[yodi711]

Hi everyone! My name is Jodi and I am a married (about to go through a divorce), mother of two boys (3 & 7). For the past 10 years I have been overweight. I hit the 200 mark about 4 years ago. Currently, I am 234.

I was laid-off of work in November and rapidly gained 30 pounds. Funny how that happens. Relationship issues didn't help either. My self-esteem is the lowest it has been. I have been taking anti-depressants for 8 years (since I met my husband...interesting) and do think a lot of my weight gain came from
those.

The good news is that I have landed a new job with my own office! Nice! I signed up with my local gym in December but never got serious about it until this last week. Now, I <3 the Treadclimber! I try to get to the gym everyday and do about 20 min on the Treadclimber. I also do a little circuit...don't want to burn out. My eating habits have also changed in the last week. I am now eating 5-6 small meals a day and nothing after 8:15pm. LOTS of water!

My goals:

June 2010 - 200 lbs (hopefully sooner)
August 2010 - 180 lbs
October 2010 - 160 lbs (I would LOVE to wear a normal Halloween costume...no more plus sizes!)
December 2010 - 150 lbs

I am SO HAPPY to find this forum and I look forward to contributing and becoming part of your online community!

Now to find one of those signature tracker thingies...

[leitnerfarmlabs]

welcome to the group Jodi. We all struggle with different issues, but now you have accepted them and are willing to move forward. That is always the first step. Glad to see you are planning mini goals. An old saying: Failure to plan is planning to fail.

Good luck and hope to talk with you later!

[MindiV]

Welcome from another Texas chick! Seems like you're off to a great start! Hope to see more of you around here!