One year ago...

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Registered: 06-13-2003
One year ago...
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Thu, 06-17-2004 - 1:33pm
Hey everybody!!!

Wow. I haven't been on here in at least 3 months. But I started thinking...it was one year ago this week that I decided to start losing weight, and came to this board after reading about it in a Wall Street Journal article. At the time, I weighed around 330, and was wearing size 48 pants. As of today, I am wearing 44's and I weigh 289. My lowest weight was 269 just before Thanksgiving. It was about the same time that I started dating a girl with whom I was very much enamored with, and I started to slide off my diet gradually, and posting less frequently on this site.

I kind of fell off my diet after me and my (ex)girlfriend broke up in March. Add that to the stress of grad school, and I was one unhappy, depressed dude. All of a sudden, I didn't really care anymore. I ate because it made me feel so good, and the food filled the void of loneliness and rejection I felt (only to cause me to get depressed over how much I ate).

Surprisingly, I only gained 10 lbs. (I weighed 279 in March). I guess I did have enough sense to keep drinking water and diet drinks, and continue to eat fat-free and low-cal foods (even though I gorged on them). I feel like I am back to normal, and I am ready to re-commit myself to losing weight again (I want to be 220 by June 2005).

I would like to thank all of the ladies on this board who helped me this past year, and I hope we can all continue to celebrate our successes together.

Have a great day,

Tony

223/289/220

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Registered: 06-16-2003
Thu, 06-17-2004 - 1:48pm
Hey! That is awesome Tony! I am glad you're back and I'm glad you're back on the losing thing. Congrats and I know we all hope you stick around!

Sara

~Sayruhb02
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Registered: 06-16-2004
Thu, 06-17-2004 - 2:08pm
Hello Tony and Im so glad to see that you a ready to move on with your weight loss journey.

 

  Shawna

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Registered: 12-06-2003
Thu, 06-17-2004 - 4:27pm

Hye and welcome back Tony..we have often wonderd about you aroun here!!


Sorry to hear about the breakup....but glad you came back to finish what you started (losing the weight) good luck and hope to see more of you around here!!!

April Adam and Blake
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Registered: 11-04-2003
Thu, 06-17-2004 - 7:19pm

Welcome back Tony!