Angel's Intro

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone! I'm new to the list, but not to the weight loss journey. This

one I started on January 3rd, 2006 at 301 lbs. So far I have lost 50 lbs

(as of May 29th). Woot! I'm excited about my success so far. It's been 10

lbs loss a month which is my goal and about what I think is safe to do and

maintain. I'm 5'6 " and 37 yrs old. I have been overweight my whole life

even as a little girl. My goal is to become a healthier and happier

person. Another big goal related to this is to conceive a baby and have a

healthy pregnancy. My new husband (one year) and I have been trying just

over a year now. Last winter my blood pressure was up to 140/90 and that

was getting high - pre-hypertension, which would have been dangerous to

begin a pregnancy with and was one strong reason to lose weight and begin

exercising. Once I lost the first 10% of the weight my blood pressure went

down to normal and is now averaging 100/70. I no longer feel like a heart

attack is imminent and I think I have reversed the course to diabetes I

was most likely on.

So in early January I joined Weight Watchers and have been attending

regularly since then. I also do daily exercise of about 90 minutes a day,

plus a 20 minute dog walk. I do about 40-45 minutes of cardio/aerobics,

20-25 minutes of pilates/toning, and the rest of yoga. I use fitness shows

on TV - Gilad's and Austin's shows. I have only missed two days

since I begin in the second week of January - and those were due to severe

back pain. I'm very proud of my exercise committment and progress. To me

it is key to do that as well as the healthier food intake.

Looking forward to getting to know you all and joining in on the

conversations.

Hugs,

~Angel

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