icychic
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I have been "trying" to lose weight for a few years now. And by "trying" I mean occasionally said no to junk food, tried to eat healthy, worked out a bit, but never really stuck with anything. I have come on here to try and keep track of my progress and to help keep me motivated while getting advice from others who are also trying to lose weight. Hopefully I can also provide advice to help others to reach their goals.
I am 5'2, 28 years old, female and weigh about 145lbs right now. My ideal weight according to an online calculator of BMI is between 101-137. My goal is about 115. With that said I'm more concerned with how I feel and look and how my clothes fit over the actual weight, but it is an easy way to gauge how I'm doing. I have taken my measurements and will be keeping track every week of my current weight an measurements. I knowing weighing myself daily is a bad way to go because weight can fluctuate day to day. I have not yet taken a "before" picture but I think I will do that as well every time I take my weight/measurements so I have a visual of the changes as well.
I have always had issues getting and staying motivated when it comes to my eating habits and working out. When at work I have the motivation to do house work and work out and all, but being at work I can't. The minute I get home I'm lazy and just want to eat dinner and relax until bedtime. No more. I'm sick of the way I look, sick of feeling like crap, sick of being out of shape, and sick of not fitting into my clothes. I have a cousins wedding in 3 weeks, a friends wedding in 4 weeks, my fiance has a company outing Oct 19th where I may be wearing a bathing suit as there will be a pool, and my best friend is getting married in May 2014 and I am a bridesmaid. I am hoping to get married within the next 1-2 years as well and I do not want to look like this when I do. I know the 3-4 week timeline is much to tight to hit my goal, but if I lose 2lbs per week I could be about 130 by Oct 19th, and hopefully I will look and feel much better about myself.
I used to hate everything about my body, and while I have gained weight over the years I have found I'm OK with mostly everything, except for my stomach. That is what is causing me the most issues and what I want to lose most. Saying that, I know losing the weight in my stomach will result in me losing weight all over. I also do not want to "diet" because I know even if I followed it I would not be able to forever. I don't want to deny myself foods I love, but I need to be more aware of what I'm eating and doing. I need to drink more water and eat less sugar and salt, but I don't think I will ever fully cut it because I eventually will go back to eating it and will just gain all of the weight back. I plan to exercise 30-60 minutes every day with either 1 day off or 1-2 days of light workouts only. Mostly cardio, some weights, all things I can do from my home with little to no equipment. I have a Nintendo Wii and an Xbox Kinect which I plan to use to help me in this process.
So that's my story and my goal, hopefully this time I will actually succeed.
I am 5'2, 28 years old, female and weigh about 145lbs right now. My ideal weight according to an online calculator of BMI is between 101-137. My goal is about 115. With that said I'm more concerned with how I feel and look and how my clothes fit over the actual weight, but it is an easy way to gauge how I'm doing. I have taken my measurements and will be keeping track every week of my current weight an measurements. I knowing weighing myself daily is a bad way to go because weight can fluctuate day to day. I have not yet taken a "before" picture but I think I will do that as well every time I take my weight/measurements so I have a visual of the changes as well.
I have always had issues getting and staying motivated when it comes to my eating habits and working out. When at work I have the motivation to do house work and work out and all, but being at work I can't. The minute I get home I'm lazy and just want to eat dinner and relax until bedtime. No more. I'm sick of the way I look, sick of feeling like crap, sick of being out of shape, and sick of not fitting into my clothes. I have a cousins wedding in 3 weeks, a friends wedding in 4 weeks, my fiance has a company outing Oct 19th where I may be wearing a bathing suit as there will be a pool, and my best friend is getting married in May 2014 and I am a bridesmaid. I am hoping to get married within the next 1-2 years as well and I do not want to look like this when I do. I know the 3-4 week timeline is much to tight to hit my goal, but if I lose 2lbs per week I could be about 130 by Oct 19th, and hopefully I will look and feel much better about myself.
I used to hate everything about my body, and while I have gained weight over the years I have found I'm OK with mostly everything, except for my stomach. That is what is causing me the most issues and what I want to lose most. Saying that, I know losing the weight in my stomach will result in me losing weight all over. I also do not want to "diet" because I know even if I followed it I would not be able to forever. I don't want to deny myself foods I love, but I need to be more aware of what I'm eating and doing. I need to drink more water and eat less sugar and salt, but I don't think I will ever fully cut it because I eventually will go back to eating it and will just gain all of the weight back. I plan to exercise 30-60 minutes every day with either 1 day off or 1-2 days of light workouts only. Mostly cardio, some weights, all things I can do from my home with little to no equipment. I have a Nintendo Wii and an Xbox Kinect which I plan to use to help me in this process.
So that's my story and my goal, hopefully this time I will actually succeed.