Hello out there, my "name" is OrieAre7! I decided to join this site because I am at a point where I think having some support and people to talk to might help me stick to my plan and start losing weight again.
I have been overweight forever, for several reasons, but the biggest ones are simply that I like certain foods a lot, I don't seem to get much of a sense of fullness, and I have always hated physical activity with a passion. I finally successfully began losing weight when I was in 10th grade (my highest weight was around 325 pounds). It was very slow going, and I reached my lowest adult weight of 205 pounds after about 5 years of trying to eat right, but then I messed up and gained about 25 pounds back in just a few months. My weight seemed to stabilize after that gain, and now I've been stuck at about 230 pounds for the last two years. It hardly budges no matter what I do, though I know I haven't been doing as well as I should be.
I recently started on a new plan, which is basically just trying to eat less junk food and more good foods, and keeping an eye on my overall calories. I'm also trying to do some kind of activity 3 days a week. I have been reading posts on this site for quite a while now, and it seems like a really nice place with lots of helpful people, so I decided to go ahead and join.
I guess I should say a few things about myself besides the fact that I am fat
. I am an online college student, but I'm not 100% sure what kind of degree I'm going to end up with yet. I like playing video games, watching TV/movies, and reading (and hanging out in bookstores/libraries). I am a vegetarian, which isn't as helpful for weight loss as some people seem to think it is. I also have a form of autism (which used to be called Asperger's but is now just under the general autism spectrum disorder heading), so I don't have too many friends or an in-person support system or anything like that. I'm not really sure what else to say, but I guess this is getting kind of long anyway. So yeah...hello!
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MrsKevin
