Hey everyone my name is Tina and I have been 200+ from high school onward. In university now and I need to lose this weight. The mistake I always made before was losing weight for everyone else but myself. I have carried my weight pretty well, never made fun of at school and if anything I was the popular 'big girl'. In 2nd yr I hit rock bottom and went all the way to 260. One day I came home from school and my mom said 'What's happened to you?" My mom has had a weight problem since she got married but has dropped 40 pounds over 3 years. At 260 I weighed 20 pounds more than her. Sad, I know. So over this past year I lost 30 lbs, partly through change in diet(no McDonalds) and I got a personal trainer. My trainer got me into the habbit of exercise which was a positive step. Unfortunately the stress of school got to me and my weight just stayed the same. After watching an episode of Oprah the other day I got reinvigorated and I am back on track. I think surgery would be too drastic so now I signed on for more personal training. I plan to do a cleanse just to clean my insides and then I will be on my way with proper diet and excercise. This forum has been very encouraging.
Just a side point. Have you ever noticed that when you look at a fat person, they usually have the most gorgeous face, and unfortunately society says that is not enough. Weight is exactly what it means -dead weight, it doesn't enhance or take away, it is just dead weight. I love myself enough to let go of that dead weight. I am tired of being labelled for my dead weight. Left to me I would remove it as soon as possible but the reality is it took 20+ yrs to put it on and patience is the only thing that will get it off. I am only writing this to ecourage those who may feel discouraged at only a few lbs of weight loss. Look in the mirror, you are gorgeous and the weight isn't apart of who you are. The weight is a result of past mistakes of over-eating. No one heathy was meant to be obese so in a sense you have to forgive yourself for your past mistakes and love yourself enough to be healthy. Not because a magazine says so, but because the fat you is not the real you.
I am happy about the steps I have taken to change and I hope I haven't babbled on too much about myself. Happy weight loss!!!
