Hi all-I've been posting on the 30-something's board for about a week now (you folks are great, by the way!) and thought I'd introduce myself to everyone else. I'm 32, been married for a little over 10 years and have a 6 yr old.
I haven't been overweight all my life-in fact, in college, I remember my mom asking me if I ate! I'm 5'2", and in college, my all-time lowest weight was probably 99 lbs.
I was very restrictive with what I ate. I met DH in college and if I knew we were going out to eat that night, I would eat a tiny breakfast, no lunch, run about 3miles then eatwhatever I wanted when we went out. The more we saw one another, the pounds began to creep on.
When we married in 1998, I was 110 pounds, size 2. I would run about 2-3 miles almost everyday. My eating habits truly started to turn southward-lots of fried food and my weakness, chocolate.
By the time we had been married for three years I was at 125 pounds- I know now that this was probably a really optimal weight to be. I found out we were expecting our DD. I had some bleeding at the beginning and was petrified to exert myself, for fear of losing her. I didn't, and 9 months later, we had a beautiful baby girl and I was tipping the scales while pregnant, at 181.
The first 20 pounds came off quickly (within the first 2 weeks after she was born). The rest of the weight has been a pain.
I did South Beach and got down to 138, then my grandfather passed away (in 2004) and I began eating again-I think I used food to comfort myself through that. The weight slowly crept back on again and by May 2007, I weighed 183 lbs.
My DH (who is also overweight) and I decided we needed to get back on track with our weight in Jan. 2008. From Jan-May I lost about 30 pounds. I've been able to stay around 155 for the last year-which I'm pretty proud of since I went through some stressful times that past year-career change-back to school, losing money from not working any longer. I want to get back to around 125. That is my initial goal. I'm trying to do it the old fashioned way-exercise and eating right.
I'm doing pretty well-my days are great eating and exercise-wise but dinner has been problematic-we've eaten out sooo much and we're (my dh and I) aren't strong enough yet to help each other out with saying no.
I just want to be able to live my life the way that I want to-do the things I want to do without worrying about my weight and wear the clothes I want to and be a good influence on those in my life.
Anyway, sorry this was so long-just wanted to say hi and I can't wait to meet more of you on this site. I hope that I can encourage all of you as much as I have been encouraged already!
Another Newbie-ready to live life to the fullest!
