290lbs, 32yo in July, 5 Kids - Want to enjoy them!

jcmarney
jcmarney Posts: 1
edited January 21 in Introduce Yourself
Hi all. I started using MFP April 2nd, along with my wife. Counting calories and adding in exercise has been empowering, if not difficult. I find the calorie management during the week pretty easy, but hard on the weekends. However, this is the most I've stuck with anything in a long time. I was living in KS and slowly gained from 240 out of high school to 335 about 7 years later. I then moved to Idaho and started hiking and dropped to 275 over the course of a couple of years. Then back to KS for a couple of years and now Wisconsin. I have fluctuated the past couple of years between 285-295.

The thing that really motivated both my wife and I to turn things around is the pain - joint pain, back pain, shoulder pain...you name it. And I feel like we are way to young for that, and I want to go back to hiking in the mountains some day. The weather here in Wisconsin is just now getting tolerable, so I've been mixing Kinect Fitness Evolved workouts with brisk walks.

The results for my wife have been immediately apparent to me, and the measurements have convinced her too. It makes me really happy for her. It's more difficult to see those kinds of results in myself, as I'm so much bigger, but I at least feel victory in dictating my diet, and not letting my diet dictate me. Long road ahead, but the stories of success here encourage me to keep with it.

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  • suzanne_oh
    suzanne_oh Posts: 95 Member
    I love that you and your wife are doing it together! 10 lbs is a great start! You can find a lot of support on here if you search for it. Best of luck to you!
  • tatd_820
    tatd_820 Posts: 573 Member
    Way to get started! I wish you both the best with this journey. It is totally duable and worth it. It is a long, slow process but in a year you will be amazed at your progress! Slow and steady...all the way!
  • 1PoisonIvy
    1PoisonIvy Posts: 933 Member
    Consider yourself lucky!! You have a spouse that wants you to do it with you, together!
    I have to go alone, and it is soooo hard. I can handle the week, just like you, but during the weekend when I am around my husband more, I fall off totally off the wagon! So wish he was on the program with me.

    Continued success!!
  • bhisken
    bhisken Posts: 26 Member
    Yeah!!!! So glad you two are doing this together. My hubby, not so much. He just doesn't get it. Hopefully he will get it someday (before the heart attack)
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