My story is: I want to lose 40-50 pounds and KEEP it off!!!!!! I have chosen to eat low fat, lower calories and exercise (Pilates and some weights). My goal is to learn to eat right and keep doing that for the rest of my life! My goal weight for now is 135, but would like to be 125! 

Here I go...

I am 5'2" and before I had my ds I weighed a whopping 98#.  I looked like a twig with a butt!  Two weeks after buying my first (and ONLY) pair of size ZERO jeans I found out I was pregnant!  My metabolism hit a brick wall head on during my pregnancy (both actually) and I gained 52# so at birth I weighed 150...UGH!!!  I lost all the weight after my son because I got a job in a hotel which required me to go up & down a flight of stairs about 60+ times a day.DH wasn't thrilled because he likes me with some weight on.  I plateaued at 112 after getting a job driving auto parts around town. THEN came dd and all the weight back with her.  <----I just love this little guy!!

Ok, to make a LOOONNGGG story a bit shorter...I would like to get to 120 - 130 (dh says he'll divorce me if I go under 120  )  I sit behind a desk ALL day, home is just crazy and I don't live in a neighborhood that has lights or sidewalks so evening walks are out of the question.  We have a great weight set, but I am not a self motivator and am not sure what excercises would be best on the machine.  I really don't like working out in front of dh either.  SO right now I am adjusting my eating habits, trying to remember to do desk excercises (Thanks again Mlle  ) I haven't had coffe in three days and the only caffeine I get is what little there is in my green/white teas. I am drinking 48 to 64 oz of water daily and atleast 32 oz of green or white tea (very diluted-1 white tea bag or 2 green per 32 oz water)

Good luck everyone!!!!  Love 

Here is my story:
I have always been on the chubby side.  I guess it's in the genes. I am Latina and my diet consisted of a lot of rice and beans all my life.  Growing up I was never very active.
  I am 5 feet 3 inches tall and I was at 188 lbs at the beginning of January.  I am 30 years old and was not feeling very healthy.  I was diagnosed with VERY HIGH triglyceides in the summer, and was feeling numbness in my arms and pain in my chest.  As you imagine, this scared me.  I have a daughter who JUST turned 8 and I want to get in shape for her.  I want to be around to see her grow up.
  I do not like the way I look, as all the fat gathers around my waist.  I detest shopping for myself as nothing fits.

But that will ALL CHANGE.  On Jan.9, I started nutrisystem for help with portion control and walking for exercise. 
Week 1: lost 4 pounds
Week 2 lost 5 pounds
week 3:  lost 1.5 pounds, and am currently at 177.5 pounds and very pleased and motivated to continue. 

My goal is to get to 130 pounds, which is a goal of 58 pounds lost and I BELIEVE I can do it.  I never belived before, but this time is different.  With nurtisystem, I am eating lots of vegetables and fruits and drinking lots of water.

Thanks for reading and I will keep you updated.

NLC and Pinked!

You guys rock! Keep up the great work! Change is hard and I know you can do this!

Your sassy little cheerleader from the north!

Countess I should mention that my weight changes took about 1.5 months before I seriously noticed anything....and about 8 months to get to size 6...(I started as a 14-16)....I really should have talked more about the time line, cause it can get real frustrating when you've made changes and you are not seeing immediate results!

Thank you very much for your kind words!


P.S. I choose not to own a scale and go by how my clothes fit...reason? Because if you have access to a scale you will step on it everyday and perhaps your weight isn't changing as fast as you feel it should. Then you start to feel like a failure and soon quit the healthier lifestyle you go back to your previous lifestyle feeling unhappy drowning your sorrows in an icecream sunday....I know I've done this! Kick the scale to the curb!

 

Hi unsure, I know sometimes you reach a plateau in dieting and maybe need to mix it up a bit, change what you are doing for exercise and change the foods that you are eating.

I know when I first start losing, I hit a wall for a few weeks and need to keep from getting frustrated and then BAM, I start losing tons!

Best of luck to you, keep us posted!!!!!!!! 

Hi Zaid, haven't seen you in awhile!

There are sitting exercises that you can do and breathing exercises that have you tighten your stomach as you breath and such. If you do a search I bet you can find some freebie exercises on line.  Love