I need a little help to get my ball rolling

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Hello to Everyone!!
.........................My name is Kimberly. I am 33 yrs old. I just moved to the Los Angeles area about 5 months ago. I am originally from the southern states of Texas/ Louisiana.....So things are quite different here needless to say...lol.....I am looking for a weightloss buddy who ( like me) needs to lose at least over 100lbs. My highest was 340...( I am 5'5)...I had joined a Curves gym and lost 40lbs and 32 inches..but I stopped working out over a year ago.
However I just joined the Curves gym here in this area and I have found out I am now 310 1/2 lbs.....( I am not sure how many inches I have gotten back)
Needless to say I am ready to get fit and healthy once and for all....I dont want to get skinny....I want to get where I am comfortable with my own body...whether it be size 16, 10 or 22. My last check up screening revealed that I DO NOT have high blood pressure or cholesterol, no type of thyroid problem, I am no where near being a diabetic,..or any other kind of weight related problem...except that I am MORBIDLY OBESE....and THAT WILL lead into all of those things...so I need to get the ball rolling!!!!!....I live with my wonderful fiance, I do not work, nor do I have any children..so I feel like I really need to take advantage of all this time that I have to myself to focus on my well being....But I cant do it alone.....that is where you come in!!!....I am soo ready...but I am scared too....is that normal??....Hoping to hear from somebody!...
 
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Hi Kimberly,
We are all scared, but ready. Some of us want to lose 10 lbs, some of us want to lose more ( I would like to lose 50 lbs). All of our goals may be different but we all have one thing in common. We want to lose the weight.
Most of us type in our daily diaries (in this forum). We type what our goals are, what diet (LIFE STYLE CHANGE) we plan on doing, what exercise we are doing. And we help each other up in case we fall. We try to be as truthful as we can with one another, cause we know how it is to be in each others shoes!
I've been posting on this web site for 6-7 months now, and the people here are now the closest friends I've got!
I've done good with my diet, and then bombed, but I am getting back on the wagon as we speak! ;)
I hope you like it here, and find the companionship and shoulders to lean on that you need. I know I did.
Christina :)
 
Thanks so much Christina for welcoming me! I really need alot of support, and I hope I can do the same for others.
We all KNOW what to do...its just finding the strength and motivation to do it.
Knowing that I am not doing this by myself really helps. And I know that what works for some people may not work for someone else. Right now I want to get to 299lbs. That is only 11 1/2 lbs for me to lose.....after that I just want to lose 20 lbs at a time.
Saying I want to lose 140lbs is like setting a goal that I will never reach. Thats why I am going to take it in baby steps this time.....one day at a time. My lifestyle change will begin on Monday..lol..( dont they all)..But dont get me wrong I am not stuffing myself like a pig until then.....I had got strep throat and I am making sure the coast is clear before I go to the gym...but I would like to start a diary.....Where do I do that at?........
 
Kimberly, I'm gled you posted a pic, you're so beautiful. And have a good head on your shoulders too. Sounds like you're ready to me!
The thread for diaries is a little loweer than the where it says newcomers. Hope you find it, it's as easy as posting here.
Your goals are set exactly where they should be.
I hope you are feeling better!
Take care and find us in the Weight Loss Diary section, there is usually an orange arrow pointing next to it, cause we are always posting new replys.
 
You are beautiful! my goodness..what a gorgeous face! You seem really like you know what you want and you are taking things very smart..by making small goals here... I have to make small ones or i get freaked out and fail. I think what scares me more than continuing to be fat..is the fact that i continue to fail! I have found recently that the scale is kind of my enemy & it actually tends to make me take steps backward instead of forward...so ive put my scale away...im going to give myself 1 month at a time...im going according to my clothes and how they fit and thats what im doing. I have also done curves and loved it but it never seemed enough for my sluggish metabolism. I think however if i did curves during the afternoon and did something like using my elliptical in the am..that would be perfect...so im thinking of starting to do that again once the weather turns.... I have about 80 lbs to shed and i figure if i can do it in a year or year & a half ill be psyched. I understand the fear part & it is so hard to change but we are all here w/ the same issues & we all know what your going thru. I hope you find this website helpful because the ladies & gentlemen here are who i turn to when i feel like i cant keep going. Good luck to you & welcome aboard!
 
Thank you both for the compliments!...Much needed with the last couple of days I have been having...( was having some low self esteem moments)...Tomorrow I begin my journey on that hard , gravel road of weight loss, health and fitness.
Sometime today I will start to post my diary . It's so great to have found this place.
I know this will play a huge part in my shedding the unwanted pounds.
It's nice being on everyones team......and having everybody on mine! We are not alone!.........EAT TO LIVE....NOT LIVE TO EAT...
 
you know what? high blood pressure doesnt always happen just because one is overweight. i have had it since i was a teenager wearing a size 5! then i got fat from having kids and balooned up to over 200 pounds and naturally they blamed my high bp on that. well they dont know everything, im down back to the 130's now and still continue to need my blood pressure medication.

and the inches and pounds you have lost is amazing - you should be very proud. so you fell off the wagon for a little while but your getting back on right? its going to be a long journey, probably about a year or a little more but YOU CAN DO IT!!! :D
 
I concur with everyone else. You are a beautiful girl! You fell off the wagon...so what, get back on. We are all here for the same thing. You will love it here.
 
Wonderwoman and Turtlemomma.......I had just put on my gym clothes....thinking how I REALLY didnt feel like going and sweating at the gym...( especially since it is already like 95 degrees outside..)......SO for motivation I got on the forum ....read your posts to me....and once again THANK YOU...THANK YOU...I no longer want to lay on the couch reading my People magazine.....I am going to go do my 30 minutes at curves...and I am going to happily sweat the fat off my body!!!!.....
 
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