I was looking for a place to introduce myself but didn't see one just for intro's. Hope no one minds me starting a thread just this.
My name is Michelle and I'm definitely a Christian. I have 7 children and I homeschool all of the school aged children except 1. Next year I will be homeschooling 6 all together
I've been married to my wonderful husband for 16 years and he's generally pretty supportive of me.
I have a lot of weight to lose, and I just signed up for a prepackaged food-mail order plan. Not sure if I'm allowed to tell which one I'm on, lol.
Anyhow, I'm the world's worst dieter. Really. I've only been able to "stick" to a diet on 3 occassions in my whole life...two of those time I managed to stick to it a week and once I managed to stick to it for 2 weeks. I'm really bad at this. Part of the reason I am so terrible at this is because I don't have much time to plan and I SURE don't have time to figure out points, carbs, etc. The other part is that I generally wind up with no motivation very quickly. I wind up thinking, "Eh...I think I'd rather just be fat", lol. But I know for my health's sake I need to do better. So as quick as I lose motivation, I'm thinking about what diet I should do next.
I think I will do better with the premade stuff because I don't have to weigh/measure. I'm don't think it will be difficult to maintain my weight after I've lost it, because I don't generally gain much weight...I eat till "full" and then stop and because I've started exercising. But who knows? I'll keep reading, praying and thinking about my plan to maintain my weight while I'm losing. It's been 16 years since I've been thin (never lost the baby weight after I had my first, and added 10 lbs on with each child).
I just ordered the food today and of course I haven't received it yet, so I've not officially started my diet yet.
Michelle