You don't need a gym, just yourself. Do exercises at home. Dance, run in place for five minutes. It can he done. I always believed that I had to be at the gym to truly lose. I don't have the time or money to work out. I've been doing a circuit train in the morning for about 15 minutes. It isn't much, but I have lost 11 pounds and I actually have energy to make it through the day. I'm sure that it will work for you too. Make your home the gym. Good luck.

I have been walking around in my house, and counting steps, until
I saw the president's wife on some show, doing relays. I counted off
a 20 step path in my house.. After 50, I've walked 1000 steps. It is much easier to do this, and not as boring. I also don't like to walk for a certain number of minutes either. So far, this is great.

Also, I have decided to eat a bowl of soup, every day in Oct. You can make home-made soup almost as quickly as canned soup by micro-waving the frozen vegetables, then I mix them with a little
tomato paste and tomato sauce (looked for and found this specific vegetable soup recipe on the internet) and water and seasonings. Very filling and a couple of vegetable servings.

These are some things that I'm trying and am happy with.
Good luck.

Can you involve your son in any way? Like take him on a walk, go to a local park or something? Feeding ducks is always great for kids. Even if he isn't walking you can still take the pram. There may be other mums in your area who would like to go with you and you can help motivate each other, ask around.

Pinterestfan, could you please give a link to the soup recipe you use?

I agree a gym membership is not necessary. Start little by cutting things out that are not good for you like sweets, bread, fried foods and sodas. Add in more fruits, veggies, and water. There are some really great ways to flavor water that make them tasty if you dont like plain water. I too lack motivation and these changes gave me extra boosts of energy so I started walking to release some energy and have just been "uping" what I do every couple of weeks. I started taking a line dancing class at a local community center...fun and great exercise...bonus learning a new dance and meeting people. I also set small goals for myself to help with motivation and have been requesting workout buddies on DS to help keep me going. I hope this helps and good luck!!!

I am same height but 179 and my best advice is start with changng diet slowly each week maybe make new goals and things to work towards. I have lost about 15pounds and I do jillian micheals workout dvds at home. I work ft and have 3 kids so very busy!

Lots of love in these posts ... and soup every day in October! What a GREAT idea .. thanks so much for sharing that!!