Topic : 100 pounds to loose and just getting started - AGAIN!

Hi there:  Nice to hear from you.....I go to WW...we have a good group...one girl has lost 100 pounds, so she is a great motivator for me...also do curves 3x a week.....its not an easy course thats for sure....I also look up info in Dr. Phils book......read some this morning.....and I know I am eating too many  carbs...so for awhile I am going to limit my carbs to before noon....and drink more water.....thats a hard one for me.....I cut up orange slices and put them in water and let it sit in the fridge  then it is bearable.....its good you are making changes ...keep up the good work....its a real struggle I know....just have to keep trying and not give up...dont know about you...but I have done that toooo many times before......

SOMETIMES i FEEL LIKE GARFIELD....HOW ABOUT YOU....BUT WE CAN DO IT.......

HUGS....KATY

...SORRY...I POSTED TWICE ...THE SAME MESSAGE...STILL TRYING TO GET USED TO THIS.

I started kinda of a mixture regimen.  I started a mixture of weight watcher's, low carbs, and exercise about 4 times a week at the gym and walk at least 1-2 miles a day at work.  Today I was even walking out there in the rain.  Well, I think you're doing great.  Here I am on the third week and I've only lost 1 1/2 lbs.  I'm thinking that I might stay away from the scale for a while.  I don't want to get discouraged.  In the past 4 years, I've gained 50 lbs.  and am tired of feeling sorry for myself.  I've dedicated the next year to getting healthy and feeling more energetic.

I just want to say that YOU CAN DO IT!  Hang in there.  All we're going to do a year from now is complain about how much more weight we've gained instead of saying look what I've accomplished.  I'd rather accomplish something than to continue to complain about something that can be changed.  I'm not saying it's easy, but it can certainly can be done w/ a lot of hard work.   

You're not out there alone.  I'm almost ending my 3rd week.  I've done this over and over again, but to no goal achieved.  I'm a person that has worked out all my life up until about 4 years ago after my separation.  But now that I'm almost 40, it's true that your metabolism slows down w/ age.  But I've dedicated the next year to myself to be more healthy.  Like Dr.Phil said, why wait another year and complain about how much more weight you have gained.  Instead I've chosen to do something about it and not complain about it.  Kinda like be about it, don't just talk about it. 

Hello, Katy,

My name is Brigitte and we're in the same boat.  I just want to let you know that you're worth all this hard work.  One pointer that my friend/co-worker gave to me was when you're working out and you're telling yourself that you sooooo don't want to be doing this.  She told me to start encouraging yourself w/ positive talk and asking yourself how else are you going to get to your goal if you're always quiting.  I tried it the other day.  I was doing the eliptical trainer and I was only 5 minutes into it and I told myself i was going to do an hour.  I started telling myself that I deserve it and my body needs it.  I got through it.  I did the 25 minutes, plus 20 minutes bike and then 15 minutes of weights.  It felt really good.  Drink a glass of water if you feel hungry.  It really does help take your mind off of food.

WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER.  Hope to hear from you soon.

Brigitte