Messages By: elle123

Hi everyone!

It really hit home with me when Dr. Phil said to just lose the weight, get it over and be done with it!  I think I could actually be the weight I want in three months if I just do what I need to.  Then the hard part would be over and the rest would be just maintaining a healthy lifestyle. 

When my son started kindergarten I was about 20 pounds overweight and I was determined to lose that before he started first grade.  The year went by and that never happened, and suddenly, four years later, I am now 40 pounds overweight and still determined to lose it every year.  Dr. Phil said that the next 6 months will go by, the next year will go by, whether you lose the weight or not.  I want to just do what it takes and be done with it!

I have always tried to maintain a healthy and fit body.  Then, one day we found ourselves facing possible foreclosure on our home.  I was so scared I couldn’t sleep at night.  I would have a beer on occasion before this happened, but it turned into drinking 4-5 beers a night so that I would be in a state where I could go to sleep without my mind running all night long thinking the awful thought that we might lose our house.  This is what ultimately led to my weight gain.

I can look back now and see that I should have handled things differently, but I can’t go back, I can only go forward.  We did end up losing our house, but we’re okay and managed to get another house. 

I started exercising immediately after the Ultimate Weight Loss challenge began.  The only downfall for me has been that my husband keeps beer in the house and likes to drink a couple after work.  The minute I see him open one and sit down, I want to sit and visit with him and end up drinking a beer also (not more than two now).  Now I realize that I need to make sure my husband doesn’t drink a beer in front of me so I won’t be tempted to, because the extra calories kind of erases the hard work I did when I did my exercises earlier in the day. 

I don't know if anyone else out there can relate to this.  These are things that I have not shared with anyone I know personally.  Also, the extra weight bothers me so much that I have cut myself off from my friends and from doing many things in my life because I keep wanting to lose the weight first.  I guess I have put everything on hold basically.  I want to finally lose the weight so that I can start living my life again!!

Thanks for listening and for your support!