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Slowly Shrinking
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 67
S/C/G: 271/157/145
Height: 5'9"
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Not exactly new - Super long Intro
I've been haunting 3FC for a while and answering posts etc, then I realized I never actually made a proper introduction. So, here is a little about me:
I'm currently 27, and started my weightloss journey in September 2005. I've was never thin, and can't really remember ever wearing jeans smaller than an 18. I went to college and didn't really gain too much, though I did gain. At the time, I wasn't really concerned either. It was college and I was probably slightly over 200 pounds. I remember thinking, "As long as I don't go over 250, I'm fine". Silly old me!! I lost some weight my senior year, but I was crazy with the diet pills and barely ate, so it was not the healthiest way to go.
After college, I moved in with a guy friend of mine and we lived together for almost 2 years. Important lesson learned here was, never let another person's eating habits influence your own. We would order a large pizza, and after 2 slices I would be full, but then he would be like "if we each eat two more slices, we don't have to make room in the fridge". There's healthy eating for you. After 2 years of fast food and overeating, my weight had ballooned. I must have realized it was happening, but denial was much more than a river in Egypt at the time.
Then in early 2005, I threw my back out. I had been sick and had just laid on the couch for 3 straight days. Upon feeling better, I bent over to get a sock off the floor and heard a pop and almost cried from the pain. My vertebre had twisted and I spent a couple of weeks seeing the chiropractor everyday. In September, it was still bothering me, and my coworker suggested I do sit ups. The he sounded like he doubted I could do them, so I decided I would (all it takes is for someone to think I can't do something for me to want to prove them wrong). Well after a month of sit-ups, I thought, I guess I might as well try eating right and working out too. That's when I bought a scale. I was almost sick to see that I was 271 pounds. I was horrified, but it helped my resolve to change my ways.
I started nice and easy. I played Dance Dance Revolution. It's for playstation and I love video games, so I figured this would keep me interested. It did! At first, I could barely do the basic levels, I was so out of breath, but as I did it more, I got better and my stamina increased. I played up to the point where the levels involved a lot of jumping, then had to stop. I have large breasts and it makes jumping very uncomfortable, so away went the DDR. Next up, the Firm. I did it for about a week, and then got bored. Then Turbo Jam came into my life. I love it and swear by it. I do it week in and week out and still don't get bored. I have almost all the videos now and I rotate them so that I'm always doing something new. I highly recomend them.
As for eating, I started watching the calories in the food I eat. I normally try to keep to about 1200, but I'm not strict, and I don't keep track of most of it. Just looking at the number of calories in things was enough to change my eating habits. I now pick up things in the grocery store that I used to love, look at the calories and put them back. Most of the time, I'm actually disgusted at the fact that I used to eat those things. It took a long time to get to this point, but by watching my calories, instead of counting them, I feel less like I'm being kept from things. On old diets, when I thought, "I can't eat this, it's not allowed", it would actually make me cry, loud sobbing cry. Now, instead, I think "I don't really want to eat this, I can have something else that's much more satisfying" and I feel better about it.
Anyway, that is my very long story. I still have a bit to go, but I'm only 18 pounds from being a "normal" BMI, which is my first goal. The journey has been hard, but it has been worth every step. Taking it slow has helped as well, since I know I can do this every day for the rest of my life, which is what this is going to take.
If you ever have questions, need advice, or just need someone to listen, I'll be here!!
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