Wanted: New, Improved and Healthier Me!!
So here we go again…
I joined this forum back in 2006 and successfully lost 120 pounds in six months through the South Beach diet and exercising. With 30 more pounds to lose to get to my goal weight, I had to have more gall bladder removed because of the rapid weight loss. This definitely started my downward spiral, I couldn’t eat some of the diet friendly foods that I relied on before, and also I wasn’t use to the attention from guys that I got when I was actually, dare I say, skinny? (I had always been the fat friend!) I think that I started eating again for two reasons, one, because I figured I was “good enough” and that I could get back to “normal” eating, and two, because of the attention that I was getting from random people that I had never gotten in my life, it made me acutely uncomfortable, and I dealt with it by eating. (Yep, Definitely the wrong choice!)
Fast forward five years later to now, and I have gained back all of the weight that I lost. After several failed attempts these last couple years to get back on track, I definitely need a change. Maybe just saying it out loud, or at least writing it will help it come true. I joined a gym last fall and have been going pretty regularly, and I have been calorie counting for the last couple months. I have been doing both sort of half-heartedly. I know that I have successfully lost weight before and that it’s just a matter of getting my mind set, (I think that’s the hard part for me.)
I am 23 and I am ready to get back out there and be “skinny” again. Any words of encouragement? Within the next week I am going to put together an eating plan whether it be south beach or just eating healthfully, and I think that that will definitely help jumpstart my weight loss. (Because in my mind if I have the calories, I would much rather eat two hot fudge sundaes than a healthy dinner. haha)
So there it is, my weight loss journey up to this point, hopefully it wasn’t too long and boring! Haha I know that this forum is full of wonderful people with very insightful dieting wisdom, and I am looking forward to meeting some new people who could offer encouragement to me during some of those tough days!!
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