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| Mon, 03-06-2006 - 11:14pm |
Where do I begin. First off I should tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Cheryl and I am 22 years old and live in New York.
It wasn't very long ago that I was here. I was overweight and unhappy. I have been overweight pretty much my whole entire life. I was never small or tiny. I think it was because nobody ever showed me the right way to eat.
I was 20 years old and on medicine for high blood pressure. I did not want to live my life like that. I was young, I wanted to get out and enjoy myself but I didn't. I was so self concious about my body and painfully shy. I think what finally clicked in my head was when my neice was born in 2004. It took me a while to get in gear but I finally did it.
On January 8,2005 I decided to change my life for the better. I didn't join a gym, I didn't go on a diet. I made a lifestyle chage and I am so incredibly happy that I did. I decided that I would start counting the calories that I ate, and started doing an old tae bo tape that we had here. Well it worked..
When I weighed myself on January 8,2005 I weighed in at 240lbs, today I weight 150lbs. I would like to loose 10-20 more pounds. I probably would have been to my goal already but I was in a car accident in Spetember 2005, and haven't been able to work out since.
I hope my story was able to inspire some of you, just remember don't give up. The weight will begin to come off.
Have a great night!!
Cheryl


Thank you Cheryl for sharing your story. It is great to hear from real people who are undergoing our same struggle. And congratulations on losing all that weight!!! That's quit an achievement!!
Mary,
I always enjoy sharing my story with others, in hopes that it may encourage or inspire someone. Loosing weight is probably the biggest accomplishment that I have had in my life. Everyone tells me I am lucky to have done it while I am still very young, because it gets harder as you get older.
Good Luck,
Cheryl