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How are you liking it so far MiTurner247? I have had mine for a few weeks and really like it! I had no idea, i mean I had a little idea, that my like was so sedentary. I have always said I am pretty active, but my eating sucks. Now I can say they both suck and need improving LOL! My fitbit is becoming a part of me!

so just to update on my fitbit. I have had it 2 weeks, and I LOVE it!! I admit my lifestyle sucks, and the fitbit really puts that into perspective! I joined today for the premium, and am not sure how I feel about it yet. My sleep effectiveness whether I am in bed for 9 hours or 4 hours is the same, only about 3-4 hours sleep per night. No wonder I am bagged! lol. Anyhow, I just wanted to update my experience. Tracking food is really hard for me, and I fear that may be something that my surgeon will deny my surgery for, but I need to try. My weight keeps going up. This has to stop! and I am sure fitbit can help! Cheers!

Hiya, So I have been trying for awhile to track my food. It is a nuisance, but I realize it's importance. How did you finally kick your butt to do it? Any tips? Please don't respond with determination or motivation. Cheers Niki

So I received my fitbit yesterday and started using it today. I found it really hard to sleep with it on my wrist. So far I don't know enough to give it a proper review, but so far it is great. I walked only 4 miles today, but I hope that will increase. I am working a 15 hour shift today so I have not been able to analyze or since anything. As soon as I know more, I will update

Try to remember that vacation is just that. Everyone makes mistakes. Tomorrow is a new day. It is important that you realized what happened and the excessive walking will pay off! I hope you had a BLAST!

So here I am sitting on my couch procrastinating, and reading about others on their weight loss journey. I currently live in Chilliwack, B.C., and am going to school for my Bachelors of Nursing. Throughout my life, I have always had a weight problem, and have be chastised for this problem. High-school was torture, I was called everything from fatty-2-by-4 to Fat ugly $itch. High school was a means to an end for me, and I found that I needed to turn to something else for comfort. Food and education. Each day I would grab a really unhealthy lunch, sneak into the library and eat my lunch and study. I was by no means fat at this time, but over the course of my grade 12 year I went from fit with a little chub, to being extremely overweight. I tried using corsets and other cinching devices to look skinny, but they never seemed to help the ridicule I faced daily. Graduation came, Thank you heavens above. I joined TaeKwon-Do and loved every minute of it. I was a great fighter, won many medals in competition, and became good friends with my instructor. I was getting a little more fit, but I could not control my eating and I was not losing weight despite my best efforts in martial arts. Finally my weight would impact me so much, I eventually had to leave TaeKwon-DO. I was performing a pattern where you would distribute 70% of your weight on your back foot and 30% on your front. As I transitioned from my back foot to an L-stance in a different direction, all of a sudden I was on the floor. I was in excruciating pain and could not move. My instructor came to my rescue and his father came and propped me up. My world seemed to end that night. I dislocated my knee so bad, that my knee cap was on the bottom of my knee, and had torn so many ligaments that I would be on bed rest for two months in recovery. No martial arts, limited work, and lots of eating. I began to feel sorry for myself and began to eat more. Still not gaining more than 20 lbs, I attempted to return to TKD. I had been so deconditioned from my injury and lack of exercise, tha tI had fallen so far behind my class. I could no longer move as swiftly as I could previously, and could not keep up cardiovascular-wise. I felt alone. Eventually I quit TKD and miss it to this day. My accident happened in 2004, and 8 years later I still miss it so much. Now I would really be back to square one. Over the past several years, I met a great guy who is my world. We do everything together. I was inspired to get fit and look great. My weight when we met was about 220lbs, and I was determined to lose weight. I finally reached 209lbs and was beginning to look and feel great. Deciding to quit living from paycheck to paycheck, I decided to go back to school. I started in the Bachelor of science, and was doing great. At the end of my first year of school, I moved in with my boyfriend into his owned condo and was enjoying my life. My second year was going great, I had gained about 20 lbs. This 20lbs was not torturing, but I really did not have time to go to the gym. I was working and studying at the same time. At the end of this year, my boyfriend and I declared common-law on our taxes and I was about to enter my third year of university. This is when I hit an all-time low. I could no longer get funding for school, and I could not afford to enter another year of university. In 2007 I had to declare bankruptcy as I was living off my credit card supporting family, and was not able to make my payments. For this reason I declared bankruptcy so I could return to school to better myself. However declaring common-law has made it impossible to get a government loan or bursaries, and my bank status made it impossible to get bank loans. I was worthless!! I was going nowhere in life, I was broke and was in debt with school with nothing to show for it. For the next year I worked for several different jobs hoping to get somewhere in life, but feeling sorry for myself, I gained so much weight. I ballooned up to 280lbs and felt even worse about myself. I couldn't look in the mirror as I was repulsive, so I ate . . . . A year after this I decided to apply to a new program in school, Nursing. I believed this was a great move, and because my boyfriend and I had been doing well with our bills, my boyfriend was able to cosign a loan for me to return to school: Where I am now> I am currently in my second year of nursing. I am doing an accelerated degree, so in August of 2014, I will be a Registered Nurse. Being a nurse however have brought new challenges to my perceptions of my own self worth. I needed to lose weight. I could not be a hypocrite to my patients, and I needed to set a good example for them and for my community. So after reaching my all-time maximum, of 305lbs I decided it was time for a change. My weight is unacceptable, I can no longer do the things I love, and now it is time to help myself realize who I am. So I contacted my GP last February and he game me a referral to Dr. Sampath. I am so excited. I am disappointed that I have to wait about a year for my initial consultation, but I am happy I got the ball rolling. I hope you understand a little about me, and I hope to keep you posted on my journey. Cheers! Niki

