This club will consist of making positive nutritional changes and fitness changes for an overall healthier lifestyle. Those interested in weightloss, eating healthier, peer support, and being held accountable sign up. You don't have to post your weight. BUT you can if you'd like and if it helps you reach your goal.
When you do signup, please post the following:
An intro
How you feel about your current weight and/or appearance
How you feel about your eating habits and problem areas
Why you want to make some changes
Your overall goal whether it's short term or long term
I'll start....
I feel horrible about my current weight and eating habits. Many may argue that I just gave birth, but imo that is "no excuse". I am currently bf'ing so am looking for just a healthier approach to my meal planning and to cut out the sweets and increase my exercise. I want to make some changes because I don't feel as good about myself as I have in the past. I'm feeling older and even frumpy. I want to feel an increase in energy too. My overall goal is to fit in a closet full of clothes. My main problem area is grabbing high calorie snacks vs. low cal ones.
Will add more later.
How I feel about myself /appearance right now: I feel 90% good about my appearance..I tend to forget to workout an area for a couple weeks and then notice it's gotten flabby/saggy or less toned..
Eatting habits problem areas: I feel like I have a good basic eating habit, but then I have one problem that is embarrassing to even share or admit I have a problem with it..Let's just say I want to kick it to the curb for good!
Why i want to make changes, for the problem i mentioned above.
Short term/long term goals: to keep exercising like I've been doing...stay toned, and get my gluts even more toned and thighs thinner..I would love to get my arms just a little more toned too
i really need to lose weight and want to have gastric surg. in the fallof 2003 but in the mean time i need to change my eating habits..they have gotten better but i could improve them a great deal..
my goal i would like to weigh 150( its sooooooooooo far off) but if i learn to eat correctly i can do it..
I have a friend who went through GBS. She could have saved herself alot of money and pain by just eating lo carb. Which is pretty much the way you have to eat for life after GBS. So you may want to research lo-carb before committing to surgery. Just wanted to let you know.
How you feel about your current weight and/or appearance
My weight has always bothered me, I have tried many times to lose it but it keeps finding me. I am seriously considering the surgery that Al Roker did.
How you feel about your eating habits and problem areas
I love sweets, and pizza way too much. I also am always eating on the run with the boys and always on my way to another visit at work...
Why you want to make some changes
So that I can keep up with my kids, and live long enough to see their kids!
Your overall goal whether it's short term or long term?
I will have to wait on that one, and let you know later!
How you feel about your current weight and/or appearance
--I am not at all happy with my current weight.
How you feel about your eating habits and problem areas
--I am a sugar girl to the core. I can eat pounds of it and still keep going. It is not pretty. I also am an emotional eater; every emotion is a cause to overeat. I feel like I need to be in control of food instead of food being in control of me. It is just food after all. I am going to eat more fresh fruits, veggies and meat and drastically lower my refined sugar and flour intake. To jumpstart I am going to start Atkins induction tomorrow. We are leaving for Disney World in 10 days, so I don't know if I will be able to do strict induction for two weeks, but I am going to be pretty darn close. I told my dh that the only thing that will do me in at DW will be the margaritas.
Why you want to make some changes
--I want to be a healthy weight. I want to have more energy. My blood pressure is in the high normal/range and I want to lower it to the normal/normal range. I also want to be able to buy clothes in the normal people section of the store.
Your overall goal whether it's short term or long term?
--Short term to fit into all of the clothes in my size. Some are getting kinda snug. Long term to weigh what I did when I met my dh.
I like to sign up too!
I've got to get healthy! I'm determine to do so in the upcoming new year. I'm the heaviest I've ever been & in the worst shape I've ever been so I feel & think the worse than I ever have! I had some female problems then I hurt my back so the whole year wasn't very beneficial for me especially when my dh is in awesome shape. I'm not what others call big but feel big for me and as I read some of the above it sounds like I have some persons here that can totally relate with me.
I want to get healthy because I think it will help mentally plus get my body how I want it too and so much more.
This will be Great Program and I love the name! I'm so glad their are others here that I can relate too.
How do I feel about my current weight and/or appearance?
Five years ago I went on a low carb/high protein diet (not Atkins). By doing so, I lost 50 pounds in 6 months, and if I say so myself, I think I looked better than I have in many, many years. But as time went by, I gave up the way I was eating and have gained back 20 pounds. Needless to say, I am very, very disappointed in myself.
How do I feel about my eating habits and problem areas?
Very disappointed in how I am eating now. I even find myself "sneaking" bread, etc. when no one is around. Why do I do that?
Why do I want to make some changes?
To get myself back in control of what I am doing and be disciplined in my actions concerning food and exercise. Plus my mother started with heart problems at about the age I am now.
My overall goal:
I want to loose those 20 pounds that I gained back. If I loose an additional 15 pounds in the proces, that would be a "Good Thing" To achieve my goals (be it long or short term) I need to drink 8 glasses of water, at least, a day. I need to eliminate the "White" starches, etc., from my eating plan again. Once I get my eating under control, I need to start exercising at least 3 times a week. To do this, I WILL start using my "Walk Away The Pountds" tapes that I have.
Count me in on this also! I have a class reunion in 2003 so we are talking full blown emergency here- lol. After 30 years and 3 children I'm about 20 lbs over what I weighed at my graduation. My eating habits have a lot of room for improvement- although I eat a lot of fruit and veggies, I also eat far too much sugar and fat. This worries me the older I get- I do not want to develop diabeties, or high blood pressure, etc. Also, I do not exercise at all, if we are counting cleaning the house. I mean zippo, zilch. So, my goal is to take off the 20 lbs., eat healthier, and also start exercising. A realistic plan for the rest of my life.
