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| Mon, 06-05-2006 - 3:45pm |
Hi all!
I am a 42 with 2 kids (daughter 1 and son 15) and 3 step (27, 24, 20). I am new to message boards so please excuse the longhand. I started an exercise program and food journal last week. Going good so far: starting weight 315.5, current weight 310, goal weight 145. My friends and I are using The Fitness Challenge game to get us started. However friends are not as excited about the idea as I had hoped. Hoping this board will help with movtivation; always nice to know others are also along for the ride. Any advice is greatly welcome.
Jessica

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Welcome, Jessica!
Congrats on the weight loss you've achieved already--it sounds like you're off to a great start!
Holli
Hi Jessica! welcome to the board..
it does sound like you're off to a great start! Journaling is hard for me.
What is the Fitness Challenge Game?
keep posting and let us know how it's goin :)
My First 10% of Body Weight
Jessalyn
Thanks for the nice welcome. The Fitness Challenge Game is a board game (sort of) that you play with another person to help you stay motivated to exercise. The game runs for 8 weeks - you can start again at the end of the 8 weeks - and during each week you compete for fitness point, i.e. walking for 30 mins = 1 point. At the end of each week, you total your points to see who wins. Whoever has the most points gives the other person(s) a "Wager" Card which is usually something to help out the winner. For example, I won last week, so my friend has to run my errands this week. The game can be reused as many times as you want. A game is only for 2 players, so we bought 2 games so 3 of us can play. Does this make sense? I found it at Target.com.
Thanks again,
Jessica
Take care,
Jessica
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Hi Jessica :-)
The game sounds like a great way for you and your friends to keep each other going! Welcome to the board. I think you'll find this is a wonderful place to come to for support, encouragement, or just to vent. :)
Katherine
349.2/344.4/140 Mini-goal: size 26 jeans
Welcome, congrats on the weight loss and goodluck with continuing.
Angela
Angela
Welcome Jessica! My name is Melissa and I joined this board a week or two ago. I am so glad to have the support of others who know exactly what it's like to need to lose sooo much weight.
I really need to lose mostly for health reasons (want to have a baby, I have a thyroid disorder, asthma, metabolic syndrome, etc) but also to feel good about myself.
I hope that you will enjoy the board!
Melissa
281/251/150
Melissa
Thanks for the welcome. I know what you mean bout finding other people who ned to lose this much weight; that's why I joined this board. I had a baby 13 months ago and was overweight at the time. So, I understand wanting to lose it before getting pregnant. Being overweight made the pregnancy and birth more difficult than I had expected. Are you on a particular diet or exercise program? I wish you all the best in your weight loss efforts.
Jessica
Take care,
Jessica
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Hi Jessica,
Welcome. That sounds like a neat game. Maybe I should get it for DH and I. We both want to lose weight but haven't done so well. It sounds like you are off to a great start.
Wendy
282/225/150
Hi, Jessica!
I am following Weight Watchers (WW). I personally prefer their program because I am eating real food each and everyday and I can eat whatever I want. I still eat fast food one night per week and that really helps me to feel like I am not depriving myself. I never use my flex points for the week so I just do well eating my daily points allowance (currently 30 but moving to 28 soon, I hope!)
I really need to incorporate exercise though because in the 2 months I've been doing this I only exercised one day so far. I know that in order to achieve my goals and keep them, I need to regularly exercise.
Thanks for the heads up about pregnancy. That is something that definitely worries me!
GOOD LUCK TO YOU!
Melissa
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