Trying to get back on the wagon
Hi Everyone,
I am a 19 year old girl, and at this time I weight 275 pounds. If you had asked me how much I weighed about 13 months ago, I would have yelled and gotten mad at you. In July 2008, I started attending a gym and working with a personal trainer. At that time I am embarrassed to say, I weighed 317 pounds. Slowly over the next 10 months I lost 50 pounds. In the last 3 months I have been struggling with the frustration of platueing (sp?). Due to the frustration, I fell back into some of my old habits, and I gained about 7 pounds back. I have begun to feel a little depressed again, which only fuels the binging...I know that I can beat this. I just don't know how. I love to run...but due to a knee injury I cannot run at this time. I still attend my gym, and I love being there...but I have to admit that I have lost some of my motivation. I am hoping that being here will help me to gain some of my motivation back. I have always been the "fat girl" and I am determined to overcome that title. I have the rest of my life to win this fight...but I am hoping to lose another 60 pounds in the next 18 months. I want to be as close to 200 pounds as I possible can by my 21st birthday (which is 18 months away). I may be over reaching here...but I feel like I need this. I hide behind my weight and I want to a confident young woman. Good luck to everyone else who is trying to lose weight. I hope that I will find a supportive network of friends here, and that we can all reach our goals together.
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