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edryer123

Hi! My name is Erica and 5'3 and weighed in this morning at 147lbs. I am shooting to lose another 22lbs in time for my wedding in August. I have been on my weight loss journey for almost a year now. Two years ago my fiance and I were both unemployed and I got up to 168lbs. I was miserable and angry at myself for gaining the weight. I started lightly working out, but ultimately stopped when I got a new job in Florida. Somehow I lost 15lbs without exercising and not really changing my eating habits, except without realizing it maybe eating less. It also could have been the stress weight falling off. Since the intial 15lbs lost I have leveled off. I joined a gym, hired a trainer, and followed his eating plan for 3months. Instead of losing weight and inches I stayed the same. I was very disappointed because I was working out at least 6days a week for an hr minimum because I would do the spin classes and weight training with the trainer. I stopped going to the gym after an injury and never went back. I have since moved and there is not a gym near me so I have been going back to my dvds and walking/running the loop of my neighborhood that is exactly a third of a mile. I figured that the reason I didn't really see weight loss because of my eating. I wasn't measuring anything when I followed my trainers diet plan other than breakfast. I also was extremely stressed again.

I have been using mfp for about 2 weeks solid and have dropped 2lbs. I started working out last week when the weather finally warmed up enough to go outside. Now it is back to being cold.

I discovered the forums last night and decided that I needed to join in to keep myself motivated and on top of my game. My goal for the short term is to be able to turn my 3mi run/walk I started last week into a straight run at least twice a week by May and drop at least 1 pant size. I'm a size 8 now and when I got for my first fitting for my wedding gown I want to be a size 6.

Okay I've rambled enough, time for my workout!

LauraMcGanity

Welcome to the forums:flowerforyou: You will certainly achieve your goal by your wedding day, you sound very motivated!