Hello all. My friend ShyGemini invited me to this forum :) "Thanks shy!" I am 29 years old and a stay at home mom of a girl age 8 and boy age 6. I live in Oregon and I have been working on my weight loss for a a few years now. I was always very thin till I had kids and my Thyroid quit working right. I am now on medication for it and am working on getting healthy. I quit smoking 2 years ago and now I just try to watch my portions, choose healthy foods, drink lots of water and walk daily. My weight topped out a year ago at 220lbs and I am now down to 175. I waver up or down a couple pounds daily. My weight loss seems to have halted so I am trying to make some changes to my routine to rev things up again.

Staying on track is a daily struggle for me lately because my mom passed away almost 6 months ago on December 9th 2006. I am fighting depression daily and am in therapy. I am doing all the right things and I know things will get better in time. Since my moms passing my moods go up and down alot so If I do not check in regularly I apologize and hope that you understand. Lately I have not been counting calories or logging exercise and I should probably start it up again. I am happy to be here and hope to talk with you all soon :)

Hugs,
Katrina

I just had to explain my choice of name:) Triscuitwafer was my moms favorite cracker so that is what she always called me "My little Triscuitwafer" :)

So glad to see you here Kat! :D

I love the new pic in your avatar, you look stunning as always :)

I think you are doing great, down to 175lbs wooo!!! So you have lost 45lbs! I know things have been tough for you the past months and i want you to know that i am certainly here for you at anytime if you need to talk. I think it is great that you are going to get things going again with healthy eating/exercising.

Welcome my friend and looking forward to seeing you on the forum!

Huggs

Hello Triscuitwafer and WELCOME to Fit4Life!!

((I am so very sorry for your loss)) ...

I congratulate you on loosing 45 pounds and quiting smoking!! We are happy to have you here and are here for you anytime! Huggs

Thanks for the warm welcome:)

check out my signature link to pics of my weight loss!

lets see if this works.... this should be my pics...

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ok I give up! How the heck do I post a link to my pics???

HI Triscuitwafer. Great to meet you! I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I think your doing fabulous with the weighloss considering your situation. Huggs

i think you just type/paste the link

like so:

http://www.google.ca

Hi Kat,
I am very sorry to here about your loss. I could not imagine if that happened to me. You are a woman of great character to go through all of this and take care of you family at the same time. I wish you great luck in your weight loss. :D

Huggs Hey Kat, That's really neat that your mum had a pet name for you and I'm sorry that she's no longer with you Huggs I've never tried a Triscuitwafer, might have to see if they have them here in NZ.

Well done for getting rid of smoking, that would have been a huge milestone in your life...good for you!

I think your doing brilliantly with your weightloss and looking forward to seeing you lose in the future!

Thank you all so much. Purrrple, Ya my mom had pet names for all of us:) She was a wonderful woman with a great big heart! I miss her so much. Thanks again for the warm welcome! :P

Hi Triscuitwafer! I am sorry for your loss and I love your screen name, what better name to give yourself!!

Awesome job so far, it takes a strong person to go through something so hard and make life changes at the same time.

I look forward to getting to know you better!

Hi Kat,

Sorry for your loss. Huggs Well done on the weight loss and giving up smoking.

Thanks! Wow, I feel so very welcome here! I am happy to have such a great forum for support. I hope I can be of support to you all too:)

I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. Congrats on the weightloss so far!

Hi Kat, hope things are going ok for you.

Well done for stopping smoking :) and for such a huge job on theweight loss !

Thanks again! Seems all I can do here is continue to thank you all for the great support and encouragment!!! :D Huggs

Wow talk about weightloss, you are on it girl!!!

You'll love this forum. Everyone here are so supportive and inspiring and whenever you feel you need to vent, posting is a great way to get things out. I'm glad you're taking care of yourself through all the challenges. You seem like a strong person and I'm sure you'll pull through in no time.

Huggs

Thanks flowerfluffgirl :) Yes the girls here are great!


And Righ! :D

and Righ :)