I have been trying to lose weight and struggling with it. I have my husband for moral support, but even though he is also losing weight he is on a different path. He is in the Navy and he is able to take 2 or 3 hours out of his work day to go to the gym in his building. I am sort of stuck, snowed in here in the house but I have my Wii Fit. I don't know why I quit using the Wii because I really enjoyed it, but I got out of the habit of doing a combo of the Wii and Jillian DVDs for a few hours a day and I gained some of the weight I had lost back and I just can't seem to get myself motivated back into doing much of anything.

I've never really been a dieter and I was thin in HS, but after college I gained significant amounts. We have been trying to conceive, but in the process found out that I have PCOS & insulin resistance. They put me on Metformin and a separate doctor limited me to 1500 calories a day. I've never been a binger or emotional eater or anything like that. I've always figured that my weight came from pure laziness, lol. Most of my hobbies or daily activities are done while seated and we moved here from FL, where you just about burst into flames when you go outside so I got used to being in the house all the time.

I've looked on-line at several different support forums before, but it seems like most of them are hostile to anyone not getting gastro or low carbing. What works best for me is watching my calories in and calories out. I just lose motivation. I had a friend who lived in NY who said she was going to lose weight with me, but she would low carb and bounce from eating 350 calories a day to shooting up with some sort of pregnancy hormones or something and it was all a little too crazy for me, then her husband would come home for the weekend and find out she lost 5 lbs and he'd take her to chili's and Red Robin. lol so needless to say the weightloss buddy/support aspect of that was doing nothing.

I'm 33, we don't have children yet and I feel like it's getting away from me. This seemed like a friendly place to get that motivation that I'm mot able to get. Hubby tries, but he doesn't understand because what he goes through is different than what I have to be doing. Thanks for listening to me rant!

welcome! I know youll find the motivation you keed here! Good luck!

Hello
We had the same starting weight You can do it, it just takes guts, determination and a desire to lose the weight and keep it off. The old quote "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels" really sums it up.
Good luck, come here and post often, it truly helps

Hang in there...you willhave lots of support from the 3FC regardless of what diet you are on. Do what is best for you. I don't have a lot to loose and therefore its always been difficult for me to stay motivated and on track. I am a newbie here too and have found the site and forums to be of great help. Explore all of them and join what best suits you. Best of luck and Congrats for making the start!

Hi!

Welcome! I've only just got back into eating well this past week, but coming on here regularly is really helpful for keeping me motivated...just looking at people's stories in the Goal section makes me more determined not to give in, and if things do go wrong, I know other people here understand.

Good luck, you can do it!

Hi Bettie, You are in the right place here, lots of encouragement, advice and challenges if you are into challenges!!

Must be difficult with hubby away a lot but am sure you will get there with TFC's help as well. Hang in there and keep posting.

All the very best to you....

Hi! I'm new also, and saw that we have pretty similar starting weights and goals, so I wanted to wish you GOOD LUCK! It's going to be super hard, but it'll be worth it. I'm a big swimmer, and for years have only swam at my parents or uncle's pool because of fear. I've never even swam with friends. So, when I think about how amazing it will be to say yes when my friends ask me to go to the beach ,I use that as some of my motivation. You said you want to have kids, so I guess just think of how amazing it will be when you get to hold your perfect little baby in your arms!

Thanks gals!

and Aurora, I've tried using that sometimes, the baby thing, but when I get down and depressed I start rationalizing that with the PCOS I guess its a slim chance anyway so why torture myself? I know that some chance is better than what we've got right now, but you know how crazy the mind gets when you freel defeted already.

i can relate to you gurl. Im used to being in the same climate and now being snowed in is noooooot helping. Seems like you just dont have much energy since all you see is snow out huh? haha that's how i feel at least. lol im not blaming it on the snow but,, gosh, it really just doesnt put you in the mood that says, "all right!! im going to work out for the next hour!" right? I'm trying and am happy to say ive lost 4 lbs at least but with the women i work with it's just too hard to eat healthy. :/ i need motivation!

The snow keeps me from getting out, I think I keep myself from doing anything inside. The friend I mentioned, she always had this superior attitude because she had every piece of exercise equipment known to man, lol, but when she never used them how did that make her better you know? The healthy eatting isn't so much a problem for me. I can't seem to get out of the habit of not eatting, or going long periods of time without eatting. I have never been one to eat breakfast and I often feel like it's so much hassle to make food for just me while hubby is at work so I don't eat lunch a lot of times either. I've tried to cut out soda completely and mostly only drink one if we go out to eat which isn't often, maybe once a week. I don't know I just have skewed eatting habits I guess, lol.