Determined in Texas
 

Hello everybody my name is Emerald and well needless to say I am here for a reason I am a 27 yr old female that is married and has a daughter that will be 11 in October. I signed up for fitday on June 9. I am beginnning this journey because at 27 years old my joints are hurting and I know I shouldn't be hurting like this. So I have decided to make changes in my life my husband has struggled with his weight his whole life me not so much when we were dating at 16 I weighed 145 and was so stacked. Now at 27 I am 240lbs and just unhappy with myself and the place that I am in with this battle with my weight. My ultimate goal to start with is to get down to 180 first and go from there. I have joined for help and encouragement from the whole community. Thanks for listening I am off my soap box for now.

Hi, Emerald, welcome to Fit Day. There is a lot of support here, so take a look around some of the other threads. If you have any questions, do a post and someone or several someones will be happy to help. It's not easy, but it's do-able, so congrats to you for taking the first step.

You can do it. Fitday has all the tools. A calendar (you keep a food log and update your weight when you have an accurate weight, journal for any kind of notes or reflection) that shows when you're covering the bases with consistency. You can look at the calendar and see that you are plugging away at it every day. You can look at the food log and see if you've eaten more calories than what you need to lose weight. You can produce all kinds of reports to show that what you are doing needs tweaking - or is just fine the way it is. Fitday will help you get to your goal, or you will know why!

Support in the forums will help you, too.

Welcome, I'm new also just stoping by to say Hi and the best of luck to you.

Good luck to you, it sounds like you have the motivation!

Update
 

Well everybody I am doing great I started working out Friday atfer I got my membership. I worked out Saturday and Monday and didn't go yesterday but I went today and I feel great.I am keeping up with my food every day I even think I have an ally in my daughter they have kids Zumba and she sat in on a class she was super excited about Monday or Tuesday of next week learning how to belllydance. I guess I am headed in the right direction.

Congratulations on getting started, and on getting the daughter involved! When I started this I thought it was a personal journey, but it turns out one of the best benefits is that my children are much more aware of what a healthy lifestyle is all about. You're going to do this, I can tell already.

For your achy joints you might try increasing your water intake, it helps me tremendously. If I don't get enough water in during the day I wake up achy and swollen the next morning. The suggested amount is 64 oz baseline + an additional 8 oz for every 10lbs you want to lose.

Hello again
 

Although I haven't been to the gym this week I did go last week and have my workouts I accidently hit the pole at the grocery store and dinged my husband's truck but I am estatic I have come to report that I went from weighing 244 and am now down to 237 wooo hooo go me baby steps but it's in the right direction

Awwwww yeah, you weigh the same as me (as far as I know I weigh weekly). Keep up the good work!

Hello
 

I think it is funny I looked at ur weight goals and 180 is the same weight I want to get down to at first too wow isn't that crazy oh yeah and btw we didn't start Fitday that far apart I started on June 8 or 9

We are pretty much twins now, lol. But seriously if you need any motivation I'm gonna be around a lot.

Hey everybody just wanted to let yall know that I am now down 11lbs and dropped a cup size and dropped a couple of measurements too :D

Awesome! Keep up the good work!

How do u post ur body stats and all that I am pretty excited up till this point I have lost 11 pounds and wanted to post my stats some help. Oh yeah and my husband jumped on the bandwagon too he had too has a fatty liver and believe it or not he has already lost like 15 pounds :mad: But that's ok I am gonna keep doing what I'm doing

Update
 

Yay I am so estatic today let's see I am down 12 pounds now WOOO HOOO!!!:D I finally got my husband on the bandwagon and he got his gym membership Tuesday. I put on a shirt Tuesday that I haven't wore in 2yrs and it fit the buttons laid flat against my chest. No puckering. :D

Awesome work!! And getting the hubby on board - Woohoo! That's a huge step.

When you say how do you list your stats...you mean like my signature? If so...go to the top right area of the forum says USER CP. Once in there edit signature is along the left side. Then it will display on every post that you make. It does not update from your records though. You have to update it yourself when you have loss you want to share.

Update
 

Okay everybody it is coming off little by little. As I told y'all before my hubby is now on the bandwagon with me :D. He has lost a total of 20 lbs and 17 lbs was just diet alone. I personally have made myself accountable now. I am trying to up my time in the gym I have been pulling 2 a days. Meaning I do my routine in the am and then in the evening find a class to take or such. Today is the only day since last week that I haven't done that. It's ok though. I am feeling great and I am now down 14lbs in 2months. I have taken a zumba class which was a blast and took a group step class last night I left covered in sweat from the group step. I am seeing some muscle tone in my arms now. I am proud of my progress thus far. More updates later on in the month I will keep y'all posted. :cool: :p :D

Update
 

Thank you Cyndi woo hooo let's see I am down 17lbs now and dropping I am super excited about this I dug in my closet and found I can wear most of my old shirts although I still require some work for them to fit right.I tried on a pair of crops today and they were a size 20 I was in a 22/24 woooo hooo:D

Update
 

:D Just wanted to let y'all know I haven't fallen off the earth. My daughter is back in softball which for the most part keeps me busy in the evenings. So that means no zumba till the end of the softball season. With that said no I haven't stopped doing what I have been doing in fact I have dropped 23 lbs total to date I went from 244 in the beginning to 221 now :D Wooo Hooo go me. My husband has lost 31 lbs so far. I am still going to the gym in the am. I am super excited. :D :p I feel great.

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