Hello all!
I'm a new face around here! This isn't the first time I've seen this site, but this is the first time I've joined and given this site a good look and I think it's a good time for me to do this!
I'm feeling... rather low at this point and I am not sure where else I could turn so I would like to thank anyone who responds to this in advanced for the welcome and/or support.
I'm 20 and my "starting" weight when I realized what size I was, was when I hit 310 pounds during my senior year of high school almost two years ago. It was a shock, I've never seen myself like that before... EVER. Then, during the start of college, I dropped down to 275 (after starting thyroid medication for hypothyroidism) and was elated! I had a stressful period with my apartment and ended up moving back home where I gained an additional 10 pounds over the summer and within the past 9 months, I gained an additional 6 pounds (though I've dropped about 1-2 pants sizes as during the past 9 months, I did commit myself to a 6 week work-out program where I went to the gym 3-4 days a week for 45 minutes at a time). This puts me at 291.5...
Now, I have an upcoming doctor's appointment where I am sure my physician will prescribe me with high blood pressure medication and it's brought me to tears as the day closes in.
Besides the fear of being on that type of medication at my age, but I feel like I am creeping back up to being 300 pounds. I feel like bursting into tears as I promised myself I'd never get back up to 300 pounds, ever again.
So... that's why I am here, to keep my promise to myself and to, even though I won't drop any major weight by my doctor's appointment this week, that by the end of the year, I'll be off whatever medication for my HBP.
I just want to be happy and healthy... and not fearful of my future in terms of my body!
Thanks for listening...