Hello everyone, I am very excited about joining this community and sharing tips and ideas and support! I have been losing weight on my own on and off for a year or so but this is the first time I've tried to find support online or otherwise.
About 6 months ago, after a few months of really poor eating choices, I realized that I was showing symptoms of pre diabetes, what a wakeup call. I knew that if I kept going that way I was going to get adult onset diabetes and I also know that I'm not getting any younger and it's only going to get harder to lose this excess weight. So I'm getting serious about getting healthy and I am happy to find people doing the same.
About me
- I am a 28 year old woman, 5'2", currently 206lb, my starting weight and highest weight was 234). I have always lived a pretty active life and I bike/walk everywhere!
-I have weighed about 200 most of my adult life. At some point 6 or 7 years ago I 'accidently' lost about 30lbs due to what I considered minor life style changes and I was the thinnest I've been as an adult but then my life changed again and gained that back and double.
-I am a self employed artist in New Orleans, where the past time is drinking and all the food is delicious and unhealthy (I gained 20lb the first year I moved here, seriously. I call them my Popeye's pounds)
-In a serious 4+ yr relationship with a very supporting boyfriend. We have one cat who I am obsessed with.
-I love art, John Waters, Music, Pop Culture, True Crime, Animals, laughing, parades, sewing, biking, nature, traveling, learning, cats, and Nic Cage
-I have always been overweight becoming very overweight in high school. My relationship with food has always been unhealthy. My parents often used food as a reward or a comfort when I was a kid. Learning portion control, and how to eat a balanced diet has been something I've done as an adult on my own. My family's idea of a balanced diet is based mostly on the SAD (standard American diet, high in fat/simple carbs and red meat, sooooo much processed food also, there was rarely a meal my family ate that didn't come from a box.) My mom's solution to weight loss was diet pills starting when I was 11. Yes both my parents are overweight. My mom passed away suddenly 4 years ago at age 46, a contributing factor was obesity.
-What I am doing! So when I started trying to lose weight I really had no idea what I was doing. I bought Zumba and my friend who was a weight loss counselor and had lost 100+lbs herself gave me a loose meal plan/ explained serving sizes to me. I instantly lost 10lbs! I did Zumba 5x a week. After many failures, some weird experiments (anyone heard of the master cleanse?) and a ton of research I've found a routine that works for me. I have been clean eating on and off for the better part of 6 months and it has totally changed my diet for the better, I have also been counting calories and exercising (still zumba) at least 3 times a week. Recently more since I am about to start Jillian Michaels Body Revolution program. I have also sadly, pretty much cut out alcohol completely.
I have found that completely planning out my diet a week in advance helps curb my desire to binge and helps eliminate bad choice making. I still have bad days, I am still making poor choices sometimes, or excuses other times. But I am motivated, I know I can do this! Thanks for reading!
New to the scene! Looking to learn and get fit!
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