Well hello all. I am Frances and I an recently back on the wagon after falling off and being drug behind it for the past 6 months. I joined a womens only gym in Nov 09 and had been going religiously. A friend and I signed up at the begining of last summer with a trainer and got our butts handed to us once a week yet even after loosing 16 pounds I got stuck at 201. I joined my trainers team and participated in Sept in the USMC Mud Run in Columbia SC. While our 4 teams of 4 finished at just under 3 hours it was the best team building event of my life! However even though plenty of us were well over weight I was the only one who could barely handle the 4.5 mile run. While training I ran my first mile but then I pushed to hard and got a stress fracture and had to stop running. seems something like that always happens. My husband participated in the Mud Run with us and he is my biggest supporter. Well here I am in January and when I signed back up with my trainer this last week I came in at 222
Let me tell you she handed my butt to me. 20 min on the stair climber at level 3 then 3 min manually moving a treadmill, when i got back on the stair climber I tossed my cookies and went back at it. We kinda refer to her as our own Jillian Michaels... but with more of a sailors mouth 
I have really been trying to control my calories but it is so darn hard. My husband just deployed and I have a 5 yo 30 month old and a 17 month old. I stay at home and I am a full time student. I gladly workout every day because it is the only adult time I get. I have recently come to think that it is my anti-depressant that I have been on since geeze probably over a year. I have suffered from a life long depressive disorder but after my middle child was born I sought help for it. Well over the summer I had my dosage doubled and after doing some research I have seen that there have been studies that link Effexor XR to slowing the metabolism significantly and to cause appetite issues. That would make since since I am hungry all the time. I kid you not I can stand in the kitchen and eat one thing after another after another. Its sickening!
I am going to my doctor this week to start weening off my medication but I am terrified of the withdrawal effects. At this point I am desperate though and really need to regain my body. My BP sucks and who knows what will be next. I was so skinny until I was 18 even if my mom never said anything nice and called me thunder thighs and god knows what else. People wonder why I am such a nut...lol. But really I am a pretty easy going person and just need to figure out what in the heck is going on with me! Well lots of ramblings here so I am outta here! Thanks for listening to my rant and welcoming me!
she won't let you slack at all, it sounds! Check in often!!