Neeed a weight loss buddy

[La_mexicanbeauty]

Im 19 and weight 222 the most ive ever weighed i need a buddy to offer words of encouragement and inspire me to keep on going im going to start as soon as possible and i will do the same. I plan on losing 80 pounds.

[la gorda]

Hello Mexican Beauty,

Mija,My name is Angie,but...on here I call myself LaGorda!I hope you don't mind me calling you mija?just that I have daughters older than you.Well I'm also on my weight loss journey!I weigh 220.hey were only a few lbs.difference?I'm40 yrs.old from Cali,and work full time,I've tried sooo many diets,healthy eating approaches,you name it...Some people tell me if ya call it a diet..you wont want to stay on it long...Well if ya ask me...anytime you cant eat the food you love...like my flour tortillas by hand,menudo,frijoles refritos...your on a diet!!!!Some yrs. ago I lost 80 or so lbs.on my own...but I went through alot of problems with family and I gained it all back..so mija,if you would like to be my diet buddy...I'm up for it....I also put a post...and no one answered it...maybe they were scared of my name or couldn't pronounce it!!haha...so lets be buddies?You can tell me a bit about yourself...after I practically told ya my life story....Take care...together we can do this...

[sweetie42983]

Hi Angie...my name is Jess. We're around the same weight and if you need some encouragement, I'm here for you. We can do it together.

[la gorda]

Hi Jess!!


Yes! I need all the encouragement I can get...Thanks.So were officially diet buddies!Well I've been on this road a few times.How bout you?Wow that is awesome you losing all that weight on your own!!Years back...I also lost a few lbs.and now...I like to blame it on my age...or kids...my grandchildren if I could too.haha!!But this time its for good...I cant stand to go to a store and just come out with LARGE size clothing..(that cost tooo much) or just underwear...I want to be hip granny.How bout you do you have children?So Jess, what is a sample of that you eat daily?what kind of excercise do you do?have ya tried the firm videos?their great...so tell me a bit about yourself..now that we took up Mexican Beautys post....maybe we should start a new one?let me know...

Take care, La Gorda......

[sweetie42983]

Angie...I know how you fel with the yo-yo diets. I went through the same thing. For once in my life, I'm finally watching what I eat. I have much smaller portions and the reason why I can stick to this diet is bc once a week, I cheat. I know it's prolly pretty odd diet advice, but I have a big problem sticking to a diet with strict restrictions. I found that one cheat a week was hard at first (I wanted so many more!!!) but gradually, it became all I needed and now, I don't even do it every week. With the holidays coming around the bend, it'll prolly be kinda hard but I'm ready. I've set realistic goals and I think I can achieve them. I eat 3 meals a day (protein like eggs for breakfast, a burger (no bun) for lunch with some veggies and a sensible dinner (protein, one starch (like potato), and veggies...I eat 2 snacks a day...usually fruit too). I walk 2 miles a day on my teadmill or go for an hour long walk around town with my hubby. That's pretty much all there is to my diet.
I have 2 kids. Jimmy (step-son) is 13 and Tyler (son) is 19 months. When I couldn't play with Ty w/out getting out of breath, I realized it was time for change. I'm on my way.
Well, I think I've written too much, so I'll talk to you soon.

[la gorda]

Hell Jess,


Well yes,I have been yo-yo dieting for years...and I just cant seem to lose these rolls..You know I cheat alot...I tried that one cheat day...and 2,3,4...I basically try to eat yogurt w/fruit in a.m,lunch turkey sand w/a salad,and large salad w/shrimp or veggies.I'm not into grilled chicken...Its hard for me since I love to cook and I might say I am a good cook!!I also love to bake...but now I bake without veg-oil,I use apple sauce.Yeah woman I know the feeling...when your out of breath and cant even play with your children..Many years ago what motivated me to lose weight was my younger daughter...I overheard her and a friend saying she was emberrased of her "fatmom"...Was that a wake up or what?So now I'm on this healthy approach to weight loss again...I'm glad I got ya on my side...Together we can do this....take care..



Angie...