Thanks guys

Thanks for the response. I'm not really looking for it to happen fast. I only want to lose about 8-10 pounds. Any more than that and my body would be constantly fighting me and I think I would look too skinny. I do not want to have be crazy dieting for the rest of my life. I like my desserts too! I like having a little meat on me and I don't want to lose my butt, lol! I just want to make better choices for my daily eating. My husband works out almost every day and knows a lot about protein, etc but is not good at converting the knowledge he has for himself into something that would work for me and I do not like a lot of the foods he eats. My main problems, I think, are planning and discipline. The planning part is having good choices in the house to eat and bring something to work to eat for lunch which will mean I don't have to be as disciplined in not eating bad stuff because I will have good options and also not be famished when I get home.



I did find that it took about 6 weeks in the gym for me to really get results and of course it was a lot easier to be disciplined when I could see the fruits of my labor. Oh well, I guess it;s just going to take a lot of work.



Thanks again!



Elise

I drink a lot of tea, especially in the am. While I drink iced tea with Splenda, I cannot stand the taste of any artificial sweetener in my hot tea! I like it on the sweet side, too. There is really no way I can give this up. I do not drink coffee. Most days the tea is all I have in the morning. I work at a large home improvement retailer and am on my feet all day with little time for small meals during the day. I am having a really hard time trying to lose this weight I have gained.



I was working out pretty well for the first time ever and probably looked the best I have in my adult life but I got sick and couldn't go to the gym for about a month and that was that. i seemed to have rebounded and now I have gained about 8 pounds. I still fit into my clothes but they are tight and I feel uncomfortable. I have a hard time getting to the gym now because I am so tired in the morning (even though I am usually in bed by 10 pm) that I can't get out of bed early and after being on my feet all day I can't make it more than 15 minutes on the Elliptical because my feet are burning! Wow I really sound pathetic.



I'm just worried because i just turned 39 and see now that my metabolism has changed and my body's natural weight seems to have increased. That is the weight I seem to stay at without really trying to do anything. I've always been very lucky and have spent most of my life eating more or less whatever I want and staying a size 8. Now I am pushing a 10.



I really don't know where to start and I lack focus and willpower is sketchy. I know my eating habits are working against me. Not eating all day only makes me scarf down whatever I see when I get home and have have no energy whatsoever.



Any thoughts on how to get going would be really appreciated.



Please and thank you in advance!



Elise