Posts by kriskoby0431

Hi everyone. My name is Kriste I am 33 yrs old and I would love to join your group.

My start weight was 297 (dec. 19, 2007)

my current weight is: 288.6

I have also been overweight and I am ready for a change. I completely know how some of you feel about a booth being to small or walking past the cute clothes and settling for whatever is there. My goal is to drop below 200 lbs. by New Years. My 15th wedding anniversary is Jan. 7, 2009 and I would love to look great and feel great. My ultimate goal is to be 150 lbs. My challenges are salt (love salt on food), eating just because (I will think about something that sounds good or see it on TV and BAM next thing I know I am stuffing something in my mouth and just getting up to do anything. I am always tired and not bery motivated. My husband, who is 150 lbs and very motivated when it comes to exercising, we joined our local YMCA right before Christmas and have been going 4-5 times a week. They have a personal fitness trainer who develops a plan just for you. It is great, I do alot better when someone says here is what you have to do now do it. Every 6 weeks we take an assessment test and a new program is given to me to follow. So far I have lost 9 lbs and 4 inches off my waist. I have cut salt out of my diet, I drink about 80 oz of water everyday and anytime I think about food I grab a handful of carrots or grapes or a trick I read online is to go brush your teeth cause then food tastes bad and you won't want to eat it. I also read that before a meal drink a glass of water then after drink another glass if you can't drink the second glass you know you ate too much so cut back at the next meal. I am also now eating 4-5 small meals a day instead of 2-3 big meals. I hope I can keep it up and keep going. It took a lot for me to get up and start moving. I am trying to get pregnant and all I focus on is knwing that if I don't do this I will never have a healthy baby.

I wish everyone luck and great success. It is amazing seeing all of the wonderful people on here supporting everyone. for people who are not struggling with obesity it is really hard to understand some of the struggles we face.

Oh and thanks for listening.

thank you for starting this thread and I can't wait to read next weeks weight losses.

I would like to join. I am new to the site and the forum.  I want to lose 100+ pounds by New Years day. I am severly obese and could use some support. My husband and I joined our local YMCA right before Christmas. I have lost a couple inches off my waist but the pounds are not coming off.

First day of spring is my birthday so its a good goal date for me. I would love to lose 20 pounds by then.

goal weight: 150