Hi! Started using this site yesterday and would love to find a motivating friend or two. I'm probably a better motivator than motivatee. 

I read about CC in the current issue of Women's Health. Best fitness magazine ever - and Men's Health is an awesome read, too. Especially if you're trying to "sell" a healthier lifestyle to your man-in-residence.

Anyway...

33, 166 lbs., just under 5'8", medium frame. Female. Mommy of a toddler. Wife of a skinny nordic type who never gains an ounce.

My goal is 135-140, which is 5-10 lbs. heavier than I was in my 20s. I maintained a pretty healthy 145 lbs after my pregnancy (5 years ago), but gained 20 lbs this summer after a course of prednisolone. Everyone said, "it's just water weight from the steroid." Three months later, I am 100% sure it's not just water weight!

So, I'm a listmaker and a planner... I just have trouble following through with my brilliant plans - especially with exercise. I work from home with a flexible schedule, so you'd think I could make some %$@!# time to sweat. Ideally, once I start exercising on a regular basis, I will become addicted to the serotonin/endorphin rush. You know, like the "success stories" in Shape, Self, and WH.

If you're anything like me, feel free to shoot me a message. Thanks!

Hi!

 I too am a mom of young ones.  I am 30 and looking to lose 24 more pounds.  I am 5'5" and 160.5 now.  I gained two pounds over the holidays, but I am back at it.  I will add you as a friend. 

Happy New Year!

I also just started yesterday and am looking for a few friends/motivators as well.  Like bluemag1, i found the website in Women's Health. 

 Bluemag1 - you and I seem to have similar body measurements and in our early 30's.  Hopefully we can help motivate each other!

 I get all three of the magazines you mentioned, but never seem to do anything with the info in them.  I like to use time as an excuse......but I need to make the time.

My brother passed away two months ago at the age of 38 because of his left anterior artery to the heart being a 100% blocked.  There is a family history of heart disease that starts in the late 30's.  So this has been somewhat of a motivator for me!  I saw him leave behind to beautiful boys, and I am a single mom who can't risk leaving my son behind.  So I am doing this more for the fact of making healthy choices.

Original Post by almareal:

Hi!

 I too am a mom of young ones.  I am 30 and looking to lose 24 more pounds.  I am 5'5" and 160.5 now.  I gained two pounds over the holidays, but I am back at it.  I will add you as a friend. 

Happy New Year!

What a thoughtful profile you have! I enjoyed browsing your interest list - we have some funny little things in common, i.e., professional musician in the family. Ditto on add-friend thing. Looking forward to reading your posts, etc. Happy New Year back to you!

Original Post by abradburn:

I also just started yesterday and am looking for a few friends/motivators as well.  Like bluemag1, i found the website in Women's Health. 

 Bluemag1 - you and I seem to have similar body measurements and in our early 30's.  Hopefully we can help motivate each other!

Sounds good! And I'm sorry for your loss. So young!

Heart disease runs in my family, too. My father passed away too young - and he was fit and muscular his whole life! Being at a healthy weight should tip the odds a bit more in our favor. And being around for our children - and keeping up with our children! - is a great motivator during optimistic moments. :)

Wishing you a good year ahead. I added you to my friends list -- be sure to fill out the profile there so that you won't be a stranger!

Hello! I'm already a slacker since I didn't start until today!!  I'm 34, mom of an 8 year old and a 2 year old. I was a full time stay at home mom but my former boss roped me back into work 3 days a week until tax season is over. I'm 5'5 and 135 pounds. I'd love to be super skinny (who wouldn't) but mostly I want to rearrange things on my body...like my butt could be higher, the fat on the sides of my waist could go to my boobs. I'm not sure what to do with that roll that has developed over my knee! What the heck is that all about!?!?! I don't want to hear creaking and cracking when I walk. Flexibility would AWESOME.  You know all those things you take for granted when you are actually young.

I'm an emotional eater and usually I feel very alone.  The friends I have in the real world ALL and I mean ALL have issues way more critical than mine so they all come to me...but I don't have anyone to lean on myself. So I'm a diet coke, chocolate, sugar addict instead!

I might not motivate you, but I might make you laugh! 

Original Post by lee08:

I might not motivate you, but I might make you laugh! 

 

You totally just made me laugh. Especially, from your profile, that it's okay with you if you happen to look hot during the process of getting healthier. Awesome attitude!

