Are you like me over 200 pounds frustrated and need lots of Motivation and Support then lets help one another:)

Hi! My name is Jodi and I am a 37 year old stay at home mom who gave birth to twin daughters at 7lbs 11oz and 7lbs 13oz six years ago and never quite lost all the weight I gained.

I started the pregnancy at a heavy weight of 220 pds and my end pregnancy weight was 300 pounds. I had high blood pressure near the end of my pregnancy and my girls were born premature at 36 weeks. I know it's hard to believe considering their birth weight.

Since then I have given birth to my son and now I am at 255 pounds. In 2006 I lost 82 pounds and was doing great..my sucess was accredited to healthy eating and a lot of exercise mostly Turbo Jam dvds. Then I lost track.. always putting off my exercise routine for the next day and started eating unhealthy.

Now it is time to start being healthy for my children and myself...being new here I would appreciate lots of advice and support and hope to make new buddies to share my/their successes with.

So come on all 200 plus ladies and gentlemen out there lets get together and help one another

Hi!

I have a similar story: 39 years old, gave birth twice, but have always had a weight problem my whole life.  Last October I decided to take action and realize that I am not like my husband, who can eat anything at any time, and not gain a pound!!!  I am different, and I have come to terms with that.  I started eating very healthy and lost 45 pounds.  I lost track for a little while and gained 8 pounds back.  I realized that I was repeating the same pattern again, and could not let it happen.  I started walking 2 miles a day, and this website really helps me keep track of my calorie intake.  My doctor suggested fish oil and fiber, which both very much help.  I have lost 10 pounds in the last 3 weeks!!!!!

I am too important to my family, and I miss out on too much by being fat!!!  We are in this together!!!  Plus, doesn't it feel SO good when you are taking care of yourself??  I have to keep telling my self that everytime I reach for something sinful!!!  It's been working lately...

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I actually sat back the other day and said to myself why are you over weight. You don't eat sweets, you don't like ice cream or chocolate? Well I do like my fastfood and salt. So I just incorporate my salt in my chicken breast and salmon and I am eating yogurt with fibre and drinking lots of water. They say if you tend to eat a lot of salt to flush it away with lots of water. So far I have lost 9lbs so we will see....

Hi joditiki,

I'm 5'6 sw 237 (when I last checked) cw 236. I don't have a scale. I know....shame on me. I gained my weight after I married my husband 6 years ago and I've entertained the thought many of times to loose weight. Now after educating myself, the fear of getting diseases associated with being obeased and the oh so painful plantar fasciitis...I thought...enough is enough. I'm up to 6 to 7 bottles of water now and I've completely changed my eating habits which is still work in progress. I would love to join. I'm trying to get down to 135 by next August. I think that's a good time. I got to get me a scale.  

Hi,

I am happy to join you. Have been using CC on and off for a little while and have lost 15lbs SLOWLY...but to be honest have not really been taking it seriously - BUT THIS IS TO CHANGE...i have two kids and same as you complete overhang....i have just started taking exercise properly as i need to be a good role model for the kids. My dad died from type 2 diabetes related problems and i do not want that to happen to me. I am very similar to my dad and have a big stomach. I am 255lbs at the mo and have set a target to get to 200lbs which i feel is realistic.

I am running a 5km run on sunday to motavate me and raise money for breast cancer.

I am ok with exercise its the eating i find the hardest and occasionally can't seem to stop eating even when i know i should.

lets try to keep motavated and help each other for the sake of ourselves and our familes.

Jane.

Nice to meet all of you and I agree lets stick together and keep motivated...it really helps to have a friend with the same health concerns:)

I'm over 200 also...but unlike everyone else here I don't have kids and I work two jobs so exercise is not really an option. I mean I do what I can; the little things: take the stairs instead of the elevator, walk to the mailbox instead of picking it up in my car on my way elsewhere, etc etc...I also have an exercise ball I use at home at night before bed for about fifteen minutes...I have been watching what I eat now and counting calories religiously for the past two months and I've lost 3 pounds. That's it! It's so hard to stay movtivated when I don't see any results!

