Posts by nursejenn0623

Hi Everyone. I'm Jenn, 32, sahm of two kids. My girl just turned six, and my boy will be four in september.

I just started watching what I eat and using this site almost a week ago. My best friend has been using this site since April and has lost around 25 lbs., and she is definitely my motivation!!! So, I decided to try it...and I LOVE it!!!

I'm 5'3", 142lbs., on a tiny little frame, so every pound I put on, has no where to hide.  And I'm sick of trying to hide it...time to LOSE it!!!

I never really had to worry about my weight, I was always pretty much a size 4. Don't know how much I weighed, b/c I can't own a scale. (i get obsessive) But, over the last year, my family went through some major changes. Some rather difficult ones at that. My children got through it, by having some behavior problems. And I got through it, by eating. I was depressed and upset, and eating to try to feel in control of something. And then getting more depressed, b/c I was gaining weight.

Needless to say, I am now a size 10/12, and ready to get off my a$$ and take control of my life!! I need to get myself healthy again. Oh, forgot to mention, I have heart problems to begin with, which have certainly not been good, since the weight gain. I have also been having a horrible problem with fluid pockets around my ankles. Plus my energy level, to play with my kids, has been HORRIBLE!!!

I am NOT going to do that to my kids!! They used to have an active, playful mom and they deserve to have her back!! And that is exactly what I'm going to give them!!!

So, I guess I'm here to meet some new people, that are going through similar situations. I have never been one, to join groups or seek the support or advice of others, so I figured it's time to change that too!!! So, I'd love to meet some new people. Feel free to add me. Thanks for letting me blab!!

reneeb36- I am a smoker also. As far as the running, are you really struggling, or afraid that you can't do it? I ask, only b/c I swore that I couldn't run b/c of my smoking, and sometimes getting out of breath, just running up my stairs, or trying to run around outside with the kids. And last week when I started all of these, I started walking. The first night, I did 2 miles in about 35min., and I was struggling with the hills terribly.(huffing and puffing) The second night, I did 2 miles, still briskly walking, but running every three blocks, only for one block, and surprisingly I didn't keel over...lol...   So...I am just running a little tiny bit at a time and I'm tolerating it well. Hope that helps. I think part of me, just had myself talked into the fact, that after smoking for almost 19years, and being really out of shape, that I just couldn't do it. And, I proved myself wrong!!

Thanks for listening everyone!!