Hi everyone, I'm new. I'm 20, my name is Brenda. My interests are veryyy diverse. I'm a vegetarian (who eats way too many carbs and not enough protein), I'm sort of a feminist but more of a humanist, I have a boring full-time desk job and I go to college at night. I am still taking my science requirements but I will eventually be a RN and later a Nurse Anesthetist.
I love designing websites & working on computers. I like pilates, yoga and lifting weights--but I'm still too self-conscious to go to actual classes.

Anywayyy, to the point. I am here in hopes of losing 40-50lbs. I've never been able to lose weight before any time I tried, but this is the last straw! I'm using the forums and journals here for support, I live in a new apt with a fitness room and I can handle the diet part myself. I am not giving up this time, I don't care if it takes 10 years. I can do it!!


right? ..right?

Welcome to the board. I am relatively new here also. I am a vegetarian also and am finishing up college. I don't design websites, but I am finishing up my degree in Computer Networking and getting certified in Windows 2000.

As for yoga and pilates, have you tried the Winsor pilates? I don't like to take these classes at my gym, but I love the winsor pilates series. I want to get the new dvds that Mari Winsor has come out with.

You can do this!

Wow, another vegetarian. So sisters we better get to work on ths diet thing and lose the weight. You know they always say vegetarians are skinny.....but I guess we prove them wrong!

YES!! I hate that! Every time I tell someone that I'm a vegetarian they kinda look me over and act like I'm lying, because vegetarians are supposed to be frail, anorexic, sickly people! Oh, please! Anyway, I do want to lose weight, but I plan to remain healthy.


Yes, I do own the Winsor Pilates videos. I try to do them more often now that I'm actually dieting, but every time I get a chance to lie down on the mat, I want to fall asleep instead of work out! For now I'm working on more aerobic exercises that keep me standing and active and I think I'll gradually work in the Winsor Pilates again. I LOVED doing it, I just have problems staying awake now. Luckily my doctor is also checking my blood for anemia... I think there is something wrong with me. If I love pilates, why would I want to fall asleep? I'm not just being lazy this time.

brenda, do you take a vitamin supplement. I have found out that as a vegetarian (over 5 years now) I am missing out on plenty of important stuff. I started taking a supplement and feel much more active.

Magnesium and calcium were my big misses!

I have never tried pilates, but I might give it a shot!

Hi Brenda!! welcome!!

Good luck on your quest...your absolutly right...you can do it and we will all be here with yah every step of the way

I do take Centrum Performance now because it is "specially formulated with ginseng, ginko, and higher levels of five essential B vitamins" but I haven't in the past. I always had the bottle I just forgot to take them. I was taking them for about 3 weeks straight at one time and I could really feel a difference in my energy level. My doctor said the only thing we cant really get as vegetarians is B vitamins, that's why I pay the extra $10 for centrum performance instead of plain centrum. I'm sure there are plenty of other things I don't get *enough* of though. I brought my vitamins to work so I'll remember to take them everyday. Hopefully I will start having sufficient energy soon and stop feeling like this --> :

I think just knowing you need the energy will motivate you to take them. Good luck.

talk to you soon!

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