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| Thu, 01-04-2007 - 4:22pm |
Hi everyone!! My name is Cassandra, I am 29 years old, I have been married for 10 years, I have a son who will be 10 in a few weeks, and two daughters who are 8 and 5. I have always been a larger person. When my youngest child was born I lost 100lbs but I gained it all back plus a few. I started my new lifestyle journey on Oct. 9th. Since then I have lost 35lbs. I now have about 105 lbs to go to get to my first goal of 150. My biggest discouragment is that no one has noticed my weight loss. I have gone from a size 26 to a size 18/20, I have lost somthing like 35 inches all over, and no one noticed. My dh is awesome and of course he has noticed, but he is also the only person who knows about the change. I feel kind of alone and am looking for some friends that know what I am going through so I can talk about what works and what doesn't and so on. So thats me in a nutshell I guess.

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"Alaska is great, I was born in raised in Fairbanks, only leaving for 3 years while my husband was in the army. Sometimes I could do without the cold and dark, but it is such a beautiful place and the summers are awesome with 24 hours of daylight and all the wilderness and wildlife. We are about to hit a cold snap, and tomorrow it is supposed to be close to 40 degrees below zero for three or four days, I hate that part, but it sure makes 20 below (our normal winter temp) feel warm."
Oh, I guess I should have read further before I asked in another post where you are in AK! D'oh! Anyway, I'm originally from Massachusetts, so I thought I knew cold. The coldest I can remember is about 10 below. Now I'm in So. California and it's 68 degrees in my house and I'm freezing under a blanket! Of course, I don't have any shoes on either... I guess I should plan a summer visit, lol. Alaska is such a beautiful state; dh and I love wildlife and open spaces (though we don't get to either very often).
Anyway, welcome aboard again and I look forward to reading your posts!
Mary #3
Mary--Yeah, not alot of people come to visit AK in the winter. But summers are awesome, ecspecially if you like outdoor activities.
Thanks for you comments and support. Everything just really came together for me this time and I am so committed not just to doing it, but to doing it right, and doing it for life. I love getting rid of my too big clothes because I just know that this time I will never let myself go back. It seems like every other time I tried I was battleing my cravings and hunger so much and this time I have them all under control and feel like I have a new life.
I am so glad to have found this place, I think it will help so much to be able to talk to people who know what I am going through!
I know it's different, but I've dyed my hair from blonde to black before and no has said a word about it to me.
Brightest Blessings
~Dayle~
Brightest Blessings
~Dayle~
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