Hi, congratulations on losing three pounds!! way to go! I'm a quilter, also, and would love to encourage and be encouraged by other quilters. We can do it!

My planning on both quilts and foods is always outsized

I would love to keep in touch with others. With cool temps outdoors it is going to be harder to want to go outdoors and exercise. I will need some encouragement now and then.

Please add me as a friend. Happy quilting and logging.

Hi,

You can put me on your friend list. I haven't been checking very often during the last month but need to get back to working out and tracking my calories.

I could use a few friends here on MFP too. Currently my handheld isn't sycncing with the web page. And for those of you who don't know, I'm Darla & just sent out a few friend requests.

This is the time I need the most encouragement - like right now - cuz between Thanksgiving & Christmas is family time and it's hard to chose not to see your family during this time and that causes me stress & particular stress in eating. AND there's food & goodies galore right now - AND its colder out there!!

Hi all, I'm new to the group and would love to have some quilty friends with the same fitness pursuits!

Hi!
I like to quilt and sew almost every day, this is because I have taken over the dining room in our house and permanently have my machine set up!!
I made my first quilt 22 years ago when my friend came to stay with me for the week, we finished our double quilts made from 4 inch squares in one weekend! We overlocked them and didn't put any wadding in but tied the backing in place! Needless to say they have both fallen apart in the last 22 years!!
I still machine patchwork but hand or machine quilt, and still like to get them put together as quickly as possible. At least they don't fall apart now!!

Hi All

I'm Vicky and a quilter. I also would like to get healthy.

Both of my parents passed away at a young age and I feel like I could also if I don't start taking care of myself. I also have 2 young children that I want to be able to play with and make lots of great memories with them.

I had to get a new Dr in September and she jumped on my weight. I've never had a Dr take that much issue with my weight. So she scheduled me in to see her nurse, a dietician, and an exercise specialist. And I haven't done much since September. And since I have my 3rd appointment with the dietician tomorrow, I decided on March 1, I should at least try to record my diet in MFP. Both dietician and exercise specialist like MFP.

My last meeting with the exercise specialist didn't go so well. I have a lot of mixed emotions about it. At first I wanted to go to the gym for my exercise and that was where we met in beginning of January. I just couldn't get to the gym. We also went to Cuba for 2 weeks in January so that threw off my schedule before, during and after. A few days before we were scheduled again, I asked the ES to come to my house to show me what I can do here. She gave me 2 different routines to do twice per week. In Feb we were supposed to work my way to 3 times per week. So that disappointed me. Then she wouldn't book our next appointment. She said until I needed to change my routine, we will just leave it the same. This is where my emotions are wacky. On one hand, I'm really disappointed that she doesn't have faith that I will follow through with my workouts and then next hand I'm kind of grateful that she did that as I want to show her she's wrong and I will do it. Again I delayed and made excuses for not working out in February.

Since I didn't want the same kind of reaction from the dietician, and I remembered about the appointment on Feb 28th, I jumped on the bandwagon with recording my food and doing some sort of exercise every day since March 1. I've also tried to notice my inner voice saying "I can't" and change it to "You can but maybe start small"

Finding friends is my next step in striving for success. I feel that the more I'm connected the easier it will be to keep going.

My long term goal is to run a half marathon by my 40th birthday which is just over a year .

Sorry if this was not the place to dump all this.

Would love to make some friends and quilty is a great bonus.

Vicky

Welcome Vicky! You've made some great first steps and you're on the right track. That's very important and a big move. Keep going and don't get discouraged because it's a slow process but so worth it. I'm very proud of you for taking charge and making some healthy changes.