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Hi, I am 29 years old, (soon to be 30 next month:cry:), married with two wonderful children, and I want to lose 40 lbs. I was supposed to be at my goal weight before my 30th birthday but some health issues knocked me off track last year and actually caused me to gain 15-20 more pounds. I was around 155-160 at the beginning of last year and today I weighed 174.4. I've lost a little already, I was close to 177 a week and a half ago. I've never been this heavy before except for when I was pregnant and I'm ready for the weight to come off for good. I thought I was fat when I was 155, I would love to be there right now. My goal is 135 hopefully by June 2009. I don't want to set an unrealistic time because I tend to lose weight slow even when I'm working my butt off. I am counting calories now, though, so I hope that helps. My problem has always been Sundays (sometimes Saturdays or weekdays too)when my husband, children, and I are out of town and we eat too much at restaurants (normally chinese or indian buffets) or my parents house. I am proud of myself though because yesterday I only ate three (small) cookies out of my parents stash and took a couple drinks of pop when normally I will eat several cookies and give in and drink a whole pop, kept my calories for the whole day around 1500 :carrot:
Anyway, I'm hoping that joining this forum will help me stay focused and motivated.
Sorry for the long winded post:)

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You can do it! I'm glad you found our online family! You'll love it here! :cheer2:

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Hey there, Ruth. Welcome to 3FC! Oh I feel your pain on the Indian food. I can't believe I lived 39 years before I discovered it. :p

Good luck on your plan - it sounds like you have very reasonable goals. :)

Thanks for the welcome!
We discovered indian food a couple years ago and we just fell in love with it, even my kids love it. We haven't ate it for probably a couple of months because I've been trying to reduce the buffets. I tell my husband, "We cant eat buffets every week and lose weight!"

Hi Ruth and welcome to 3FC! sounds like you know what your doing and your off to a good start. Just keep up the good work and you'll be at goal before you know it.

I lived in India for a while and fell in love with the food and the people. Hopefully, I will be returning long-term soon. I cannot do the buffets however unless I stick with the rice and the tandoori chicken.

I just posted this on another thread but I LOVE the Ethnic Gourmet Indian Entrees. They are usually in the organic frozen section of the market. Amy's makes some too that are pretty good. It gives me a little taste of the Indian without blowing my calories for the day.