100 POUNDS+ TO SHED?

[Anastazia]

Hi, everyone!
Anyone else here with 100 lbs or more to lose? I know that anyone with any weight to lose can relate to many of the different things that go with being overweight, & weight loss...but those of us with LOTS to lose, the obese, morbidly obese, etc. have some additional issues going on.

I thought I'd see if anyone else would like to join me here with supporting each other on this particular aspect of our raw journey, with accountability, sharing our struggles & victories, as well as solutions to issues those with less weight to lose don't deal with...& whatever else we're led to share.

{Perhaps Bunny would even set up a specific group here for us...? Bunny...?}

Soooo...anyone interested?

~Anastazia~

(& please don't take offense at this cartoon! It just made me giggle!)

[aRawOma]

I guess without you on we kinda stopped checking in with each other. I think I really went off the deep end on Super Bowl Sunday, it was alot of snacking on alot of not so good food...........SO since then I have been totally raw, all day, every day. I really learned or should I say I remembered why I was doing this in the first place. My back ached for 3 days and I was so bloated from the salt, I couldn't believe I had gotten so far off track.
I hope things are better with you, just know we are here and want to give you support. Okay?

~Anastazia~ said:

Sorry I dissapeared from here, & everywhere, everyone...been unable to afford produce, etc. at all lately, & I've also been under too much stress with too much goin' on...but I'm finally slowing down a little, & getting back on track, & will hopefully be able to get going on more raw food in my life in the next week or so...
...until then, I'm focussing on moving more, getting back on a early morning schedule, & getting my house back in order, which helps in every area of my life!

So what have you all been up to lately?
What have you been doing to reach towards your goals?
How are you progressing?

Like I wrote in my blog post today, upon returning here to RawFu, I feel like I've been taking one step forward & a few too many back to make much progress lately, but I know it's ALL about to radically change, & boy, am I ready for it!

So....catch me up! What did I miss???

~Anastazia~

[Anastazia]

K, I'm done checkin' out! (Please forgive me....again!!!) & you can all check in even without me, ya know!! Or call me back, & hold me accountable for dissapearing!!! I wouldn't mind, honest! (In fact, I confess, it would really help lately!)

I keep making a fresh start, then getting waylayed, side-tracked, off track, & back & forth...
...but it's GOTTA stop, my body's cryin' UNCLE!!! NO MORE!!!
So, here I go again, startin' over, ready for the healing to unfold.

I just cleaned out my fridge & cupboards, & hope to get some produce tomorrow & start shedding the pounds again...

I have lab tests to go get done, was going to wait until i did, so I'd know where I'm starting at, but don't know when I can get in, & need to get on with raw NOW!!!

I had a few baby coconuts today & WOW! My body thanked me for HOURS!!!!!

So how are you guys all doin'?
Are you feeling spring around the corner?
Are you ready for another hot summer???
I know I can barely be out in the heat at this weight, & I want to be able to handle it MUCH better this year than I have been the last few years!
I also want to be able to keep moving, exercising, even when it's hot,
so I know I need to start pushing myself harder now!!

What are you doing for exercise? & how often?
Are you feeling your fitness levels increasing???
What helps YOU be consistant???

Determinedly,
~Anastazia~

[Anastazia]

Wrote this late last nite, so **BUMP**...

[Anastazia]

So here it is a new month!
Are you all thinking about spring coming? & SUMMER???

I know I may not be ready for a bathing suit by the summer, but I DO want to be able to handle being out in the heat, & doin' stuff in the sunshine without getting waaaaaay too over-heated to function (like the last 6 or 7 summers!)
& much as I know raw will get me there, I know I NEED to move more daily, as well! We have a treadmill now, but it got covered in STUFF, (I'm sorting a bunch of stuff in the livingroom) so TODAY it's getting unburied, & I'll be on it throughout the day!
So have you been setting some specific goals? I find it most helpful & effective to set both short & long-term goals, it keeps me focussed on one day at a time, as well as what can happen month by month if I keep goin', & also, wehre I can be & what I can accomplish 6 months & a year from now!

But always, we gotta take it one day at a time, right?

~Anastazia~

[aRawOma]

Okay I've got the same thing going on in my living room, stuff on the exercise machine! Only I don't have an excuse like cleaning and sorting things. We are just using it as a freaking coat rack.......So off the stuff went and I did 20 minutes tonight. Can I commit to 20 a day, for say 6 months too? Let's try. Okay?
I know what that feels like in the summer, too hot and too uncomfortable!! I don't think I've even gone out of the house or out of the back yard in shorts and a sleeveless top in years.
And lets put some icing on my cake, I just gained back 4 pounds because I've been eating cooked food again. The hubs he's great, he made 24 choc cupcakes, and its just the 2 of us! What the heck is he thinking? That after all these years my will power is 200% stronger than it used to be. I took them to work!

