The Start of My Continued Weight Loss Journey
I have decided to finally continue to lose weight and thought that if I posted this on here, I will be even more motivated and stay focused! I have been half way to my goal for way too long and it is time to make some changes and get the rest of this weight off!
I am starting out on the Atkins diet and see how that goes. After such a long time of being halfway to my goal, I am ready to do something about it and make the changes needed to get there! I am disgusted with myself and not happy with my appearance at all. I think that I have hit my lowest point and something has just got to give!
I am around 5’7″ and my highest weight was 320 and I currently weigh 238 and my goal weight right now is 150. I had Vertical Banded Gastroplasty in 2000 and it helped me to lose some weight but I have not been able to lose any more. I did get down to 217 at one point, but then recently gained back up to where I am right now. Shortly after I had the Weight Loss Surgery I became pregnant and I believe that I stretched out my stomach prematurely since I had to eat more for the babies sake. Unfortunately I wound up having a miscarriage but then became pregnant again in 2002 and had William in 2003.
VBG is not the same as the Lap Band, unfortunately they did not have that procedure at the time that I had the surgery that I did. If I had jus waited about a year longer, I could have had that done and most likely would have had better results. I was too afraid to have the Gastric Bypass since I had heard of so many complications that can come from having that surgery. I want so badly to weigh under 200 finally!
My stomach is stapled and there is a small ring (band) at the top of my stomach which makes eating meats like steak very hard. The meat tends to get stuck easily if I don’t chew very well and that is extremely painful at times. So, that is why I am going to try Atkins but if I am unable to eat all of the meat, then I will try another plan. I have stretched out my stomach since the surgery I am sure but I still don’t eat a lot at one time. My main problem is what I eat, I love Cokes and Dr. Peppers and breads and sweets and all kinds of carbs.
I have two sons, one is 19 and the other is 5. I do have a big age gap between them and I just want to be able to be around to meet my grandchildren someday and at the rate that I am going, it is very unlikely…especially for my 5 year old. My youngest son is about to start school and I don’t want him to be teased about having a “fat” mother either, poor kid.
So I am starting this tomorrow, July 28, 2008 and I will update with new videos as I begin to lose weight and keep everyone updated.
Thank you!
Duration : 0:1:52
Posted by admin Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Surgery
Tags: atkins, Banded, BBW, beach, big, diet, Exercise, fat, Figured, full, Gastroplasty, girl, journal, journey, losing, loss, motivational, obese, overweight, pcos, south, support, VBG, Vertical, weight
Safe Weight Loss: Female abs: Sexy Bikini
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Duration : 0:1:17
Posted by admin Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Categories: Safe Weight Loss
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Yoga for Beginners Weight Loss
Yoga can be a useful tool to help us lose weight. Having a consistent yoga practice can help us focus on our internal state of mind. Yoga allows us to draw our attention to the body’s imbalances that cause us to gain weight . Yoga breathing and yoga exercises can reduce anxious eating, and give us a mood lift or release nervousness that puts us into an emotional eating binge. Many yoga postures will increase strength and flexibility. Yoga itself can not burn enough calories for major weight loss, you should combine yoga with other forms of enjoyable exercise like walking or biking. The is part of a 30 minute DVD for sale on my website – Namaste~
Duration : 0:9:20
Posted by admin Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Help
Tags: "free, beginning, diet, dvd, easy, eating, Exercise, Exercises, fitness, Hatha, healthy, loss, pose, poses, postures, simple, Video, videos, weight, yoga
ABC News puts this popular weight loss system to the test!
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ABC News puts this popular weight loss system to the test!
ABC News puts this popular weight loss system to the test!
ABC News puts this popular weight loss system to the test!
ABC News puts this popular weight loss system to the test!
ABC News puts this popular weight loss system to the test!
Duration : 0:5:24
Posted by admin Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Systems
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Diet.com Weight Loss Challenge Vlog (Week 3) Tears will fall
Meet Diet.com’s Weight Loss Featured Challenger-Ilana.
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Watch her personal videos as she fights to lose the last 25 pounds after she had gained 80. This week, Ilana gets emotional, measured and meets her coach. This is a reality video blog. There are no actors involved.
Duration : 0:5:26
Posted by admin Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Solutions
Tags: biggest, Coach, crying, Diary., diet, Exercise, ilana, loser, loss, Nutrisystem, reality, tears, Video, weight, Workout
Weight Loss Journey
This is my weight loss journey. I have over 100lbs to lose and would love to have some folks come along with me. Also share what you’re doing to lose weight …and help me stay focused
Duration : 0:4:37
Posted by admin Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Help
Tags: BBW, diabetic, diet, Exercise, fat, help, insulin, loss, SLIMFAST, ssbbw, weight
How to Use SparkPeople’s Free Fitness Tracker and Workouts
Get a free fitness tracker (and workout plans) at SparkPeople.com, the fastest growing health and weight loss website in the world. It’s 100% free!
