Starting today.

I just signed up today.

I have been struggling with weight loss for awhile, but if I am really honest with myself I haven't been trying nearly as hard as I should.

I weigh 241 pounds.  At 5'2 that is crazy.  When I met my husband I was 120.

I am 31, will be 32 soon.  I want to have a child before it is too late.

I know getting pregnant at this weight is unhealthy, so we are waiting.  The goal is to get into a pair of size ten jeans before we even discuss trying to have a baby, so that is my goal.  Right now I am a size 20, so I have a way to go.  Though I have jeans all the way down to a size four as "inspiration". 

When I signed up for this, they said my goal would be to be 120 and I should reach my goal by May 2011.  A year and a half away.   It seems so far away.

Right now I am a full time student.  I will graduate with my BS in Psychology in May 2011.  I suppose if I look at it that way, well yeah, that would be a good time to be a healthy weight, and start trying to have a baby.  They say job hunting is easier for thin people.

omg we should totally start a short club :D (5'1.75" here and you know how important that .75 is)

Welcome to our little corner of calorie count - its a great corner, i love it.

This site as so many tools and uses. Food log is vital. Start logging everything.

What can you start doing for exercise if you aren't already? Is your husband open to eating and living healthier also?

Thats amazing you still have all those jeans! I totally wish I did, but alas, I only have to size 16. I was 150-155 when I met my husband, and hit 226.5 in recent months. I was about size 14 when I met him, because I remember getting rid of size 10 and 12 jeans when I moved in with him.... I actually gave them to my mom because she could wear them - how embarrassing is that now that I think back?

May 2011 sounds to be an important month :) I forget what CC said my original date was, but the Calorie Coach at the bottom of "my account" page updates when I update my weight log, and it has been cut in half time-wise.

So, we are here if you have any questions, want to rant, want to share some good news, or want to jump in any crazy thread we might have going :)

~Kim

Hi Liabelle

Welcome. I was obese when I had all my kids. I have pretty much been fat my whole adult life. If I would have waited til I was thin, I would have never been a mom. So... I didn't wait and I had uneventful pregnancies and deliveries and three wonderful kids.  I am sure my doctor would have told me pregnant at my weight would have been unhealthy too, but I didn't ask him first ;)

Thanks for the welcome!

My husband doesn't want to try for kids just yet, so this is a way for me to get motivated to lose weight, and him to get used to the idea of having a baby. 

We are going to start walking a lot more.  I sprained my ankle a while back (a grade 3 out of 4, so pretty badly I guess) and it still isn't healed completely.  I am thinking that maybe once I get some weight off it might heal better, so until I am about 200 pounds or less I think I will stick with walking for now.  Keeping an eye on what I eat will make a big difference I am sure.  We also have a Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus which I can use, in addition to a few other Wii fitness type games.  My husband uses them every day or so, but I don't like seeing that I am obese all the time on our big TV.  Also the Wii Fit yells at me.  So yeah.

I have been walking our dogs longer, which gives me more energy.  The only problem I am having right now, for some reason, is getting enough sleep.  I don't get why every time I try to lose weight I stop sleeping normally.  This happened the last time I lost weight too.

My husband is super supportive, which is so amazing.  I know he probably hates that I am so fat, but he doesn't really say anything about it, and will eat just about anything I put in front of him.  So there is that going for me. 

I look forward to getting to know everyone in the coming months.

And I really hope it doesn't take me as long as CC tells me it is going to, but if it does, it does I guess.

My goal is the same as yous. I need to lose 70-80 lbs before I should even THINK about having kids. Good luck to you.

Liabelle,

So nice to meet you.  Weight loss is struggle for all of us here.  You know how much help a support group can be for people.  So you are taking a step in the right direction, by admitting you need help (I know you've heard this before!)

Anyway, if there is anything I can do, just give a holler.  Welcome.

Mayday,

I don't think I've ever said hello to you, either.  I'm glad you're here!

Oh, don't worry Texmom, you did. But thank you again! : D

Flirtin Mom,

I wasn't thin when I had mine either, but I wasn't obese, like I am now.  I remember going to my OB doc, who would pinch up the skin on the back of my arm and say in his Asian accent "Oh, you getting so velly fat!"   Sorry about the totally non-politically correct accent, but it doesn't sound right unless I put it in there!

Mayday,

Ah, good then!  My memory isn't what it used to be, and there are so many nice people here, I don't want to miss speaking to anyone!