How to lose 70 pounds.

[vama]

It's Monday.
I am a single Mom of a sweet one year old boy, going trough a divorce, and carrying around over 70 pounds that I am not proud of.
I do not have a plan right now on how to lose all this weight. I do not have the energy and motivation to do it. I only know that I need to do it. And I need to start right now. Not tomorrow, but now.
HERE, I promise to myself that this will be the last drop of Schweppes Bitter Lemon that I will drink. From now on I shall take care of my body.

D.

[musculargirl]

You've found a great place to start! Great site. Good luck!

[vama]

Thanks, musculargirl. Today I "survived" with no sweets.

[musculargirl]

Good! sweets is my down fall too! I have quite a bit to lose too so I'm right there with you!

[vama]

It's pretty hard to say NO NO to sweets. Especially when you are going trough a divorce. For me.. eating no sweets is like...divorcing twice at the same time. Fortunately God invented cherries. I am eating some right now.
How many pounds do you wanna lose musculargirl? (Sorry, but I do not have the time to read all the topics.)

Good luck to you too!!

P.S. Do you drink enough water?

[musculargirl]

It's pretty hard to say NO NO to sweets. Especially when you are going trough a divorce. For me.. eating no sweets is like...divorcing twice at the same time. Fortunately God invented cherries. I am eating some right now.
How many pounds do you wanna lose musculargirl? (Sorry, but I do not have the time to read all the topics.)

Good luck to you too!!

P.S. Do you drink enough water?

Yes it is hard to say no. I don't drink enough water no. I need to start drinking more though. I'm a drink person. I love soda or ice tea. Love it. I've been drinking some soda that i found in my organic section at the grocery store made with stevia and is zero calories right now.

I've got a lot of weight to lose. I'm embarrased to say how much. When i lose the amount that i want, i will let you know! how's that.

divorces are hard. Hope it's not too stressful for you. You can call me Becky by the way.

[vama]

Nice to meet you, Becky! Dani is my name.
What does stevia taste like? I know the product, but never tried.
Be careful with the "zero calories" products. Your body cannot be tricked. Because stevia is sweet, it will expect some calories to come with it. If you need more info about it, I'll send you a pm.

MY divorce is not an easy one. I used to live in Canada til last year.. Long story. But, what does not kill you makes you stronger! One of the side effects of a failed marriage are the "few" extra pounds. Too bad I do not find the courage to enter a gym. I feel that my body needs it. Badly.

Do not worry about the extra pounds. Just do not give up! It's your health that you need to take care of, not your image. This is what I discovered recently. Thus I decided not to start with crazy diets that will put me down.

Good luck, Becky!!

[musculargirl]

stevia kind of tastes like at least in the soda i drink like diet pop. Supposedly it doesn't have the same effects as diet soda.

I used to live in Canada til last year.. Long story.

Sounds like it.

Too bad I do not find the courage to enter a gym.

I have a hard time going to the gym too. I usually try to go most of the time in off hours where it's not really busy.

It's your health that you need to take care of, not your image.

definitely true. They say you don't see a lot of overweight people in the elderly and there is definitely a reason for that.

Good Luck as well Dani! Hope you keep us informed on your journey!

[ldematto]

Hi Dani~! When times get tough, taking care of yourself is a way of getting "through" it all. That's what I did when I lost my job, and lost my mother in a matter of days...I quit smoking a year before, put MORE extra pounds on - but in 7 months or so by changing my diet and exercising I lost about 45 lbs. I need to lose another 10 lbs, actually I've lost and gained them over and over again BUT I'm still 40+ lbs less than I was in December 2008. I tell you all this only because the number of lbs you are talking about seems daunting to you I'm sure - it CAN be done! You will feel so much better. This site is a great place to be, lots of support - so hang in there! And yes, drinking lots of water is key....exercising is important, but your food plan is 80 % of whatever results you want to achieve. You don't need to go to a gym, walking and floor exercises, planks, jumping jacks, windmills...walking up and down steps (step ups), hip rotations, so, so many things you can do at your home with very little equipment. I found that what helped me most in my food plan was writing down daily, weekly, monthly options for breakfast, lunch dinner and snacks really helped. If you didn't have the ingredients for Monday's menu, go to Tuesday etc......recently I tried the 17 Day Diet which is a book that does the same thing...tells you what to eat and when. Sometimes we need that...left to our own we make mistakes more often.

Good luck!

[jmvane15]

Good luck to you! I hope you can do it!

[SonjaChapman]

Good luck! You can do it!