Noob here 8^D

[sandralin]

Hi everybody! New year's is almost here and that means I have to make a sincere effort to shift some weight. I'm 53 and have health issues but I find it so hard to hang in there long enough to make a difference. Maybe 2009 will be the year that I can lose enough so I can get around better and my back, neck and feet won't hurt so much. I feel so ashamed that I have let myself go this much and it's not for better looks as much as it is for my health. Anyway that's enough of me feeling sorry for myself
Thanks for reading <3

 

[roguer]

Hi I am new here too. The first thing you have to do is change the way you are thinking. Instead of you hope this is the year, get it in your head that this IS the year. Start with one day at a time making better choices what and how much you eat. I have been heavy all my life but the thing that put me over the edge was last year i went to a doctor for problems with my joints an when I was weighed I maxed out the scale at 360lbs. I couldn't believe it. I Started slow and it got easier as it went. I have lost about 80lbs since then. I have recently added exercise and am enjoying the benefits. The pain in my joints and back has greatly improved and it will for you too. You can do this if you believe you can. Good luck.

 

[sandralin]

Roguer thanks so much for ur reply. It gives me hope to know that your back problems etc have improved since you lost the 80lbs. My weight is in the worst place. I have small arms and legs, everything is between my neck and my upper thighs. I am disabled but I still do part-time work which I got from a program in this state that helps ppl with mental/physical impairments find a job they can do. I have been in my job for over a year and I want to hang on to it as long as I can but the bending and walking and standing I do there gives me a lot of trouble. Anyway didn't mean to bore anyone with my problems because we all have something to put up with but this time I really need to believe in myself, as you said.