Hi! I just found this place and everyone seems so nice, so I thought I'd jump in.
My name is Gayle and I'm 21 years old, from South Carolina. I weigh around 210lbs right now, which is slightly less than the heaviest that I have ever been. My goal is to eventually get down to 145lbs. I've been trying to lose weight for the past few years but always manage to go way off track. I'm doing okay this time though, I'm eating more fruit and veggies and not eating Girl Scout cookies no matter how loud they may scream for me.
My main difficulty right now is dealing with my unsupportive best friend. My best friend is about the same weight as me and thinks that "a balanced diet is a cookie in each hand." She tells me that I know nothing about losing weight and proceeds to tell me about her diet as she's stuffing her face with a big bowl of mac & cheese with ham along with a sub and three cookies from Subway. I started to think that maybe I've been misguided and should join her on this diet because it sure would taste good but I seem to do okay when I do it my way...as long as I can stick to it.
I guess another minor issue that I have is that I can't quite make myself get out of bed an hour earlier than usual to go walking before work. No matter what time I go to sleep, I don't feel fulfilled unless I sleep until 10:15 AM. To show you how bad this is, my work day starts at 11. I live 5 minutes away from work and give myself just enough time to get up, shower, blow dry, dress and dash out the door. I need to put an end to this maddness!
I was able to do it for about a week. I'd get up at 9, walk until 10 and then get ready for work and I felt good about it...then the weekend came and you can probably guess how that ended.
So, um...I think that's enough about me. I'm glad to have found this place and can't wait to get to know people better. I'd love to find a support buddy to be on this little journey with.
...And to think I thought I'd have a hard time typing up an intro! Ha!