Hey everyone!

JeriAnne84

Hi I'm just now posting an introduction, although I've posted a few times and have done a lot of lurking haha! I'm 30 years old and after being heavy my whole life I decided I didn't want to spend my 30's like I did my 20's and be overweight. I gave up pop, started eating better, drinking a tooooon of water, and working out on May 14th and have actually kept it up! I usually would work out and then maybe after a week I'd give up. I have never gone this long without pop before and at first it was REALLY hard, especially when your boyfriend is always drinking pop, but now it's pretty easy. I'm not sure how much weight I have lost since I started, as I haven't bought a scale yet (bills are killing me) and the one we have at work is broken. But I have lost a few inches. I'm in the process of doing Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred (On level 2, day 3) and also do some of her other DVDs. I tried doing a couple of the Dancing with the Stars DVDs but I am not coordinated enough to do those. lol I also do yoga, and really love yogalosophy.

Oh my profile picture is my dog James. lol

87Djones

Welcome great job on your progress so far am sure you will reach your goal in no time with the strong habits you developed already.
Best of luck
Am sure your dog is super friendly just like my German Shepard

JeriAnne84

Thank you! I've actually gotten to the point where if I don't work out I miss it, and I have never been like that. Ever. The eating better part is hard because its kind of expensive. My boyfriend has crohn's and should be eating better than he does (I nag him so hard about that), so another perk of me getting healthier is now he is starting to feel guilty that he should be eating better and exercising. I'm not doing it for him though, this is for me. Him getting healthy is just a perk!

James is a good boy, but he thinks he's as big as a German Shepard (he's not even close) and tries to start fights with big dogs. We trained him to growl and bark when he hears swear words.