Finally doing it! (And not saying "I'll start tomorrow")
 

Hi everyone!

I have been wanting to lose weight for years now and I always put it off, saying oh I'll start eating better tomorrow, I'll start working out tomorrow, etc. Well finally I'm doing it now! My weight gain started about 4 years ago. In my late teens I ate like crap but hovered at a weight that was slightly overweight by BMI standards, but I still looked good. Then I went on birth control in the form of the depo shots. Big mistake! I gained weight practically exponentially on it and finally after a year switched to an IUD. I am more balanced on it , but the hormones from the depo will take a long time to wear off. After gaining all the weight from the depo, I was also eating terribly. I have an extreme weakness for dessert and on top of that I was eating WAY too many calories a day. So then I gained even more weight and reached an all time high weight of 237 lbs.

Finally I have put my foot down starting a couple of weeks ago. I now track all of my calories vigilantly using myplate every day and I am starting to introduce some light exercise into my days 3 times a week (at least that's my goal lol). Just by cutting out the overeating and severely cutting down on the amount of dessert I eat, I have lost 10 lbs. I feel great about it!

Some goals for me are hitting 200 lbs, 170 lbs, and maybe eventually 150 lbs...depending how I feel/look at that weight. My boyfriend had buddied up with me and we will be doing a couch to 5k program together. Last night was our first walk/run and it felt really good. I thought it would be a lot harder than it was :)

Anyways, sorry for the babbling! I'm excited to be here and finally kick start my journey to:) loving my body and feeling healthier!

Good for you! Best of luck with your goals, and :welcome:!

Welcome kkmarie- glad something gave you the needed push that we all need. Starting is the hardest part cuz we all can think why another day,another week, another month would be better.
it's like stepping out on the wings of a plane and saying to yourself what made me think I wanted to Sky dive. Well the take a deep breath and remember we are your parachute just remember to pull our cord!
Good Luck, Roo2:carrot::carrot::carrot: