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need weight lifting suggestions
I am 5'6" 248 pounds and have had 2 back surgeries in the last 6 months. The first surgery was to fuse L4 and L5 and the sutres were taken out 5 weeks later. A week later my back busted open and a few days after that I went back into surgery with 103.5 temp and staph and strep in my back. It has been a hard road back.…
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What we eat in private WILL show up in public.
Diet has gone out the window. Been in therapy for a few months and it has helped and I do feel stronger and the abuse of my childhood weighs less heavy on me BUT I have taken this as a time to throw the tracking, dieting, working out out the window. Time to get back on track. I vow to continue to seek therapy because…
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Please help me pick a workout!
I want to do some video workout that I can do at home that will help me lose and tone. I am over 100 pounds over weight (260) and shaped like an apple. What do you guys suggest. I do some walking sometimes along the Tennessee River but don't like to work up a big sweat out in public right now. I work 6 days on then have 8…
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First workout in months
Spent hours in the yard sweating, wedding, mowing, digging and carrying off trash, and even got the back porch cleaned off. Still struggling through therapy and just started charting in food journal again yesterday. It is hard with all the emotinal stuff I am dealing with in therapy and I had gotten away from this site and…
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overwhelmed
I am trying to start back again to eating right. Have not exercised more than a few walks with husband. I did start therapy to deal with the abuse I suffered as a child and the real reason I eat. I have been working on rewriting those tapes in my head that tell me I am a failure and no one loves me. These things I heard…
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looking for walkers in Chattanooga
Hey all ya'll southern women .... looking for some walking buddies in the Chattanooga TN area ... send me a message
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OK - What is your funniest workout story?
Mine was several years back when I was walking on a 2 mile walking track along the Tennessee River. It was mid day and a lot of elderly people were also walking. Well I had this older couple ahead of me and I was pushing it really hard. I wasn't trying to pass them but the old lady kept looking over her shoulder and then I…
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What keeps you from meeting your weightloss goals?
I always start out strong, dropping weight well for about a month or two with regular exercise....then the self doubt and self sabbatoge sets in. Old demons from my past cme back and haunt me. It got so bad last week that I was crying at a patient's house. (I am a hospice nurse). I had to excuse myself to the bathroom to…
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Really struggling
Somedays I do really well then I like go off the range and eat everything in sight. Lately I have been picking up fast food and discard the packaging before I get home. I have just reconnected with an aunt that I have not seen since I was a child. It brought up all sorts of issues when she asked about our family. Just…
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Low calorie snacks
Sometimes I just feel like I could eat the world .... hoping you guys can give me some of your favorite low calorie snack/meal options. I do find if I have some protein that it is much more satisfying. Thanks for your suggestions in advance!
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heading to the gym... first time in months
Last year I paid $10,000 dollars to have an expiremental weightloss surgery - the gastric plication. I easily lost 40 pounds... the next 10 pounds were a struggle. I started eating more and stopping at fast food drive thru's. By late summer my mom was getting sicker and was admitted to the hospice where I work as a nurse.…
