Justina
New member
Hi you all!
I was here in 2011 - and lost 30 lbs in 3 months! & I had a great time in this community. The support here is amazing!! It makes a difference, at least to me.
I also like the fact that I can keep track of my achievements: see where I go wrong & what i do right.
I just read my diary from 2 years ago & I totally inspired myself
My basics:
31 years old
5'8 tall
274 lbs
I don't look THAT fat - i don't know how it works out...5'8 is not THAT tall - I seem to expand in every direction - lol. But yeah, I m considered obese. & I have zero health problems ( i do eat super healthy most of the time) where i go totally wrong is excercize, or rather the lack of it, I literally sit all day, every day.
{EDIT - I am looking at my pictures from January - I DO look fat!!! I still do & I lost over 25 lbs (May 9 2013)}
If you were around 2 years ago & read my diary - you'd know that i was a sportoholic!! i was excercizing like crazy and I loved it!!! I enjoyed going to the gym and spending min. of 90 mins to 3 hours there at a time doing different classes/activities. I had a fab time.
so what changed?
well i got married. i moved to the US (from Spain) & I started a totally new life style...in Europe i walked everywhere. Here we live in the middle of nowhere, and the only places around here are fast food restaurants. My husband and i share a car. I couldnt get a job...so i sit around the whole day...there is no public transport...anyway..yes, i agree with you: excuses...I found (find) it hard to adjust to a new life style & I really miss the old one.
So going from 3 hr of excercize a day to zero made me pile up the weight, about 60 lbs....in about 1,5 yr.
I am really upset about it as i love pretty clothes, be active, socialize etc...but with my current weight they are all too hard.
I also do realize that carrying around this much excess weight is not good for me in the long run.
So what am i gonna do about it?
I bought some excercize dvds - not as motivating as a class..but it has to do for now.
I gonna try to get to the gym 3 times a week - see whether i can take my husband to work and use the car (he has random hours)
I already eat fairly healthy & nutritious food - almost zero processed/diet food - loads of fresh fruit & vegetable. So i will carry on with that with a few added rules:
- no refined carbs after 2pm
- no eating after 7pm
This worked for me in the past - so that's the way I am going to do this.
I also might do a detox thing - juicing, etc. to kick start my weight loss. Again I do realize some of you have issues about it/don't think it works etc - I achieved amazing results doing this in the past, it totally helped me.
Goals:
My immediate goal is to lose about 40 lbs by May. It might be pushing it a bit, I have to see how things go. It's roughly 10 lbs a month.
We are invited to a wedding, so I really wanna look good.
I will try my best to stay up beat about my new healthier life style - it will make things a lot easier.
Well thank you for reading my first post in this diary. I hope to see you around!
I was here in 2011 - and lost 30 lbs in 3 months! & I had a great time in this community. The support here is amazing!! It makes a difference, at least to me.
I also like the fact that I can keep track of my achievements: see where I go wrong & what i do right.
I just read my diary from 2 years ago & I totally inspired myself
My basics:
31 years old
5'8 tall
274 lbs
I don't look THAT fat - i don't know how it works out...5'8 is not THAT tall - I seem to expand in every direction - lol. But yeah, I m considered obese. & I have zero health problems ( i do eat super healthy most of the time) where i go totally wrong is excercize, or rather the lack of it, I literally sit all day, every day.
{EDIT - I am looking at my pictures from January - I DO look fat!!! I still do & I lost over 25 lbs (May 9 2013)}
If you were around 2 years ago & read my diary - you'd know that i was a sportoholic!! i was excercizing like crazy and I loved it!!! I enjoyed going to the gym and spending min. of 90 mins to 3 hours there at a time doing different classes/activities. I had a fab time.
so what changed?
well i got married. i moved to the US (from Spain) & I started a totally new life style...in Europe i walked everywhere. Here we live in the middle of nowhere, and the only places around here are fast food restaurants. My husband and i share a car. I couldnt get a job...so i sit around the whole day...there is no public transport...anyway..yes, i agree with you: excuses...I found (find) it hard to adjust to a new life style & I really miss the old one.
So going from 3 hr of excercize a day to zero made me pile up the weight, about 60 lbs....in about 1,5 yr.
I am really upset about it as i love pretty clothes, be active, socialize etc...but with my current weight they are all too hard.
I also do realize that carrying around this much excess weight is not good for me in the long run.
So what am i gonna do about it?
I bought some excercize dvds - not as motivating as a class..but it has to do for now.
I gonna try to get to the gym 3 times a week - see whether i can take my husband to work and use the car (he has random hours)
I already eat fairly healthy & nutritious food - almost zero processed/diet food - loads of fresh fruit & vegetable. So i will carry on with that with a few added rules:
- no refined carbs after 2pm
- no eating after 7pm
This worked for me in the past - so that's the way I am going to do this.
I also might do a detox thing - juicing, etc. to kick start my weight loss. Again I do realize some of you have issues about it/don't think it works etc - I achieved amazing results doing this in the past, it totally helped me.
Goals:
My immediate goal is to lose about 40 lbs by May. It might be pushing it a bit, I have to see how things go. It's roughly 10 lbs a month.
We are invited to a wedding, so I really wanna look good.
I will try my best to stay up beat about my new healthier life style - it will make things a lot easier.
Well thank you for reading my first post in this diary. I hope to see you around!
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