Ok I'm gonna jump in here too. I need to lose a gob and had plans to make myself a real priority for 2003.
The way I feel about myself and my goals are as follows:
I HATE to have my picture taken (see...no avatar pic!), I've started to notice huge changes in my body lately being 42 and overweight really accentuates the negative. I'm not even going to think yet, about my long range weight loss goals I want to take it 10 lbs. at a time (sorta like eating an elephant, you start at the front and take little bitty bites, IF you know what I mean ). I'm going to start exercising in some form everyday, drinking lots more water and really watching every bite that goes into my mouth. I've always been an emotional eater so it's a real problem to work with but I know I can do it. This should be fun girls!
Okay count me in too. I had started a weight loss plan and quit with the holidays. But plan on starting it back with the new year.
I hate my current weight. I was anorexic in high school and was a lot thinner. But everyone said how terrible I looked. Now I am over eating. From one extreme to the next. I want to lose some weight to make myself feel better and have a healthier life.
loving mama,, thanks for the tip.. im putting surg off until fall because i think i can lose weight without it..i have already gotten into a pair of jeans i couldn't close just 6 months ago. and i have cut back on carbs.
How I feel about my weight: YUCK!!!! I'm embarrassed by the way I look. I was a size 8 three years ago and now I'm a size 14!!! I'm gonna post my weight, because it will embarrass me enough to actually do something about it. I weigh 176.
Changes I want to make: I want to use my treadmill at least three times per week, eat more fruit and vegetables instead of cookies and chocolate (lol), and loose 8 - 10 pounds per month.
Why? Because I'm fat!! I have a family wedding to attend in May and I would like to look beautiful. I'm going back to work next August (teacher) and would like to be back in my beautiful size 8 clothes. I had so much more energy then and I want it back.
I am happy with where I am at but would love the company in maintaining it. I have been seeing a personal trainer for about 2 years now and work out 2-3 times a week.
I would love to join. My new years resolution this year is to lose weight.
1) How you feel about your current weight and/or appearance
I feel absoutely horrible about my weight and appearance.
2) How you feel about your eating habits and problem areas
I know that my eating habits are very unhealthy, too much fat, too much sugar, too much food, lol.
3) Why you want to make some changes
I want to be healthier. I also have a total hip prothesis and I know that by losing a large amount of weight I can extend the life of my prothesis. I want to have more energy and feel better about myself.
4) Your overall goal whether it's short term or long term
My long term goal is to get down to 125-130 pounds. My short term goal is to acheive a weight loss each month and to exercise each day. I have been so heavy that I have not exercised regularly for years and I think that I will feel better once I start an exercise plan.
Thanks for this club, I am feeling more motivation than I have in years. I am excited.
What a wonderful way to start the New Year!! Thanks Sara, I am in.
How you feel about your current weight and/or appearance
~I hate it.
How you feel about your eating habits and problem areas
~ I need to stop eating for comfort and start walking again, I used to walk 5 miles a day, now I walk from the kitchen to the computer chair .
Why you want to make some changes
~For my self esteem, and for my Family.
Your overall goal whether it's short term or long term
~My overall goal would be to lose 90 pounds.
I feel abought my wt.....
I don't like how I look or feel.
Eating habits...
I do dine till the kids go to bed and then chow down, I am to tired to do something and not tired enough to go to bed. So I eat(gotta find something to do)
Why do i what to make changes.....
To look and feel better, I want to be the cute skinny mom, not the cute fat mom. I think if I think I look good the sex life will be better too.
My main goal is to get healthy, and that definatly means getting thinner.
I would like to join as well, I am ready to release this extra weight!!!
I don't feel good about my current weight at all. I feel down right frumpy. I have been larger and I have been smaller, I prefer smaller.LOL. My goal is to lose 10 lbs and go from there. My ultimate goal is to lose 20 lbs.
My family is dedicated to eliminating unhealthy foods one at a time. We are starting with dairy. We eat too much cheese and milk, the kids will keep the whole milk for awhile and then we will transition the oldest to soy milk as well. We are cutting out cheddar and american cheeses first. Will still consume lower fat cheeses like feta etc. is small amounts. Then will move on to unhealthy refined carbs and lastly sugar. I guess this will take all year to impliment.
We do have a gym membership which I will utilize twice a week. The other four days I will walk in the mornings with my friend for a total of eight miles a week. Later I will incorporate weight training into my work out.
I too have a closet full of beautiful clothes just waiting for me to put them on,
How I feel about my weight an appearance,I hate it all flabby needs to be toned and i hate my hair.i want to grow it out
Eating habits,can you say carear snacker.I drink way to many cokes and eat way to many sweets and need to drink more water and veggies,was doing really good awhile back.
Why I want to do this,well cause I feel like crap and I'm also getting really good at being an example to my daughter on how not to take care of yourself and I want her to grow up to respect and love herself enough to take care of herself
My goal is to lose 15 lbs by May and to keep it off for good
I would like to join this ...
My weight and my appearance are not good right now because of my weight .
I hate having no energy , I hate the way I look. I hat the way I feel.
My Snacking has gotten much better over the course of being taken off the Depo Shot.
My Snacking is ok but it could go a whole lot better.
I would like to snack on more healthy foods than what I usually snack on.
My goal is to be down to 122 lbs on July31st,2005 for the Renewing of our Wedding Vows on our 6th Wedding Anniversary.
So Far I am down to about 180 lbs.
I have a long way to go.
I would like to join too! I don't need to lose weight just need to eat better and excersize.
How I feel about my appearance: Pretty good, just need to get toned up.
Eating habits: not good: I eat alot of sugar and drink only Dr Pepper, literally
Goals: to get toned and have more energy
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