Loosing motivation- come on in!

[Guest ~Cadence~]

Hi all! So, I have an issue that I think you all can help me with. When I first decided to transition, my wife and I agreed that the first major step would be to loose weight, and get down to a healthy female range. For the last 4 months, I did awesome. I dropped from 250lbs down to 220 lbs.

however, my wife left to find work in another city, a more friendly city, and I am right now alone.

Well, when she left, she took my motivation with her. I'm having problems following my diet, getting the motivation to get to the gym, I'm falling into bad habits. I need to feel like I'm being held accountable. I want someone to share my successes with.

So here is my idea: a Laura's Playground Healthy Life Team. A place where we can share our workouts, our diets, our successes and our failures. Kinda like an online weightwatchers meeting, but it's actually free, we don't have a specific diet we are following, no specific meeting times (it's a message board >.>) and we all share one major thing in common: we are all people in transition. We all are transitioning from an unhealthy to a healthy lifestyle in which we can be happy with the person we see in the mirror.

Thoughts?

[Guest Ladyinker]

I think it is a good idea. I have went from 205 pounds in October of last year to 177 pounds as of this last Saturday. Oh and I am 5'11" so it puts things in perspective. Once I am on HRT I wanna try and get down to a size 8. My diet is high in fruit and vegetables with fish and chicken as my protein source, my dairy intake is really low at 8 ounces of milk a day. I eat no sugar, no red meat, no cheese, and I count calories. My workout consists of 30 minutes of cardio ( running ) a day followed up with exercises I found on here to shape my body to a more feminine appearance. I do my workout first thing in the morning as well.

Erin

[Guest Raya]

Hi Cadence!

Great work on the 30 lbs. loss so far, it is so good for health, and we want you around a while. I really don't want to nag you for accountability, but will happily celebrate your (all of our) successes. Maybe this thread can be the start of your team.

For me, I started at 250 also. I was tired, and my knees were hurting. 90 lbs. later, at 160 and 6', I feel like a teenager again. My only weight goal now is a waist size reduction.

Diet wise I followed the South Beach guidelines strictly until I got to my original goal of below 200. Now I just keep it generally, and never drink soda (even diet can wreck you).

This next part may seem difficult, as I'm often compulsive, and not saying it's necessary for anyone else.

I work out almost every morning, 30 to 45 minutes, mostly focused on stretching, as my job is physical. I do add 60 crunches or sit ups for core strength and to work on the waistline. I stopped upper body work, so I don't end up with massive arms or flab. Yoga classes 2x/week- these are awesome, not just for fitness but life. I just got my bicycle out to add some cardio without punishing my knees.

Next goals:

-be able to do the splits (getting there)

-finish eliminating tummy (almost there)