NEW OPEN GROUP :)

Are we going to do weigh-ins on a weekly basis to keep track?

i think we should do weekly weigh-ins. how about like on mondays or fridays? or whenever..im totally up for anything!

I'm good with Friday!

MFP'er: Alissa0312
age: 29
height: 5'4"
weight: 209.5
bust/chest: 45.5
waist: 46.5
hips: 50.0
1km/mile time: Don't know just yet and I just saw the challenges so I will have to catch up on these tomorrow.

i would love to join too! i just don't have a tape measure on me because i am at work is this ok for now?


MFP'er: dancingnancies
age: 28
height: 5'4
weight: 154 lbs
bust/chest:don't know!
waist: don't know!
hips: don't know!
1km/mile time: 1 mile: 10 mins 50 seconds.

HI all,

I am relatively new to this and would love to join the group. I will post my basic info tonight and get started on the challenges. Anyone who would like to friend me, please do! I'm looking to create a support system of like minded people. I find it so hard to stay on track/motivated when I am at work around people who bring in all kinds of junk food and don't understand my motivation.

A little bit about me: I am 38 yrs old and married to my best friend. Between us, we have 3 children (2 teenage boys from his first marriage and our 6 year old daughter.) I was a stay-at-home mom while she was little, but when she started school, I couldn't stay home and be bored so I returned to work and I am a teen services librarian. Between my family, my husband (and his travel schedule for work), the kids, and my job...not to mention all of the other things in life that I want to do and enjoy...it is hard to always find time for myself.

About 11 years ago, I weighted 310lbs. I needed to make a change and focused on changing my diet, exercising and getting healthy. At the time I was single and only had myself to worry about. I was very successful and had lost 145lbs. After I met my husband and I became less focused a few pounds crept back on and then I had my daughter and a few more found their way onto my frame. It wasn't too bad but I saw myself slowly creeping back up that slipperly slope. On top of that, I saw my healthy eating habits floating out the window. I would take the time to make breakfast for everyone else and pack lunches, etc but I was too busy running errands, cleaning, working, etc that I never had time to feed myself and I would go all day without eating until I was ravenous and found something which was usually quick, greasy, laden with fat, etc. Then after dinner, when everyone was asleep and I should be sleeping, I would be so wound up and hungry I would be snacking deep into the night.

For the last 3 years I haven't been feeling well and I recently went to the doctor. I was diagnosed with unspecified autoimmune disease. There were days that I cried to get out of bed because the pain was so bad. Everything on my body hurt, my head ached, I felt like a truck hit me and I was ready to give up. My husband, the wonderful man that he is, did a lot of research. Afterdoing a lot of reading and watching the movie "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" we decided that not only for weight purposes, but for the sake of my physical health, we needed to change our diets. We had to get the junk, fat, preservatives, etc out of our diet. All of the reading he did about my disease told him that many of the quick fods that we eat today are so laden with chemicals and no vitamins that our bodies are deficient in what we need. We are not giving ourselves what we need and many diseases can be "cured" just by detoxing the body and eating the way our bodies are designed to eat.

At the begining of June, my husband said he would make this lifestyle change with me. He has been much more successful than I have, but I have to say that I have been grateful for his support along the way. I get frustrated that I do not lose weight as quickly as he does. I get lonely because the people in my life do not understand why I have made this choice. I am always looking for like-minded individuals who will know what I am going through--who will udnerstand that just because I am hungry for a piece of pizza that doesn't mean that I am a failure. Changing your food lifestyle is a process and a difficult one at that. I think Ihave been pretty successful. I am loving all of the fruits and veggies that I have incorporated into my diet. I have realized that I was a sugar addict, so keeping sugars, carbs, breads, etc to a minimun makes me feel best...physically. For me, the biggest challenge is finding time to devote to me....time to actually go and exercise and say it's ok to not be there for the kids or to let someone else take over for a little while.

I am looking forward to the challeneges on thie group and hope to make some new friends to boot! Good luck everyone!

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