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mnexercisegirl

mnexercisegirl

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I'm a 33 year old mother of two, who's been struggling with her weight since I had my first child back in 2000. I'm 5' 1 currently at 138.5 pounds and trying desperately hard to lose 20 pounds. I'm here because I want to get motivated and get new ideas about losing weight. I'm very active. I run, love to take cycling classes, play volleyball, and workout atleast 4-5 times a week. I've been through 2 different personal trainers and neither one got me to the shape I wanted to be in. So I'm doing it myself with some motivation from all of you. Let's see where all this goes...
 
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Welcome to the forum. Good for you for being so active. You'll find a lot of helpful people here. Maybe you'd like to start a diary here like many do.
 
Hi mnexercisegirl and welcome to the WLF

My guess is that losing weight is about 80% diet. If you keep track of what's going in, you'll have a good idea of how much you need to maintain or lose.

Have you kept a food diary?
 
Happychubette said:
Welcome to the forum. Good for you for being so active. You'll find a lot of helpful people here. Maybe you'd like to start a diary here like many do.
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I'm thinking about doing the diary, but I just have to be consistent with everything. Maybe I'll try it and see where it goes. It can't hurt right? Thanks so much for the encouragement!
 
M2M said:
Hi mnexercisegirl and welcome to the WLF

My guess is that losing weight is about 80% diet. If you keep track of what's going in, you'll have a good idea of how much you need to maintain or lose.

Have you kept a food diary?
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Your guess it totally right when it comes to me. My diet is so out of whack it's painful. I've done the food diary when I had my last child and it did work. I was very conscious about what I ate because I didn't want to write down that I ate McDonald's or that snickers bar. But I've been lazy and busy with life and that has been my downside. I will have to try the food diary again. thanks for the advice!
 
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