HELLO

Hello ladies, Just thought I would pop in & say hi since I see this board is up & running again! I read the pregnancy board often but never post. I've been married for 13 years. I have a 13 year old son & a 15 month old son. I work full time as a dispatcher/scheduler for my local transit company. I love, love my job! We transport the elderly & disabled, so there is never a dull moment. I am about 3 1/2 years post op. I was almost 400lbs & now I am about 260. I did get down to 238 & I am working hard on getting down to under 200. I can have a TT when I get down to 210. I like to do the Kimkins diet, if anyone knows what that is. I've been going to the gym faithfully for about 2 1/2 weeks now & love it! It's weird for me to enjoy working out, I tend to be lazy. It's hard to fit it in to my busy schedule, I have to get up at 5am to be able to go & I wor****il 630 or 7pm. But I've been doing it 6 days a week & sometimes my hubby goes with me! Hope to get to know some of you on here & hope we can support each other in raising our kids & losing some more weight! (for those of us that need it) L

Hi, I'm right there with you needing to still lose. I have an 18 yr old daughter, 15 yr old son, and 16 month old daughter. I was 309 when I had surgery got down to about where I am at 210 when I got pregnant at 14 months post op. I sooo badly want to be under 200. I'm hoping the weather will warm up soon so I can get out to walk more. I need to get a membership to the gym again too...but to find time and someone to watch my little one so I can do it. I work a goofy schedule of 5:30am to 8:30 am then 11:30am to 5pm. I usually do some overtime as well. The hours in the middle there I am home with my youngest by myself so I can't get to the gym then. We're going to start walking at night after dinner though at least. I've told hubby we need to get bikes and a trailer for her so we can go riding. My kids are here eating Easter candy argggggg I think I'm going to go smack em LOL. I can't complain I'm the one who bought it for them. We're not doing the candy for actual Easter though so they're enjoying some jelly beans tonight...that's all I've boughten though. Hope to see you here often.

Hmmm jelly beans, YUM! LOL In my office there is candy all the time, it sucks. You have an awful schedule! We bought bikes last summer & hopefully we'll get to riding them soon. The weather is getting a "little" better. I live in Washington about an hour away from Seattle, so it's wet. We need to get a trailer thingy to put Dylan in still. I'll be around often I hope! L

I actually chose this schedule believe it or not. This way we only have to pay for half days of daycare. Working from home I can pretty much set my hours within some limits.

Michelle~That is great to only have to pay half day care, man is it expensive! We only had to pay half day when I first went back to work, hubby was working a swing shift. But then he got a promotion and now works from 4am to 12pm, so Dylan goes "full" days. I don't think 5 hours should be considered FT but I wouldn't give up my daycare lady for anything! LOL It's hard to find a good one, as I am sure you know. I would love to work from home, they are talking about getting a laptop for us to take home & we could each work one day a week from home. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! L

what is the kimkin diet, might I ask?

Of course you can! Kimkins is a VERY low carb, fat & calorie way of eating. You eat 20 carbs and under a day. It is similar to Atkins, but much more stricter. There is a list of foods you eat from. There is a lot of contraversy with it right now, just a bunch of mumbo jumbo in my opinion. People not being careful with it, you have to listen to your body. Anyways, there is a website if you want to get a little more info on it. They have a lot of forums & what not on there. I love it & when I am on it I do very well. My first week I lost 13lbs. L

Yes, please email me or post the website for the kimkin diet. I might give it a go. I've gotta do something. I am not eating. And when I do I eat of course the wrong stuff. Being of European descent, doesn't help, I absolutely love my starches. so maybe this will jump start me in the right direction. thank you Susanna

It's www.kimkins.com. I'll pm you too just in case it doesn't show up on here, I think they block out websites sometimes. L

Hey girl, I think I remember you from the pg boards. Nice to see you posting again. I am also with you on the trying to lose. I have about 20lbs left of baby weight but of course would love to lose about 40 more. Also hoping warmer weather will encourage me more. lol lol Denise