Nice to meet you! We share a few addictions there, including caffeine and the part about being super supportive of other people's real problems. I never even told most of my friends about the prednisolone causing my weight gain. It just sounded so whiney in my head.

I eat mindlessly for energy. Would love to get the exercise thing in motion, since it enhances energy. But it's a vicious circle, isn't it? Gotta have energy to exercise, gotta exercise to have energy. Ack!

Added you to my buddy list. Good luck!

One of those friends of mine gained a bunch of weight from prednisolone too. She was NOT a happy camper. It seemed to come off her pretty quickly after she stopped taking it (and without any exercise either).  Her life is a stressful mess so it's hard to go by her history.

I think it's the diet coke that is slowly killing me. I read some where that the aspartame messes with your body and your emotions but do I stop drinking it? NOPE! I'm even thinking of going to get one right now!  Not drinking it any more is one of my resolutions but I can't be expected to leave those last two precious cans in the fridge! They'll be lonely! They only have one purpose on this planet and I fully intend to see they live out their dreams! One of us has to! I think it's a good compromise to drink the last two diet cokes and not inhale the last 75 hershey kisses.  Darn you HERSHEY MAN!!

I did manage to get my butt of the chair and walk/run on the treadmill for an hour. I feel great when I'm doing it so I don't understand why I can't get my butt on it more. The entire time I was telling myself I was "HOT!" Then I saw my bright pink, clearly dehydrated, ready to pass out face in the mirror and "hot" took on a new meaning!

I added you to my buddy list too....after I spent a lifetime trying to figure out how to do it! 

Original Post by lee08:

I think it's the diet coke that is slowly killing me. I read some where that the aspartame messes with your body and your emotions but do I stop drinking it? NOPE! I'm even thinking of going to get one right now!  Not drinking it any more is one of my resolutions but I can't be expected to leave those last two precious cans in the fridge! They'll be lonely! They only have one purpose on this planet and I fully intend to see they live out their dreams! One of us has to! I think it's a good compromise to drink the last two diet cokes and not inhale the last 75 hershey kisses.  Darn you HERSHEY MAN!!

I remember that, to help me cut down on smoking (way back when), I bought gross, menthol cigarettes that I never would have smoked usually. They were so gross that I just couldn't stomach it as much. Instant cut-back.

So, what if you bought totally generic, icky diet cola and drank it warm? And if you usually drink it straight from the can, pour it into a glass. Or vice versa. Don't use a straw if you usually do, and vice versa. Etc. You'll still get the caffeine - you just won't LOVE it.

Then, once you slow your habit down, switch to D.Coke w/Splenda and force yourself to stick to a set daily schedule & ration? If you know you'll get your next one in just a few hours, you might not feel so obsessed about your next one!

Again, this advice was all inspired by my nicotine addiction solution. This strategy really worked for me when I needed to slow down a runaway habit!

+++++

Attagirl for the treadmill hour. I did 45 minutes of walking today on my treadmill for the first time in... at least a year. I think my sudden weight gain this summer has given me a very big kick in the derriere regarding my slowing metabolism. Can't expect to be a healthy thirtysomething without making some daily changes.

XO

Normally going off diet coke would give me a killer migraine but I already have one today so I'm drinking the last diet coke and that'll be it. I've gone off it cold turkey before but once I have one sip I'm hooked again. I even wake up thinking about having one!!

I'm thinking about going to a chiropractor.  My neck and shoulders are so tight I can't sleep.  My husband was messing around with me on the jet ski three years ago and I didn't see the second wave coming. I was coming down as the jet ski was going up and I heard something pop about three inches down from my neck. It hurts every now and then. Lately something has been popping in my chest when I lean forward to pick something up...sometimes it hurts, sometimes it doesn't. It's a little creepy or should I say I'm a little CREAKY.

Good job on getting on the treadmill again. Isn't it amazing how walking can wear you out? I can totally feel my hips and butt today so it must have been a good workout yesterday. I'm waiting for B to go down for his nap so I can get on there today.

Last night was brutal. I was totally craving junk from dinner until bed. I'd like to say I overcame the challenge but I was a marshmellow and had some junk.  Baby steps...baby steps.  LOL 

Original Post by lee08:

Last night was brutal. I was totally craving junk from dinner until bed. I'd like to say I overcame the challenge but I was a marshmellow and had some junk.  Baby steps...baby steps.  LOL 

Junk from dinner? Like, leftovers? Um, why are you serving junk for dinner? :)