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Introduction Text Update 4/14/13: A group of us from work are starting up a Spark team. I am looking forward to getting healthy. My goal is going to smaller. I am going to work at losing 10% of my body weight every three months until I get to a healthy weight. The weight is not going to be my main goal, feeling healthy is the final goal. As long as I don't give up I will not fail! Update 2/18/13: I am back again to work at getting healthy. I have changed my goal to be @ 150 lbs by 1/31/14. Let's see how close I can get. I have let things get totally out of control since I went back to work in 2011. I'm embarrassed to say that I have reached 266.6 lbs. I ordered a recumbent bicycle to use for cardio since I don't seem to be able to walk very far without my leg going numb. It will be here 2/20/13. That and I am a TV addict after work so I want to watch TV. I tried a manual treadmill but I didn't stick with it. it is even set up where I can see the TV from it. I think manual treadmills are harder than electric, it is all your power when using them. I joined Curves and attended for awhile and now just drive by each evening on my way home from work. My membership is through October 2013 so hopefully I can motivate myself to stop by @ least once a week. My work offers a physical fitness room that I can take advantage of as well. Now all I need to do is use the opportunities I have. Wish me luck! My name is Deb and I weighed in at 265.2 on 08/07/09. I wanted to be down to 150 by 12/15/10 (didn't make it, but I'm still working at losing). I live in Jamaica, Iowa and have never been a regular exerciser. I am now moving forward and working on exercising more. Update: 8/12/2012: Starting working on losing again a couple of months ago. Whe the scale starting inching toward 270 I woke up and decided the longer I wait the harder it will be to take it off. Especially since I am not getting any younger. :) I am concentrating on moderation and portion size. So far so good. I have taken off 15 lbs and just have 102 lbs to go. LOL! I will when as will my health. Thank you to all the wonderful Spark friends I have who have continued to support me even when I was MIA. You all are the greatest! Update 08/01/2011 Haven't been doing very well lately so I am pretty much starting from scratch. Got on the scale on Saturday and was just about back to my starting weight. (259.8) I am miserable at this weight. I am working on getting back on track. A friend once told me, "You will not fail until you stop trying." My daily goals: Drink 8 glasses of water each day Track food each day At least 10 minutes of exercise each day. After meeting these goals for 30 days I will set new goals. I want to get these down again before I move on.

Start out with 10 minutes of cardio each day and work up to 30 minutes 5x week Rotate upper, core, and lower body strength training 6 days each week Log my food into the food tracker. Drink 8 glasses of water each day. Support the team by checking in and replying to posts at least every other day. Be consistent

My daily goals: Concentrate on eating lean meats, healthy fats, good grains, and fruits and vegetables in the proper portion size. To stay within my calorie and nutrient ranges 5 out of 7 days of the week, until I am doing it 7 days a week.

Married for 22 years Three grown daughters One granddaughter 1 cat 2 dogs Live in Iowa Have a job that I absolutely love!!! Sparkpeople Rocks!

If it is to be it is up to me. Not sure where this came from but it is true in every sense of the words.

Add a Link Iowa, CST Worry is nothing less than the misuse of your imagination. ~Ed Foreman~ We can not do everything at once but we can do something at once. ~Calvin Coolidge~ American president
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