New and Exhausted

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Registered: 03-30-2005
New and Exhausted
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Sun, 10-22-2006 - 5:24pm

Hi all -- I'm kinda sorta but not really new (been a member of iVillage since the AOL days but, for the most part, I'm a long-time lurker). Here's my story:

I'm 41, married to my wonderful husband who is good to me, loves me through thick and thin, and thinks I'm stunning. I have five children and, until baby #4 came along, I had an amazing body and was very active in sports and as an aerobics instructor. I had a tubal ligation in 1997. From that point forward, my metabolism took a nose dive and I packed on the pounds. I now weigh 240 lbs at 5' 5" and feel like a walking watermelon. The trouble is, I am so tired about 70% of the time that I just can't seem to get motivated to do anything. What little energy I do have is reserved for my job and running errands with my family.

I'm not a depression eater and I actually do eat pretty healthy foods with the very occasional cheat-treat. I actually used to be an aerobics instructor who helped others lose weight; I know the rules and, for the most part, I still live by them. My biggest downfall has been my lack of energy and I just don't know what to do to get my energy back.

Some things I'm trying as of this weekend:

I think I haven't been sleeping enough so I'm making sure I sleep at least 7.5 hours per night (until this past weekend, I was sleeping 6 hours).

I am horrible about drinking water so I have also increased my water intake.

I hope like crazy that these two changes will help me get on track to regain some energy so I can actually make myself go for a walk or - dare I dream it? - get back into a gym!

Anyway, it's nice to say hello to all of you and I hope to get involved with others who want to lose weight like I do.

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Registered: 02-03-2005
Sun, 10-22-2006 - 9:26pm
Welcome to the board!
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Registered: 11-29-2004
Sun, 10-22-2006 - 11:11pm
I'm glad you're here too!






WORKING ON GOAL # 2



JOGGING MY WAY TO 175 BY
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Registered: 10-22-2006
Mon, 10-23-2006 - 12:21am
You said, "The trouble is, I am so tired about 70% of the time that I just can't seem to get motivated to do anything. What little energy I do have is reserved for my job and running errands with my family." I can totally relate I feel the same way.
I know you problably know but once you get moving the energy comes. But the sleep and water increases will help too! Good luck!
-K
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Registered: 01-25-2006
Mon, 10-23-2006 - 7:37am

Welcome aboard and best of luck to you. I know how you feel about no energy. I too used to be thin and worked out all the time til I got married......LMAO He moved me away from my buddies that I went to the gym with everyday. I was on steroids back then for my lungs and working out is the ONLY thing that kept me from being fat as I ballooned from 140 to 175 in about 2 months from bcp and steroids. Then I steadily gained up to 185 by the time we got together and I moved to him. After that I got pg and there it went.......LMAO


But we can do this despite no energy. We have to figure it out. Good luck

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Registered: 03-30-2005
Mon, 10-23-2006 - 7:08pm

Hi everyone and thanks for your welcoming messages! Angela, it sounds like you and I are in very similar shoes indeed!

Well, to report on my first day of sleeping more with greater water intake: so far so good! I actually felt "okay" with crawling out of bed today (I didn't exactly jump out of the sack but I didn't feel like, "Oh wow, how am I going to get through the day?" either so that's a major milestone)! Even better, I usually have a mid-afternoon slump where a quick sugar buzz picks me up and... I didn't get the slump today. What's more, today is the first day of "aunt flow" -- a surefire energy killer for me, and other than feeling a little icky just because it's that time of the month, I felt... not too bad!

I'm just putting one foot in front of the other and seeing what happens so, hey, this feels like a pretty decent start.

I've got to go eat dinner but I'll come back and write more when I can.

Thanks again, everyone, for the warm welcome!

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Registered: 07-31-2006
Tue, 10-24-2006 - 6:15pm
I didn't get to welcome youto the board.
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Registered: 02-06-2006
Sun, 10-29-2006 - 6:01am

I'm a little late but: welcome to the board!! I'm 5'5'' too and I

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