I started going to a personal trainer to lose my baby weight. I also started to run. I bought a jogging stroller to run with my son. I have lost all my baby weight and the 10 pounds I gained before I had him. I am now trying to get back to the weight I graduated from college with 10 years ago. Anyways, my point is that the weight will come off - for me it is only about 2 pounds per month through diet and exercise. A good strength training plan twice a week (which you can do in your home) and cardio 3 times a week for one hour will do wonders.
I told my husband my issues and asked him for his help. I shared that I wanted to look "good" for myself and to feel healthier. I bet if you shared your thoughts with your husband, he would be very helpful. Men like to see action and action plans.
CUDA440 11/1/06 12:11 P
Colette, Welcome, You can do this. Take it a few steps at a time and it will come off.
I was 30 when I got pregnant with my first and I went from 179 to over 200. I was glad to have been back to my pre-preg weight at my 6 week appointment. BUT then 1 1/2 years later my freind started me on SP and I lost 20 LBS and then got pregnant with #2. I was able to stay under 200 this time, but only got back to 177 again. Happy to say I am able to fit into my pants that I had just purchased when I was 159!!!! Look around the site and find some teams or challenges to join.
You can do this.
Beckie
COLLETTESKI 11/1/06 10:45 A
Thanks, I hope it goes good....
BUFFEDSTUFF 11/1/06 1:33 A
welcome aboard and I wish you well on your journey.
COLLETTESKI 10/31/06 3:38 P
Hi, I just added myself to this board, thought i'de share some about myself and get a feel of the place; here's a little about me and why i'm here, I feel like starting by saying "Hi, my name's Collette and i'm fat..." like this is some kind of fat anonymous meeting and I want to get to know everyone, lol. Anyway, I grew up in a family of EXTREMELY skinny girls, except me. My mom struggles to gain weight, my sister wore a size 2 dress to her wedding and my other sister was the same weight as I was, but she had 3 kids! (this was 2 years ago) Pretty much my whole life had gone this way. In 8th grade I experimented a little with bulemia, but making myself throw up really wasn't for me, plus my boy friend (now husband) really didn't like it that much and thought I was beautiful anyway. It's not that I was even fat, it was more that I didn't feel good about the way that I looked, I had large boobs, something that most girls my age didnt' have and the ones that did, were well, fatter than normal and so I assumed that I was as well. How I wish I could have that body back now! But all through high school I struggled with feeling like I looked good enough. I had a 'friend' that always told me that I was too fat and needed to lose some to wear what I wore, and all sorts of mean things, I wasn't even fat at all now that I look back, I was gorgeous. But soon after high school and getting rid of that friend, I got married to my high school sweet heart, Brandon. After being married for 3 months, I got pregnant. When I went for my 1st checkup I was 140, I didn't love the way that I looked, but I didn't hate it either, I wore a bikini without too much stress, then at the end of my pregnancy I had a hard time even looking in the mirror! I had gained 50 lbs. I was 190! I could see a double chin, which Brandon says wasn't there but I hated the way that I looked, I worked really hard to lose the weight but I had a c-section and still with just losing the weight, everything is distributed differently and I don't like the way I look. I wear a 'tummy tucker' to make myself look better, but I don't like to, I just want to lose the weight and look good. I want more kids, but I dn't want to do that to myself again, I don't know if it's possible to have a child and not come out humiliated with the wayt hat I look, but my sister does it and looks great. I'm stressed over the way I look all of the time, I cry a lot over it, I thought that maybe getting to know some people that are going through what i'm going through might help me. Maybe I can get some friends that care... I don't know what i'm looking for really. I don't want to lose weight, I want to lose inches in all reality. I've tried the special K diet and I lsot about 15 lbs, but I think i'm gaining it back. People always ask me if i'm pregnant, which i'm not and it's really embarassing, my land lord even rubbed my tummy, I seriously about knocked her clean into next week! but that's my story, i'm off to look at things here, sorry I talk a lot. Hope to get to knwo some people on here soon. Looking forward to talking with you. Collette
