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| Fri, 01-21-2005 - 8:50am |
Hi! I just joined this forum yesterday, so I thought I should introduce myself (even though Ialready posted a question bout workout videos).
Anyway, I have always been fat... I mean, I was almost 10lbs when I was born, and I don't think I ever really thinned out. This past Christmas I was looking at some pics from when I was a little, and they were hillarious cuz I was sooo chubby! It didn't help that my Grandma totally spoiled me and my sister. I mean she was always bringing us cookies and donuts from the bakery and stuff like that. My parents didn't help either cuz they are fairly picky eaters (neither of them are fat though) so we didn't have much int he way of veggies I guess. Even when we did have veggies my sister and I didn't have to eat them. So yea, throughout the years I just got bigger, and bigger, and BIGGER. I didn't eat healthy, I didnt eat moderately, and portion control was a concept I had never heard of. But I think one of my biggest problems, was soda. I drank like 4 or 5 cans a day when I was in High School.. and if not soda then it was sweet iced tea.. I hated water! Then when I went to college, it got even worse. My roomate was a bad influence on my cuz she ate alot. She wasn't very fat in the beginning but then she gained alooottta weight, but she wasn't as heavy as me... but yea, we always ordered pizza, drank bottles of coke, ate candy and cookies and whaever else.
Anyway, about 2.5 yrs ago during my 2nd yr at college, something inside of me clicked and I was like, damnit, its time to lose weight! So I did just that. I started eating healthier, and not as much, then I joined a gym when I got home for the summer, and got lots of other exercise, like tennis and swimming, and stuff. I continued my diet for another while after I got back to school and I lost atleast 50 lbs! I never thought I could do that, and it felt great to hear everyone say, oh my god you look so good, you lost so much weight, stuff like that. But then, I hit a plateau... and no matter what I did, I couldn't lose. That was about 2 yrs ago. Since then I haven't really lost any weight, just yo-yoed a bit (like gain some, lose some, etc).
Buuuut.. now I am ready to continue with my journey. There are just sooo many reasons why I want to lose weight, and the only thing keeping me from that is food and exercise. I don't mind working out, but I can't afford a gym right now and the weather is too crappy to do anything outside. So I ordered some workout videos that I will hafta use till i can start riding my bike, rollerblading, and playing tennis again. Food is a different story though. I love to eat, but not he right foods. I love chocolate and I crave it frequently. I love pizza and spaghetti which are both diet disasters for me. I turn to food when I am stressed, bored, upset, after I have taken a big exam or finished a big project.. basically food is always there for me. The biggest problem is boredom eating though. And so I am trying to stay busy and motivated so I don't snack mindlessly.
Anyway, I plan to make mini goals everyweek, like this week my goal is to drink atleast 2L of water a day, not to snack mindlessly, and to lose 1 kg. Then I have a short-term goal of losing 9 kg by spring break, which is in the middle of March (it should work out to about 1 kg, or 2.2 lbs, a week). But my long-term goal is to like about 120 lbs (maybe alittle less, amybe alittle more). I basically just want to lose enough so that I can shop wherever I want and not being limited to stores with a plus-size section. I am pretty sure I can do it, I just need some motivate, inspiration, and support from people who are going through the same thing! I mean, my frinds are all bad influences cuz they all eat unhealthily (all of them are the same way, even the skinny ones!), and my boyfriend is very supportive, but he isn't fat either, so he doesn't really know what its like I guess. So yea, I'll prolly be around the forum pretty often, and incase you wanna read about my jounrey, my online diary is here: http://www.opendiary.com/entrylist.asp?authorcode=D438641
Ok well I hope aou are all doing great on your diets and goodluck!

Hey, and WELCOME!
It's a good thing you're chatty, you'll fit right in! :) Your post was great; I feel like I kinda know you now.
You can totally do this and you're right, support makes all the difference!!!! Your goals sound great and do-able!
CONGRATS on your decision to lose weight/gain health!
Cheers, C