Just joined!

I just found this site yesterday and after belonging to another site (paying monthly), I tried to find a free one. BINGO! So far I'm enjoying this site. Seems just like my other one w/o the cost!

My name is Marci and I'm 38 years old. I've struggled with my weight since my middle 20's. I'm married (16 years) and have 3 children. I've recently lost a 14.5 week pregnancy and am still trying to deal with that. My problems for the most part are eating out (fast food) 5 to 10 meals a week at least. I do not like to cook. I love to bake. I work at a physician office that is always loaded with food and goodies. I always eat it.

I have been able to get down to 152 lbs in the past year, but put it right back on because I was tired of "dieting". I find that if I don't have my "head screwed on straight", I cannot lose weight. It seems as though I don't lose until I'm "ready". Now I'm ready.

My new year's resolutions are to;

1) Cook more food at home myself. Not so much ordering out. I know I cannot quit ordering out cold turkey. So my goal is to set Saturday night as my non-cooking meal.

2) Learn how to enjoy a more broader scope of foods. I'm a meat and potato kind of girl. Especially the kind you get at McDonald's. When I do cook, it's pretty good. It's the actual buying the groceries and cooking it part that I hate.

3) Have my children try more foods. I fed my kids fresh crab cakes tonight (that I actually made myself, yay!) and didn't tell them what it was till they said they liked it. My middle daughter flipped out when I told her what it was.....but she liked it! They all did.

4) Cook better for my husband. He and I work seperate shifts and he pretty much fends for himself. He doesn't eat well, obviously.

5) Buy a slow cooker. I haven't had one. Now I do. I bought it at Target yesterday. I've also printed out lots of recipes! Can't wait to cook stuff in that!

Hope to meet some of you!

Marci
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