Hi everyone!

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Registered: 01-04-2004
Hi everyone!
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Fri, 09-16-2005 - 2:48pm

Hi everyone!


It's been a long time since I've posted here. There are a lot of new people here since I last posted!


For those of you who don’t know me (or remember me lol) my name is Linda, I’m 40 (woohoo!) and I’m married to a wonderful guy. I don’t have any kids, but I do have a cat. I was a member here last year and lost a little over 40 pounds. I don’t know what happened...but I guess we can all relate to this...I just slowly stopped doing all the things that I was doing right last year. It was a gradual process, though, and at first I stopped losing and was maintaining for a while (about 6 months) but now I feel the weight starting to creep back on. I gave away all my larger clothes (thank god that I did) so I can’t gain back any more or I won’t have anything to wear lol! I refuse to buy clothes in the size that I used to be so I’ve got to put a stop to this right now. I haven’t had the guts to step on the scale for a while, but I guess that I’m probably at about 220 right now. I was down to about 202 (for about a day!) so you can see that I’ve gained since then. So on my siggy I have question marks in the middle until I do my official weigh in. I’ll probably do that on Sunday morning. That’s when I used to do it before and that seemed to work for me.


I’m not sure what my plan of action is yet, but I do know that from past experience I don’t do well with structured plans and was doing well by just changing a few things at a time. So that’s what I’m going to try and do. I’m going to start with exercise because when I exercise, not only do I feel better but I also just tend to naturally eat a little healthier. My goal this week is to get at least a half hour of exercise in 3 times this coming week. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but I don’t want to overwhelm myself in the beginning or else I’ll just quit. I’ve been through this enough times to at least know how I’ll react to certain things lol! I’ll do that and drink my water and go from there.


Glad to be back!

~~Linda


246/???/199(for now)

~~Linda

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-26-2005
In reply to: linda112491
Fri, 09-16-2005 - 3:56pm
Welcome back! I'm pretty new (about 3 weeks) but our stories sound familiar. I was 240 back in 2001, got down to 196 in 2002 and 2003, then gained in 2004 and now I'm 220. I didn't exercise before to lose those 40 lbs though, I just ate better. This time I'm exercising and couting calories. You know what though, the one good thing to come out of this is that we gain a greater appreciation for being a certain weight. I think I took being 200 for granted and didn't think I could gain it back, but I didn't work hard enough to keep it off and lose more, so here I am. Now I would LOVE to be back to 200 and go from there. But of course we can change that and get back to that and better! Good luck!
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Registered: 01-04-2004
In reply to: linda112491
Sat, 09-17-2005 - 6:29am
Thanks for the welcome, Anna!

~~Linda

 

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Registered: 08-31-2004
In reply to: linda112491
Sat, 09-17-2005 - 10:15am
Hey Linda, glad to see your cheerful face around here!
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Registered: 01-05-2000
In reply to: linda112491
Sat, 09-17-2005 - 11:21am
Good to see you here Linda. I am trying to do the same thing as you. I too started at 280 in 2003. Lost down to 223 and according to my scale I am at 250. Boy that sucks. So since Oct of 2003 I have gained 27 pounds. That is so hard to admit. But for now 223 is my temporary goal. Good luck and hang-in there. We can beat this!! Stephanie
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Registered: 01-04-2004
In reply to: linda112491
Sat, 09-17-2005 - 3:09pm
Wow, Shawna!

~~Linda

 

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Registered: 01-04-2004
In reply to: linda112491
Sat, 09-17-2005 - 3:12pm
Steph, why do we do this to ourselves???

~~Linda

 

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Registered: 01-05-2000
In reply to: linda112491
Sat, 09-17-2005 - 6:58pm
I am one of those who truly beleive that we are afraid to be a decent size. When I was younger, I had guys always hitting on me all the time. Even tho now I am 54 and very married I think that still is my problem anyway. Stupid huh? Old feelings and habits are very hard to shake!!