[Liloneizme]

Hey everyone, i'm new here so I'll just let you all in on whats going on in my life. I have been heavy my entire life, even when I was like 3, everyone called me the chubby girl. Well, I just told myself that maybe when I get taller it'll all even out. (I'm 5'2) Sure didn't. So, I just told myself that I still looked good and never really worried about it until summer time came (bathing suits were a no no as well as public pools). Well, When I graduated high school I weighed about 175lbs, not unusual for me so I just kept up everything that I used to do, and then last year I went to the Dr. and found out I actually weighed 190lbs.. just 4 years later!! I had knee problems and the only solution they could give me besides taking a pill for the rest of my life was to lose weight. I didn't want to hear that, afterall I was trying to convince myself that I was fine the way I was. So, one day after I got off work, I had a fight with a guy that I was seeing at the time (he had cheated on me for about the 4th time) so I just took a walk. Oh my GOD it was such a long walk! There was no where to take a shortcut or anything until you got to the very end (it was about 1 1/2 miles). But afterwards, I felt something I haven't felt in a long time (Besides muscle soreness) I felt happy. I had sorted out all of my feelings and had a "Me Time". So, here I am, 55lbs lighter and walking almost 5 miles a day after work (Where I'm on my feet the entire time) and still feeling that happy feeling. But I can't seem to change my weight anymore.. Its remained this way since last month, going up a few and then going back down a few. Thats why I came here, to get some insperation to keep going. So, I'll keep trying and hopefully someone will help me out

*Goal for my birthday: 120lbs *July 27th*

my before and after pic

[smisen]

Welcome to the community And congratulations on the huge amount of weight you've lost already! What a great story about finding time for yourself and feeling better in the process.

I wonder if you're doing any weight training? Building different muscles than the ones you use for walking might help you get over your plateau. Good luck!

[sharonrr]

WELCOME. You have already done fantastic. Weight training is a great suggestion. Have you tried counting your calories? Then changing it up and down a little. Sometime you got to shake your system up. Some people plateau and then they raise or lower there calories 100 -200 and the weight starts coming off again. I hit a plateau over a month. Then I raised my calories from 1200 to 1400 and lost 4 lbs.

[becky76]

Hello,

I've been struggling with my weight since having my last baby. I gained 60 pounds. Well, my baby is now 2 (years old not months!) I have made half-hearted attempts to lose the weight. Each time I've lost a significant amount of weight and I begin to get compliments, my mind says, "Ok, you look good now" and I return to my bad eating and non-exercise habits. I need accountability, so here I am.

[pacemomof4]

Hey there!!! Congratulations on your weight loss thus far. 15 lbs is not much further to go. You can do it!!!! Welcome to the site!!!!

[mamaplots]

Wow!! You are doing a great job so far!! Keep up the good work!

[Liloneizme]

thanks everyone for the tips, I just bought the "Tae-Bo bootcamp" with the resistance bands, so maybe that'll be just what I need to tone up and lose some more weight