New to site

Hello all. I am 3 days into using this site. I love it. But you don't want to hear that. You want to know
"who are you" right? Right. So here goes.

I am a 43 year old mother of 3. I am a SAHM so getting out isn't that easy. I am a new garden grower. As I am
just growing my two favorite vegetables right now, Tomatoes and cucumbers. I do not walk much. I have low
lung function and have really bad arthritis in my lower spine. I usually have to use a motorized buggy in walmart/
kroger or where ever they are available. I am working on losing some weight so that I can start moving around
better. I am hoping to start at the local gym that has a swimming pool for year around use to start some low
impact water aerobics. But I can not until I can get some kind of reliable transport to and from there. Husband
works full time as a sales rep so he's gone at least 3-4 days a week. So we have no transport on those days
he's not home. Looking for someone to carpool to and from the gym but so far I haven't found anyone who
can do it on a daily basis. Hopefully soon. I'd walk but it's more than 3 miles from my home but I can't walk
that far. Soooo...I do what I can at home for now.

So...hello all. :) I hope to find friends and support here. it would help me because I don't have many people
who relate to my issues.

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  • stagknight
    stagknight Posts: 130 Member
    Welcome aboard probie. :) Add yourself some friends for support and just let thinks progress at their own pace.
  • NCISFanatic01
    NCISFanatic01 Posts: 53 Member
    Thanks...Probie eh? I feel like a special agent of NCIS now..LOL:laugh:
  • stagknight
    stagknight Posts: 130 Member
    Thought you might like that, and look at how much weight Shaun Murray lost from the first episode to the last season finale.
  • ProjFit
    ProjFit Posts: 143
    Welcome to MFP!.. First, id like to let you know you made a good choice. This website is so full of motivational and supportive people. Second, Id like to introduce myself!. So hi, my name is Christina, I am soon to be 22, and on my way to losing 100lbs. I joined looking to keep track of my weight loss and eating habits and ended up finding a great group of people to talk to along the way. Im always up for adding new friends!.. Im sure that youll have tons of buddies in no time.
    P.S NCIS is awesome! :D
  • NCISFanatic01
    NCISFanatic01 Posts: 53 Member
    Yeah I know..He looks awesome. Though I know he had roumors about him out there. But he looks great.
  • NCISFanatic01
    NCISFanatic01 Posts: 53 Member
    NCIS is the best. I have watched all 9 seasons 3 times straight through. half way through the
    4th time through.Can't get enough of Mark Harmon, Micheal W. and Suan M..3 hot guys in one
    show is killer..
  • I am new to MFP as of today....yeah!!!! I also am need of some friends that are good supporters and motivators
  • JilianneNicole
    JilianneNicole Posts: 116 Member
    Fee free to add me! I have knee problems and I am also a SAHM of 3 kids! I am always on and try to be as encouraging as possible!
  • Iansmommy123011
    Iansmommy123011 Posts: 872 Member
    Feel free to add me if you like :)
  • Cindyo64
    Cindyo64 Posts: 3 Member
    Welcome! I can totally see myself in your description of yourself! I was a SAHM for 13 years until the plant that my husband worked at for 23 years closed! I now work but it is a 12 hour night shift so doing things and going anywhere during the day was and is very, VERY difficult for me. I didn't walk much either do to my knees instead of my back but I am now doing just that for exercise! I started small (around the block) and kept building on that. I can now walk for about an hour! Depending on the ages of your children, take them with you for a walk around the block or just take one at a time for a little mommy and me time with them. They will love that! I also found that if I had some one who was waiting to go on a walk with me, I was much more likely to do it...I am fantastic at procrastinating!!!! I joined in March of this year and it has been a slow start for me BUT I am still doing it, learning new eating habits and starting to just plain move more so I look at all of that as progress!
  • Srogas
    Srogas Posts: 44 Member
    You can add me. I give you props for looking for friends right away. I made the mistake of not friending anyone for too long and was not successful. It helps so much to have support from all the wonderful people on this site. We are all in this together!
  • stagknight
    stagknight Posts: 130 Member
    I used to get wrong from my bar staff for doing a Gibbs slap to them when they made silly mistakes, but they got used to it. I have been doing that to people since college so I was doing it before Gibbs. :laugh:
  • Hello, I am very new to this site and just joined a few minutes ago. I am very obese and looking for friends that can support each other on the journey to lose this weight.
    Good luck to you and if you know how (I dont yet), add me to your friends list.
    Debbie
  • Sorry but I keep wondering what SAHM means lol
    Fee free to add me! I have knee problems and I am also a SAHM of 3 kids! I am always on and try to be as encouraging as possible!
  • stagknight
    stagknight Posts: 130 Member
    Jamie, SAHM = Stay At Home Mom.
  • NCISFanatic01
    NCISFanatic01 Posts: 53 Member
    I don't worry about the kids, they would or wouldn't walk with me no matter what.
    It's not that I don't want to walk it's that I can't. Literally. I will walk through a Dollar
    General store just up the road and my back feels like it will break. It's the weight
    up front pulling at my spine. I know that but it's really hard to walk. I also will have
    asthma attacks just that quickly when I walk for too long. I fear those because I
    almost died from one almost 3 years ago and I just gave up the walking too far.
  • NCISFanatic01
    NCISFanatic01 Posts: 53 Member
    I used to get wrong from my bar staff for doing a Gibbs slap to them when they
    made silly mistakes, but they got used to it. I have been doing that to people
    since college so I was doing it before Gibbs. :laugh:

    I will threaten my kids with a Gibb slap if they don't behave. They know I won't
    do it but since they also watch NCIS with me they know what it looks like to get
    Gibb slapped..so yeah..no biggie to me...
  • NCISFanatic01
    NCISFanatic01 Posts: 53 Member
    Hello, I am very new to this site and just joined a few minutes ago. I am very obese and looking for friends that can support each other on the journey to lose this weight.
    Good luck to you and if you know how (I dont yet), add me to your friends list.
    Debbie

    Add me..Add me..:bigsmile: