First Time
 

I'll give my complete story. This is a first for me, so here goes.

I've always been the chunky one. The fluffy girl. Skinny or fit was never in my vocabulary. Working out...never was easy for me. I always huffed and puffed. I had super fit parents. A mom that used to be a cheerleader and always below weight and a dad who was a bodybuilder. It was easy for them so I assumed it would be for me. I used to stash snacks in my room and was around 198lb when I was 21. I tried things like Slim Fast and Visalus. Only losing about 10lbs and never fully taking it seriously.

After having my only son almost eight years ago, I was up to 232lbs.
Food was my comfort. Always has been. Sad, mad, happy, glad...eat, eat, and more eat. My blood pressure rose, weight rose, and snacking never ceased.

A year ago I went to the gym religiously. I went from the 230's down to 219lb. The lowest I had ever been in years. I had worked up to running almost 2 miles a day, aerobics classes, and weight lifting. I was at the gym every single day. Our life took a turn for the worse and we had to move away. I fell out of the loop gm wise and turned back to food.

I don't know what clicked differently this time. I'm three months away from being 30 and something clicked to where I don't feel the same as I look. I started getting back into a routine at home. Since July 9th, I am down 6lbs. My heaviest being 246 when I started. I don't want back to that again.

So I am doing walking DVDs, changed my diet drastically to eliminating pop/bread/chips/snacks, calorie counting, a food journal, yoga, and beginner HIIT, not eating out.

Everyday is a struggle inside. Another day that I've made it with hooding what I eat carefully, is a success. And I'm not going to give up :)

No matter what you do just do it. The gym, at home, in the park... It is the hardest thing in the world but you can do this!

Hi and welcome to 3fC!

Yes, the person above me has a great point. Just do something active. That one small step will make a big change. :)