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Hi everyone!! I just read this post and all the comments and u would not believe how similIar I feel to all these comments or these situations. So I'm 34 getting ready to turn 35. I am a mother of four children, I work a full time job in Washington DC. For the last 15 yrs I have been over weight! After I had my first daughter my weight just went crazy! Like seriously 165 to 215 I moved with my now ex husband to the south and just got so depressed being away from my family and he wasn't that supportive (not blaming him) see that growth!! Lol! But I ate my sorrows and got to 265! I moved back home and started working on me lost 20 pounds and met my new husband and had babies back to back!! Over the last five years i gained all that weight back and more. In March I went to the hospital to see a friend of mine who had just had a baby! She took all these pictures! I've been fat in other pictures but these just did something to me!I looked fat! Not just plump or plus sized Barbie but straight up fat. I went to my job on a Saturday to do some work and I noticed that all my than fat friends had the weight loss surgery. Everyone around me was losing weight and here I am eating the same way. Indulging in all my favorites but I'm fat. I qualified for the surgery but the risk are so many and my babies are so young so that wasn't an option for me. I had to figure some things out. So that day I decided to give up soda!! My love!! I bought a scale bad idea!! I weighed 285 pounds! Wtf!! That first week I lost 7 pounds. Than I gave up fast food. Another 10 pounds! Than I joined a gym! I downloaded my fitness pal and Pacers and the weight just started coming off. I had some set backs but the weight just kept creeping lower! I started participating in my jobs fitness classes, I started bikram yoga. I even participated in a weight loss challenge(that I won by the way!)Taking vitamins and logging in all my food. I work out everyday. I downloaded c25k because I have graduated from walking to jogging and want to do more! And I love myself. The gym is my time, Yoga my time. I have lost. 60 pounds with my eyes set on 70 more. It's so hard to love yourself when ur busy loving everyone around u. When ur so focused on being mommy or wifey! I have felt bad about myself for so long and it led me to make silly life choices but with each victory I make on that scale I'm finding me! People around me are noticing the difference to and it's supposed to be motivating them but what I found is people like to talk about losing weighT But don't want to commit. The first step is to commit to u!! If u all need a friend or I need a friend or in the dc area I always need support if my weight is going to be the mAgic 160! Email me aupperman2001@yahoo.com.

I've started my running journey today. I'll be 53 next month and I don't want to grow old gracefully. I want to kick it in the butt with each step. All support is welcome and appreciated. Honored to be here

Yes 3 days. Preferably a day off in between or doing something different, not running back to back.

Thanks trish. I will try that. I might also try doing some yoga on the days I am not running. That might balance me out a bit.