My Challenge/My intro

[Alicia]

My name is Alicia, and I live in Oklahoma. I am a mother to five, grandmother to nine so far, and wife to one. I also have 15 furbabies: 4 pampered Pomeranians and 11 coddled cats.

I am starting the Protein Power plan tomorrow morning at 5am. I already have most of the food prepared so that I can grab it and go to work by 6:30. I'll weigh in to help determine my minimum protein requirement too. I will be recording everything I eat on Fitday.

I also got The Slow Burn Revolution, and have bought my weights, etc. I plan to do it on Saturdays since that is the only day I don't have to leave home.

I hope it is OK that I posted here. I will join everybody for the monthly challenges, but didn't want to wait for a new month to begin. I have about 100 lb. left to lose. I lost 60 lb. in 2007 and have kept 55 of it off... yeah! I never reached out for support before, but I am ready to do that now. I would love to be at my goal weight by 2009!

THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE!!!!!!!!!! I am looking forward to getting to know all of you!!!!!!

[Karole]

Welcome Alicia, we're glad to have you with us and in the challenges. The folks around here are always willing and able to offer support and info so it is the right place to be !!

How did you lose the original weight--on low carb or another route? Good job of keeping it off , that isn't easy either .

Post often and again--welcome .

[gitfiddle]

Welcome, Alicia! You can join the current challenge any time; we're not terribly formal. It's always nice to have a new person among us. We're here to offer support to each other.

[Alicia]

Thanks for your replies, Karole and Carol! I appreciate the welcome!!!

I lost the first 60 lbs. in kind of a crazy way that doesn't work for me anymore. One week or so, I would follow the rules of one diet, and the next week (to keep from getting bored), I would follow the rules of another diet. I weighed 285 at the time, and just about any diet worked for me in the beginning. It did take me a year to lose the 60 lbs. though, and I just didn't lose any more, plus have gained some back. I thought just 5 lbs. but when I weighed in this morning for my day 1 of Protein Power, I have gained back 15 lbs.! So I am starting at 240.2, and am hoping to get back down to the 225 I ended the year weighing last year by the end of my first month -- 6/19/08.

How long have each of you been following the Protein Power Plan? Do you do The Slow Burn Revolution workout? I am ready to begin it, other than I need to read through each of the exercises to make sure I understand what I will be doing. I will probably wait until Saturday to actually do it.

Well, time to get to work... more this afternoon or evening!

[Karole]

Hi, again, Alicia !! I am a returnee to PP as I originally started in Jan. of 03, lost 32 pounds and went on a cruise only to never get myself back together until Jan. 07. This go round I have lost 45-47 lbs (I bobble around a bit) and I plan to stay on maintenance forever as that was my downfall before (maintenance was harder for me than the losing).

I think the most I ever lost in one month was 8 lbs and some months it was only 4, but I try to think of it as "the rest of my life" lifestyle, so the speed of loss isn't as important as learning to eat properly. Actually when I focus on all the good foods I can have, it is an awfully good place to be.

To top it off, I recently learned my lipid panel tests were the best they've been in many, many years. I'm so thankful for this place and all the great support I have received.

[Ammy]

Welcome Alicia!!

As you can see from my footer, I have lost and maintained 116lb!! I did it with PP. I have about 20 more I'd like to lose, but if my body is happy here, I can live with that! :D

I have never done slow burn, but many people here have!

Again, WELCOME!!!