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ARGH! I gained 2 lbs. last night! I hate the building up the muscle part. Gaining weight to lose weight is such a motivation killer. 3 out of four days I have ran 4 miles. I have also hit the yard work pretty hard- about two hours a day. Have you ever tried thinning out wild blackberries? Yikes! Between those and the polk salad I am pretty scratched up and sore. If the calculations are correct I have burnt 1000 calories on the days I both ran and did yard work. I cannot wait to see the scale below 200 again.

I am so proud of all of you who are losing your weight and sticking with your eating and exercising routines. You are all motivation for me to stay strong and not give up. Of course, next week I will be back to teaching and not have as much time to burn additional calories. I figured spring break was the best kick start time for changing my habits.

Sarah- I teach in an elementary school and I am in graduate school for my Specialist in Education. The park is where I lost a lot of my weight the first time. We have a park close to my house which has a 3 mile paved trail with lots of rolling hills. I bought a double jogging stroller to put the younger two in and the 5 and 4 year old ride their bikes or walk. Now that the weather is warming up and the days are longer in GA we can start back to our little family workouts. My husband is just shy of 300 pounds and needs to lose the weight, too.

I haven't checked in for awhile. The good news is I am out of my self-loathing state of mind.

mabear and Sarah- I have the exact opposite issue when I am pregnant. I lose too much weight because I am sick the entire time. Before you say "oh, shut up" I must tell you that after I deliver the baby I gain 20 to 30 pounds in a month each time. I just had my fourth baby (kids are 5, 4, 3, and 9 months). I was in the 220's when I became pregnant, down to the 180's while pregnant, and shot back up to the 220's after the pregnancy. It is so nice to enjoy my favorite foods (which are... just about everything) without getting so sick, that I just continuously eat them. This does not help with my emotional eating habits. In my opinion, I think it would be easier to gain while pregnant and lose afterwards, but I have not been in your shoes. My point? I am glad to hear you are not experiencing the opposite. I have every confidence you will lose the weight. Why? Because you are facing it, have a plan, and are talking about it with others. I wish you only the best, and I will baby sit your scales if you need me to! mabear when are you due? I may have missed a post- are either of you first time mothers? Don't worry- I try to only give child rearing advice when asked!

Kauf- WOW!!! You are AMAZING! You worked really hard! You are close to losing an entire one of me, and that's quite a lot! I am 5' 10" and 215 lbs.

Well, I want to amend my spring goals by comfortaby fitting in a size 14 (this means no muffin top) by the last day of school which is May 21st. I am squeezing into a 16 right now. The smallest size I can fit in is a 9/10 due to my large bone structure. The last time I wore that size was 12 years ago. I exercised today for the first time in three weeks. It was harder than it has been, but I feel great. I hope the motivation continues. Here we go...

I want to join.  I lost a  bunch of weight, but I have gained almost all of it back. I was running every morning, but I stopped with the time change, because being tired was the excuse I needed to give up.

I will hop back on the treadmill wagon tomorrow morning and log some miles for Mission: Run Around the World. I am hoping this mission will be the motivation for my mission to lose 40 lbs!

Well, I am up three more pounds on the scale. I was 23 pounds lighter mid December. I am at a self-loathing stage right now. Emotions drive my eating, so when I feel bad about what I eat, I just eat more, and feel bad again. It is a viscious cycle. I keep saying I am ready to lose the weight, but for some reason I am not taking the action. I have great plans in my head, but can come up with every excuse in the book not to follow through.

I have had an extremely stressful year at school. Guess what I do to solve it? EAT! Those of you who work in a school environment know what is constantly available to eat: mailroom goodies, treats form the kids, treats for the kids, cafeteria food (ours is fantastic), and the treat jars in other peoples rooms and offices. I have one more week until spring break. My goal is to work through this week one day at a time.

I plan to wake up early tomorrow and exercise an hour before school. I have had this plan for the last two weeks, but now I have put it down in writing and told others. I must follow through, not only for me, but for my four beautiful children and my wonderful husband. I need to be healthy for them, too.

Why is this so hard?

Hi Everyone- I am new to this as of the last five minutes. I am 5' 10" and 212 pounds. I teach elementary school and attend graduate school full time. I have four children who are 5, 4, 3, and 9 months. I'm 31.

My weight has been fluctuating from 223 to 192. I was doing so well until Christmas, and then I just let myself go, again. I have a history of stuggling with weight loss. I feel myself getting into a "poor me- pick up another high calorie food" mode. I even gave up all "extracurricular" sweets (ice cream, cake, cokies, candy, etc.) for lent and still did not lose weight. My husband bought me a treadmill, but it sits lonely in the basement calling out to me. The excuses are flowing, and the more I make the worse they get.

One would think becoming healthy in order to live longer and set an example for my beautiful children would be enough motivation, but itdoesn't seem to be. Neither is the promise of a new wardrobe. We even have a weight loss club at school where the person who loses the largest percent of thier body weight wins $100 or more. Not feeling the motivation at the moment.

I am praying this website and all of the tools available will help. I am tired of looking at all of the young, cute, skinny teachers who are being hired at school. Their pants would fit on my left thigh. There are very few people who are over 200lbs where I work, so not many people understand what it is like. I was excited to see this forum and hope it will help pull me out of my funk. It is encouraging to see I am not the only one who struggles with the weight loss "demons" I try to shake daily! I look forward to reading what others are doing and applying the ideas to my routine.