[AliciaAZ]

Hiya girls!!
I first off want to say Im so happy to have read about this site late week and decided " hey its time I really work on this weightloss thing" and I know you have to have friends in the same boat to really have the support one needs.
My name is Alicia, Im a Air Force wife. Mom to 3 kiddos, a 14 year old, a 7 year old and a almost 6 year old.
Im a work from home mom. I have heard alot of people say things like I dont know why I have gained the weight I want to lose. I know when and why I gained it all and I know why I havent shed a pound of it. Its sad when you let life control you instead of you controling your life. Guess the first step was admitting I had lost control. Now its time to get it back and take charge.
I have several bad habits that do not help with weightloss, my eating habits are horrible. I have a tendency to eat once a day and even then I dont each much, so that has only killed my metabolism and caused me to maintain the weight I am at and have been at for over a year. Then there is the drinking water, if I drink 8 oz in a week I would be shocked. and lastly my sleeping habit it barely exsists. lets not even talk about the lack of any exercise. So I guess I laid out all the obsticals that I admit were put in place by no one but myself. So technically speaking I have been my worst enimy and have been sabotaging myself in so many areas of my well being.
So with all that I guess I would say I would looooove to have so SUPER DUPER MOTIVATED BUDDIES who have been there done that and can give me some great pointers.
THis is probably one of the longest intros ever and maybe I said a bit too much... thats the excitement of all this for me.

Alicia

[chick_in_the_hat]

Not the longest intro ever.

It sounds like you have your work cut out for you. At least you know what you need to fix. And you are here, motivated, ready to go. YOU!

So...I would imagine you feed your kids more than once a day...how come you don't eat with them? Make a goal of upping the water intake, put lemons in it. Or Crystal Light if you just don't like the taste of plain water. Maybe mineral water? You have to stay hydrated.

Exercise is a good idea, too. Maye just start with walking? Find something you enjoy.

[AliciaAZ]

Thank you for the warm Welcome Gina. I totally should have made my user id be GIRL with Bad Habits. Coffee has always been my breakfast and then I would skip lunch and then eat dinner.
My first personal challenge is for one month drink water only instead of what I have been doing. I read if you do this by the end of the month I should loooove water and almost crave it.
Alicia

[anna36]

I had heard of this site and decided to join. I am 36 years old and have lost from 155 to 130 with a goal of 120. Its been a struggle. I recently quit my job, thought I could find one right away but its been 3 weeks and nothing yet. I know I shouldn't have quit before I found something. However even with all the stress I have been able to maintain my weight, but the losses have stopped. I wish a thousand time I had of waited and thought it through before I quit. I run daily and am trying my best to maintain the routine..I am glad to be a part of the forum..Thanks