L.O.S.T. (Losing One Step at a Time)

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  • Noodle797
    Noodle797 Posts: 366 Member
    Awesome advice, Alice!
  • JMarcella57
    JMarcella57 Posts: 1,902 Member
    Seriously encouraging group. Thank you. It was so very helpful to read these posts this morning. I want to be closer to my goal weight and living a more active lifestyle with lots of energy.
  • mysticlizard
    mysticlizard Posts: 896 Member
    Hi Julia! You will get there! :)
  • aaliceinw
    aaliceinw Posts: 747 Member
    We are all learning or re learning healthier habits and imptoving our lifestyles, one baby step at a time Julia. You are doing the same thing and so you are bound to be successful
  • MdwstQT
    MdwstQT Posts: 230 Member
    Welcome Julia!
  • FindingCindy721
    FindingCindy721 Posts: 834 Member
    Welcome to Julia! I hope you feel free to jump in...this is an amazingly supportive group! The more friends we have the better our support becomes!
  • MdwstQT
    MdwstQT Posts: 230 Member
    Bumping for good measure.
  • FindingCindy721
    FindingCindy721 Posts: 834 Member
    MdwstQT~ Nice bumping into you LOL! (((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))))))))))
  • MdwstQT
    MdwstQT Posts: 230 Member
    Thanks Cindy!
  • Noodle797
    Noodle797 Posts: 366 Member
    Anyone else want to be able to dance in public without feeling self conscious? I do it anyway, but I always feel like a big oaf.
  • mysticlizard
    mysticlizard Posts: 896 Member
    edited April 2015
    After Golden was born, Mark and I took dance classes. I was 5'8" and 230 and he was 6"5" and 300. We are the most uncoordinated graceless couple you would ever want to see. The teachers were a 5'2" blond hair blue eyed couple named Randy and Brandy. They tried so hard with us but you could tell it just pained them to watch us try to dance. Mark and I would laugh until we cried driving home after class. It was a riot. Needless to say we have never gone out dancing. But I can bust a move when I am at home by myself B)
  • FindingCindy721
    FindingCindy721 Posts: 834 Member
    I can't dance to save my soul but it doesn't stop me when I am alone! Kyli and I took Zumba together for a while but it started getting more popular and I got more self conscious and we stopped going... :'(
  • jhaugen445
    jhaugen445 Posts: 92 Member
    I love to dance! I have good rhythm but I'm not sure how "attractive" my dancing is!? ;) My boys always are like "Mom, stop you're embarrassing us." It makes me want to keep on grooving! :). This is why I'm loving my Zumba dance DVDs. Zumba makes me feel sexy!
  • Noodle797
    Noodle797 Posts: 366 Member
    Liz, Randy & Brandy! LOL! I'd love to take dancing lessons. My sister has what my mom calls "swivel hips", as in she is a natural dancer. I get out there & do the "white man overbite" & that's about it.
  • aaliceinw
    aaliceinw Posts: 747 Member
    I love dancing but the last time I danced in public I could see everyone looking embarrassed for me, including my kids. I'm a very good dancer and forgot I had the extra kilos. So I am looking forward to dropping another dress size so that I can get my groove on again. I miss dancing a lot.
  • Femmigirlz
    Femmigirlz Posts: 231 Member
    Its hard to dance in public, embarrassing. I dance very good but I will just slow dance for now with my partner until I look better getting my groove on.
  • aaliceinw
    aaliceinw Posts: 747 Member
    Guys. I keep meaning to ask. Why is this thread called Shallow Hal? What does it signify?
  • mysticlizard
    mysticlizard Posts: 896 Member
    I was wondering to Alice.
  • FindingCindy721
    FindingCindy721 Posts: 834 Member
    edited April 2015
    I'm not positive because Noodle started it...but I believe it's because Noodle originally asked about things like clothes we wanted to be able to wear when we lost the weight...being a "shallow" reason to hit a goal...as opposed to for our health. Please correct me if I'm wrong Noodle!
  • Noodle797
    Noodle797 Posts: 366 Member
    You're right Cindy. Everyone tells you to lose weight for your health & that, of course is the main reason, but I have a list of other reasons besides health that I'm looking forward to doing as I get thinner. I thought of one the other day too: having a lap for my kitties to sit on. The term "Shallow Hal" is one that my boyfriend & I use, it's from the movie of the same name, in which we do or like things for shallow reasons.
  • aaliceinw
    aaliceinw Posts: 747 Member
    Thanks for explaining Noodle.
    One of my shallow reasons is to fit into my wardrobe of pretty clothes I just could not get rid of!
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