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• Zwitsa Kachinski

  Good morning, I’m 55 years old and have struggled most of my life. Having a sister that was always very thin didn’t help much. Yes, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking when I’m thin everything will be so much better. Well, I have been thinner and all that meant was that I would start eating again and put the weight back on and then some. Well, now, I’m 55 years old and two years ago I retired to care for my aging parents. Although I’m happy to be there for them it can get a little depressing and I could use a boost to my happiness from time to time. Until today thought who has time for fun. Well, even a few minutes would be a boost right now.
  For fun today I’ll be meeting my uncle for coffee this afternoon. He’s always got a way of cheering me up. It may not seem like much but to me it’s wonderful!
  • Jill {LMWL Mentor]

    Zwitsa, so glad to have you here! I can identify with the sister picture. I took this program 2 years ago and began the journey of learning that I have my own beauty apart from her. Finding fun is a bit of challenge when we are out of the habit but soon you will find that just taking moments for yourself – like having coffee with your uncle – will be fun. Have you been able to eat without distractions?
• Brynn

  It’s hard to pinpoint one thing I don’t like about my body. I think my main issue is my stomach and how it doesn’t seem to match the rest of me. I am a petite person, but several times in my life I’ve been asked if I was pregnant and of course, never have been. I think this mainly started after college. But looking back I think I’ve always struggled with body image issues and have never really felt comfortable in my own skin. I could blame it on my scars from heart surgeries or being picked on in school, but I think it came from within and just not feeling good about myself. I finally feel I am on the right path and this challenge comes at the perfect time while I am already working on my spirituality during Lent. For fun, I already had made plans to have my hair done today so I’ll count that since this always make me feel great. I’ll try to eat away from my desk today. This may be the biggest challenge for me because my job is so demanding is usually eat while working or worse, skip lunch.
• Terrie

  I have struggled with my weight all my life, but have come to realize that my body & I have to be allies if we are to win our war against breast cancer.

  For fun today, I’m going to get in my craft room and create something pretty!
• Tabatha

  While I was working I was doing my green smoothies daily and hitting the gym and sticking to my yoga and rocking it!!! I lost my job in November and with that my insurance that paid for my gym membership. Since I do not think I have had more than a handful of smoothies and no working out, yoga… Maybe 3 times. I still want to loos at least 30 lbs to get where I am more comfortable but I really want to loose 50lbs. However, I am having a really hard time getting motivated to do anything and my overall well being is being affected.
  • Jill {LMWL Mentor]

    Hey Tabatha, So glad you are here.This program is more than smoothies and yoga as you will learn, although those are great in an of themselves. Start with some small steps towards getting back into the groove – however you define that to be.. What did you decide to do for fun?
• Grace

  I have always felt that I have been striving for my “ideal weight”, but I found that when I got down to my ideal weight I still wanted more gone. Now I am a Mum to twin boys and have a whole new appreciation for my body and know that I am at a totally different phase in my life. So right now for me I am learning to move on from getting back to my Wedding weight and loving my body now.

  I am going to dance around the lounge room with my two gorgeous boys!
• Kay

  I am still trying to lose the baby fat. (My baby is 26!)
• Jo

  Hmm. I don’t have a struggle with my body. I don’t hate my body. For me it’s more about the psychological effects of overeating – the disappointment, shame, self loathing. Ugh.

  For fun, I’m going to a friend’s this evening. We’ll drink tea, chat and do some crochet! Not very rock and roll, but I’m looking forward to it 🙂
  • Jo

    Oh – I just remembered. I went out to dinner with my husband last night, the first time in a long time. So I ate without distraction (well, unless you count conversation). I had a fiorentina pizza and I enjoyed every single mouthful!
• Amy

  I can’t remember ever being my “ideal weight”. I have tried just about every diet and I just end up losing some and gaining back more. I am going to make time to talk a walk and read a good book in the park today.
• Camille

  Sounds like a wonderful motivational program. Looking forward to it.
• Jennifer G.

  Oops hit submit by mistake. 🙂 anyway as I was saying I am tired like another wrote of yo yo dieting and losing weight only to gain it back and MORE. I am tired of not wanting to look at my reflection in the mirror. Excited to learn more.
• Mandy

  i want to feel like playing outside with my son,
• Radha

  It’s so refreshing hearing someone say things that I didn’t realise I was feeling! I simply want to accept and appreciate my body and I feel like I am on that journey and it’s perfect timing that I have found your videos
• Jennifer Ginest

  Wow what an inspirational video! It really spoke to me… I am tired
• Cindy

  I am tired of always trying different diet programs that never work. Always seem to put the weight back on. I want to be able to shed pounds but I know I need to figure out what it is that is causing my over eating and emotional eating. Considering iti s 1am in the morning- my fun thing I am going to do is buy flowers for myself this is something I love, flowers bring me a joy when looking and smelling them.
• Jabulisiwe

