Lose weight and get in shape.

I’ve lost 70 pounds since last February!!! My divorce is the main reason, but I’ve also been eating more consistently and that really seems to help my metabolism. I feel MUCH better and I’m able to do so much more with my son! I also have a great new boyfriend!

I can think of a hundred things to motivate me…..look better, feel better, live longer, feel better about myself,be physically able to do more, have more fun and feel better about myself. But no matter what, I just can’t seem to stop eating. I can’t control the cravings, and I eat even when I’m not hungry.

My goals are to walk at lease three days a week lift weight once a week.

You’ve all been there with me right? You start eating right, exercising, ‘behaving yourself’ in other words, and you lose a few pounds. Now you’re all inspired by what you see on the scale and you ‘behave yourself’ some more. A week or two down the road, you get busy and tired and you go back to doing the easy thing and basically ‘not behaving yourself’. I have officially gone back to the easy thing and lost my focus. I had my son 2 years ago and have stayed the same obese weight since then. Recently my Memaw had a talk with me and expressed her fears about my health and my ability to keep up with my son, she scared and inspired me to ‘behave myself’. I had made some small changes in my life and fairly quickly I had reached a weight I had not seen since I met the Mr.

Now I’m back to ‘misbehaving’ and it’s killing me. I know what I should be doing and eating, but I just can’t seem to ‘behave’. I play mind games with myself about working out; I’ll tell myself, “I’ll just play with Jr. until 7 then go to the gym.” Next thing I know, it’s 10 and I’m heading off to bed. I know I should be eating 5 times a day but I never bring enough snacks to work to accomplish this.

Maybe I need a babysitter for myself. Someone to follow me around and make sure I have everything I need and that I stick to my schedule. Wait, isn’t that an assistant? I wonder if I can find someone who’ll take $20 a week as salary?

So I actually lost weight without even trying too hard.

I stopped eating out at lunch every day, and pack myself a cpl of sandwiches to eat daily. This cuts the serving size down drastically from the heaps you get at fast food joints or food courts. I used to get hungry for the first couple of months, but a small snack later in the day helped. Now I no longer get that hungry and dont really snack later in the day.

In fact when I eat at food courts I can never finish the whole serving anymore.

I used to wear 40 inch waist pants. Now after a year i’m fitting into 36 waist stuff! And this is without exercising.

i have been trying to for awhile but i think i am finally on the wright track

OK, I am saying September 1st is the day I will start my diet and exercise program. I will be a hunk by Christmas 2008!!!! YES!!!!

I want to lose weight for our upcoming wedding.. already down 25lbs!

Yes, it’s working. Biking over 15 miles three times a week, plus change. Did a 30 mile ride a few weeks ago, and planning for a there-and-back 50 or three in the coming weeks. I think I look better, but it’s fits and starts. Def. feeling better!

I’m not in a very bad shape but I still want to lose weight because then I will feel more confident.