seeking135
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100lbs. sure is a big number, isn't it?
I've been reading through this board over the past day, and I've decided it is somewhere I'd really like to hang around. I hope you all will have me!
My name is Sarah. I'm 27 years old and live in PA. I have 4 children. I own my own small sign shop/vehicle graphics shop that I run out of my home. My hobbies are designing various things on the PC and photography.
Six years ago I was 135 lbs. (I'm 5' 2") I weighed myself last week and I weighed in at 235lbs. Hence the user name "seeking135".
Right now, the fear of diabetes is motivating me. It suddenly seems like diabetes is all around me. My uncle on my Mom's side had his leg amputated because of the disease two weeks ago. I decided to ask my Mom about the family history on her side. My grandfather had a leg amputated, then had a stroke and died, courtesy of diabetes. His wife, my grandmother also died of diabetes. As did his father, my great grandfather. So I asked my Dad what the deal was on his side of the family. His grandfather (my great) also had his leg amputated because of it, and many other family members on his side have had or do have it.
Then last week my sister's co-worker was told he had to start dialysis. When he went in to have the shunts put in, he stopped breathing. He now sits in ICU on a ventilator.
I like my legs. They are pretty important to me, and I'd like to keep them. I also like my life, I'd like to keep that too. I'm having symptoms of pre-diabetes over the last month. So, all of this combined has been a big reality slap. Now, it is time to do something about it.
I quit soda 10 days ago. That's a big deal for me, because the ONLY thing I drank was soda. All day, every day. No juice, no milk, no water, just soda. Now it has been strictly water.
As of this past Wednesday I have changed my ways of eating. My former way of eating was to eat one big meal a day at dinner time. I've upped that to 4-6 smaller, healthier meals. White is out, whole wheat is in. I'm eating alot of raw veggies like brocolli, carrots, baby spinach, tomato. Eating alot of tuna and turkey breast. Bananas, apples and oranges. I need to get a recipe book so I can vary what I eat. I'm thinking of going the GI way.
I got a cheap little stair stepper. I couldn't even do 15 seconds on it when I first tried. (No, I'm not kidding) However, the fear of diabetes is a great motivator. I burned myself a CD of good music and jumped on that puppy Thursday. I wanted to jump right back off. But, then I thought "If someone was behind you trying to kill you, you'd find a way to keep running upstairs, no matter how many. Well, something is chasing you, trying to kill you. It's obesity, and you need to climb these damn stairs to save your life."
And I kept going for 30 minutes. It burned, but that burn felt AWESOME! On Friday I went up to 45 minutes, Saturday I did it 60 minutes. Sunday and today were 60 minutes too. Today I added some upper body with some light hand weights and did some shadow boxing while stepping.
I've lost 4 lbs. since Wednesday. I'm on my way. This time I'm not dieting, I'm changing my lifestyle and my habits. I'm hoping to have all 100 lbs. gone by Feb. 14, 2008. No more unrealistic goals. I've tried to lose weight in the past, but I've never been in this mindset that I am in right now.
I'm looking forward to meeting all of you and getting to know you. I need others to make this journey with.
I've been reading through this board over the past day, and I've decided it is somewhere I'd really like to hang around. I hope you all will have me!
My name is Sarah. I'm 27 years old and live in PA. I have 4 children. I own my own small sign shop/vehicle graphics shop that I run out of my home. My hobbies are designing various things on the PC and photography.
Six years ago I was 135 lbs. (I'm 5' 2") I weighed myself last week and I weighed in at 235lbs. Hence the user name "seeking135".
Right now, the fear of diabetes is motivating me. It suddenly seems like diabetes is all around me. My uncle on my Mom's side had his leg amputated because of the disease two weeks ago. I decided to ask my Mom about the family history on her side. My grandfather had a leg amputated, then had a stroke and died, courtesy of diabetes. His wife, my grandmother also died of diabetes. As did his father, my great grandfather. So I asked my Dad what the deal was on his side of the family. His grandfather (my great) also had his leg amputated because of it, and many other family members on his side have had or do have it.
Then last week my sister's co-worker was told he had to start dialysis. When he went in to have the shunts put in, he stopped breathing. He now sits in ICU on a ventilator.
I like my legs. They are pretty important to me, and I'd like to keep them. I also like my life, I'd like to keep that too. I'm having symptoms of pre-diabetes over the last month. So, all of this combined has been a big reality slap. Now, it is time to do something about it.
I quit soda 10 days ago. That's a big deal for me, because the ONLY thing I drank was soda. All day, every day. No juice, no milk, no water, just soda. Now it has been strictly water.
As of this past Wednesday I have changed my ways of eating. My former way of eating was to eat one big meal a day at dinner time. I've upped that to 4-6 smaller, healthier meals. White is out, whole wheat is in. I'm eating alot of raw veggies like brocolli, carrots, baby spinach, tomato. Eating alot of tuna and turkey breast. Bananas, apples and oranges. I need to get a recipe book so I can vary what I eat. I'm thinking of going the GI way.
I got a cheap little stair stepper. I couldn't even do 15 seconds on it when I first tried. (No, I'm not kidding) However, the fear of diabetes is a great motivator. I burned myself a CD of good music and jumped on that puppy Thursday. I wanted to jump right back off. But, then I thought "If someone was behind you trying to kill you, you'd find a way to keep running upstairs, no matter how many. Well, something is chasing you, trying to kill you. It's obesity, and you need to climb these damn stairs to save your life."
And I kept going for 30 minutes. It burned, but that burn felt AWESOME! On Friday I went up to 45 minutes, Saturday I did it 60 minutes. Sunday and today were 60 minutes too. Today I added some upper body with some light hand weights and did some shadow boxing while stepping.
I've lost 4 lbs. since Wednesday. I'm on my way. This time I'm not dieting, I'm changing my lifestyle and my habits. I'm hoping to have all 100 lbs. gone by Feb. 14, 2008. No more unrealistic goals. I've tried to lose weight in the past, but I've never been in this mindset that I am in right now.
I'm looking forward to meeting all of you and getting to know you. I need others to make this journey with.
