Hello everyone...my name is Sunshine. Yes that is indeed my real name. I wanted to tell you a bit of why I have started this life changing journey. 2016 was a terrible year. I lost 4 family members in a year span. The hardest loss was my little sister. She was an amazing person. She was a soldier in the military and was an avid runner. She had just completed a half marathon in June. I too was a runner once; about 130 pounds ago! In August, she had been found shot with her house set on fire. The coroner has certified that it was suicide, but the detectives haven't closed her case because of some evidence that has come forward. I can't tell you about why I have chosen to lose weight without telling you about my sister. The reason I have mentioned my sister is that it wasn't until I lost her that I have come to realize that I am my mother's only biological child that she has left. My mother is only 56 and I am 39. I cannot leave this world before my mother because losing my sister was the hardest thing to see her go through. I want to live. I want to run again like I use to and I want to run in my sister's memory.
I was always the skinniest person around. I was 110 pounds up until I was 20 years old. After a bad marriage and a couple of kids. I was 150. 150 would be AWESOME! I put on more weight and 10 years ago I was 170. Then I discovered MIRENA birth control and for 10 years I had ballooned to 260 on the MIRENA. YIKES!! No babies, but dang it I gained an extra person! I had it removed last August and without much effort went down to 245.
Sunday, Jan 1st: I started working out and only eating 1400 calories. I kept my sister's marathon pictures on the treadmill.
Today I went to a new doctor. She was amazing. It was there that I discovered that I lost 7 lbs in less than a week. She gave me the green light to continue with this diet and exercise routine. She took an EKG to see how my heart is doing and everything came out okay.
I have a goal that in the summer of 2018, that I will go visit my mother (my mother is in amazing shape) in Seattle and we will run in a 5K in my sister's memory. I have a plan to work out 5 days a week. I can't wait to meet all of you and learn about your stories.
Hi Sunshine. My name is Cynara. I'm also new here. I know what it's like to lose a loved one, though not how you have. I think that is an amazing goal you have and health is very important. I hope you stick on this journey and reach your goal. Good luck
Nice to meet you Cynara. I look forward to sharing our milestones during this journey.
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Hi Sunshine. My name is Cynara. I'm also new here. I know what it's like to lose a loved one, though not how you have. I think that is an amazing goal you have and health is very important. I hope you stick on this journey and reach your goal. Good luck
I know that for most people grief can cause weight gain, but I am battling my sadness and I know my sissy would be proud. We were handed these lemons and this is my lemonade. It is nice meeting you.
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Sunshine, your story really touched me. Your sister would be so proud of you! What a worthy goal. I'm rooting for you.
Sometimes instead of eating I read about dieting.
Kind of throw myself into a subject and to get lost in the research. Kinda weird way keepin busy while waiting for a meal time . Then I found forums for dieters like this one . Now I have two ways of learning about how others are dealing with their weight. What I've learned is to try try again. It's funny to me that when I stop posting on sites like this I stop living healthy too.
Today my wife cooks. It's not always healthy though. Just thought I'd say hey to you while I'm waiting to what it will be today.
P.S. she doesn't eat anything I fix.
I do the same. I have a bit of OCD. If I care about something, I research it to death. Nice meeting you.
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Sometimes instead of eating I read about dieting.
Kind of throw myself into a subject and to get lost in the research. Kinda weird way keepin busy while waiting for a meal time . Then I found forums for dieters like this one . Now I have two ways of learning about how others are dealing with their weight. What I've learned is to try try again. It's funny to me that when I stop posting on sites like this I stop living healthy too.
Today my wife cooks. It's not always healthy though. Just thought I'd say hey to you while I'm waiting to what it will be today.
P.S. she doesn't eat anything I fix.
Hey, I am Lindsey and I hope you keep going. Your story is a wake up call to anyone who has lost someone. It tells you that instead of using it to keep you down, use it to raise you up. Keep it up!
That is just what I was telling my mom today. I told her that we can either stay in bed and wither in our sorrow or we can turn it into something positive.
I am doing well. I am down 14 pounds in just 2 weeks. I am coming along at a rate of a pound a day. I know this could slow down, but for now I am enjoying the results. It was cold today, but I still went for my 2 mile walk. I participate in a Martin Luther King Walk/Run tomorrow so I am coming along. I will see my doctor again on Friday and I hope to lose more by then.
Yeah for sunshine. Remember to stay hydrated. While being hydrated doesn't increase metabolism, being dehydrated can slow metabolism by 17%. Good luck on your walk.
I Have Hit Rock Bottom...Now to Pick Myself Up
