New Member: My Story

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Registered: 10-20-2006
New Member: My Story
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Fri, 10-20-2006 - 12:46am
I've been reading this board for about a week, I just stumbled upon it and I thought it was a great idea. Anyway, my name is Cyndi. I am 5'3" and 215 pounds. To make a long story short, I am bipolar and take medication that cause weight gain. I've always been overweight but since I've been on medication I have gained 70 pounds. The medication is a god send so I can't do anything about that.
I have a hard time sticking to a diet or exercise regimen. I do exercise and I do watch what I eat and it seems like I never can loose any weight. I attempted Jenny Craig for 6 months and didn't loose any weight because I would end up cheating. I've decided that whenever I go on a diet, I get obsessed with food and end up binging on something like a cheeseburger and a milkshake. I was going to water aerobics 3 to 5 times a week, but now my work schedule has changed and I can't go anymore. The reality is that water aerobics wasn't hard enough for me to get my target heart rate up.
Whenever anyone talks to me about my weight or my food intake I just want to scream and cry. My brother and his wife are both very athletic and cannot understand why I am so overweight. My roommate is a stick and I just want to die when she tries giving me advice. So I hope this board will help me.
I have decided to make a commitment to a 1500 calorie diet, 30 minutes cardio 3x a week and weight lifting 3x a week. I'm starting saturday since I have an appointment with a trainer at the gym.
So wish me luck and I will write more soon.
Cyndi
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Registered: 10-17-2006
Fri, 10-20-2006 - 4:00am
Hi Cyndi . I'm new to this board too something told me to stop and read your post like you i've been here a week.I understand where your coming from i've been on lot of diet JENNY,Wieghtwatcher,atkins to name a few I always cheat through the diet and have fried chicken.So I said to myself self some got to change.I started walking 15min. a day.I found out I'm a repeat offender means i believed being fat is who you believe you are that why i over eat and give in to craving. We got to believe we can lose wieght in order for us to succeed in this wieghtlose thing.
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Registered: 01-25-2006
Fri, 10-20-2006 - 12:04pm
welcome aboard, and best of luck to you!!

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Registered: 11-28-2005
Fri, 10-20-2006 - 1:39pm

Hi Cyndi, Welcome to the board!


While cheating on a diet is ideally avoided of course, we are all human, and mistakes are going to happen. I think what is most problematic (for me anyway) is the mentality

 

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Registered: 05-08-2006
Fri, 10-20-2006 - 8:48pm

Cyndi,
You have a great plan! I work with a trainer and it is so helpful - he is always encouraging me, while still pushing me to do a little more than I think I can. It took me three months before I started to see results. I didn't weigh myself at all during that time, I just decided I would make the gym committment and then see if it worked (actually, figured it wouldn't and I could crawl off and eat myself silly) But at the three month mark my body changed in some way and the exercise began to feel good - and wanting to eat healthy came along for the ride! And the pounds dropped -slowly -but they've stayed off. I have more to go but I have more parts of my body that I like than that I need to work on, and I count that as progress.

I've kept at it for three plus years - I know you can do this if you believe in yourself and stick with your plan.
Good Luck!
SJ
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Registered: 07-17-2006
Fri, 10-20-2006 - 10:10pm

Cyndi-

Welcome to the board and congrats on taking a step. Don't let those skinny people intimidate you! My whole extended family- cousins and aunt and uncle- who are like second parents/sisters- have always been runners. And I have always been the big girl. Well this year I decided to show them, I trained for and ran a 5K - and you know what - all the seemingly irritating advice was really just that- advice from love. And when I did it they were so proud --- your family will be to!!

You have set some awesome goals- and I am sure you can make them!

Good luck and keep posting!

Kelli

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Registered: 09-26-2006
Sat, 10-21-2006 - 9:35am
Welcome to the board!

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Registered: 02-03-2005
Sat, 10-21-2006 - 9:28pm

Welcome to the board!

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Registered: 10-20-2006
Sun, 10-22-2006 - 12:28am
Thank you to everyone who has responded to my post. I am excited and optimistic this time arround. I think all your support will give me that extra edge I need. Thanks again.
Cyndi
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Registered: 02-06-2006
Sun, 10-22-2006 - 6:58am

Welcome to the board Cyndi. We have another

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Registered: 10-20-2006
Mon, 10-23-2006 - 2:50am
Mary,
I did well with working out. I worked out with the trainer for an hour. Then I did cardio for 30minutes. Later, I was so inspired that I went back to the gym and did 30 minutes on the elliptical machine. Then I swam for half an hour. My food intake was not so good. Weekends are hard. I went out to eat saturday night and sunday afternoon. Then I have a weekly card game that we have a potluck. I didn't have time to work out today. I am still optimistic. I'm making an effort and keeping my goals in mind.
Thanks for asking.
Cyndi