One day at a time right?
Carol

[Swirly]

This is a great idea. Thank you!
Kath

[shelly keith]

I am new here just joined last night actuaally:) I also have well over 100 to lose, closer to 200 actually. I am also new to raw, although I do believe it is the way we were intended to eat all along. So any help with how to begin would be greatly appreciated! A little about me: I am a 32 year old wife and mom of 5, yes 5:) Ranging in age from 12 years all the way down to 4 months. Since having my baby they have put me on meds for high blood pressure and post partum depression. But I know if I get back to working out and feed my body what it needs, I will be off the meds in no time!

[Lowanna]

Im here as a permanent fixture too!

[Lowanna]

comon, my heart sunk, not ready for bathers, what? The Summer Challenge or the I wear bathers cos I can challenge!*
I so wanna see you go get some bathers even shorts and a tanktop and Get out there in that sun. Expose that gorgeous skin to the sensual water/sun, swim, play and frolick like no one is watching...ughh If I can do it, you gotta give it a go.

~Anastazia~ said:

So here it is a new month!
Are you all thinking about spring coming? & SUMMER???

I know I may not be ready for a bathing suit by the summer, but I DO want to be able to handle being out in the heat, & doin' stuff in the sunshine without getting waaaaaay too over-heated to function (like the last 6 or 7 summers!)
& much as I know raw will get me there, I know I NEED to move more daily, as well! We have a treadmill now, but it got covered in STUFF, (I'm sorting a bunch of stuff in the livingroom) so TODAY it's getting unburied, & I'll be on it throughout the day!
So have you been setting some specific goals? I find it most helpful & effective to set both short & long-term goals, it keeps me focussed on one day at a time, as well as what can happen month by month if I keep goin', & also, wehre I can be & what I can accomplish 6 months & a year from now!

But always, we gotta take it one day at a time, right?

~Anastazia~

[Sarah]

Hey stazia!

I am back, and still with lots of weight to lose. You always inspire me. I want to get back on the wagon for health, without focusing on weight loss, but I would sure like to lsoe a few lbs here and there!

Raw was so much easier with the farmers markets in the summer time. Everythign costs more during the winter!!

I am going grocery shopping and doing some journaling this weekend so I can get myself back to where I need to be...part of the raw sisterhood!

peace and love, namaste!!

Sarah

[Anastazia]

Wow, you guys, I'm soooo sorry, I'm tryin' hard to keep up with everything, but keep forgetting to check in here! & then when I don't come to RawFu for a few days, I miss it when ya'll post here!!! Please forgive me!!! Let's keep goin' k? & don't hestate to pop over to my page & kick my butt when I dissapear!!!

Carol, how're you doing with your exercise equipment? My treadmill's in the middle of my living room, which isn't working, cuz then I can't get on the floor & do the other exercising I was doing, so we're in the process of moving everything around & finding a better place for it...& good for you for gettin' those cupcakes outa there!!! Congrats on the self-control! & I hope your hubby has become more supportive, & stops tempting you like that! It's soooo much easier to keep goin', & resist temptation when we have support from our loved ones! (& you can tell him I said so!)

& Swirly, sorry I missed you, Hi! & welcome! Did you get to make some goals, & how are you doing with meeting them?

& Howdy, Shelly keith! Congrats on such a lovely-sized family! What a blessing! I, too, have about 200 to go, but I know we gotta do it just a little at a time, right? The best way to begin (& re-begin, ha ha!) is to keep it simple, eat according to appetite, & not give up, no matter what!

& Lowanna, that's such a cute way of sayin' it, bathers! Ok, ok, I may wear shorts & a tank top, & go swimming at least once or twice...I do LOVE to swim! I even swim in my dreams!!! If you can do it, so can I, you're right!!!

& Hi, Sarah! (**Waving!!!**) Can't wait for our farmer's market, too! Boy, am I EVER ready for spring!! How are you doing now? I'm finally getting back on track, stayin' raw more consistantly, & feelin' a little better every day again...

So we're all stickin' around for the next challenge, right? Does anyone wanna do some brainstorming with me on ways we can support, encourage, & hold each other accountable for when the next challenge starts? (Or even right now!) Here's some ideas I've had about this:

~ Weigh-in days (how about on Biggest loser Tuesdays again, like we used to?)
~ mini-challenges that we issue to each other (on tuesdays, for the coming week?) (maybe with donated little prizes/rewards for those who reach their goal?)
~ Charting our place on the BMI index, & our goal weights to reach the next (lower) level...
~ gathering & sharing the BEST (& biggest!)weight loss testimonies (through raw food, of course!) & sharing the links! (maybe I'll just start a new thread for this...?)


There's more, but I'm gettin' sleepy, so that's all for now! (Can't wait to her your ideas!)

So is anybody still with me???

~Anastazia~

[Shauna Leigh Alexander]

Carol, Anastazia...I am going thru a similar thing as the two of you. I would love to join this group, as I need to lose 100 more pounds. It was a great start last year, and felt amazing and released 66 lbs., but I petered out, and am slowly starting my RawFood adventure, again. Have a beautiful day, everyone!