I was browsing this website and I figured I should join since I am on a weight loss journey.
I'm 24, live in Maryland, and I totally used to be skinny! Ok, well that was before I got to college and I BALLOONED by about 50 pounds over the course of 3 years. The hilarious thing is that I was studying fitness and nutrition as a minor and still gaining weight with unhealthy drinking, bringing, and fried late night diner foods. Ive been out of school for almost 3 years now and have no excuse to have this weight on me anymore. I don't look all that terrible, but I certainly don't feel as great as I did 6 years ago. I feel like my 20's should be the prime time of my body image, and its certainly not. Hoping to make it back to my drivers license weight of 150, then maybe even more.
I try to eat healthy, but I don't "diet" per say (one of the things I did learn in college is that strict diets never work in the long run) and I do like to exercise (I am currently training for a 5K).
My downfalls are comfort foods (cheesy, fried goodness), red wine (mmm), a sedentary job, and smoking - although I am one month in to a quitting journey as well!
I just want to keep up the positive stuff and this seems like a great place for support.
Hope to be a great poster and meet some other great people just trying to get, or stay, healthy and fit!
- Stephanie