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Hi, I'm Mindy and I'm 52 yrs. old. I'm married with 2 grown children and 5 grandbabes. I have been morbidly obese for more then most of my life. At age 40 I weighed in at 464#. On my 40th birthday I put my feet on the floor and vowed to lose the weight. Within 15 months I weighed in at 276#. I went on to lose another 11#, over a few months, for my lowest weight 265#. AMAZING! right? Nope! I did it for all the wrong reasons. My way of thinking about food went from one extreme to the other. Before the weight loss it was all about food, and during the weight loss I deprived and pushed myself to the point of having mini blackouts. I was going to the gym at 6:30am, working until 3:30pm, going to the gym at 4pm, walking 3 miles/day and drinking approx. 2 gal. water/day. Along with that, I started smoking and drinking. At one point I plateaued and I took laxitives. I literally thought at one point I was going to stroke or have a heart attack while having a BM. (I don't mean to offend anyone by the last statement. I'm just being very honest and open.) After losing the weight I looked pretty good for a large frame gal at 5'10". Through all of that the weight loss was not a success. I kept the weight off for about 4 years and then gained it back over the next 6. Now I'm over 50 and I can literally feel myself dying. Walking is a task, lethargy, on and on. All the things the Drs. tell you will happen but you just don't get it.

While at home in Indiana for Christmas my sister asked me to join her in losing weight. We are supporting each other across the miles, she in Indiana and me in Connecticut.

We are big girls from Indiana goin' for it! Follow our journey and progress under Dr. Phil's team forum, Share Progress. (mindyhhh and Tonice Kaye)

Tonice, Ted and Mindy

FUN FACT: My sister and I both love dogs. She has 2 boys, Mongo/English Mastiff and Henry/Yellow Lab. I have 4 girls, Shelby/Chow-Golden, Sedona/Corgi-Yellow Lab, Sandy/Bearded Collie and Lucy Mae the Hillbilly Bichon. (Henry's picture will be added later.)

created on: 01/10/11 Mongo Pongo

created on: 01/10/11 Lucy Mae, Sedona & Shelby

created on: 01/10/11 Sandy

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Day 17!

DRUMROLL PLEASE! 15#'s! WAHOO! I'm very please and encouraged! I'm on to Day 1/Cycle 2 tomorrow and I'm geared up and ready to go! More pictures soon, and video to follow! Good luck in your journies! I hope to see you all at the finish line! Today, I have made good choices! IN IT! TO LIVE IT! ;o)

Day 15 ....Still Strong

Today is day 15 and I'm still going strong. I haven't been on the site for about a week, but I'm still in the game. I finally did the workout today and I made it through with much modification, but I made it. I will be weighing my first time since starting the 17 on Saturday which is my 17th day. I pray that my weight loss no matter the number is encouraging to me....

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We got snow the other day and I went out to shovel, it felt so wonderfu! I live where we don\t get much snow but I grew up in winter and miss it. I am hoping to me able to ski next year! wow that is quite a goal!

YOU GO GIRL!! Congrats on the weight loss!

Mindy, Whatever you do, DON'T SHOVEL SNOW again until you are in shape. Many people who have been sedentary with little exercise for a long time and are overweight have heart attacks shoveling snow from the sudden exertion. Good luck! It's going to be a long haul for all of us but we will succeed.

Thank you for reading my post, I am 5'9" and have weight over 300lbs, I don't no exactly what my highest weight was, You would have had to kill me to get me on a scale, I had to be over 300lbs, the last time i weighed i was over 258, at my largest I was out of a size 24 pants, I stop shopping, going the mall and continued to eat!!!!!that was over 10 years ago!!!!! I was going to eat some frozen pizza for lunch, you and another lady responsed to me and now I will stick to my diet food!!!!!! Thank again, You and your sister can do it!!!!!

HELLO MINDY,THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO MY POST.I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.THANKS FOR THE TIPS,I WILL CERTAINLY USE THEM.

Good luck Mindy...we can do this as a team!!

I think anything is possible!!!! Just keep posting keep asking questions and we can all do this!!!!! I need to loose 150 and I want to be able to get on a horse by May for the branding!!!! I don't want to have to hide behind the trailer and wait till the rest of them are on there horses and heading out before I climbing my fat @#$ onto the trailer to get on the horse! I want to stick my foot in the sturrup and even if I cant get up I want to be able to have someone just give me a shove!!! The horse I ride is 16.2 hands(very very tall) and i'm 5'6" so not a good match!!LOL but I CAN DO IT!!!!! So can you!!!! just one day at a time and if you fall off get right back on!!! GOOD LUCK and hope to see less of you in a week!!! LOL

been talkin to your sis... i too have ALOT to lose, but we can do this. one day, one pound at a time... i have a golden and my room mate has a boxer and a pit... they are a trio for sure lol... good luck we can do this

Good Luck Mindy! You'll do awesome!

I hear you about your weight struggles, I too have had my far share, I have a lymph system thats sucks I take all different kinds of medication and have sleep apnea I understand completely. I will be receiving my book on wednesday so I hope all goes well, I started with my weight struggles at 15 when I had my son and gained 80 pounds never lost them 3 more babies and I found myself up to 250 then put on birth control shot and spiked at 300. I am down to about 250 and need to get to 150. I was 200 about 1 1/2 ago but candy and cakes found me again.

this is a new year and a new me, I want so many things out of life I am ready to shed this weight for good.

the scale here in NY my father was almost 800 pounds and he talked with the state police and used their scales to get a accurate weight not sure it can be done you can also look into UPS and FEDEX they have large scales that can help to. Hope this helped.

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