Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: New York
Posts: 4
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My goal is... and I need HELP
I need to lose 55 pounds. I've already lost 18lbs using a weight loss program that I was finally able to follow. My problem is will-power. My family is from the south so I grew up in the winter time on food like chittlins, collard greens with ham hocks, baked macaroni and cheese, ham, potato salad, black-eyed peas and rice, ribs, oxtail, etc., etc.,. (Whew, sorry, got carried away)  So for me winter was a bad time to eat better because winter foods are so heavy. Summer was a bad time for me with it's fried green tomatoes, fried corn, fried chicken, potato salad, etc., etc., sorry again . Anyway, you see what I mean. Well the pounds have just poured on, and these are no longer comfort foods for me - I need to make a change.
I started my weight loss plan in June, with a natural weight loss product, vitamins and Omega-3, I've cut out all meats but not fish and seafood. I've learned to make my favorite foods in a more healthy way but I've still reached a plateau. I know I need to add some sort of exercise. I've got a treadmill and I watch exercise TV - yeah, I said it right - I watch. I just can't always find the motivation to get up off my butt.
HELP!!!!!! I need to get off this plateau before the weight starts to return. What are you all using to get motivated to exercise? Are there any informal exercise groups in the Queens, NY area that have room for one more - maybe that will help?
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