Desperately Seeking Support!

You are right to think of this as an adventure - think of what makes an adventure rewarding. If you take the time to enjoy the whole trip and don't rush through it you will have a good time, right? And with any journey you travel one step, one mile, one state or country at a time. Don't look back at what was - look forward to your goal, and be realistic as you work toward it. You don't jump across the ocean from one continent to another without having to stop along the way, take layovers, etc., right? But with each leg of the journey you see something new and exciting.

A lifestyle change (which is the real goal so that you can enjoy being as healthy as possible for the rest of your life), is exciting. Start with what you have at home. Any steps? Utilize them by going up and down to the beat of your favorite music. A 5 month old baby is a great resistance tool - lay down and do chest presses with the little one standing in for the barbell! Put the baby on the floor and do bent leg push ups with the baby close to your head where you can enjoy the giggles every time you get down on the baby's level. You've got a fabulous tool right here for recipes - use your search tool to find recipes that use olive oil, herbs and spices, fresh produce, lean meat, whole grains. Don't deprive yourself. Just use the tool that you have here and keep track of the calories you are consuming as you go along.

You are lucky that you have a partner at home who is on board with you. Take turns preparing the evening meal, and challenge each other to see who can prepare the most tasty and healthy dishes. Give it enough time and you'll be amazed at how much you will relish eating healthier choices. And remember - calories in, calories out. It doesn't matter if it's a fat calorie, carbohydrate calorie, or a protein calorie. A calorie is a calorie, pure and simple.

Best of luck to both of you. Your entire family will benefit with this healthy lifestyle change. You will be modeling behavior that your child will surely follow as time goes along! They always do!

Just start slow, with exercise, and you only need to do it every second day in the beginning, I like the idea of thinking of it as a Dr app, once you start you will feel sooo much better, I now go for stress relief as well!

Im gald to hear you have the support of your husband.

I hate cooking so when I had little ones I would cook in bulk then as I dish up dish the remainder into containers in the same proportion for my meal. And since I add it as a meal it is easy to get out heat up and add to food diary when time is short. I still do this for lunches, I have about 20 lunches in the freezer at the moment. Anyway, I'm glad you made the commitment to be healthier and look forward to seeing you around. You can check out my food diary and add me as a freind if you like. Actually I will send you a friend request because I would love to keep track of your progress! (i'ts up to you if you want to accept it!:laugh:

Hello and welcome to MFP, the best website ever. You will love this site if you don't already. I it here. This site is so motivational, helpful, supportive, easy to use, and everyone is so nice and friendly here. I just wanted to tell you that I hope you have a lot of success on your weight loss journey. You can do this!!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Totally addicted to this site!!! I hope you it as much as I do. This lifestyle change has been SO different from anything else I have ever done to lose weight!!

Good LucK!