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SuzAtHome

SuzAtHome

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I have been lurking here and you have all inspired me to make a fresh start and continue to come here for encouragement along the way. I HAVE to do this - am just too unhappy with myself to stay this way.
Thank you for the inspiration and hope you have all given to me, reading your posts here.

Suz
 
welcome to the site - much success getting to where you want to be...

Keep in mind that happiness shouldnt be based on what you look like but how you're feelng inside - so really try to find the happy within yourself - it'll make this journey all the more pleasant.

Start yourself a diary - read the stickies and join on in..
 
I am having a hard time getting the ticker figured out!!! Working on that now - trying to follow the instructions I have found here but so far no success.
 
Ok, well now I got the ticker figured out, I'll tell you a little about myself.

I have been a yo yo dieter for many years - been through all the ups & downs, with my best success being about 15 years ago when I exercised my brains out and lost about 75 pounds, both through diet and exercise - but the crazy thing is I was exercising 2-3 hours every single day for years - to get it off and try to keep it off -and still struggled constantly with about a 15 pound fluctuation. I kept it mostly off for about 5-6 years - as long as I did the excessive exercise. I then started a job that just took over my life and I got out of my exercise habits and gradually gained it all back - and then some.

Now here I am some years later, so fat and miserable and really feeling the toll it is taking on my health. The worst part is my knees have gotten so bad and painful it is all I can do to walk around the house and yard. It makes it really hard to do any kind of exercise, and the job I am doing is very sedentary - sitting at a desk all day - which is good that I am able to still work, in spite of the pain, but doesn't help the weight issue one bit. I expect that if I could get a chunk of the weight off the knee pain would improve some and make it easier to do more exercise - but that means I have to really stick to a diet for a long while without the benefits of exercise to even get to that point. I know it is possible to lose slowly even without exercise - it just takes dedication and willpower to stick to it even when the scale is moving very slowly. Bike riding is even painful, but I am thinking about having my hubby move the exercise bike in out of the garage (where it will be too hot in the summer to use) and just bite the bullet on the pain and use it some.

My immediate goal: I would love to lose 15-20 pounds over the next 2 months so when we go on vacation I can buckle the airplane seatbelt! Last year I could buckle it on some of the flights and not on others and hid the unbuckled ends under my shirt on some flights - just could not face the embarrassment of not being able to buckle it and to ask for an extender or something. Of course there are all the other reasons too that I would love to lose some before this big vacation - clothes to fit better, walk with less difficulty, look a little better, etc etc.

Knowing how to diet is not the issue. I have used a variety of diets at different times, and I know a lot of different things work - if you stick to them. Sticking to is has been my problem. I can stick to it for 2-3 weeks and then end up getting discouraged or stumble and cannot get motivated to get right back on.

Hopefully with the encouragement here I can do better!!! I want to watch my ticker "tick down", help my health and appearance, and feel better about myself. It has gotten to the point that both my health and my appearance are keeping me from participating in things in life - activities I enjoy, and also going places and seeing people sometimes because I am so embarrassed to look this way.

Well I have rambled enough - told you more than you want to know I'm sure - but I will keep you posted here on my progress and maybe this little accountability will help me stick with it.
 
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Well you'll certainly receive motivation from this forum. Good luck on loosing the weight. Obviosly cut down on the calories, but not to silly levels and do as much exersize if you can. Even if it's menial tasks they still burn energy. Start of with something low intesity like walking and build up to something thats high intesity so you are gearing your body up to burn more calories.

Good Luck
 
Hi Suz, good to see you're making a good start. Like you, I've got painful knees and back too, but have been loosing weight since November, and believe me you will notice a difference once you have lost 20-30 pounds. When I started to exercise, I began swimming, it was a bit daunting at first, showing my wobbly bits to the world, but once you are in the water, the strain will be off your body, and you will be able to move more freely, you develop aches all over at first, but it soon goes when your muscles get used to exercise again. If you can't swim, you could always learn, its good fun. When you have lost a bit more weigh, you could introduce more weight bearing exercises or what about yoga, its non competitive will help you become more supple and help you relax and deal with any stress. Keep up the good work.:waving:
 
Thanks for the encouragement everyone! I have been riding my bike everyday which is a little bit painful but manageable, and I have signed up to start going to the gym to try using the elipticals and also do some weight training.

A pool sounds like a good idea but I didn't know where there was one very close to me to use - I really do need to look into that futher. It could give me another way to get some nice exercise and break the monotony of the same thing every day and also should be the easiest thing on the knees.
 
Hi Suz... you might (if you have a rec center nearby) try water aerobics, this will take the weight and pressure off your knees. You have my sympathy hun, I struggle coming down the stairs in the morning, with stiff legs, but once I get a little awake it eases off. I dont think I could cope if it was an all day thing.
 
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