As most of you are probably familiar with my "story" I won't go into all the details but suffice it to say, I've gained a HUGE amount of weight in the last 2 years. I used to be VERY skinny in high school and in my 20's, I'm 35 now. I didn't even break 100 pounds until I was 19! I'm 5 foot 8 inches by the way.
Not sure what happened but I started to gain weight and by the time I was 30, I was up to around 160. I worked by butt off on an elliptical trainer I bought and got down to 128 and a size 6!! I leveled off around 130-135 and held it for a year or two. After the events of the last couple of years, I'm now 190, which is down 12 pounds by the way since I lost the twins in December.
Since I have fibro and RA, I have to work out carefully and start off slowly. I've been going to physical therapy 2 times a week for two weeks now and doing 45 minutes to an hour of stretches a day, even on the days I don't go to pt. Well, this morning, I got up even earlier and got up on the elliptical for the first time in a LONG time, over a year at least. I only did 1.25 miles in 13 minutes but its a start! I also did some arm work with my hand weights on top of my stretching. Right now, I feel pretty good, of course a little sore but not too bad. I plan on just stretching tomorrow and doing the elliptical every other day and working up my time and miles.
I've been trying to watch what I eat and I've been doing ok there but my body needs exercise to lose weight. My goal is 150 pounds, I don't need to be really skinny but I need to lose weight for my health. I'm also tired of shopping at the "fat girl" stores!! Right now I'm a size 16, I'd like to be a size 10 by summer! Most of the "fashion" stores stopped carrying size 14 a couple of years ago which I think its just ridiculus  Luckily, I kept most of my clothes from when I lost weight before, I'll just have to get them out of the storage in the attic but I figure when I hit a size 10, I'll go buy some new things as a reward! 
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Taking it one day at a time.....
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I'm serious about losing weight now!
