Going at this again...
Well, I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm new to this site, but not to weight loss. Last year I lost 68 pounds by calorie counting, healthier eating and exercising. Then, only 2.5 pounds from my goal I stopped. Stupid, I know. I had hit a plateau and had hardly moved in two months and I just got burnt out.
My intention was to eat at a maintenance level for a few weeks to get past the holidays and see if I could kick start the weight loss again. But that turned into a year of eating what I wanted when I wanted and here I am, one year and 40 pounds later. *sigh*
So, right now I'm at ~193 pounds and my biggest goal is to get below 150. That would put me within a healthy BMI range and my plan then is to see where I want to be. Oh, I suppose I should also add that I'm 31, female and about 5'5".
I'm married and have an 8 year old daughter. Both my husband and child are very supportive of my weight loss, but I'm finding it so much harder this time. Last time I was proud of every pound gone and glad that I was finally doing something. This time I only feel ashamed that I put the weight back on.
I was a member of another forum last time I did this and found it immensely helpful. The accountability and the support of people who know what it's like helped so, so much. But now I find that forum is sort of dying. So many of the people I used to know on there are gone and while I'd be perfectly willing to get to know the new bunch, there just doesn't seem to be much posting there. So, I thought I would give this site a try. ^_^
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