Hello, coming out of lurkdom!

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Registered: 10-06-2010
Hello, coming out of lurkdom!
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Sun, 07-16-2006 - 4:41pm

Hello everyone. I have made a few posts here and there but I mostly lurk. I have decided it is time to make an intro post. I don't quite have 100 pounds to lose so I am hope I am welcome here.

I am 23, married just over a week, a student, and a "furparent" to 4 cats. I am here because I want to lose weight, become healthier, and boost my self esteem. I have 5'3" and weigh 198. I would like to get down to a healty weight which from what I have read is between 107 and 140 pounds. I would love to get down to 140, and see how things are at that weight.

My biggest problem is snacks. I eat really healthy meals and then eat bad snacks and blow all the good food I have eaten.

I want to have more energy and stop being tired all the time. I want to feel better about the way I look. Right now, I am a size 16-20 depending on the brand of clothes. I just bought new shorts and they were a 1x, ugh.

I am ashamed of weighing this much. I am a nutrition student, I know I am hurting myself and I know what I am doing is bad and I really want to change. I want to be healthy and I want to feel that I look good, which I don't right now.

So that is me.

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Registered: 06-06-2006
Sun, 07-16-2006 - 9:56pm
I just wanted to welcome you to the board! I too am a student and I should have had my wakeup call before I got 100 lbs over my high school weight. I was 230 when I started my exercise program and dieting and I am now down to 222 lbs. I want to get back to 130 badly but with classes and having a job and a life outside of school it makes it very hard to grab something quick and healthy as a snack. What I started to do is to take a mini cooler with me with some of those packs that you can freeze and I put preportioned snacks in it such as carrots, broccoli, an apple, some tuna salad and a few crackers and plenty of water and I carry it around campus. I stopped caring that I look like the weird fat girl because I know that at least I am not going to eat a snickers and drink a soda between classes. I hope that tip might help. We are about the same age since I am 24 so if you ever want to talk just let me know :)
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Registered: 02-06-2006
Mon, 07-17-2006 - 8:45am

Hey there and welcome to the board.


I have a huge problem with wanting to nibble all day on all sorts of junk food. A chocolate here, a cake there.. and it can really add up in the calories. Did you try to journal what you eat? Sometimes when I know I am putting it in my journal and writing down the calories I just say it's not worth it.


Also try throwing out all the junk you have.. if it's not there you can't eat it right? And keep some healthy snacks around you.. this may help.


Good luck in your journey.. I"ll be looking forward to your posts

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Registered: 01-25-2006
Mon, 07-17-2006 - 11:07am

Welcome aboard, and good luck!!

Angela

 

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