This week I want all of us to refocus on ourselves. Take the time to re-examine our reasons for wanting to lose weight. We need to look at everything thats going on in our lives and see the areas we can improve. Can we remove ourselves from some stressful situations?! Take time...sit back...review...Just TAKE YOUR TIME!!!

God bless you all ! Have a great week!

LETS HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK!!

I wanna see some bootys movin & groovin...including me. lol I want to get some kind of dance DVD...ya know..a workout but actually fun. Anyone know of a good one?

Hi,
Ok so to re-evaluate why I want to loose weight. Well, this task proved very interesting for me. When I sat down to think about it, I came up with an answer that I didn't expect.
I want to loose weight to feel better about myself and to be able to be the mommy I have always wanted to be. I use to say it was to prove my doctor wrong, and to shove it in her face. However I am beyond that now, I don't have to prove anything to her, I know I can do it whether she thought so or not. I have come so far, and I do have to thank her for getting me started on my journey by telling me that I can't do it. But now I have myself to thank for keeping me in the race. I feel so much better than I have ever felt in my whole life. I am feeling confident when I go out places, and I know how to make better choices for myself! I know now what I have never been able to know my whole life. I know self control and drive! I have learned that on my journey and I owe that to all of my buddies who have never let me give up no matter how hard things have gotten!!!


On a side note. My hubby did something today that made my day. I have been having an issue with my wedding bands and engagement ring. They are way to big and I am afraid that I will loose them because they just slide off my finger. I don't know what I would ever do if that did happen, I would be heartbroken!
Well today my hubby took me to Fashion Bug. They sell "fine" jewelery. He had me pick out a cubic zirconia ring that I can wear on my finger for now until I can have my rings sized. I was so happy that he did this for me. He knows how much I don't want to loose my real rings, and how I can't see getting them sized until I am at my goal weight. I don't want the bands to become too weak and break. So now I have a beautiful "diamond" to wear which means a lot to me too! Even if it isn't my real rings. I am just trying to get use to this rock that is on my finger! My new ring is has a big stone in it, much bigger than my original. It was the smallest stone that I could find I don't like huge rocks! But the price was right and this way I won't loose my real diamonds, I will place them in our safe for now.
The best news is that my original rings are a size 11, and this ring is only a size 8!!! and that is actually loose! They didn't have half sized, or I would have gotten a 7 1/2!

Well anyways.... I am done rambling on and on! Maybe I will take a picture of my ring to share with you later.

Congrats Julie! You have found out some very important things about yourself on this weight loss journey. You have now transformed your original "reasons" into the ones that mean the most to you and are really you. I know that you will meet your goal and you will be a wonderful mom.

That was very sweet of your hubby. Most men wouldn't think to make you smile like that. I am impressed.

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wow Julie, I so enjoy reading your message. I also know you are going to meet your goal. You are doing wonderful..How sweet of your honey to think of that. Can't wait to see your ROCK.... I hope you do send us a picture.

ok, I know I don't read the heartbreakers thread as much as I should, I seem to be reading blogs constantly!! But at least I am back and weighing in which I wasn't doing for a while.

So, thinking about why I want to lose weight? I also, as Julie said, started this because a doctor embarassed me and told me I was too heavy and thats why I had a sore back. But over the last few weeks I have actually began to enjoy exercise and eating healthily and challenging myself to change i.e. going on a really fun night out with my mates without drinking alcohol which I did and it was great! or swimming 100 lengths of the pool this week, which I also did and rewarded myself with a massage!!. (yeah, I'm pretty shocked by this change in myself, I used to make excuses constantly and pretend that I wasn't overweight and didn't understand why i was wearing size 18 (UK) clothes, when it is pretty obvious!)
anyway, so know I've kinda realised that I want to lose weight so I can feel better about myself, raise my self-esteem and have more fun! I'd be lying if I said I don't want to do it for anyone else, I would love to see how my family would react if I lose a big amount of weight!! But overall I just want to do this to be happier and I've always said that a fear I have is not living my life to the full so I just realised that by living unhealthily and being overweight I wasn't living my life to the full because I wasn't as happy as I could be!
Ok, this was meant to be a short post but it's more like a blog, sorry!!
hope everyone's having a great monday!

My reasons for wanting to lose weight!
I hated the way I looked! I fooled myself for a long time, by only looking at my face in the mirror! My wake up call came when I saw my picture from my oldest son's wedding! I saw a very large unhappy woman with no confidence in herself. I didn't love myself so how could anyone else love me!

I also wanted to lose weight for health reasons! My parents and older brothers and sisters all had health issues because of weight! The health issues ranged from diabetes to, back, knee and hip problems that required surgeries! It really scared me! I couldn't walk very far without my back and legs killing me! If I got on the floor to play with my grandkids I had to crawl to the couch to get back up or have hubby pull me up!

I have proven to myself I can do this! I have also met so many wonderful friends along the way that have helped me! So I know I can continue this journey and succeed!

Big HUGS!

Originally Posted by 12024

LETS HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK!!

I wanna see some bootys movin & groovin...including me. lol I want to get some kind of dance DVD...ya know..a workout but actually fun. Anyone know of a good one?

I do The Firm Cardio Dance Fusion.. you can look at it on Exercise, Workout and Fitness videos & DVDs It's nice because you can do a 45 min workout or one of three 25 min workouts that are different types of dance..

Originally Posted by 19338

ok, I know I don't read the heartbreakers thread as much as I should, I seem to be reading blogs constantly!! But at least I am back and weighing in which I wasn't doing for a while.

So, thinking about why I want to lose weight? I also, as Julie said, started this because a doctor embarassed me and told me I was too heavy and thats why I had a sore back. But over the last few weeks I have actually began to enjoy exercise and eating healthily and challenging myself to change i.e. going on a really fun night out with my mates without drinking alcohol which I did and it was great! or swimming 100 lengths of the pool this week, which I also did and rewarded myself with a massage!!. (yeah, I'm pretty shocked by this change in myself, I used to make excuses constantly and pretend that I wasn't overweight and didn't understand why i was wearing size 18 (UK) clothes, when it is pretty obvious!)
anyway, so know I've kinda realised that I want to lose weight so I can feel better about myself, raise my self-esteem and have more fun! I'd be lying if I said I don't want to do it for anyone else, I would love to see how my family would react if I lose a big amount of weight!! But overall I just want to do this to be happier and I've always said that a fear I have is not living my life to the full so I just realised that by living unhealthily and being overweight I wasn't living my life to the full because I wasn't as happy as I could be!
Ok, this was meant to be a short post but it's more like a blog, sorry!!
hope everyone's having a great monday!

High self esteem is a wonderful thing. I think your reasons are great. We can do so much more when we lose the weight that is keeping us behind. You are doing fabulous!! Look at you swimming 100 lengths!! WOWZERS! Way to go! Keep up the good work!