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[FatSlayer76]

Found this site when surfing during lunch at work.....great site and great tips from everyone....I just started a diet 9 days ago and have lost 7 lbs the 1st week. I have just been logging the calories of what I eat and keeping it between 1700-2000 per day. I am a 31-yr-old male, 5'9" and weigh 320 lbs. I don't currently exercise because my wife works nights and I have 3 kids which I can't take out in the cold weather to walk with me.....BUT.....my mom & sis just pitched in to help me buy a treadmill which I will begin using when it is delivered. I am obese due to lack of exercise, eating poorly and drinking too much beer from 1996-2005, which I quit altogether. I wasn't always big, I rode a skateboard for 8 yrs and weighed 170 lbs when I was 15....so I am eating healthy unprocessed foods now and drinking about 3L of water a day to attain that weight again by August '09.

[Chrisydj]

that is awesome sounds like you are on your way to a healthier you do you have a mall nearby you could take your kids there to walk till you get your treadmill my mom used to mall walk and she lost like 50-60 lbs doing it she lives on a gravel road and isnt so steady on her feet anymore so was afraid she'd fall when walking on the gravel so she went to the mall in the mornings before all the stores opened when it was quiet except for the other mall walkers but you could go there in the evenings and walk with the little munsters how old are they by the way?

[FatSlayer76]

Unfortunately, we're too busy with homework, baths & projects to go to a mall, which is about 15 minutes away.

We have 1 boy (9) and 2 girls (8 & 4).

[Chrisydj]

oh ok i understand that i have a 14 yr old boy and 12 year old girl when they were little we would turn on their favorite music and we would all dance around the house once homework was done for about 30 min to an hour it was fun and they laughed at me alot lol now they just look at me like i'm a nut and then laugh they dont join in and dance with me anymore