rhondajoco Member

I love your attitude. I have been down this road at least three times in my life, so I know I can do it again, but would welcome any support I can get. I would love to help cheer you on as well. Feel free to add me.

I would be happy with 80 lbs, but I have at least 100 to lose. Feel free to add me.

I am close to 100 lbs overweight, but am amazed at how much I can do (while still being careful not to overdo it). I like swimming and brisk walking (outdoors or treadmill) but I have recently been using the videos at fitfusion.com and am loving the variety. Currently, my favorites are the Leslie Sansone Miracle mile…

Daily logging has been key for me. I have a couple friends in my feed that are doing amazingly well, and I really use them for motivation. Hopefully, I motivate others as well sometimes. Please feel free to add me!

Feel free to add me too. I'm just a few lbs down, with about 99 left to go. Definitely a long journey ahead. I'd love to share accountability and encouragement

I definitely log everything. I've gone way over my goal caloric intake over the past three days, but it is all a learning experience and I don't think I have anything to gain by cheating. It helps to look at the 7-day (or even the 30-day) reports to see just how many days I've done well, regardless of the bad days. I…

This is soooo me also. I am just fine all day long because it's easy to forget about food while you are busy working. But by the end of the day, I am starving and have a hungry family waiting at home who will not be satisfied with anything other than "real food" (hearty midwestern style). I agree that reaching goal is not…

You look fabulous! I hope in 11 months I can inspire and motivate someone as well as you have for me. Congratulations!

I think they are high also. I only included cleaning minutes if I am doing heavy duty cleaning, like today, I scrubbed walls, cupbourds and floors by hand in preparation for painting my kitchen. I don't think regular vacuuming, dishes laundry etc. burns that many calories. If it did, I probably wouldn't have needed to be…

43 here, and really loving my 40's so far! I have three kids, eldest, 18, just graduated high school and is off to be a big college football star in the fall (well, in his mama's eyes he's a star anyway but he isn't half bad) :wink: I also have a 16 yr old son chomping at the bit to get his drivers license and a beautiful…

I know what you mean about the weight slowly creeping up on you when you've been accustomed to a fairly physical job and suddenly switch to something completely sedentary. I also work 40 hrs at a desk job and another 1-2 hours per day studying at home in the evening. At work, I try to get up as often as I can and am going…

I'm 43 and have definitely found it much harder to lose than in younger years. I am trying to do C25K also, but am not doing very well with the jogging/running parts yet :ohwell: My community is doing a group program, with our end goal of completing a 5k in early July, whether walking, jogging or running so I plan to get…

Welcome and thanks for the add! I agree, this site is much easier to use than many of the other sites. I love it here, too. I just read on another post that calorie deficits don't necessarily equal pound lost right away, sometimes it takes a week so maybe your body is just revviing up. Once it gains momentum you will…

Feel free to add me. I'm just starting out myself - beginning my third week. Today, I am finally getting the courage to step on the scale after several years. I am 43, and after quitting smoking, working on finishing my college degree and transitioning from a fairly active job to strictly desk work, I have really packed on…