Hey, I am Carrie. Since the summer after my junior year in high school I have struggled with my weight/ body image etc. I moved away from home and was depressed. I ate to fill my depression. I gained about 45 lbs in just a couple of years. I then over the next decade and a half fluctuated up and down depending upon how I felt about myself. But I never could get to a place I felt happy with. I eventually learned to be happy no matter what I weighed, but I still felt a desire to really be fit and thin. Then I after I had my third child, something clicked inside me. I started a blog just like this and although only a couple of women lasted the whole 12 weeks, we wanted to push ourselves I was able to lose about 40 lbs total, more importantly I got to 17 percent body fat, and a size 8/10 and I havne't felt that great in a long time. So I am back to that place where I need help and support and someone or someones to be accountable to. I want to get in shape again and stay in shape for the rest of my life. I am going to do the same program that I have had sucess with in the past....It's basically the body for life program. If you want we can all do the same program or we can all do different things and share the best things about each and see how we each do on different plans. I love to exercise and I thought I was already able to do 2 hours a day, but by c-section incision from 8 weeks ago is still pretty precarious so right now for the next week or so I am going to do an hour a day and increase as I can. I really believe that weight loss has to be a combination of both exercise and eating right. YOu can't keep it off unless you exercise through the beginning stages of weight loss but you can't get through the beginning stages and be sucessful at losing the weight in the first place without eating less, and eating right. So I have 6-7 small meals a day with a serving of good carbs and 1 serving of protein and as many veggies, raw or steamed as I want. I think the most important factor for me intaking off weight is to not eat after 7 pm. YOu wil feel so much beter and it will jump start your weight loss. SO this is my first challenge for each of you....no matter what program you chose, don't eat after 7 pm. What is your challenge for the rest of us? Drink a certain amount of water every day, take vitamins, etc? Think of something that we can all do together to increase our success!
So becaue I had all my stats taken yesterday at the gym by a professional I will post them now and start reporting my progress a week from monday
Starting weight 189
Body Fat % 27.2% -----uuuugggghhhhhhh
thigh (the measurement I want to track) 25 inches
So i can't wait to hear your strories.
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