Lost 20lbs now need 20 more

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cmercado66
cmercado66 Posts: 1
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I just discovered myfitness pal and I am so excited to have it help me hit my fitness Goals! My name is Christine. I am 45 years old and 5'5" tall. They heaviest I have ever been was in June of 2010 at 183. I have lost 20lbs since then. Now I am working hard to lose the last 20lbs. I am doing this by watching my calories, eating healthier, doing a shake diet (herbalife) for the next 30 days and working out 4 days a week (Cardio, zumba, arc trainer, stairmaster, elliptical) 30 min weight. I look forward to reading the message boards to get ideas and stay motivated!

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  • SparkleShine
    SparkleShine Posts: 2,001 Member
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    Welcome! You can do this!
  • arsonsmom
    arsonsmom Posts: 234 Member
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    Welcome happy logging and I hope you enjoy the community!!!
  • guidosgal
    guidosgal Posts: 581 Member
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    Hi

    Hope you are getting ready to concur the world on this site. I will tell you with some strong determination and the will to succeed you will go far. I have done well by logging all my food. It helps to do it before you eat it (you will be surprise how many calories are in things) I check,check and recheck the calorie content because they are not always accurate on the site. I am not a big exercise person (very hard to fit it in most days) . I work out abit with my WII (too much fun) I started by calorie level at 1200 but after a few weeks I discovered that it was far to low so I brought it up to 1430 and I lose 1 pound a week almost like clockwork. I hit the wall a couple times and did not lose for the week then the following week it got its MoJo back and off it came. I can tell you that I do budget for a treat ( I love Yoplait delights chocolate raspberry) There is a really good web site hungry girl.com tons of recipes for some yummy food (one of my favs is chicken cordon blu ) I really began to have more energy at about 20 pounds off. It is funny because the body changes slowly but its cool to discover all the new things that you have (or to be more exact the things you don’t have) like one less roll on your tummy or hey I forgot I have dimples in my cheeks :bigsmile: Again you can do it just hang in there an be patient.
    Pam
  • patattheshire
    patattheshire Posts: 123 Member
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    good luck and welcome aboard if you lost the first 20 without this board the next will be at least fun and informated
  • kbloodworth
    kbloodworth Posts: 107 Member
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    Congratulations on the 20 lb weight loss! That's awesome. It sounds like you have a good program, doing different types of workouts to keep your body challenged (although my absolute favorite is Zumba). I had already lost 25 lbs when I found this site, but I still have 40 lbs more to go, and thought this would be a good place to help get myself disciplined.

    Feel free to add me as a friend.

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