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Flower In Bloom
Carolee, MO
Life is so much more positive and FUN!!
I am Healthier and More Active
I feel like a flower just starting to bloom, I look forward to what I will do in this new and healhier life!!
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I had been avoiding my scale for quite some time because I knew my weight had been getting pretty bad as it was getting harder and harder to buy clothes that would fit. Eventually I got up the courage to get on the scale. In Juy of 2007 my scale confirmed what I had feared most, I weighed in at over 300 pounds, 309 pounds to be exact!!!
Like most overweight people I had tried just about everything to lose the weight over the last 20 some years, without much success. I decided then and there this time would be different. I had never really tried to count calories specifically because I just thought it would be too hard to keep track and too time consuming. After some research and trying out several brands of "diet" meals I decided that the Lean Cuisine dinners were the best out there for taste, calories, balanced meals, and variety. So began my journey.
On August 1, 2007 I began my adventure in weight loss. After about a week I added in some exercise, very light in the beginning, only 10 minutes on the treadmill at first. The weight started to come off. I was eating 1200 to 1350 calories per day with eventually about 20 minutes of exercise everyday. I continued to eat the Lean Cuisine meals but I no longer called them "diet" meals because I associated that word with "deprivation", and I definitely didn't feel deprived on this new food plan.
As the weight continues to come off I keep adding in more exercise time. I have bought an eliptical machine and set up a room in my home just for exercise. I still love eating the Lean Cuisine meals, and am not bored with my new lifestyle or the taste of the food. I have even come up with items to add to the meals for something different once in a while. One of the meals I make I put the Santa Fe Style Rice and Beans on field greens and add fresh salsa to the top for the dressing, it's very delicious!!
To date I have lost a total of 94 pounds and still have quite a little way to go, but I know I wil