Introducing .. Me :)
 

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

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!

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.

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.

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!!!!

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

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 :)