Fat & Forty...I want Fabulous!

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Registered: 02-19-2004
Fat & Forty...I want Fabulous!
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Thu, 02-19-2004 - 12:59pm
Hi everyone,

I'm new here. I was looking for some ideas, friends and support on my quest to become fabulous. I have about 150 lbs. to lose and a new me to gain! I'm married and have a 15 year old son and an 11 year old daughter who are pretty self-sufficient so I can work on me a bit more.

I've been doing Weight Watchers and going to Curves for a month and have lost 10 lbs, but I have soooo much trouble dragging my behind out of bed to go exercise. How can I get motivated to actually DO what I need to do to succeed?!? Geez... I'm a whiner...I'm just afraid that I'm gonna be fat & forty and that's all I'll ever be unless I live to be fat & fifty....LOL Thanks for whatever kick-in-the-butt you can give me!

Faith

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Registered: 06-03-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 1:13pm
Hi Faith and welcome I am fairly new here and let me tell you it’s a great place to be….. Motivation is the hardest thing to succeed at (at least to me it is) one thing that helps me to get motivated is looking at myself in the mirror I really do hate myself and what I have become….. So now it has to change I am going to turn 30 in 3 months and I promised myself I will not live in my 30s like I did in my 20s….. Before I developed bone spurs on my feet I used to walk the track I was up to 2 miles 5 days a week….. And sometimes I didn’t want to go but I made myself….. I felt so much better once I finished and it lasted threw out the day I didn’t get as short winded as I once was and I felt better about my self all around even though I had only lost about 12 pounds…… just think about how good you feel after your work out I want to join Curves but it is not in the budget right now best wishes to you and hope to see you around here often Desiree
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 1:46pm
Hi there Faith!

  Shawna-- Proud Cl for 100 Pounds or More to Go 

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Registered: 06-16-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 2:43pm
What are TALKING ABOUT Darlin'??? You are fabulous!! Just b/c you're heavy doesn't mean you're ugly or anything like that, you are beautiful and terrific, you just happen to be heavy..personally, I do have my low-esteem days, but most of the time, I think very highly of myself!! And think of it not as exercising, but you are taking care of yourself so you can live a longer life, to see your kids get older and get married, and see those grand babies one day.

Sara

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Registered: 01-04-2004
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 2:43pm
Welcome to the boards, Faith! I know what you mean by wanting to be 40 and fabulous. I will be 40 next year (yikes!) and I'm hoping to be close to goal by then. You found a great place to go to get motivation and to just make friends. I hope to see more of your posts soon! And congrats on your 10 pound loss! You're off to a great start.

~~Linda

~~Linda

 

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Registered: 02-19-2004
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 2:47pm
I think the answer to that is, you just have to do it. But perhaps there's some other form of exercise (instead of curves, or in addition to?) that would make you more eager to get out and do it?? What do you like to do? The key is find something to enjoy doing, and then keep doing it.