To put it concisely, cognitive behavioral psychology holds the belief that every emotion we feel is a direct result of the thoughts we think. Simple, right? But the implications of this theory are life-changing -- you are ENTIRELY in control of how you feel. Isn't that a comforting thought?

Hi everyone!

I am 23, happily married to a wonderful man who's in the US Coast Guard, and we are currently trying to get pregnant. I am about 18 pounds over what I feel like I should be. I am 5'2' and about 138 pounds. I would love to get down to 120, that's my goal right now, hopefully one day I will be lower than that, but 120 is my goal right now.

I just wanted to introduce myself and say that this is a great idea. Writing down what I'm doing and letting other people know me work harder so hopefully I'll be making good use of this community!

I'm looking for a 1/2 hour strength training regimen to go along with the 1/2 hr of Cardio.....to make my workout 1 hour. This will be done M-F, at a gym.

Please share your ideas!

My name is Kim and I am new to gimmie20, but not new to diet and weight struggles. I had been overweight my entire life and topped out at 226lbs! I was afraid my daughter was even embarassed of me and I had no energy to do anything which when your a single mom is no good! Anyway a professor of mine in nursing school saw my desire to want to learn how to eat healthy the right way, especially since I had a history of numerous failed diets. Anyway, he put me on a his 9th Law diet and I have now lost 91 pounds and feel fabulous. If I can do it anyone can!

Just me all dressed up for a night out with the girls.

Ok, so I've been working on changing my life style for a couple of years now. I am getting there slowly, and I guess thats not so bad cause then there is less chance of crashing.... or so my theory goes (and I'm sticking to that!). But now I am feeling better within myself, my fitness is no longer embarrassing and it is time to move on to the next phase.... what ever that will be.

I have decided, just today actually, that I will start going to the gym EVERY weekday after work :)

Unfortunately, I have no belief that I will actually go every day... but I figure if I tell myself that, the pattern will be set up so that I end up going more often than I do now.

Hello Everyone! Just wanted to say hi and that I will be hanging around here while I lose this fat. I hope everyone has a great 2008!

After a huge problem with the gym and it's (lack of) customer service I have actually started working out. I have been doing 20 minutes of elliptical cardio Monday, Wednesday and Friday for about two weeks now, kind of as a warm up. This week I am going to start doing come circuit training as well. It feels great, already I get excited to go. While I have seen no results yet (2 hours of cardio does not a supermodel make) I am glad I got back on the horse and have excellent expectations of the future.