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My goal for this week is to go to the gym EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.. Starting TODAY!  Its so hard for me to find the time, but i so know that it works. I want to see what 7 days in a row will do for me at the gym…  i will go today.. In just  a bit.. And then some how i will find the time to go every day this week., I SWEAR…..  I MUST!

Here is to me being strong today (well this weekend).. I had hit  a plateau in my weight loss but finally after about 2 months (i was holding steady at 167 for 7 weeks or more..) well finally down to 164.. I hope the number keeps going down.. I have 2 birthday parties this weekend, and the food and cake at the parties is hard to say no to… GIVE ME WILL POWER..

Anyone use any other web sites like Buddy Slim? I am looking for support any where i can find it.

I wish i had more time to go to the gym, i didnt make it once last week, i did get a new exercise bike here at home and did that everyday.. I just know that i have done a really good job and i know that had i had more time to really work on this i would of lost aleast another 10 lbs by now… My 11 year anner. is on July 30th and i had hoped to be to 160 by then but its not going to happen..  Anyone use any other websites like this? I am looking for other websites like this to keep me going..

I am looking for some good books to read, something that will keep me on track.. I do not get alot of reading done i work full time and i have 4 kids, ages 10 months 6 years 11 years and 14 so i am crazy busy.. But i am hoping to find some good books for motivation any ideas???

Got new exercise bike last night, and got on it this morning and next thing i know i had done 4 miles in no time.. I am in a bad spot of my “diet” i have lost and gained the same 3 lbs for about 7 weeks now.. seems as if my scale can not get below 167…..i do not understand this.. I am going to start doing the bike at least 3 times aday.. It will be so much easier then trying to get to the gym… for those of you that do not know me i have 4 kids and a full time job.. so gym time is not easy to come by.. At the beginning of the year i made gym time at the top of my list, and my house suffered.. But it was worth it.. But now with having the bike in the house i think i will be able to work out so much more.. We also got a dog this weekend from the dog pound, she is crazy hyper and needs many walks.. so i am hoping that these 2 things will be me in gear again, i know that i can do this.. but i am feeling as if this last 15-20 lbs is going to be so hard…   I have never worked out right when i wake up, i have read many times that it is key to sucess, so i am hoping that is  a puzzle piece that i have been missing.   I also have been much more hungry lately.. I dont get it.. But i must stick to it.. I will do this! i know i can…

Ok well i finally reached my mini goal.. I am under 170 WOOT WOOT!!! Weighed in this morning at 169.2 Which is great, cuz since Vacation i have not been going to the gym like i should be, i am mother of 4 (ages 14,11,6 and 8 months) and 3 of them have softball/baseball i play softball for a team here at work.. And i am just crazy busy and have been having the hardest time MAKING time for the gym. I did go last night, and i loved it.. I was so happy on the way home, working out might be hard, but it makes me feel so much better. I still “feel” fat.. but i think that is a mental issue that i have with my body, at Christmas i wore size 20 jeans and today i am sitting here typing this in a size 12 pair of pants.. I need friends on here that can help me stay on track, no one at home/work supports me and i am doing this on my own.. I need friends! Friends that are going through the same thing i am.. anyone????

sorry have been MIA on this site for a bit.. I went on vacation, didnt feel like a nasty pig in my bathing suit, but still have weight to lose. I didnt gain on vacation, so i was glad.. The condo was on the 6th floor and i took the stairs MOST of the time… Today i weigh 171.8 almost to my mini goal! I wish i had more people to talk to about the diet, and how hard it is, and what i am going through,  I will say this.. Christmas day i had on a size 20 pant… Today i am sitting here in size 11/12 (some 12’s to small, some 14’s way to big) but i do see the huge difference.. How do i post pics in here?? That way i can show you what i looked like on Jan 5th and what i looked like 2 weeks ago in my bathing suit ( i have lost 3 lbs since been back from vaca…

I have been doing good, lost 35 lbs this year and over 55 lbs since i had my baby almost 7 months ago.. With one week until vacation, i have been putting off getting a bathing suit, i love swimming, and all that, but i am the one that is always sitting watching my husband and kids having fun.. Today i weigh 175 and i am 5′9 so not to bad, my BMI went from 32 when i started this 26 right now, i am only 8 lbs over the high end of my weight avg. (for 5′9 it says avg. is 145-169) and i can now fit into size 12 pants.. at christmas i was in size 20.. but when i take everything off, it is just nasty, skin hanging everywhere..(i am a mother of 4 kids and my last was born via csection about 7 months ago) i hate hate hate my hips and butt.. my thighs are just nasty, i went to 3 different places and tried on every kind of suit, and i look so nasty. all this hard work i have been doing and i still look like this? i dont get it.. its not really my upper body, well..my arms are flabby and i hate that.. but its my hips/thighs they look soooo nasty. i do not want anyone to see them. the skin just hangs..looks so bad. i dont get it. i am so sad. I wanted this vacation to be the best (we are going to the keys in one week, i live in indiana so this is a real treat!) i wanted so bad to look good, and feel good about myself. and i already know that i am not going to be able to swim and play on the beach like i wanted to. i am just venting i guess, i have always hated my body, but it has got so much better, that i thought forsure that i wouldnt look that bad when i went to get swimsuit..well i thought wrong. and well..i am just so upset. i dont know what else to do. i am so sick of feeling so bad about myself.

Got on the scale this morning,.. and.. drum roll please……………. 177.6 i was yelling and jumping up and down my girls were like what happened.. I am so excited, I am about 8 lb from my mini goal.. Since Jan 5th (WHEN I REALLY GOT SERIOUS AND SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT LOOKED BACK) WELL on JAN 5th i weighed in a 209 and some change.. today i am so happy to be 178 or so…. my vacation is sooooooooooo close now… i must meet my mini goal by then.. i leave on April 13th and i hope to be at or below 170 i can do this.. this is a crazy battle but one that i have FINALLY figured out!!!! it seems like just a couple weeks ago that i was praying to be out of the 200’s for good and i am still on a roll..my husband still has not said a word.. my 6 year old girl is 2 sweet and always tells me good job and keep up the hard work.. women at my work talk about how strong i have been, ( i will not go out to lunch with anyone anymore.. i miss them but not the fat!!!) and even my 14 year old SON said to me last week that my stomach was smaller and i was like oh yea? and he was like i MEAN MUCH SMALLER i smiled and smiled.. crazy how much better you feel once you get some of the weight off.. i didnt think me being a size 8-10 would ever work… but a few weeks ago i had to go by 14’s and i was so happy.. at christmas time i was wearing size 20 so to fit it to 14 was the best feeling.. well until last night when i bought a new pair of pants for work and came home and tried on the 14’s hoping that they would fit and they are TO BIG!!!! i know all pants are different and just because one 14 does nto fit me does not mean i am ready for size 12 but it means i will be soon!!!! this is really working.. WE CAN DO THIS.. YOU HAVE TO REALLY REALLY WANT IT… i have never “wanted” to be fat.. but i was not strong enough to really go after this and now i finally am.. i just wish my husband would say something..