FMK
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This diary is being created mostly for me to ramble about my weight loss goals and progress in a somewhat anonymous setting and to have a personally private place to blog and keep me focused and motivated. I feel uncomfortable in "real life" discussing this with others, but with that little bit of anonymity that comes with the computer forum setting while still allowing camaraderie and good discussion/advice/support/motivation, I start this thread with high hopes for success.
I did Jennie Craig years ago pre-family, pre-children and had good success while I lived in Arizona. Dropped a good 50 pounds and was well on my way with exercise and eating right. I moved, my routine fell apart, stresses of internships and residencies took their toll. I am not one to diet and then rebound over and over, that was really the only serious "put my mind to it" attempt I've made and it was working.
I've been thinking and planning over the last year to set my mind and just do it, and now that my 2nd son is nearly a year, on solid foods, and I don't have to worry about potentially dropping his food source, it is time.
FMK stands for "For My Kids". I love my boys (current ages 2 1/4 years and 11 months) and though yes, I'm doing this for ME primarily, my boys are the light of my life and will motivate me when "for me" won't.
I am a 37 year old mother of 2, weigh currently 290 pounds (302 max weight with my last pregnancy) with a goal weight of 190. Figure I'll get there and reassess. I have been overweight my entire life. The only photos I ever recall seeing where I didn't look chunky was pre-kindergarten. I've slowly and steadily increased since then - never any major rises, just gradually enlargening. My mother and my grandmother are like me, we look like those little russian dolls as I am a little taller than my mother who is a little taller than my grandmother. Irish descent, 5'3", fairly heavily muscled (always have been). No major health issues at this time, though I'm a diabetic waiting to happen, I know.
Hindrances health-wise:
I have allergic and exercise induced asthma, not bad, but certainly limits my ability to run. My asthma is not bad and rarely requires treatment, but makes a running a bit more of a challenge since I start to sound like a pipe organ and have to stop long before I'm actually tired because I can't breathe. At my current weight I'd hurt myself anyway, so will plan to focus more on things that won't trash my joints at this point until some of this weight is gone.
I have had an ovariohysterectomy after having my kids as I am done having kids and my family has a markedly high level of ovarian cancer in it. My mother had it and survived through a fluke detecting it very early. I am on estrogen supplementation for now, but figure still may have a tendency to oppose my weight loss goals.
Aches and pains - surprisingly little given my weight. I've joked that I'm the healthiest morbidly obese person you'll ever meet. The only thing that bugs me is some plantar fasciitis in my right foot from running around the dog show ring. Unfortunately I keep reinflaming it at every dog show. Figure weight loss will help with this, take the strain off the feet. Need to get some shoe inserts and remember to USE them at the shows and in between. Other than that, I don't hurt, no back pain, no hip pain, no knee pain. Probably why I've slacked off on doing this much earlier. I know, though, it's only a matter of time.
So with that, let the diary entries begin.
I did Jennie Craig years ago pre-family, pre-children and had good success while I lived in Arizona. Dropped a good 50 pounds and was well on my way with exercise and eating right. I moved, my routine fell apart, stresses of internships and residencies took their toll. I am not one to diet and then rebound over and over, that was really the only serious "put my mind to it" attempt I've made and it was working.
I've been thinking and planning over the last year to set my mind and just do it, and now that my 2nd son is nearly a year, on solid foods, and I don't have to worry about potentially dropping his food source, it is time.
FMK stands for "For My Kids". I love my boys (current ages 2 1/4 years and 11 months) and though yes, I'm doing this for ME primarily, my boys are the light of my life and will motivate me when "for me" won't.
I am a 37 year old mother of 2, weigh currently 290 pounds (302 max weight with my last pregnancy) with a goal weight of 190. Figure I'll get there and reassess. I have been overweight my entire life. The only photos I ever recall seeing where I didn't look chunky was pre-kindergarten. I've slowly and steadily increased since then - never any major rises, just gradually enlargening. My mother and my grandmother are like me, we look like those little russian dolls as I am a little taller than my mother who is a little taller than my grandmother. Irish descent, 5'3", fairly heavily muscled (always have been). No major health issues at this time, though I'm a diabetic waiting to happen, I know.
Hindrances health-wise:
I have allergic and exercise induced asthma, not bad, but certainly limits my ability to run. My asthma is not bad and rarely requires treatment, but makes a running a bit more of a challenge since I start to sound like a pipe organ and have to stop long before I'm actually tired because I can't breathe. At my current weight I'd hurt myself anyway, so will plan to focus more on things that won't trash my joints at this point until some of this weight is gone.
I have had an ovariohysterectomy after having my kids as I am done having kids and my family has a markedly high level of ovarian cancer in it. My mother had it and survived through a fluke detecting it very early. I am on estrogen supplementation for now, but figure still may have a tendency to oppose my weight loss goals.
Aches and pains - surprisingly little given my weight. I've joked that I'm the healthiest morbidly obese person you'll ever meet. The only thing that bugs me is some plantar fasciitis in my right foot from running around the dog show ring. Unfortunately I keep reinflaming it at every dog show. Figure weight loss will help with this, take the strain off the feet. Need to get some shoe inserts and remember to USE them at the shows and in between. Other than that, I don't hurt, no back pain, no hip pain, no knee pain. Probably why I've slacked off on doing this much earlier. I know, though, it's only a matter of time.
So with that, let the diary entries begin.
I want this post at the top of my diary to remind me of what I'm trying to get away from. 
Wonder why I feel so tired at nights. 
