I'm Scared...

You got this! Don't worry about how feel now when you work out and how you look. You are doing something to better yourself and no one can have a problem with that.

I spent years managing businesses and focusing on my career where I lost myself and ballooned up to 260 ish. My doctor scared the hell out of me and honestly I felt like crap. I'm down to 20 now and I feel like a million bucks. My career has taken off and my personal life is great.

You are moving in the right direction. Stick to your plan, work it daily and the results will come.

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Welcome and good luck:flowerforyou: ! Most important this is to stick to it even if you have a bad day. Consistency is the key.

~Little changes make big changes~

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SRG, I totally understand. I go to school, work, and help raise a family. It finally occurred to me I had to start taking care of myself. I never weighed my self so I don't know what my highest point was. When I started with MFP and Insanity I was 240, that was February. Now I'm down to about 200.

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One more thing... school started my weight gain also.

Thirty three posts and not one lawyer joke. I'm very disappointed in this thread.

Well where is the lawyer joke? :laugh:

Welcome and good luck! It sounds like you have a plan and that's a very important first step. Logging what I eat and how much I exercise makes me feel like this process is a less abstract "I really want to lose weight and I'm trying to be healthy" to a way to account for measurable results.

I'd love to hear how you like your fitbit. I use an HRM when I exercise so that I can actually track real calories burned (be aware that MFP overestimates the calories you burn pretty consistently, so be careful about trusting their numbers. I find that it's usually off by 80-100 calories for me.)

I'm not sure about fitbit because I know it only tracks motion, not heart rate, not sure if it's necessary, buy I'm interested. Feel free to add me; I'm here most days.

Good luck Stephen, I just ordered a fitbit yesterday and can't wait to get it. I am also here not so much to lose weight but to prevent myself from my family history of diabetesm high blood pressure and heart disease. Not saying I don't have weight to lose but I am more concerned with getting fit and the pounds will take care of themselves. I found this site about 1 week ago, i was using daily burn tracker on my phone but I like MFP better. I am only 5ft 1 and my heaviesst weight was 142 a feew years ago. That was more than I weighed with any on my 3 presgnancies. I did weight watchers and got down to 125 byt have put back on 10 lbs. I have been tring for about 8 weeks to loose and have not had much luck. I just was not motivated. Then I went to my doctor and my B/P was a little high, so was my fasting blood sugar and I know my cholesterol was a little high. Now I'm motivated. I joined a gym and am getting serious with the getting healthy. I am at 133.8 this morning and plan on getting up at 5 on Monday and hitting the gym. I feel to tired if I go after work. Good luck to you. Add me as a friend if you like and we can see how the fitbit is working for us, once I get mine.

I can totally relate to being scared. I too watched the HBO series just a few weeks ago. Watching this series was what I needed for that "PUSH" to lose this fat once and for all. I just turned 50 this year and have never truly committed to long term health improvement. My goal is to lose 200 pounds. As of today, this is day 3 on MFP. The cliche` "one day at at time" is quickly becoming a reality and not just a pad response.
I wish you great success on your journey.

Contests and welcome to the family Stephen. We have all ended up here for many reasons but with one goal. To lose weight and get healthy. Some advice.....log every day ..rather it was good or bad. Get active doing what you love.... use MFP buddies for advice...support...and most importantly a sounding board!!!

You will find this is a great community of like minded people from all kinds of backgrounds and lifestyles... with one goal!!! Have a great weekend.
Colette

Hope my story helps...I was really into my career most of my 20's and 30's (worked in advertising, and television and loved it). My weight seemed to stay between 140-150 during that time. I was never real thin but I always tried some diet and it sort of worked.

After I got married, we weren't getting pregnant...I decided to put my career on hold. That's when the roller coaster of treatments started (IVF, IUI's, lots of tests, blood work etc) 4 years I ballooned from 145 to 196. Depression, negative body image, no job, no baby made me feel helpless. I wouldn't wish this feeling upon anyone. Then I got pregnant naturally! The entire pregnancy I was constantly afraid something terrible would happen. Long story short she's now 17 months old. My little darling!! What I've learned is how much your mind has control of things. Docs told me my time has passed to have kids. I started believing it...I couldn't imagine I'd be pregnant with a healthy child. Teary eyed right now...Stay strong!

“The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.”
― Pema Chödrön,
― Pema Chödrön,

Good luck to you. I've struggled with weight all my life. I've been on BP meds for several years. The older I get the more I realize how much my risk for health problems increase. Health problems tend to increase as people age to begin, than add being overweight and sedentary and the outlook does get scary.