I found this website a while back and then lost it. I am happy to say that I found it again, especially now that I'm looking for support in my endeavor.
Like others, I've always been heavy. My mother cooked good Mexican food and I can honestly say she never made me eat a vegetable in my life. Coupled with a beyond slow metabolism, I hit my highest weight ever last summer. I was 259 lbs. (There's a picture of me at that weight on my profile.)
I have never been embarrassed about my weight. No. I use to lift weights in high school religiously. I was determined that if I was going to be large, I was at least going to be strong. That was not a healthy and I clung to this idea for a very long time, even after I left highschool and stopped lifting. Until I began taking fencing lessons in August.
The fencing room was three flights of stairs up. I absolutely could not make it without going out of breath. I was so ashamed that I would hide in the bathroom to catch my breath before I would even think of joining my fellow fencers. Then we would have to actually work out.
That's when I decided to make a change. I was determined not to go on a fad diet. I needed to change my overall eating for the better. For the first time ever I willingly ate vegetables and loved them. No more fast food! (This has been the hardest. I LOVE Sonic burgers...
) I also decided to walk for an hour to an hour and a half every day. It's hard for me to enjoy most exercises, but I do LOVE to go on walks. The time flies when I'm 'exploring' a new place.
Since then all of my XL shirts that were once tight are now big enough to be night shirts. My new L shirts are suddenly starting to get on the slightly baggy side. I can almost fit into my boyfriend's old M jacket. My jeans dropped from a size 20 to 18 and now fit pretty loose. I'm afraid to try a 16 since my butt area is pretty big still. The last time I touched a scale I was 240 lbs. I've been told that it's the inches loss that matters more than the weight. I wonder if that's true?
I want to get healthy for myself and no one else. I have a slew of medical issues that could be cleared up if I ate better. Finding support has been hard. All of my friends are small and petite girls. I am so glad to have found this place.
Howdy!
. . . so glad you found us . . . keep up the good work, chickie . . . 
