Hey, whatever it takes to motivate you IS exciting! I wish I could bottle the
way I felt when I was determined to do something! My problem (sometimes) is I'm
impatient and want the weight to be gone NOW. So I'm all gung-ho for the 1st
week, dieting and exercising like a crazy person (6 days at the gym and walking
wherever I can and taking stairs instead of elevators...) then I get on the
scale and either it doesn't move OR I've a gained a pound or two! Plus my
joints are aching from doing too much too soon.

So I'm trying to approach it a bit more rationally this time. Gym 3 -4 times a
week and just saying NO to refined sugars. Which is really hard in this office
I work in! Someone brought in a 5 pound box of assorted chocolates! There's
always donuts, muffins and cake! No wonder we're all overweight here! So
whenever I'm tempted to eat something sweet I make myself drink a big glass of
water first, then IF I still want something sweet I will allow myself a small
bite. Most times the water really helps me to resist.

I'm trying to replace instead of just abstain.

JoAnn




----- Original Message -----
From: Vanessa
To: lowcarblounge@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [LowCarb Lounge] Checking in - I'm still alive!


Oh, just sick and tired of being fat! I was folding my pants from the laundry,
held them up and thought, "Good Lord these are big!" My arms were completely
spread apart!

I figured I needed to do something and I'm the type that needs fast loss. A
coworker told me about Kimkins and I joined -- not very exciting, huh? LOL!

V.

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