Cat's Introduction
Hi Everyone!
I'm new to the site, have been reading posts here for a couple of days and decided to make myself known.
I am about 5'2" and weigh 252lbs. I am 27 years old.
I have always been a "big girl" and it's never really bothered me. I never really kept up with my weight, but after joining a gym and seeing that I had to push the scale to 250, I was like whoa - this can't be good.
That was a couple of years ago and I went to the gym after work on a pretty regular basis and never dropped but maybe 10lbs so of course I got discouraged. Overtime, trying to buy a house and the death of my grandmother and father kept me from the gym so I gained back the 10lbs I worked so hard for LOL.
I don't really eat unhealthy as I absolutely adore fruits and veggies so I include them whenever possible. I think my main problem is snaking at night, my desk job, and my love of computer/xbox games :-P. I "indulged" on myself for Christmas and bought an elliptical, weight bench and the Wii Fit Plus.
So as of January 1, I'm making a weekly goal of weight loss of 2lbs a week. I started waking up way too early in the morning (NOT a morning person) and doing 20-25 minutes on the elliptical every morning. I'm cutting back on coffee and not really counting calories - but limiting what I eat to be more concious of "empty" carbs. And at night when my schedule permits - I am doing 20-30 minutes of activities on the Wii Fit or 15-20 min on the elliptical.
Another idea someone suggested to me was to ONLY eat at the dining room table, which I have ahered to so far. So no TV time snacks! And of course the most important factor that has been drilled into my head is WATER so I spend about half my day in the bathroom (it feels like!) :-P
So far, I do find working out first thing in morning to be easier to do than late in the afternoon when I'm already worn down and stressed from work.
I look forward to meeting and getting to know people on this site and I hope that we can help each other out. Thanks!
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