Re: An introduction

[Guest guest]

Welcome Carmen!

I cna relate with the weight not comign off after having kids. When

I had my first I had him by c-section. When I was being checked out

by my dr before I left the hospital I asked him about the belly

going back to normal. He said with c-sections it can be hader since

the muscles loose some of their feeling from the cutting. That

terrified me and sent me into a no eating mode. I battled that for

close to a year. With my second I had many complications. I was on

bed rest and so I gained alot. It has yet to go away and I have

added some more to it. But we moms too can look great I know we can

we just have to work a little harder

I love Walk Away The Pounds. These tapes have been my life saver! I

hope to be able to do the kickboxing in the future again. I really

did like it when I was able to do it.

Me and you are about in the same weight range too When I set out

to get rid of the fat once and for all I weighed in at 175. That was

about 6 weeks ago. I am weighing in at 165 now. I have been using

the WATP for about 3 weeks. It has been since I started using them

that I have seen the most imporvement! So keep at it girl!

Rhonda

> Okay....I've decided to stop lurking and come on out of the

> woodwork. I've watched the posts for about a week and everyone

> seems awesome and helpful. Well, my name is Carmen and I'm 30

years

> old, have been married for 10 years and have 2 boys and 2 girls.

I

> am from Southeast Texas. As for my history........was a

cheerleader

> in high school and my measurments were 36-26-36 (it may sound

> perfect but I was probally my most miserable at that time in my

> life), graduated and joined the Army(was forced to stay fit LOL)

Got

> done with that, got out and got married a few months later and

> immediately got pregnant. First couple of pregnancies were a

piece

> of cake.....could fit back into a size 7 a few weeks after birth.

> Then..........it got harder and harder but I found that it was

easy

> to stay thin while I was working. Fourth baby came and we decided

> that I'd be a stay at home mom and that's where it began. At my

> heaviest I was 190 and I've made it down to 170 but for the past

> several months I have stayed at 175-170.......very discouraging.

> I've read so much about the Walk away the Pounds (I'm way too out

of

> shape to do Taebo........I'd rather be strung up by my ears) I

> ordered the WATP dvd's with the stretchie band off of ebay and got

> them yesterday..........did the 1 mile walk this morning. It was

> great.......went by so fast. Seems like something that I can

> definately keep doing. I hope to report some weight loss soon.

[Guest guest]

Hello ,

It is good to know that although you do not realize you have a life on a

regular basis, now and then you take a look and you open your eyes.

Your life seems full of so many different things that I know I would

enjoy. Well, at least I'll now enjoy them through your posts.

Good for you that you do so many interesting things.

Welcome and I hope you do enjoy yourself with us here.

Mojo

An introduction

> Hello,

>

> My name is . I am 40 years old. I have 3 kids, a yours, mine,

> and ours. My hubbys son is 23 he has lived with us all his life and

> is Mentally retarded. My son is 22 and has Schizoid affective

> Disorder. Both are now in Assisted living and doing VERY well. Ours

> is 17 (18 in a month) and he has been the hardest...He is extreemly

> bright and precocious. We started home schooling him 2 years ago. He

> will be starting college in the fall. My family has been a huge

> source of strenght. Our son maybe a bit too concerned.

>

>

> We are also the proud parents of 2 standard poodles and a terrier who

> has no teeth, is blind, and cannot hear but has attitude to spare.

>

> My husband, our son, and my son all are member of the SCA (society

> for Creative Anachronism). We study the middle ages with a group of

> other people with the same interest. This " study " includes making

> and dressing up in Middle age costumes, as well as dressing up in

> armor and whailing on one another with Rattan swords. We also have

> events that include classes, fighting, fellowship, and best of all a

> mideval feast. Any time I need help I can call on my SCA friends and

> they are there with whatever I may need.

>

> I work full time as a Chemist for our state enviromental agengy. No

> as glamorous as one might think. I am a highly....ok well no, not

> highly, maybe more like adequately paid technician. I monitor the

> air quality in Arkansas. Which means I get to travel all over the

> state climbing on rooftop checking equiptment and repairing damaged

> equiptment. The folk I work with have been VERY supportive.

>

> I also play a internet game called Everquest, aka Neverquit about 5

> nights a week for several hours a night. I know I am bad. But it is

> alot of fun and the social aspect is very interesting. Playing with

> people you never actually see. Establishing relationships with

> people you never see and have no intention of seeing.

>

> I have not yet got an officail diagonosis of Lupus. My ANA was

> negative and the other blood work was boarderline. I am curious if

> this means that this is going to have to get alot worse before my

> body's responce is stong enough to test positive or if it is a

> cummulative type of thing. Right now I have several of the

> indicators of Lupus, including.....Painful swollen joints, extreem

> fatigue, hair loss, rash with exposure to the sun, unexplained

> fevers, and several other more minor symptoms.

>

> Wow, I didn't realize I actually had a life but from the sounds of

> this I am a lot busier than I thought. hehe

>

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