Welcome, Milly. I am going to take up weights too. I have done a little bit of hand weights before but didn't stick with it. I especially need it for my arms.
I have animals and I lift a lot of heavy feed sacks. Sometimes when my husband isn't home, I have to unload several hundred pounds at a time. About 3 years ago, I broke my wrist, and since then I haven't lifted as much, and my strength has really waned. I need to get some strength back and figure out if I can firm up some of this flab. If I can't, I can live with it.
I am not doing a diet. The reason is I have done so many of them. Just about every one you can think of. When I get on a diet...all I think about is food. It becomes an obsession that I don't normally feel every day, if I'm not dieting.
So I am just eating healthy. I am not going to say I will cut anything out forever, but I am definitely going to cut down on my portions. It has to be something I can live with and do without a lot of "thinking". Of course I know all too well, what not to eat...but I was eating anyway. Also a lot of mindless eating where I just snacked all the time whether I was hungry or not.
I am down to 183 this morning. Down 7lb. Drinking a lot of water...no sodas but sometimes unsweetened iced tea.
I didn't sleep well again last night...still de-toxing from those pills, but going to stick with that too. Every time I think about taking a pill, I think about my knees and when I carry a 50# sack of feed, and how heavy it is, yet, I am carrying that and more around with me all the time. No wonder they ache.
And, I am serious about getting a saddle mule or horse I can ride. I rode every day, growing up and I have always had horses. The horses I have now are old and haven't been ridden in 20 years. Two of them are in their 30's, but I think they could still "bust my butt" if I tried to ride them.
My reason for losing weight and getting healthy is to enjoy life more. I feel like I have missed out on a lot by letting myself gain weight and become inactive....and I'm not getting any younger....so I want to see how much life I can fit into my remaining years.