Hello all.
I am a new member although I have been reading this site for a year or so. I think I need some help.
I was always skinny as a kid, too skinny most of the time. Although I never had an eating disorder, I did keep my weight down by not eating much and being very active all through high school. College slowed me down a bit and I began to gain weight (don’t we all). After a year in a desk job I finally opened my eyes to my weight problem; I was 205lbs.
Determined to get things back in order, I got a less desk-centric job, began to cut the portions, and tried to get out and do more. This worked to some extent. I dropped to 195lbs. I started going to the gym everyday and riding a stationary bike for 30mins on as high a setting as I could stand (and I was really struggling to finish that time at first) By the end of the year I was easily doing even the highest settings but I still weighed 195lbs. My boys assure me that I am smaller then I was before but I still have a lot of weight to loose. I started counting calories and rode my bike with my BF during the summer. I dropped to 191lbs, but couldn’t get below that. Motivation fell. I stopped going to the gym and although I have been eating better and drinking more water then before I an climbed back to 195lbs and have stayed there. I need support and motivation. Does anyone have some I can borrow?
I would like to ride my bike for a hour a day and lift weights at the gym for 45min 4 times a week. I also want to get back to my dance class but I can’t do that until after their recital in Apr.
I try to eat a low fat granola bar for breakfast around 8:30, lunch is a salad with roast chicken or lean beef (I have to have protein in my salad. It makes me happy) Dinner should be lean meat and lots of veggies but my boys don’t eat well so more often then not it is take-out and bad for me. Both my boys could stand to loose a bit of weight so suggestions on how to get them to be more interested in whats in the fridge would be gratefully accepted as well.
Sorry for the long rant but I guess I needed to say it. If you are still reading, please help me.
Knobhdy