If you don't know me yet ... I'm Tora. This is my little space on the Weight Loss Support Space and you can leave comments for me here.

If you got a minute I'll tell you a little bit about myself ... I live southern California, moved here six years ago, fell in love, got married and started a family. Since the birth of my little girl I've been battling with depression and with that ... Weight gain. I have suffered from obiesity my whole life and am now at a point where I need to start leading a healthier lifestyle or I feel it's going to take my life. My daughter needs me and I guess my husband kind of wants me to stick around for a while also. I'm sort of all alone here since all of my family live on the east coast and my husbands family are spread out all over the place. I don't have any friends here because all of my 'old' friends are no longer around since we've changed our lifestyle since becoming parents and my husband works full-time and goes to school so he's not home much either. So I'm here for support and I'd like to thank everyone for there support. As for me ... My time inside will be short considering I'm trying to get out and about for fresh air and exercise. Not to mention that I have a 2-year old and a family to take care of which doesn't leave a whole lotta time for me. So please forgive me if I'm not able to leave comments right away.

Long term goals:

• Improve my mental and physical health.
• Improve the quality of my marriage.
• Maintain a healthy and heartwise diet.
• Lose 150 pounds.

Thanks again to all of you who have been a great support and to all of the members of this space. Your encouragement will be a beacon of hope for me in maintaining my goals.

ρєα¢є συт, ¢υвѕ¢συтѕ! ~тσяα

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Okay because I've been laxed at keeping Kari up to date with my little space on the Weight Support space. Here's where I stand.

I don't do measurements so I can't update that however, I have lost a total of 6 pounds and that was as of Friday the 30th of June. I've been drinking more than my share of water since it's been so hot and humid here! That's a must! I've been successful at staying away from the fast food and have only made one fried dish in the past month. I've been fortunate to be able to grill just about all of our dinners on the Bar-B! Plus it's a lot cooler. I'm more concious of reading labels at the store and have switched to whole grain in just about everything. I've also reduced the fat in our milk by going to 1% and soy. I'm just planning better meals and not eating like a ravenous animal anymore.

I've not been able to join WW due to spending a grand on auto repairs ... All within a week. The $$ I was going to use to enroll went towards that so I've had to delay my registration. I've not been exercising due to a back injury and because it's too the point where I can no longer stand the pain I'm off to see the doctor this week to see what we can do there.

As for the depression (some of you know and some of you don't ... I suffer from depression) it's going great. I'm not afraid to go outside and I've been feeling good about me and my accomplishments. Even though I'm not able to exercise on a regular basis I've been doing a lot of cleaning out and cleaning up here in the apartment which is helping to get rid of the clutter in my brain which I personally think stems the depression. Summer's here and I think they may be opening the pool here at the complex which is a positive.

Overall, things are going well ... They could be better however, my mother always told me to be happy with what you got cuz you could have less. So I'm happy. My hubby is being more supportive and communicative with me and I feel I'm able to talk to him more also. Things are beginning to look up ... The sun is shining in my life!

peace out, cubscouts! ~tora