New Year, New Me
 

Hello Everyone. My Name is Jessica. I have decided that 2011 is my year. I am buckling down and determined to lose this extra weight i have been carrying. I currently weigh 238lbs, and i am 5'6. I am 24 years old and i have a 4 year old daughter. After i had my daughter i let myself go, everything was about her and not about me. I am now reclaiming my body and getting it back to where is needs to be, not only for me, but for her too. I am not one to stick to a diet, and i havent stuck to a workout regimine in years, probably since high school. The past two weeks i have been to the gym every weekday, giving myself weekends off with my daughter where we do activities together. I have never been a runner so that is one of my big goals this year. I ran for 5 minutes on a treadmill the first week and thought i was going to die. Since then i have signed up for a 5k run/obstacle course, which is in mid July, and have started a program called couch potato to 5k. its a 9 week program and so far so good. I am starting the 2nd week today. I am feeling pretty good about this running, baby steps are key. I also do other activities such as zumba, or the eliptical, weights. I try to mix it up. I am also starting weight watcher in a couple weeks. I am extremely excited to see how this year will pan out. I have to get my measurements as well. My goal... run the entire 5k, and fit into the jeans i wore after having my daughter. :D

Yay! It's my year too! Weight Watchers is great, its has better results in the long run that all of those other restritive diets. Good luck with the 5k, you can do it! Keep going for your goal, even when there are bumps in the road. :)

This is also my year. We can do this! Sounds like you have a great plan set up. Good luck on the 5k!

Jessica, Glad to have you join us. My advice is to look for a Support group, Chat, or Challange to join such as in the WW group; small groups make it easier to get connected. Most sub-forums have groups covering almost every need, find one that inspires or motivates you and just post to join.

Thank you everyone for your words of support and encouragement.
Penguin - thank you i will be looking for a ww group :)

Hey would like to b buddies on here we have lots in common age n how low we want to get except I'm a lot more away from my goal o_O lol but just joined as well n looking for the extra support @ this is my year :D

Yep, it looks like you have a really solid plan :) Wishing you the best of luck with your goals!