  I would love to change my mind set and be at peace with my body. Focus on my healthy eating and green smoothy not stressing about loosing weight
• Jenna

  I’m so tired of struggling and not making progress. I SO want to be at peace with my body. It’s almost 10 pm, so not too much time for fun, but I am going to stop picking up, and watch watch a show I like (instead of one sometime else picked).
• Maty Ramos-Izquierdo

  Hi Sara.My biggest struggle since I was 18 years old is movement. I have to move to conquer stiffness. Is a day by day negotiation. At 61 a weekly physical therapy session with deep tissue massage alternated with a daily rutine of either swimming, floating, aquatic yoga, stretching in the reformer and recently added again using the elliptical machine has given me the capacity to move gracefully. I surrender to joy and happy toughts a few years ago. Have you ever try to fit a king size comforter in the bag of a factory Queen size bag.That sense of frustration was part of my every day for years. Today I planned the strategy to deal with diabetes with joy and determination to stay out of trouble.Spring time is the perfect time to start my swimming routine. So tomorrow early in the morning I will swim and in the afternoon, haircut, manicure and pedicure. Because I deserve it. My husband is retired so we have breakfast, lunch and dinner. We are having a hard time achieving the task of taking 20 minutes to finished our meals. Looking forward to teach this old dogs new tricks with joy
• Nenia

  I can safely say that I have been struggling with weight issues since I was about 10 years old. I remember wishing my legs were thinner and trying so many things to get them thinner! This desire to be thin “like everybody else” has really haunted me for years! It got so bad that at one point in my life, I was eating an entire large bag of chips by myself. Now I have started taking care of my body more but I’ve noticed that I continue to “diss” my body and that I am not at peace with it. So here I begin this beautiful journey!! For fun tonight, I will purchase a book that I can read for fun and will watch my favorite tv show! This weekend, I want to be able to go hiking
• Clare Clarke

  My acne is my worst enemy. I hate my face, my face does not match my inside.

  Im going to hold a hand of each of my children and skip along together.
• Shauna Roberts

  Hi Sarah,
  I have struggled with my weight and wanting to feel overall healthy most of my life. No matter what I wear, I feel like I am trying to conceal my struggle. My goal is to be whatever the “number” on the scale says, as long as I feel healthy for me, and not some chart. Like a lot of individuals, I struggle with believing I matter.
• Sarah

  The number one struggle with my body has been wanting to be thin, graceful and dancer-like and yet actually being 10-30lbs overweight since I can remember. In many ways, I have already embraced your philosophy of loving life first, but I know I have more work to do. Ni am currently on a beach vacation with my family, so for fun I promise to paddle board tomorrow without fear and practice yoga by the ocean.
• annabella landsberg

  TThank you for the weight loss
• Shawna

  After having two kids I feel like my body and I are not on the same page anymore. I spend way more time “trying to get everything done” than I do actually laughing and enjoying my life. For fun later, I’m going to do cartwheels and run around with my little ones, instead of folding laundry!
• Julie Kraft

  Wow.. this is a whole new way to think about weight and how you got to this point. I am so tired of this struggle I keep putting myself through and not getting results. Is happiness right around the corner? I think I shall have fun finding out!
  Hope I do better with this program than I do with this on screen keyboard! Fun…spend time talking with my BF without tv on.
• Julie Kraft

  Wow.. this us a while new way to think about weight and how you got to this point. I am so tired of this struggle I keep putting myself through and not getting results. Is happiness right around the corner? I think I shall have fun finding out!
• Maria

  I’m at a point where I’ve pretty much hit my goal in terms of weight.This is due to both hard work hitting the gym early in the morning and pretty much delegating the nutrition portion to my wonderfully supportive boyfriend who meticulously enters all my meals in My Fitness Pal.Not to mention cook all my meals. My next goal is to have a healthy relationship with food to the point where I can take over the nutritional side of my journey to my ideal body. I feel I can’t really own my weight loss since I still have some habits to break. Biggest and probably the most damaging is eating when stressed out due to my work.

  So for fun, tonight I’ll be practicing my song for an upcoming voice lesson. I always dread practicing but never regret it afterwards. I only regret when I don’t.
• Sesley

  This feels like a never ending battle.
• Judy

  Tonight, I went over to my parents and sat down and ate dinner with them. It was much nicer than standing in front of the computer.
• Judy

  My main struggle with my body is that I feel fat and unattractive. I am going to go out for a walk and enjoy the warm weather!
• monica

  Im 17, i have a binge eating disorder, a food addiction, and i dont know how to get help. Im too embarrassed to tell my mom or dad. Ive told a couple people about how i act and whats going on with me but its like they forget or they dont understand. I will try anything at this point.