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| Sat, 01-13-2007 - 10:42pm |
Hi everyone. I wanted to post, because I've been reading alot of these great posts. It's pure motivation for me. (I'm long winded so bare with me!)
I just started my program today. I'm just starting Jenny Craig today. I weighed in this morning at the absolute highest weight I've ever been... and promptly hit rock bottom. I think I stood there stunned for abit. Then I actually went and got back on the scales when she wasn't looking, just to make sure. I've been hovering at 365lbs for about 4 years. As if that's not bad enough. I had a baby 6 months ago and lost some weight. I've gained it back and more.
I'm at 378lbs now. I'm scared and disgusted and very emotional. So, I have made a committment to myself that I WILL make this work. But I need to be surrounded by motivational, supportive people (other than my family) that actually KNOW what it's like to be this way.
I've been overweight my whole life. My first diet was when I was 4. I used to sneak food even then. LOL. My mother and I were eating the w.w. food, but she would cook the good stuff for my family (fried potatoes, beans, cornbread). One time, when she had put the fried potatoes on the table and turned around for the rest.. I shoved a potato in my mouth and she had to dig it out. haha. I remember that so well. She's told me I've been like that my whole life. She said I would tell her "Ohh, this movies scary.. where's the potato chips?".
In spite of my love affair with food, I still have managed to land a great, awesome husband and 2 great kids. My life is SO good, except for this weight. My poor hubby wants to be active, and I just can't keep up the way I would like. Although I do give it a good try. But our life and the life of my children are all hendering on my weight issues. (not being able to keep up, not wanting to be seen in public, etc) And that is SO unfair to them!
So, I am the most determined that THIS will be the time I start to lose weight. I am really just so ready to feel better about myself and my health. Anyways, I hope to get to know you all and be motivated to stay on track, and to be held accountable if I try to sabotage myself.
Thanks for listening, I had to get this all off my chest as I have been dwelling on it ALL DAY LONG!
Misti

Hi there and welcome to the group. Good luck on Jenny Craig. I hope you suceed better than I did. I can't wait to do this whole weightloss with you. Good luck hun and congrates on your new baby.
Rochelle
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~Dayle~
WORKING ON GOAL # 2
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Welcome, Misti! I wish you much success with Jenny Craig. I know some people have lost quite a bit of weight with that program, though I couldn't make it work because I got bored with the food too fast. The most important factor in your weight loss will be your own heart and mind, and your resolve that this time will be the one! I know you can do it and you've found a fantastic board for support and motivation.
I can relate to your "love affair" with food. I was always fat too, and probably ate as much as an adult when I was little. Every occasion, happy or sad, called for something to eat. The state of my health is what finally got me to look at food realistically and concentrate on taking in only what my body needs to be healthy. It's still important to splurge once in awhile, I just don't do it whenever I feel like it now.
Best wishes, Misti, and I look forward to posting and losing with you!
Mary #3
247/219.5/135
Hello and welcome!! I am new here too. Also after reaching an all time high with my weight. Poeple seem very nice there and have already made me feel welcome. I think we have found the right place. :o)
I had to smile about your childhood food story. My mother always struggled with her weight and I hated her for it! (an issue I am still triing to get over. both the thoughts I had of her, and the guilt I feel for it now as an overweight mother)But I remember growing up sneaking food all the time! Any extra $ I had I would buy boxes of cookies...and eat the box before I got home so mom wouldn't know.
I look forward to gettting to know you better and loosing with you!
Betsy
mom to:
patrick 4-3-04
Andrew 12-27-96
Steven 1-28-94
and Aaron (dh) the biggest kid of them all!
Welcome aboard Misti, I wish you all the success in the world!!
And remember that you want to lose the weight for you, and that YOU are in control. It is YOUR decision to not grab the chips, not your mom's decision (I have so many issues on putting young children on diets and not allowing them to eat like the rest of the family, for me this is totally wrong, no matter how overweight the child is). You landed a great husband and you have a great family because you are a great person and they are so lucky to have you. They are lucky that you love them and care enough for your family that you want to lose your weight
Misti,
your post made me smile, I am so glad you found us. Your determination and desire to be healthy seemed to come thru on your stories. I think it was calling it your love affair that really struck me. That is a key to losing, to recognize that it's not calories or lack of exercise that has put the pounds on us. It's the dependency on food to balance our emotions. Recognizing that, to me, is the biggest leap of them all. Once that is recognized going forward with Jenny Craig or any other program is just the journey to get there.
Welcome aboard!
~ Kim
314/230/135
Angela