quiltylori

April, you can start to lose even if you can't exercise right now. I too have a hard time exercising because of bad knees. So I just started to watch how many calories I was eating and decided to eat around 1400 - 1600 a day and the weight starting coming off without exercising. I know it's important to exercise, but don't think that you can't lose weight without it. Once you see the scale go down, you can add some light exercise or start walking a little (hopefully the weather will cooperate by then). This worked for me and I have a very sluggish metabolism.

You can do this!

laparshall

Gee, sounds like you have a bit of a challenge. Good luck with finding a place to swim. Do you have a YMAC in your area. They usually offer open swim and they sometimes have water aerobic classes. My friend went to water aerobics classes at one of the high schools. Maybe you could find a mom and tot program and take your little girl with you. It would be a good lesson in getting involved in healthy activity and a great bonding experience with her.
Linda

laparshall

Welcome. Sure hope you will share some of the secrets to your success. That is a very remarkable weight loss.

laparshall

It is kind of hard to get in the water if you don't like it. I focused on drinking water for two weeks. I actually wrote 64 oz on a post-it,(8--8 oz glasses) and then as I finished off a 16 oz glass or bottle of water, I would subtract it. It was a bit of a game, which I love. (I try to create a game out of everything I despise doing but supposedly it is good for me.) If I drink a glass in the morning, then with lunch, then in the afternoon, then with dinner. I have my 64 oz in. And it didn't kill me to do it. So for two weeks I really concentrated on it and the first week I lost 3 lbs, the second week I lost 2 lbs. Then last week I gained .6. When I looked back on what I had done differently it was the water. I had stopped focusing on it. So this week I am back to writing it down again. We will see what happens on Thursday, my weigh in day.

laparshall

JanRN: You go! Congrats!

LovingIzabella

Hi Linda
Our local Y is closed for renovations :-( They hope to be open by spring but we shall see. I did not think about the high school though. I will give them a call and see-thank you so much for the thought! And my daughter loves the water an even better idea-thank you!
Hugs
April

laparshall

April: Your welcome. Our hospital has a therapy pool too, but you have to have a prescription to use it. Perhaps that would be another option. Good luck finding something.

Mrs. Mel

YAYYY!!!!! I am celebrating with you!

Alu_Rathbone

My only worry is having ugly stretched skin that is hanging everywhere... I'm not that huge... but even at my weight it has happened... Thats my biggest fear and I don't want that... I really want to get rid of this stupid pouch at the bottom of my stomach too... so long as that ugly thing goes away the better... It's so hard to lose though!

My best friend used to be overweight and all she had to do was sit ups and push ups to get rid of hers... I know this is true cause her Grandmother wouldn't let her get a gym pass or really leave the house except for school. Her Grandma was old school Italian... or i should say Old Country Italian... wonderful lady though!

But I always hear, sit ups and crunchs don't do anything... and bla bla bla... and I'm like... well they did before your miracle product came along...

I'm thinking of getting one of those balance balls... so that when I'm on the computer I can sit on that and improve my posture. I know those work... and as for weights I'll start with resistance bands...

wvdek

I've decided I need a new scale despite the squishy floors. I bigger digital read-out for my old eyes and one that does those tenths of a pound readings. This scale is easily 20 plus years old and has been dropped, banged around, etc.