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Registered: 01-04-2004
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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 11:36pm
Hi icatfirst. I saw your post to hedieann and I just wanted to say welcome! Congratulations on your weight loss. That's incredible! I'm inspired by your story. Like you, I have never done diet pills, shakes or any of that stuff. I don't believe in them. I feel that the only way to have lasting weight loss is to change bad habits and learn to eat properly and exercise. Of course, if there are emotional problems or anything like that, they need to be dealt with, also. I've been working on increasing my exercise and eating healthier, although the exercise is definitely winning out over the eating. I guess I love to eat more than I hate to exercise LOL. I've lost almost 20 pounds since the beginning of the year, so I know I'm going in the right direction.

The reason I wanted to post to you is that I've often wondered if I was doing the right thing by doing this on my own, and not following a formal plan. I don't like the restrictions that most plans have, and I believe that if I learn to watch my portions and make better food choices, that I can learn to eat properly to lose weight without following someone else's plan and having someone else tell me what I can and can't have. Reading your story and seeing that you have been successful by using a similar approach to what I'm doing has given me the confidence that I can do this. Thank you for sharing your story and I'm glad you decided to join us. Even though you are at the other end of the journey (the end we all want to be at LOL) I think it's great to have you (and others who have recently joined and are also almost at goal) here to inspire and encourage those of us who are still fairly new in this journey.

~~Linda

~~Linda

 

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Registered: 04-08-2004
In reply to: linda112491
Sat, 04-10-2004 - 4:21pm
Congratulations on your 20 pounds! Every pound is a milestone and you are definitely going in the right direction. It's not an easy task, so I'm here for ya! Good luck! Cat