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It’s funny how things snap into perspective so easily when your child looks at you and says, “I love you.”

I have known for a long time that I need to lose weight. Two-hundred and ten pounds of weight. I won’t try to figure out how I let this happen because the fact is that it did happen. What I am focusing on is losing it because that is what matters.

I was recently diagnosed with an Overactive Thyroid. A lot of people with this disorder lose weight but that has not been the case for me. However, my heart rate is elevated, my metabolism is slowed, and I am a nervous wreck because now more than ever I realize that my health is at stake.

So, I rejoined PeerTrainer.com today after talking about it with my friend Renee who is also on a journey to lose weight.  We decided to motivate each other and I remembered having some success with PeerTrainer. I also signed up for the PeerTrainer “Point of no Return” Weight Loss Program. It is sort of a mental boot camp that provides the tools needed to help lose and maintain weight loss. I admit that I need all the help that I can get.

I am also using the EA Active/EA More Active for the Wii. I need a lot more physical activity in my everyday life. Working from home in front of the computer is not helping me lose weight so, I have to change that. I am also going to be using Jillian Michaels, Leslie Sansone, and Exercise TV. My family has also decided to add a dog to out mix so that we can get more time in outdoors. Andrew and I had 2 dogs… Continue reading →