Candybear, your post inspired me

I'll be brutally honest - five years ago I weighed a slim 140 ish pounds. Im tall, almost five ten, so It was just the right weight for me.

Cue in my breakdown, heart problems, and anxiety - I started gaining weight for multiple reasons. First, i think it was because I was limited excersize wise until they ruled out dangerous heart issues. Then, it was my anxiety which would flare when I excersized.

Then it was meds. Then it was my moderate - severe back problems. Now its because im so physically run down and my back is so bad I can't walk more than fifty feet without severe pain.

Im waiting for the physiotherapist to come back from sick leave right now, but the doc says I can "lightly" excersize now, as long as I stop when it hurts and not push myself.

Well I weigh in at a not-so-comfortable 240-50 pounds now.

I am going to try to lose some weight and feel better, and get off these damned blood pressure pills.

how am I going to do it? Well heres my starting ideas.

1 - I am purchasing a pool pass on the 20th when I get my check. Its expensive, fifty six bucks a month - but I can swim, which wont hurt my back as much, and my mom is going to get one too, and then we can also take the baby. I'll strap him on to my front with the carrier and then do "walking laps" in water about up to my midsection back and forth across the pool. Good for me, good for baby, good for my mom.

2- I am going to go outside and walk one lap in the museum parking lot (its a big loop and right next to me) at least once a day.

3- I am going to start eating MORE. Sounds weird? Well, this is my rationale - Right now I wake up and i wait until im STARVING hours later and then binge and eat a huge meal that leaves me stuffed. SO although I am eating one meal a day, Im probably actually eating the equivalent of several meals in one sitting.

4 - I dont like this one. At all. I am going to STOP drinking pepsi.(*cries* - my near best friend)

5- I will have one "junk day" a week - probably friday. On this day I can have one chocolate bar, one bag of chips, and one pop. Thats my treat for the week.

6 - I am getting rid of the "trashy quick" meals, like chef boyardee, and getting bags of premixed salad, which is just as good if not better.

What does everyone think? Is this a good start?