So here I am one week later. I don't know how to feel about reporting that I lost the pound that I goained last week, plus one more. So now I weigh 299... A big 12 pounds from where I started on January 1. Not exacly what I had expected. I would have liked to have lost 20 pounds by now. Oh well. I guess it's the turtles life for me. Of cource my DH is down into the 280 by now and I am so jealous. I must admit that he works out far more than I do. I only got on the treadmill once this week and that was last night. DH treadmills and works out with weights, while I sit on the couch and watch TV. What the heck is wrong with me that I so DO NOT want to excercise??? Anyway, I am feeling under the weather today, so excuse my unenthusiastic post. I hope all are doing well.
GinaMarie

GM.... if thoughts and intentions were helpful to us, I'd be a size 2, which I most definitely am NOT! I have a treadmill that stares me in the face every time I sit down on the couch to watch TV....... please don't beat yourself up - it's just a miserable fact of life that men lose quicker than women, even if they don't work out! Give yourself a break.... ok? {{hugs}}

GM, I can't tell you how many nights I've promised myself that "Tomorrow I will go for a nice walk" or "Tomorrow I will get on the stationary bike for 20 minutes" but I never do it.
You and I are both heavy gals and I really think that once we have all that extra weight on us, our bodies are just plain exhausted trying to support all those extra pounds. It's all I can do to drag myself to the pool two or three times a week and do a fairly vigorous workout in the deep end. Still not vigorous enough though. I should probably be taking an aquafit class where they bounce around a lot in the shallow end. It's just too easy to drift when you float as wonderfully well as I do. LOL
While I'm not making excuses for my basic laziness, I think we really should be kinder to ourselves. Perhaps we shouldn't get our hopes as high as we do for rapid weight loss either. Our bodies didn't get this way because we have supersonic metabolisms. Those fat cells want to hang onto every fat molecule. They're hoarding them! Perhaps we should set more realistic goals for ourselves. Then we won't be so disappointed when we don't reach them. If you've lost 12 lb since Jan 1, you are doing very well, according to all the diet experts. That works out to 6 lb a month. At that rate, in a year you'll have lost a whopping 72 lb. !! Think about it. I'd be totally thrilled. Also, consider this. Once you've lost another 20 or 30 lb, you're going to have a lot more energy and will probably feel like exercising more so that could even speed up your weight loss a bit. Something to look forward to.

Gina
I know how you feel......but at the time I didnt have any support. When I went out for my measley little one block walk because it was all I could do at the time, my husband at the time used to tease me.

What kept me going? adding another block to my walk, getting my 300lb butt on the bicycle and biking 2 or 3 blocks and excellent music!! Being able to add more and more everytime I went out. I used to walk to "Lou Bega" and would walk so fast without knowing it to the music that I would get a stitch in my side lol. But its happy music and I loved it. Now Im walking to Chris Cagle's cd and I love it. I suppose finding something I enjoy while you walk makes it easier and go by alot faster.

I hope this helps
Robin

Thanks everyone!

I know that I should be kinder to myself. But, I know what is good for me and what I must do, and I just don't do it!

Linda you are right... After lugging 300 pounds around a stressful job for 9 hours, who the heck wants to put on sneakers and walk! Not me! Unfortunately it is a necessary evil.

I think I will try the music route. I walk in front of the TV which is mostly reruns. If I load some good tunes into my MP3 player, maybe the time will go by faster. Because right now every minute is a big bore!

MY DH works out and has become tired of my no weight loss complaints (as some of you probably are ) He just says "Get on the Treadmill"! Sigh...

Oh well... I plan to walk tonight. I was in a foul PMS mood yesterday so I did not walk. See how good I am at making excuses?

Everyone have a great day!
GinaMarie