Good morning all!
My name is Jacqui and I'm a couch potato, in mentality and shape. Well, at least I used to be. I've been struggling with my weight since age 13 and now at 32 I can easily say I've tried it all. Well, all except really sticking to an exercise regime and eating healthy.
I've tried all the fad diets, the soups, the cookies, the pills, the drops, the shakes, the meetings, the measuring, even seaweed body wraps. I can't fathom how much I've spent on it all over the years.
Well, I decided that 2010 would be MY year. I'm currently unemployed but my wonderful fiance is supporting me and we both joined a local gym and I began the painful process of cutting the processed foods out of my life.
Right now my diet it like a cross between Atkins and the Meditarranean diets. No processed carbs, no sugar, no pastas and breads and very little red meat and pork.
I also try to get to the gym 5 days a week. I rotate between an hour of cardio (eliptical and treadmill) and an hour of weights and 20 minutes of cardio. It's been hard, but I've lost almost 20 pounds.
My biggest project is to stop the negative self-talk. For example, I'm caring for my sick grandmother this week and have only gotten to the gym twice, and only for 45 minutes each time. I also have been forced to choose carb-laden foods on occasions since I can't leave the house to grab healthier choices (this morning was a big bowl of Special K cereal with banana slices). Sure, I try to make sure that with those choices I'm making the MOST healthiest options (not the giant bowl of ice cream I would have chosen 4 months ago), but it still frustrates me and I struggle not to put myself down.
So, 20 pounds down, another 80 to go. Yes, I have to lose 100 pounds. It's a painful reality. But I have great goals. My main goal is to be more active and to be healthy enough to have kids and to teach my kids better habits than I learned. I refuse to perpetuate my family's unhealthy eating habits. I want my kids to be active, play outside, and feel as comfortable in their skin as any self-conscious kid could.
I look forward to meeting everyone and learning a lot from the forums!
Thanks!
Jacqui
My name is Jacqui and I'm a couch potato, in mentality and shape. Well, at least I used to be. I've been struggling with my weight since age 13 and now at 32 I can easily say I've tried it all. Well, all except really sticking to an exercise regime and eating healthy.
I've tried all the fad diets, the soups, the cookies, the pills, the drops, the shakes, the meetings, the measuring, even seaweed body wraps. I can't fathom how much I've spent on it all over the years.
Well, I decided that 2010 would be MY year. I'm currently unemployed but my wonderful fiance is supporting me and we both joined a local gym and I began the painful process of cutting the processed foods out of my life.
Right now my diet it like a cross between Atkins and the Meditarranean diets. No processed carbs, no sugar, no pastas and breads and very little red meat and pork.
I also try to get to the gym 5 days a week. I rotate between an hour of cardio (eliptical and treadmill) and an hour of weights and 20 minutes of cardio. It's been hard, but I've lost almost 20 pounds.
My biggest project is to stop the negative self-talk. For example, I'm caring for my sick grandmother this week and have only gotten to the gym twice, and only for 45 minutes each time. I also have been forced to choose carb-laden foods on occasions since I can't leave the house to grab healthier choices (this morning was a big bowl of Special K cereal with banana slices). Sure, I try to make sure that with those choices I'm making the MOST healthiest options (not the giant bowl of ice cream I would have chosen 4 months ago), but it still frustrates me and I struggle not to put myself down.
So, 20 pounds down, another 80 to go. Yes, I have to lose 100 pounds. It's a painful reality. But I have great goals. My main goal is to be more active and to be healthy enough to have kids and to teach my kids better habits than I learned. I refuse to perpetuate my family's unhealthy eating habits. I want my kids to be active, play outside, and feel as comfortable in their skin as any self-conscious kid could.
I look forward to meeting everyone and learning a lot from the forums!
Thanks!
Jacqui
