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......