I have a few to add. I have read all so far, an quite inspirational. To add, I have: 1. To be able to go zip lining 2. To be able to climb a rock wall 3. To be able to go tree climbing 4. To be able to scuba dive again. Those tanks are heavy and I almost died carrying that weight and my own the last time. Also if you ever have been diving an have been so positively buoyant they had to add an extra 30 lbs to get you to get below the surface only to sink too quickly 15 feet down. I did, scary. 5. To wear a form fitting wedding dress and not have boning literally dig into your skin by the end of the night. 6. To wear high heels. My fiancé finds it so sexy but I feel like a clown. 7. To not have to gasp for air when shoulder checking 8. To be able to put on my socks without moving my fat around so I can reach my feet. 9. Skinny sex as mentioned lol 10. To feel less lethargic 11. To not be a hypocrite nurse. Being overweight and working with patients to lose weight is not something I feel is appropriate. 12. I want to run again 13. To play with my nieces and nephews without running out if air. 14. To be at a beach and not think everyone is commenting on the recent whale sighting lol 15. To quite putting myself down. Ok it is fun to poke fun, but seriously all the time? Lol 16. To feel like I belong in a gym 17. To be honored for my hard work. We all have experienced how our weight affects that. 18. To swim with sharks with my hero doc Gruber!!! 19. To enjoy life to its fullest 20. To find out who I really am without the feeling if something holding me back!! Long, but seriously, these are only a few. Lol

You are looking so amazing Sarah!!!!

It will take about a month to get it as I am from Canada and it is being shipped from the us. I will let you know when I receive it

I just heard of them here today. I have a sedentary life right now, and my doctor needs to know my activity level. I think it will be great to give me perspective motivation and have the ability to show my doctor how my life has changed since now. I bought it today. Really nervous, as it was a spontaneous buy, but there are so many positive things said in this forum. I hope to be a loser soon.

Hello Everyone. So it looks like I may have to wait for 1.5 years before my surgery with my local surgeon. I have heard some good things about Dr. Alvarez from you guys in Mexico. For those who went to Mexico, how much did it cost surgery and all? Niki

Thank you everyone for your input it is really helpful. Your the best. I hope to be on the losers bench within the next year! I unfortunately will remain on the waiting list here in BC until I can get into a local surgeon.Thank you again!