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I have been a little heavy all my life, and I feel self concious about it. I have decided to lose weight. I currently weigh 254.8 pounds, and I am 5'3" I want to get down to about 120 pounds. I plan to weigh myself every three days, and record other statistics. Here is my current information:

Weight- 254.8lbs.
Body Mass Index- 45.13
Waist to Hip Ratio- .846
Blood Pressure (these numbers are suprising to me!)
Systolic- 107
Diastolic- 64
Resting Pulse- 93
Neck- 14.5"
Uppper Arm- 16"
Forearm- 12"
Wrist- 7"
Bust- 46.5"
Waist- 44"
Hips- 52"
Butt- 50"
Thighs- 30.5"
Calves- 20"
Ankles- 11"

Pant size- 26
Shirt Size- XL


My plan is to diet, walk at least 5 miles per day, and begin a yoga regimin.

I feel good about my decision and can wait to get started.
 
Mantras

I have also chosen to repeat a new inspiring mantra to myself everyday.

Today's mantra is:

"There is no failure except in no longer trying"
-Elbert Hubbard
 
Welcome to the WLF! YOU will find an abundance of good information here, and a lot of support. Make sure you keep up with those calories and that will help you. You may want to try a place like fitday.com or sparkpeople.com to keep track of them for you. =) Good luck with your journey!
 
I agree, fitday.com is pretty good, I use it. Anyway, welcome to the WLF! We're glad you're here and ready to turn you're life around!

Good luck on your journey!
 
Welcome to the Forum!

Feeling good about your decision in the best thing. SO many people have dropped weight on here, or met goals of some sort. This forum really helps me and I feel good about encouraging other people. Losing weight is hard work and I wish you the best of luck and motivation to stick with it. YOU CAN DO IT!!! :D
 
I thank you all for your kinds words and wishes of luck for me.

Today's mantra is:

"Enjoy when you can. Endure when you must."
-Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
 
Today's mantra:

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall"
-Confucious

My Current Statistics (which should have been posted yesterday):

Weight- 250.0lbs
Body Mass Index- 44.28
Waist to Hip Ratio- .88
Weight to Goal- 130lbs

Blood Pressure:
Systolic- 112 (up 5?)
Diastolic- 63 (down 1)
Resting Pulse- 91 (down 2)
I think Yoga has made an improvement, small as it is!

Neck- 14" (down .5")
Upper Amr- 15" (down 1")
Forearm- 12" (same)
wrist- 7" (same)
Bust- 44.5" (down 2")
waist- 44" (same)
hips- 50" (down 2")
butt- 49.8" (down .2")
thigh- 30" (down .5")
Calves- 20" (same)
ankles- 11" (same)

I have been able to walk the five miles a day and I am really enjoying a half hour of yoga each day.

I have decided to add all of my statistics to a database, and every month or so print out a microsoft excel chart for motivation.
 
Today's mantra is:
"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can"
-Michael Korda

It is now my sixth day, and here are my new statistics:

Weight- 249.4lbs
Body Mass Index- 44.17
Waist to Hips Ratio- .8333

Blood Pressure
Systolic- 104
diastolic- 57
pulse- 96

neck- 14.3"
upper arm- 15.4"
forearm- 11.6"
wrist- 7"
bust- 46.4"
waist- 42.5"
hips- 51"
butt- 50.5"
thighs- 32.5"
calves- 19.8"
ankles- 11.3"

Pant size 26 (much looser)
Shirt size XL (much looser)

I think I will stop putting my pant and shirt size, I won't be getting new clothes every time I lose a few pounds.

Maybe it is just me, but there seems to be an odd redistributation of the fat on body, some measurements went up while others went down.
 
way to go for having the looser clothes -that's sucha great feeling :)

you're doiong terrific and are almost at the end to week 1 - well done :)
 
Thanks everyone!

Today's mantra is:
"Facing it, always facing it, that is the way to get through it"
- Joseph Conrad
 
Today's mantra is:

"whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is still important that you do it"
-Mahatma Ghandi
 
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