Hello everyone!
I just wanted to get acquainted with everyone here and share my story....here goes..I hope there are no judgements...
I grew up in a small farming community. Life growing up with a farmer included lots of good eating potatoes, chickens freshly killed and cooked, lots of fresh vegetable...LOTS OF carbs as I come from a hispanic family!
When puberty hit me at age 13 I gained good weight in my hips and thighs.
I slowly became self conscious and with wanting to begin dating and joining the cheerleading squad when I was a sophomore, I found myself thinking more and more that food was an enemy..yep, I slowly became an anorexic with bouts of bulimia every now and then. At age 16-17 I weighed a merely 100 lbs and had around 8% body fat.
I struggled with my eating disorders well into my 20's. I moved away from this small community as I pursued a career in jewelry. With support and love from a boyfriend at the time as well as some counseling, I slowly overcame my thought that food was an enemy and seeing myself in a new light. by the time I was age 22-24, I weighed around 120, looked healthy and felt great. I allowed myself to socialize, drink and eat with my friends.
I then broke up with my boyfriend who had been there with me through my struggles and was single for some time, able to maintain my weight because I had a lot of spare time to work out and manage my eating habits. I then met my (now husband) of 4 years.
My husband LOVES to eat out, drink socially ect. We got engaged and by the time we were about to get married, I stepped on a scale and to my horror, I had pushed my weight up to 145!! I began to watch what I ate, worked out and was able to shed a mere 5 lbs before we actually wed. I mantained my weight at 140 then got pregnant only 4 months after being married!!
My pregnancy was hard. I gained over 50 LBS! seeing myself tipping the scales at amost 200 lbs, I could not believe what had happened...I slowly let myself go.
My oldest son was 15 months old when I got pregnant again, This time I didn't gain hardly any weight, but the damage was done. I was already at 188 lbs when I got pregnant with my 2nd child...
Now having had my second child, finished nursing him, I was weighing in at 193.
I heard about Ideal Protein from a few co-workers and decided to try it. Today is my 6th day on the diet and I have already lost 6.5 lbs!! I am being really good but decided to google ideas on how to do different things with my IP meal packets and found this forum
I am hoping to get to know more other like myself and find lots of support and friends along the way as well as some ideas of new things to try!
Well this is probably long enough, but this is my weight story and I hope to learn more about YOU too!!
God Bless and talk to you all soon
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