Bought my first pair of running pants and shoes. First step in the right direction! 4 months ago

I just joined Crunch. They are opening right up the street from me and they have a monthly price of $9.95 which includes all the classes and equipment. This is the cheapest gym I have ever belonged to and they have way more machines. No swimming pool, which is fine with me since I never use the pool anyway. That’s where all the bacteria is. Yick!

I joined without a signup fee, which, I think, anyone with good negotiation skills can convince them to do.

I will be using it all the time when it opens in January.

I need to buy new clothes. Everything is falling off of me. 5 months ago

Sometimes I feel like I’m starving. Other times I feel like I’m just fine. My clothes are getting looser and the “ten pound” top I bought for myself a while back fits me now. Yay! I’m going to go out and buy myself something else that’s too small for me. 8 months ago

So as nice as losing 1-2 pounds a week is I need to lose more! I want to be healthy about it though. So I really have to step it up with the workouts. First week just ate good. Second week added working out 30-60 mins 4 days this past week in a row out of 6 days. I feel like i need to go biggest loser style and workout 2x a day from 2-4 hours a day. Does this sound extreme yes but I want extreme results. The only way to get extreme results is to do extreme work. Not only do i need to look better i am prediabetic and have other problems brewing that make it really important for me to get to a healthy weight. My goal is to weigh in at about 148 and i really don’t have a time frame on that. Just getting myself at least below obese levels is my first goal. I don’t know if I will weigh in this Tuesday or wait until next Sunday morning, which is what I’m leaning towards, but once I do i will post my total loss since restarting my diet for 2nd time this yr. From Dec-feb I lost 15 pounds and from April 14-now I lost 5 pounds that I know of. Can’t wait to see those numbers! :-) 13 months ago

So since I was a kid I have been fat-let’s not sugar coat this-fat! I mean not to the point you’d need to butter me to fit through a door, but enough to clinicly hit the mark of being morbidly obese for several years now, or at least just obese. I had lost 60 pounds a year and a half ago and pretty much gained it all back but 8 pounds. Then starting this past Dec (2011) I started trying to lose again. I got down 15 pounds, and stopped again. Over the years this is what I have done, up down up down, I just never stick to it. I just want to be healthy really. My goal is to have lost total 100 pounds, but I have already lost 15 or a little more to I joined the lose 80 pounds group. I am trying to cut back (not out) on carbs, eating whole grains, no white bread white rice etc., more fruits and veggies and smaller portions for sure. No eating late, and exercise any way I can weather it’s stairs instead of elevator or the gym, get in more physical activity whenever it shows an opportunity to do so. I am trying to lose about 30-40 pounds by June 16, which from now is 7 weeks, I have been at it about a week so far I do not know how much I’ve lost my weigh in day is Monday mornings, once a week only. Trying not to obsess. I just hate being fat! I hate giving up starting then giving up again, losing gaining losing gaining. It’s like a never ending maze. I just hope this time I find the end. 13 months ago