I will be 37 years old in May and have been overweight all of my life or as my mother and grand-mother used to say: "big boned"!
In late 2005, we happily found out I was pregnant with our second child.
I told my husband that I would be joining SFL (Simply For Life) immediately after I had her in June. Several people I knew were melting away on this program. I encouraged him to join so he did that January. He has since lost over 60lbs. I, on the other hand, have only lost 20lbs (+30lbs after the birth) since late June. When the cold weather started, I walked less and less but still followed the program, some weeks better than others. We have both plateau'd so we joined a gym last month and I must tell you I loved it. 
And then the flu invaded our home the following week and stayed the entire month of February 
!!! We were all sick. I became depressed. I kept imagining myself returning to work in July fat as ever, a failure. When I first joined SFL, I envisioned myself walking back in that office slim and proud, but instead this flu made me go over the edge. I ate and ate and completely fell off the wagon for the first time in 8 months. Once a week for the past 8 months I have been getting weighed, but now I have not been there in over four weeks and I can only imagine what that scale will say 
.Give me strenght! Today is a new day! March has arrived; thank God!
We went away this past weekend with the kids and had some fun. This morning I went back to the gym 
for the first time in a month and enjoyed every moment of it. Food wise, I ate too many cookies and would have eaten more "bad stuff" if it would have been in the house. One step at a time; I'll get back on track.When I was 20 years old, I lost about 20lbs and felt great about my body for the first and last time. I did it with the gym and watching what I eat. Since the age of 13, I have been on every diet known to woman, like most everyone on this site. What really makes me angry is that for the first 20 years of my life I honeslty thought I was huge. In my mind when I looked in the mirror or compared myself to my skinny friends, I actually felt 100lbs overweight. My body image was so out of wack that I just finally gave up and really started packing on the pounds. At 21, I remember driving in the McDonald's Drive Thru and thinking to myself I may as well order everything I want because I will always be fat. I lost something that very moment: myself. Exercise is the magic key for me. However I have been avoiding it at all cost. Why? What am I scared of?
I found this site from my Oprah magazine and hope to find the support and maybe some new friends to help me lose the 100lbs that is robbing me of my life!
Take care,
Darly
. . . from a fellow Maritimer.
... DARLY ... you've come to the perfect place for help, ideas, and support. You'll learn tips and tricks from these ladies (and gents) that will motivate and inspire you. Whenever I need a boost, I just come here and distract myself (or vent) on these boards.