[polkadotfever]

Hello all, I'm new here. But I'm not new to weight loss or gain. There are a million reasons and excuses I could give as to why I've gotten so heavy, some more valid than others. I'm not going into a "how I got fat" story right now, I'll save that for after I get to my goal.

Besides, I imagine most of us get fat pretty much the same way.

I've had to lose weight before, just never quite so much! I feel it's a bit of a daunting task ahead of me but i think this is the perfect place for me to get plenty of support to do the job.

Just a while ago I turned down lunch plans with coworkers who were quite shocked and almost upset that I'm changing my eating habits in a way that doesn't welcome fried junk or sweets. What a beating that was!! You'd think I was flat out saying I hated these people now.

Needless to say, I need some support! For the first time in my life I'm doing this for ME ME ME and I don't feel bad saying it!

[bargoo]

Welcome and good luck. Do you have a diet and exercise plan ?

[polkadotfever]

I'm a calorie counter and a recent again-vegan. I was vegan for several years and gave it up for some reason that I can't recall.

As far as exercise??? What is this exercise you speak of? I've been out of the loop for a while due to major surgery but the plan is to start walking and doing yoga.

Now I just need to put these plans into motion, literally.

[bargoo]

Your weight loss will be more successful if you exercise along with your diet.There are many choices, you can go to a gym, or buy tapes or books and exercise at home, or you can make up your own. walk more. bicycling, swimming, etc, the possibilites are many.

[BellaLucia]

polkadotfever, you are not alone in having to lose a lot of weight. Look at my ticker.

[polkadotfever]

it's doable! we can do this!

just going to take some work.

I'm thinking about buying the Firm dvds and step thingy. I used the Firm about 10 years ago and really enjoyed it.