In this video, Coach Nicole of SparkPeople.com will show you how to use SparkPeople’s free, personalized fitness tracker and workout plans, which also estimates how many calories you burn doing all kinds of cardio (aerobic) exercises. Lose weight and get healthy with SparkPeople.com today!
Duration : 0:4:28
Posted by admin Date: Friday, June 12, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Plan
Tags: burn, burned, calories, demo, diet, easy, Exercise, how, idea, loss, many, Out, people, plan, shape, spark, to, train, weight, Work
Ab Workout Exercises
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If you want to get a slim stomach and six pack abs, then you need to stop wasting your time on useless crunches and dangerous sit-ups. Instead, you need to focus on 21st Century ab workout exercises to get more results in less time.
Heres an effective four-exercise Pre-Fatigue Abdominal Circuit where you are going to fatigue the abdominals with classic endurance exercises and then follow it up with a dynamic moving exercise.
In the first exercise, start with a simple abdominal plank, holding that position for 45 seconds while bracing your abs, breathing normally, and maintaining your body in a straight line. That will pre-fatigue your abdominals for the second exercise.
Next, you will perform stability ball jackknives for 15 repetitions. At this point in the workout, your abs will be slightly fatigued from the previous exercise, so pay special attention to your form. This is the perfect combination of abdominal exercises to help you strengthen your abs and build the six pack muscles.
(Of course, you also have to do interval training to burn belly fat and find the right diet to help you lose belly fat. I highly recommend you stick to whole, natural foods to lose stomach fat and use short, burst interval training to burn fat in less than 20 minutes, only three times per week.)
The third abdominal exercise in the circuit will fatigue both the obliques and abdominals and is called the side plank. While holding for 30 seconds per side, be sure to maintain your body in a straight line, keeping your hips up, and your chest rotated outwards.
Brace your abs to work them harder than ever. This simple exercise is far more effective than crunches, and works your obliques extra hard. Plus, the side plank pre-fatigues your obliques for the final exercise.
The last abs workout exercise in the circuit is the cross body stability ball mountain climber. To get into position, place your hands on the floor, your feet on the ball, and bring your knee across your body to your opposite elbow. This is a powerful exercise for your six pack abs and obliques.
Once completing the Pre-Fatigue Abdominal Circuit, go through and complete it 2 more times for a total of 3 circuits. Youll be shocked at how hard you can work your abs without situps, crunches, or any of the ab gadgets that are really just a waste of money.
All you need is your bodyweight and an exercise ball to work your abs as hard as any pilates or yoga session, or as hard as any $39.95 infomercial machine.
After finishing the abs exercises circuit, do 5 minutes of fat burning Bodyweight squats, completing as many reps as you can do within that time frame. So, for example, you may choose to do sets of 10, 20, go to failure, or 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off.
It doesn’t really matter, as long as you are focused on form and going at a steady pace. In terms of hand placement, you can put them down at your sides, behind your head, outstretched in front of you, or even below your neck. Record how many reps you are able to do within the 5 minute window and try to improve upon that number each week.
I hope you enjoyed the abs exercises circuit workout and bodyweight interval training program. Both of these workouts will guarantee that youll get a slim tummy, flattened abs, and even a razor sharp set of six pack abdominals.
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Duration : 0:3:51
Posted by admin Date: Friday, June 12, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Information
Tags: "bodyweight, "turbulence, ab, abs, belly, burn, Exercise, Exercises, fat, fitness, Gain, lose, loss, Muscle, pack, six, training, weight, Workout, Workouts
Weight Diary Day 6 – Aftethoughts, Food to Lose Weight, and
Link to article I mentioned about foods to help you lose weight:
http://www.getfitslowly.com/2008/05/16/how-to-lose-those-last-few-pounds/
Also, I feel good!! If you are feeling like crap… EXERCISE! At least get your blood moving. Even that little bit will help get you inspired and to working out again.
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Duration : 0:8:36
Posted by admin Date: Friday, June 12, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Help
Tags: calorie-counting, calories, diet, eating, Exercise, Food, health, healthy, losing, metabolism, obesi, weight, weight-loss
My Sixpackquest System revealed
One of the years most eagerly awaited weight loss system is almost here and to celebrate the launch we are revealing one secret per day that help me go from 276lbs to 176lbs.
Duration : 0:2:28