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| Fri, 08-26-2005 - 9:44am |
Hi everyone, my name is Anna and I live in PA near Philadelphia. I am almost 24 and have a great life, except for one major issue: my weight. Most of my family is overweight with snail-like metabolisms, high cholesterol and heart problems. I used to weight about 170 throughout high school and have slowly gone up since then. I was about 240 at my highest in 2001, but went on to lose about 40 lbs and was down to 196 around the time of my wedding in 2003. I just started a new job where sales people are constantly bringing in things I shouldn’t be eating. I thought I had decent willpower, but I have realized that my willpower is only present when it comes to not buying the items myself. When they are provided to me, I can’t seem to resist. I haven’t gained back all of my weight but I am around 220 and feeling really bad about myself. I have very high cholesterol (have since I was young and not overweight since it is genetic) and am embarrassed for my husband. He is fit and I honestly am still baffled that he wants to be with me. It also doesn’t help that my 1 year old sister, who was always overweight with me, has recently gotten down to 160 and is looking great.
I have bought an elliptical trainer, figuring that if a $700 purchase doesn’t motivate me, what will? In general, I eat pretty well (except for when I am at work, but I am trying to work on that). I eat oatmeal for breakfast, a light yogurt for a snack, a lean cuisine for lunch, a luna bar for a snack, then dinner with chicken or fish, a vegetable and a small carb portion. For dessert, its usually low-fat frozen yogurt. I know there is room for improvement there, but I feel like the biggest hurdle is the exercise. I guess I am just looking for support in that area because I need to get over that initial hump and start to see results before I can really be motivated.
Okay, enough of my rambling. Thanks for listening!
Anna

Welcome to the board Anna!