jennifer72201

Hello!

I’m new to this site…. but not to dieting, lol. I’ve been trying to lose weight for goodness knows how long, and I’ll confess I’m a yo-yoer. I get motivated then a month into it I get discouraged and I stop trying. My doctor and I have been working on my weight since August 2008 but quickly fell off the “wagon” in early September when the stress from being a full-time student and a full-time worker became so overwhelming that I couldn’t concentrate on weight loss. I received a really rude awakening in March 2009 when I went to my doctor for a weight check-in and even though I had dropped to 235 in September, I was 260 in March! I have never ever ever ever ever been that heavy. So April 1st was my start date, and at the end of April I had reached 250.4 but then *boom* in the span of three days I had jumped up to 254. So ever since then I have been struggling and struggling to get back to 250 and start working my way down to 240.

 I know I can do this! Anything is possible. As of this morning, I am 252.4. I keep a food diary and my boss at work is really supportive. She helps me figure out why I’m getting stuck and she’s really good at motivating me. We’ve concoted a new exercise program because my summer semester has me tied in work and school M-Th 8am-10pm and Fridays 8am-5pm. I’m going to sign up for belly dancing lessons on Friday Nights, and I have an eliptical at home. (I’ll be honest, I used to tear up the eliptical at the gym when I was 18 but now I’m struggling to do 6 minutes on the dang thing. I’m getting better though, because originally I couldn’t do two minutes on the thing and now I’m up to 6. I figure if I hop on the eliptical every night to see how long I can stay on it, sooner or later I will be able to be on it for the 30 minutes.) I do yoga (dvd) and once I have a few lessons under my belt, I’ll be getting a belly dancing DVD to mix it up a bit.

I do not count calories, but I do try to get a general count of how many calories I consume. I have no “bad” foods, but instead try to make healthier decisions. I will occasionally eat a cookie, a single servng of jello pudding, or what have you. But I’m doing alot better than I was and I just need to keep my spirits high. LOL.