Hi! So I'm brand new at the forum and everything, until now I have 'suffered' alone! I am hoping it will motivate me a little more to stick to my goals, and be more accountable for any bad days I have.
My name is Jess, I am 19 from Australia, 170cm tall and currently weigh 75.3 kg (166 pounds). My journey started for real after I moved out of home for the first time, to a state on the opposite side of the country. I realised after about a month just how much weight I had put on that year - while I had only been away for a month, I had started gaining weight pretty much right after I finished grade twelve in 2010. I went from being healthy and happy at around 65kg (143lbs)to a much larger 85 kg (187lbs)in just a year, I am unsure exactly why I gained so much but I think it had alot to do with the amount of training I was doing. I do competitive eventing (that's on horseback for people who have not heard of it, the one where you do dressage, showjumping and cross country) and stepped up training last year after finishing school until I was training on around 6 horses a day. Because of this I was always exhausted, so I ended up eating a HEAP more food then I ever had before.
I have always eaten alot of junk and just been lucky with my metabolism in the past, but the combination of the massive meals and snacks plus a slowing metabolism tipped the scales in a major way. I remember sometimes having FOUR sandwiches for lunch that were packed with nutella (thats 8 pieces of bread!!) and I would frequently finish of a dozen crispy creme donuts in one day. So the wight piled on, but it didn't really HIT me until december last year while I was living interstate.
I ended up moving back home around christmas time, and I suddenly changed my mind and tried to lose weight, losing just over 10 kilos in a few weeks. However this didn't last because I lost it too quickyl through basically starving myself, so when I finally stopped it all piled back on. I also started hanging out with a friend I hadn't seen in a year or so who had really bad eating habits which influenced me a bit, and I ended up putting it all back on again between march and july this year. 2 weeks ago I was back to about 78kilos (171lbs), and unhappy AGAIN!
So I decided to try and eat healthier and try to lose the weight, for good this time! I don't hang out with that friend as much any more which helps a bit, and another thing that is helping is that my best friend who I see the most is gorgeous - naturally stunning with a killer body to match, and I feel like that motivates me a bit more too....even if it makes me feel awful in comparison when we go out together!
Anyway, in the last two weeks I have managed to get down to 75 kilos (165lbs), though I have still had some really bad eating days. I don't know about anyone else, but when I make one mistake it ends up ruining my whole day....well, I am determined to try and not have any more bad days.
I decided to take some photos today so that I can measure my progress from here. I WISH I had some before photos from when I was 85kg, as I feel seeing them would motivate me, but unfortunately I didn't take any photos of that time as I didn't want to see it at the time. Oh well, I will just have to improve from here! I can't post photos or links yet, but I have a link to some photos on my blog.
Do you think I can do it? My goal weight is 60 kg (132lbs)(eventually!) My first goal though is 70kg (154lbs).
xx Jess
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