I ready to lose and need help

[slyeates]

I am ready and determined to lose all this weight!

I bought 30 day shred yesterday and did the first workout yesterday evening. I will reward myself with body revolution after the 30 day shred. I am also going to go back to walking my son to school and walking to pick him up (1/4 mile each way). I started driving and got stuck in the habit and ease for the past couple months.

I loaded my fitness pal on my iPad, but I am not sure how to factor in nursing a 12 month old. She nurses 6-8 x day still.

So I have 108 pounds to lose. That will put me dead middle of the healthy weight range for my height. I really need support as i struggle with chronic fatigue and depression. I know there are several groups here that are full of awesome moms wanting to take me in, but I am not sure where I fit in, so I thought I would just open myself to all of you.


Who's with me?

[NotLad]

Any chance you could fit in Weight Watchers? You would REALLY benefit from the meetings. You'll find support there like no where else.

[d_arnold]

Originally Posted by NotLad Any chance you could fit in Weight Watchers? You would REALLY benefit from the meetings. You'll find support there like no where else.

I agree. WW meetings are full of support. I started WW a month ago and I REALLY like it. I was successful on the program about 10 years ago as well (lost 30 lbs). I love that you can still eat whatever you want, but in moderation.

[mamatoclaire]

I'm in the 25 lb challenge thread and it's great! I'm sure whichever group you find you'll get lots of support DS mamas are great!

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[slyeates]

I've tried weight watchers several times. The closest mommy and me is 45 minutes away and it is at 10:30 am. My son goes to special needs school from 10:50-2:50. This might sound weird, but the one time I religiously went to we meetings for almost 6 months I lost about 20 pounds, but I really feel like sitting around for an hour talking about food and looking at pictures of food that I couldn't eat was killing me. The leader would bring in bags of candy and say things like "eating this equals 5 pounds of fat" but all I was doing was drooling over the candy Kwim? I gained it back and then some in a month. Plus it was next door to a restaurant that I really liked, so after talking about food for an hour I was starving when I would leave so I would go eat lunch at the restaurant...

Well, on a brighter note, I did my 30 day shred workout since I posted the op.

[MinkaK]

Good for you! The best thing I did was join the Ymca ( cheapest option for a gym for us). Like today I took the kids swimming then dropped them off in the childcare and exercised for an hour. I did like the 30ds but I get bored easily, even with all the videos I have-ha.

[slyeates]

Originally Posted by MinkaK Good for you! The best thing I did was join the Ymca ( cheapest option for a gym for us). Like today I took the kids swimming then dropped them off in the childcare and exercised for an hour. I did like the 30ds but I get bored easily, even with all the videos I have-ha.

I've thought about joining the y. How does their child care work? Do they have an age range? Does is cost extra?

[slyeates]

So on my fitness pal, it tells you the percentage of carbs, fat, and protein that you have eaten for the day. What should they be? Equal? Protein heavy? I don't even want to share what mine is so far today.... But I have stayed on track to not go over my calories!

[MinkaK]

Originally Posted by slyeates I've thought about joining the y. How does their child care work? Do they have an age range? Does is cost extra?

Age range is I think 3m- until 8 yrs ( I believe). No extra cost. Mine all have a separate area for the little ones. You just sign them in, let the kids play and sign them out. The childcare ( at least at my gyms) are in big glass rooms, very visible. They close our childcare at a certain ratio of kids to providers- so that is nice otherwise it can get crazy in there.

[slyeates]

Originally Posted by MinkaK Age range is I think 3m- until 8 yrs ( I believe). No extra cost. Mine all have a separate area for the little ones. You just sign them in, let the kids play and sign them out. The childcare ( at least at my gyms) are in big glass rooms, very visible. They close our childcare at a certain ratio of kids to providers- so that is nice otherwise it can get crazy in there.

Thank! I'll definitely have to look into it!