This looks like a good group to be in--I hope to soon be out of it by getting under 200 pounds!

I weigh in at just over 200 pounds (I am 5'7") but I have been that way for two years now, despite my regular excercise program...so, I know it is the eating I am having problems with...

I am hoping to just to stay motivated because it is so frustrating for me to work out so hard and not lose weight at all!

I don't have children, so my gain is from just plain thinking that I can eat like I did when I was in my 20's!  I have gained weight slowly but surely as the years have gone by...5 pounds a year adds up quickly!

I have very very modest goals...I want to lose about one pound a week.

My first step is to journal my daily thoughts to gain insight and to keep a food log...which I absolutely hate, but I know it is necessary...I hope to be in a group that is supportive of the successes and especially the failures and frustrations...I think it will take a lot of help to get this done!

hi joditiki. im going through a transformation myself. it started with taking a desk job for more money after my first child was born. with the weekly birthday cake and other various junk foods in the office in 7 years time i found myself close to 100 lbs overweight with a total of 4 kids and more excuses why i dont have time to eat right and work out. my ideal weight is 160 but lifting weights off and on through most of my life, i know i will never get down there. im shooting for 180-200 because im also in the process of beefing up. im 4 years younger than ll cool j and by the time i reach 40 i want to look similar.

Hi Guys how are we feeling today?

I hope a little more motivated after knowing that there are others like you who want to lose weight and have just as many obstacle to overcome. We aren't alone and I think that will make all the difference.

WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!

we can definitely do it. it all depends on how bad we want it

If any of you are interested I am also doing a June 10 pound challenge all are welcome please come and join. You can find the post on my profile page.

Hi Jodi!

My name is Terria, and am also nem to the forum. I have actually have a similar story as you, I am 35, I had my son at 36 weeks also, had high blood pressure the last trimester, and had to quit my job, after leaving my job and on strict bed rest, I had gained 30 pounds from 32 week-36 weeks. I had my baby boy, I had actually got back down to 155-160 within two weeks after birth (probably from breast feeding), however, about 3 weeks after birth, I started to go back to work and injured my back which sent me into an aggressive regimen of steroids to tame the pain, but the down side to that was I gained 35 pounds in six weeks, this therapy did not work for me, and my doctor recommended a disc fusion surgery (Laminectomy). after that 14 weeks of down time for recovery, having to stay some what laying flat on my bed and then to my recliner, and showers. This was the only time I was not doing anything even remotely connected to any calories burned. I do not like sweets, I do not eat that much at all, and have been counting the wrong foods by just looking at calories and fat, not taking any concentration on the pop, and juice I drink, the consequences of using Vit-D milk, just little things that I did not really mattered, and plus I was not even close to burning more calories than I consume. So, my situation now is I know I must keep a journal and calories posted on the daily counter,  ( this web site is a God send to me. I like have a "nutritionist, and ways to start our plan of action) and then doing a variety of weight training, cardio, swimming laps, yoga and most important stretching out my muscles. I have signed up at my local YMCA in West Carrollton OH, this is a brand new facility and they offer everything anyone would want to keep on track (they also have free child care for two hours, which is what really sold me on the Y and the fee is 38.00 a year, SO I figure it is my salvation. I truly believe that I had gained all this weight because I was so sedentary, and not getting any exercise. I now weigh 208 pounds on a 5' 4" frame, am very disgusted at my body, but I have such motivation, that, with the help of friends good luck to you Jodi

I would very much like to keep in contact, and share our goals, motivation and support

 Hi terria73 thanks for sharing your hurdles with us. I joined this site in hopes of getting motivated to lose weight. So far I have eaten healthy for almost a week and started exercising again. I am determined this time to lose the weight and keep it of and I feel that with support and lots of encouragement anything is possible.:)