Introduction

liannap

Hi, my name is Lianna and I live in Western Australia. I have been working on my weight since I was sixteen which was 42 years ago. :-)
Lately, the last 12 months or so, I have struggled to adhere to a healthy lifestyle as we have renovated our house which took more than 12 months (instead of 4 and it is not quite finished yet). And now that I have returned from a compulsory 5,5 weeks away visiting my family in the Netherlands and in the UK and now that our tradesmen have left the building, I feel relaxed and ready to go again.
I need to loose about 13 kg and I am working towards the morning of 24 December. Also, I allow myself one Sin Day per week: a day that I can eat (in moderation) and drink (in moderation). Other days I will not drink alcohol and that is my weakness: I drink alcohol on a daily basis. Not only does the intake of alcohol jeopardizes my waistline (which is currently non-existent), alcohol also jeopardizes my health. Funnily enough, for the first time ever I find that health reasons are a greater motivator to loose weight and to exercise (again) than vanity does.
I have joined two groups and I am ready to roll.

GooooHeather

Hi Lianna, welcome!
I like the idea of having one Sin day/wk. I have trouble with conforming to any regime but am inspired by the things
that other people try. Having a few friends means seeing a few different regimes and allows more choices.
Best of luck with your journey.
What is the first thing you want to try.... your first goal?

vlhazen

Hello, My name is Valerie, I am 54 and I live in Nebraska. I have always been overweight and stuggled with keeping my weight down. In the past 8 years I have gained 100 pounds on top of the 30lbs I was already overweight with. So total I have a goal of lossing 130 pounds. I found this site this week by accident and have been using it the past 3 days and really like it how I can record what I have ate and how much excerise I have done. I also started walking the first day that I started using this website. I didn't get very far (4 blocks), as I become very exhausted, but everyday I have walked further today I walked 12 blocks, so I am already making my goals. My main weakness is going to be sweets, I like desserts. However I have decided that I am going to get healthy and increase my activity so I can see all of my grandchildren graduate high school.