[lola3320]

Hi all! Just want to say this site is great. I started last monday on the 30 mg pills. First a little backgroung history. 2 years ago I had my son Before my son I was 130lbs. At the beginning of the year I was up to 218lbs. I managed to shed 20 lbs off so I am currently sitting at 198 lbs. My best friends wedding is coming up in September and I would like to be around 140 lbs, at least. I lose weight easily when I try but I have my weaknesses. I started this last week at 205lbs and was able to lose 7lbs, still cheating terribly on the eating. Well, now it is time to get serious. I need to lose the weight. I love my son and husband weight too much to slouch around and stay the way I am. I am 5'3" so you can imagine it is not pretty. ANy suggestions or help on to how to get this off quicker than normal would be greatly appreciated. I started working out this week. 30lbs on the eliptical and 15 nminutes of running on the treadmill followed by 100 crunches. Look forward to hearing from all of you....

Lola

[retsof]

Welcome! It sounds like you've got some good exercise going! I hope this site will offer you a lot of encouragement. One way to get people to communicate with you is to post to the people who post to WEIGHT LOSS FORUM often. They are so nice and will usually write back to you. If you post to your own often, you can really get it going! Best success to you!
Two suggestions, if you don't mind: you might try alternating exercises on different days. It allows your body to recover when you don't put the same stresses on it every day.
Also, you may want to reconsider losing weight "faster than normal" because really fast weight loss doesn't tend to be as good nor as lasting. I know you want to look good for the wedding, but.... You'll look good by Sept. if you keep up a steady pace between now and then. In the end, you need to do what you believe is going to work for you. Glad you're psyched!