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As most start out their story, I also was overweight my whole life, I also have 3 siblings who are all skinny! That can
be annoying! LOL Anyway, my highest weight was 280 lbs. in the Fall of 2002. When I was that close to 300 lbs. my lightbulb
went off! I started Weight Watchers points and could not believe how easy it was! I was never hungry, I totally recommend
Weight Watchers! So I lost 69 lbs. and hit 211 lbs. What a feeling! I was fitting in jeans that said 14 and 16! I can't remember
the last time I fit into those sizes! At my wedding in 1990 I weighed 223 lbs. so I don't think I ever remember being under
200 which is my BIG GOAL! Anyway, as I tried to get under that 200 mark, I got pregnant so my diet was put on hold. I gave
birth July 2004 and until now pretty much stayed about the same at about 250 lbs. It is good I am 30 lbs. lower than my highest
weight but it is time to get back on track! So as of January 2nd, I joined the Greenville Shrinkdown (thats a health incentive
program here in SC for 9 weeks), bought a Tony Little Gazelle Edge exercise machine for the living room (love it so much,
its actually FUN!) doing 2 miles a day, started Weight Watchers (not going to meetings since I have all the books), got weighed
in at 248 lbs. the first weigh in at the Greenville Shrinkdown and today (Jan. 26th) weighed in at 242 lbs. so I have lost
6 lbs. so far! Nice start. I will keep the progress updated. I have to buy a new digital camera ( my daughter broke mine!)
to get some pics on here! I also am giving myself a reward of an MP3 Player when I hit 25 lbs. down! That's it for now! Wish
me luck!
Recommendations: The Tony Little Gazelle Edge! Fun exercise! Weight Tracker to watch your progress,
you can get one at www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tracker Weight Loss Thermometer. print it out, hang it on fridge, great
for progress! You can get it at: www.DWLZ.com The charm bracelet idea I mentioned earlier! You can buy
your own at: www.silverfantasy.com Reading this website: www.geocities.com/meganfc2002, she is so inspirational!
I can feel her excitement popping through her webpages! I am so excited for her! Also, I am making a shoebox of
ideas/rewards as I hit milestones. If I have an idea or see an advertisement, I cut it out and put it in my shoebox for a
future reward! I then have something I can see and touch to keep me on track with aiming for my rewards! For example, I saw
an ad for a very fancy restaurant that looks beautiful and romantic! So I cut that out and its in my box! I know I should
not be using food as a reward but its more about the ambience of the place rather than the food!
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I Can Do It!
Starting weight: 248 lbs. Goal weight: 148 lbs. Lose 100 lbs.
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The pictures above are my weight loss journey in 2002-2004.
There was also a pregnancy in that time. Gave birth July 2004 so why do I still have weight on? Time to get going!
Here's alittle info about my smoking life. I started at age 13 out of boredom. Biggest mistake of my life! I quit in
1994 for a year and a half! Why did I go back? I had some beers one night and lit up and it blossomed from there. Then last
year I quit for about a month and went back. There is always that matter of dying young, dying a painful death but that was
in the future and didn't scare me enough but what did it for me was QUALITY of life. I would be out of breath walking a short
distance, I would be out of breath doing most anything physical. I had a pain in my chest which made me nervous, my 4 kids
bugged me about smoking, I certainly couldn't exercise to lose weight if I was smoking, the 2 were intertwined! I love to
play badmitton with my kids and knew this summer I would not be able to if I didnt do anything about this. So I decided if
I am going to diet and exercise, I am quitting smoking too. I was very nervous, how could I diet and quit smoking together?
Did I think I was superwoman? But let me tell you, having my mind on the diet and foods and points has actually HELPED the
quitting smoking, it keeps me busy. And as we all know keeping busy is the name of the game with quitting smoking. I use
candy, straws, tic tacs and gum. The quitting smoking has been very hard, its been 3 weeks now and the 3rd week was the WORST,
I didnt think I would get through it, I wanted to be dead, I was in a fog, I just cried constantly, I screamed at everyone,
it was so bad. But then a strange thing happened, the last couple of days I was going about the day and then it hit me, I
hadnt thought about a cigarette for a while! WHAT? How can that be? I thought about cigarettes every waking minute! And here
I was not thinking about it for hours at a time! Shocking and a relief. I do feel so much better. And I am so happy to be
a good example to my kids, they watched me cry and flip out the first 3 weeks and I dont think they will want to go through
that one day. I would never even be able to make this website if I were still in the past 3 weeks! So all is good right now,
will I say I will NEVER smoke a cigarette the rest of my life? I would never say never BUT I will give it the fight of my
life to not give in! If you are in the hell of quitting right now, hang in there! IT DOES GET BETTER! I am living proof of
that!
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