Woo, it's kind of scary making this topic, 'cos I'm a bit nervous about not making any progress at all for a while! I recently took a class on fitness walking and ended up gaining a couple of pounds by the end of it rather than losing - I've read that women's bodies often go into starvation mode at the beginning of a new workout regimen, and it kinda scared me off a little.
I am planning to start a new routine using dumbbells and that walking in place video someone posted here. I used to have a great metabolism, and I harmed it a couple of years ago when I had a bad semester at college. I was depressed and stopped caring about my health - I never exercised at all and I ate a lot of McDonald's (which I've all but completely cut out of my diet now). I gained about thirty pounds that semester and it's time to fix my poor metabolism and lose that weight.
Currently I'm about 5'7" and I weigh (shhhh) about 190 pounds. I don't look that heavy, but I don't feel good about my body and I never have, even when I was in shape. This brings me to the second goal: to fix my poor self esteem! I'm tired of being paranoid that people will ask me "when I'm due" when I'm not even remotely pregnant, and I'm tired of slowly creeping up in pants sizes. I'm pretty afraid that I will fail, which is making me reluctant to try - and that's the reason I've come here for some motivation.
I would like to eventually weigh between 130 and 150, as 150 was the last weight at which I really felt good about my body. 40 pounds to go; wish me luck!
