Topic : 08/22 Beach Body Bootcamp

Ooops, sorry... I'm brand new to the site and I actually DID write that accidentally in reply to your quote. I meant it to be directed to the woman who thought she was a 'nobody'.  Anyway... thanks for your wonderful words and support! I can see you have a very encouraging spirit and I really like the replies of positivity you give the others that are struggling. Thanks! 

Pam

I figured that was the case.   And thanx I admire your positive spirit as well!

First of all, you are not a no one.  That broke my heart when I read it but I completely understand.  I was overweight for many, many years and I finally realized that no one was going to help me, only I could help me.  I felt invisible because as a heavy person, people judge you, or at least that is how it feels.  I had tried every diet, healthy and not healthy, I didn't care.  I tried diet pills, hypnosis, dealameal, the zone, cabbage diet, LA weight loss, OMG the list goes on and on.  What finally worked and continues to work was Dr. Phil's book.  I realized, going through the keys and taking the tests, that my weight was not about eating but about emotional baggage.  I thought that I was happy and and had the world by the horns and I did.  I had suffered multiple miscarriages and scary pregnancies and gained weight actually more weight with each miscarriage than I did either live birth.  I thought that I dealt with it each time because I knew it was God's will.  What I discovered was that I hadn't.  I never, ever would have connected those events in my life with keeping the unwanted pounds.  I was a little heavy before pregnancies but I was morbidly obese after.  It has always been hard for me to lose and maintain a healthy weight.  I guess to make a short story long, with this book, I changed our lifestyle, not just mine, but my husband's lifestyle and my children's lifestyle, as well.  We are in this as a family, so I'm not on some diet watching them eat the good stuff while I eat lettuce and cottage cheese.  We all eat the "good stuff" and the stuff that is good for us.  I had all kinds of heath issues as well, but I took it a day at a time and over time I have gone from walking to the mailbox a couple of times a day to up to 5 miles a day.  I just participated in my first cancer walk and walked 10 miles without stopping, that was a victory.  I will say, as a christian, that I prayed multiple times daily for God to direct my paths and give me strength to finally stick to something and I have done that.  I read Dr. Phil's book 2 times before I was convinced that I could do it.  I have lost over 120 pounds and have successfully kept it off for almost a year now.  I do not even have the desire to eat the kind of stuff I used to eat because my tastes have changed.  Please know that YOU and only YOU can help yourself.  There are no offers or shows or anything else that will help you, you have to want to do it and commit to it.  You will be in my prayers and I know that you are a somebody and you can do it.

Hi Kay!.... I would LOVE  to keep in touch. How do we exchange e-mail addresses w/o listing them on this site? Let me know if you have any ideas. I think it would be terrific to be able to support one another, esp. since we have several common bonds! Thanks for your encouragement about my weight and being healthy. I'm struggling right now. I just found out I have a tear in my L-5 and the beginnings of a herniated disk. I haven't been able to run , which is how I lost a lot of the weight in the first place... so I've gained about 15 lbs from my ideal weight. I'm having a hard time juggling only being able to ride a bike for exercise right now, and feeling bad because I can't exercise like I need to, so I've been eating more and more and that's how I've gained the weight. I think  I need to pick up the 7 keys to Weightloss again and go back to why I eat and go from there. When I'm feeling powerless or bored, I eat.

Anyway, you look so fantastic, it's so hard to believe that you were that person in the 'before' pic! I would NEVER have believed it! That's a huge, huge accomplishment, and I'm so proud of you. All of you! You look amazing and I'm so glad we were able to get to meet you all. Keep up the good work!   Pam

Hi Jamie, 

I know how you feel... it's very hard to get motivated to lose the weight. And that is absolutley fantastic that you've lost 35 lbs. You don't have to be on the Vicodin forever, just watch the kind of exercise you do... Nothing pounding or jarring. Try riding your bike or walking... and if you don't feel safe in your neighborhood, drive or bike to a more safe place. I don't live in the best of neighborhoods either and that's what I have to do. I drive to a park up the way a bit or drive to the beach where i'm safe and do my thing there. There are so many possibilities! Even in your own home, you can do strengthening exercises w/ this rubber tubing they sell at Wal-Mart or K-Mart in the exercise sections. They also sell it in a band form... it's cheap and very effective. You can also look up exercises to do w/ it on the internet. It's called thera-band and thera-tubing. I just found out that I have a tear in my L-5 and the beginnings of a herniated disk as well, and I've had to modify my exercise. I love to run and haven't been able to do that in several weeks and have put on weight. I'm ready to start losing the 15 lbs I've put on, it just takes commitment and constant re-inforcement of my goal. I've lost 90 lbs in the last 4 years, and I'm not willing to let it creep back up on me, because it's so very easy to do. I lost the weight just by doing those things I described above, and I started from 250 lbs. That was my highest weight. I've gotten down to 160, where I was very very happy but now am back at 175... too MUCH. Hang in there, my prayers are w/ you for your back problem and I KNOW you can do it!

Pam