Here's my story:
My name is Lori... I just turned 43 in June and celebrated my 13th anniversary last week. My husband and I have 3 boys (11, 9 and 7) and a 2 yo black lab. I just *celebrated* my 20th year of teaching 6th grade.
(I do love my job, but I especially love my summer vacation!)
On to the relevant stuff...I'm 5'7" and my weight was 232 back when I started in January 2007. I joined a support group online, joined a gym, and hired a PT to work with me once a month. What a great combination that turned out to be!
I lost weight pretty steadily for the first year, and developed a total LOVE of exercise that I've never experienced before. I am so addicted to exercise that I get up at 4am to go to the gym before work... that's the only time I have left after I schedule in all the boys' activities! Most of my friends and family think I'm nuts for going at that hour, but I love it! Not only is it a LOT less crowded, but it's MY time, kwim? It's pretty easy to get my trainer's ear at that hour too!
Anyway.... after losing close to 70 pounds and fitting into size 10/12, I found myself starting to get a bit lax with my food choices, which is what has always happened to me anytime I start closing in on my goal... I start to "settle" for "good enough". I DO NOT want to do that this time!!! I am currently at 168.8, which is up about 6 pounds from the lowest weight I reached back in January. I have felt myself slipping into some of those bad habits again (although I am still consistent with the exercise... generally 500+ minutes per week between cardio and lifting).
In order to get myself back on track, I bought Leigh Peele's FLTS and MRM last week and have been reading like crazy. I KNOW I have developed some muscle underneath all this fat (I'm probably about 33% bf right now, although that could be way off since I haven't had it measured in awhile) and I need to get rid of this fat once and for all!!!
My diet is pretty much totally the culprit... I will own that
. I went out yesterday and bought a digital scale and started tracking everything today. (I use Spark People for tracking). I'm not officially starting the program yet (most likely next week), but I wanted to get a basic idea of where I'm at for macros, just based on what I eat over the course of a few days so I can see where I need to adjust.
I have a copy of NROLW and have read it, but haven't actually done the workouts at this point b/c I have the program from my trainer, which actually incorporates a lot of the same exercises. I'm meeting with him this week to go over the FLTS and OPT plan and I'll go from there. I'm thinking that I'll switch over to Leigh's workout plan while doing OPT, but I will get my trainer to help me figure out my 1RM, etc. before I start. I'm finishing up my current program from him next week, so the timing will work out well.
So... that's all you never wanted to know about me!
I have joined the Women's challenge that starts in August, and I look forward to de-lurking and getting to know all of you better!