcome to the group

Welcome to the group. Inshaallah we will encourage eachother. I know losing weight is not easy!!!!! but if we work together it will not seem as hard. I have been overweight for a long time. I have been losing weight slowly for a year now. But now I am goign to take more aggressive action. I will not give up. I will not allow my husband to make me eat. He loves to go out and bring home sweets that I love. He thinks this makes me happy, it does but after I eat up everything I am depressed.
I will do exercise 5 days a week. this one I have not been doing. I have a heart problem and I know it is in my head but I sometimes get scared when my heart rate goes up and think ok i am goign to die. I HAVE to get over this.
All I ask is that you post at least once a week. This will keep the group movign a long. Tell us how you are doing . YOu good dayas as well as the bad. We all need to know we are nto alone. We all bing or crave food that are no good for us. We all have good days and it is goot to share them with others. it will make you keep going and have more good days.


Oh, And one big thing, please excuse my spelling I type faster than my brain goes and my fat fingers hit the wrong keys......
I hope to see you posting soon

dead blog

I started this blog as a group blog. I have had two people post one time. It seems to me that no one wants to take part in this. I had hoped this would be a way to keep up with each other, help each other, and encouraqge each other. However this is not the case. If we do not start posting I will make this a closed blog and that will be the end of it.

Thank you

On a good note I lost 3 lbs last week.

Where are you??

As salaamu alaikum sis, I was checking in to see how your doing, I pray that all is well with you and the children. Where is everyone and how are we all doing in our battle of the buldge??? You can read my blog to see how its going for me so far, I am working hard trying to get there sis.Never give up the struggle. I can only get online a little now that my laptop is broken until I get a new computer so I will try to check in at least once or twice a week inshaAllah. Did you ever start the gym,let me know how your doing.........

I will start tomarrow

Well I go to the gym to take a class tomorrow. I have been wanting to do this for a while and now I have a co worker that is going to go too. SO Inshaallah we will have fun. She is a nice woman, Not Muslim, But nice. I think we can encourage each other. My goal is to go at least 3 times a week. I really want to do 4 but I know that is not goign to happen. I can do my tape 2 days a week and feel good. Now I have to work on cutting back on sweets. My nerves have been going crazy lately and I have not been eating right. I hav to stop that.I have to learn how to not be an emotional eater. I have to learn to stop when I am full an not eat when I am not hungry.
I am so happy to see people posting. We have other members............WHERE ARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! COME OUT COME OUT WHERE EVER YOU ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally!!

I thnk I finally know how to work this blog thingy,lol. Thanks for inviting me. My name is Umm Rashid and I also live in the middle east. I am beyond over weight, according to the calculators online I am considered "morbidly obese" ...how depressing is that. Well I just gave birth to baby number 9 last Sept. and I have been trying to get out of this fat-zone. I started a blog myslef to note my own progress and keep track of myself as well. I am glad that we can all be hear to support each other in this.What are you all doing to get your weight down? How many pounds would you like to lose? For me my goal is to be under 200 pounds and then I will continue from there, but to keep myslef motivated I made mini-goals. My goal for February is to get under 300 pounds. I have 10 pounds left to go this month. InshaAllah I will get there.

About the underwear , I feel you, I get mine sent from the states , cant find anything that fits nicely here. Than goes for bra's too. But I did find some nice lingire in Emarats Markets that was plus sized and it fit me well mashaAllah.

I pray that you all get to your goals, talk with you soon and check out my blog if you have time as well. I am not sure how to invite you all but you all are welcome.

What I HATE about being fat!

Living overseas I can NEVER find good underwear!

They have some of the prettiest things you will ever see. And if you are married, LEt me tell you these women know how to entertain their men in the bed room. DO not think Arab women are not into sex because the things they have in the store lets me know otherwide......Fredricks of Holly wood stuff looks like childrens clothes compared to the stuff they have here. for the people in the states you can relate to that
I would love to wear some of that stuff and strutt around for my husband.
I do wear stuff but it is tame sexy and covers all the flaws. I would love to wear a nasty outfit.....but as long as i can look down and seem y stomach and not my feet....that aint going to happen.

I have to buy clothes in the FAT section!

I want to go into any store and buy anything I want. That is another thing I hate about living overseas. I see fat women all the time everyday but i dont see clother for them........wher r they buying there clothes. I mean it is HARD to find things. The thing is my body is sooooo hooked up I have a large top and small bottom. I can wear a size 18 skirt but a 24 top. So I look a mess.

When you lose weight nothing is in the right place anymore.

I guess this is the punishment for eating too much. I have lost weight and when i was heavier My Boobs looked nice and full. NOW they look like my grandmothers......... they are pointing down south. way down south..........
the skin on my thighs look like cottage cheese.lol..............all the lose skin is just there....... I will need to go to dr 90210. get everything nipped, snipped tucked, plucked, and raised...............lol

My kids use me as a pillow!!

They love to lay onme. They say oh mommy you are so sofe and squeeze me like i am a roll of charmine ....or their favorite pillow. I tell them one day it wont be there........they say oh no mommy you have to stay liek this............

the one thing I love about being fat. My kids do not see me as fat. They say oh mom you are not fat you are just soft................I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello!

Hello guys! My name is Ummabdur-Rahmaan and I am FAT! I was invited to join this group even though the creator of the group had no idea I was embarking on a weight loss journey...muahahaha! Ok so a little background I suppose then the stats. I think every week we should give the status of our progress.....
I was never overweight per say but I always felt like I was. When I became pregnant with my first child I was 125. I thought I was fat but 125 at 5'6" is not fat at all. Anyway as the years have moved on, 9 years to be exact I have eaten my way to 180. Now, I had a baby in July of 2005....I went into the pregnancy at 150 (still not fat but I thought I was.) Then when my little man was 7 weeks old we evacuated from our home in New Orleans. After that I started packing on the weight like a hibernating bear....At one point I had gotten up to 200lbs. It seems like I lose it and then I gain it....OK so then with diet and exercise I made it to 170 but hubby was not very supportive, in fact he didn't even notice and I shot back to 195. So I won't go take you on the rest of the roller coaster....I am currently 180. I cry about it alot and my husband laughs at me when I cry. He would like to see me lose weight but he is happy with me the way that I am.....which does not help at all... So I have started cutting calories to knock some chunk off but it seems as if I am staying in the same place......I guess I will have to suck it up and dust off all of those exercise DVDs huh?

Why am I fat!!

I think this is the million dollar question. Yes, I know I am fat becasue I eat too much food. The question is Why do I eat so much. I think if we find this out we can solve our problems.

For me I know if I am depressed I will crave sweets and salty food. I will eat when i am full just to satify a need an emptiness in my life.

For me I alos know I LOVE BREAD!!! I cannot eat only one roll, biscut, or bagel. I have to have at least 2.

These are my weaknesses.

How do I stop them??????????

I also have to work out more. Wen I did lose my weight it was becuase i got my big butt out and walked, rode a bike and I did exercise. I didnt just sit and look at t.v.

So I went out and got a tape to do. One of them is a walkign tape. I have not even looked at it once. My goal is to do it tomarrow morning. I will let you all know how it goes.

Another goal I have is to cut out sweets. Not 100% but limit it to maybe 3 times a week and only 1. No more 3 dounuts, no more 3 candy bars, or 2 dips of ice cream

I also habe to get my husband to stop buying me treats. HE loves me fat. HE does not want me to lose weight. HE says it is too much of a headach. Why waist my time . I dotn need to do this for him. This is for me.

I am sure i have other goals but I need to think of them......