Hello, I'm glad to be here with like-minded people. I am setting up this profile in anticipation of starting my LAST DIET and continuing weight-loss/lifestyle change in January.
After looking around, I've decided I will probably join the "100 lbs. to lose" and the "300+ and ready to try again" groups. and the 300+ clubs. I don't know which diet to chose, but I'll make a decision by January. I weigh somewhere between 280 and 300 lbs. and I'm 5'4". My goal is 150-170 lbs., but I know it will take time and that I will need to set mini-goals to get to the bigger prize.
I am 42 yo, single,
existing in North Texas for the past near three years. I
HATE it here and am doing everything I possibly can to get away from this entire state. Kinda difficult -- It's a big state and jobs are scarce.
It's too darn hot to grow anything but negativity here -- at least that's been the case with me -- but you probably noticed that, huh?
This overwhelming emotion has also added to my weight problem.
I have a 24 yo daughter
living in Louisiana, two black cats and a white German shepard. I have four "grandcats"
I am hoping to get back to Cajun land eventually.
My favorite hobbies are sleeping and eating
so I guess I'll be exploring new and old ones in the new year. One will be journaling, here and elsewhere. I also read voluminously.
My biggest hurdle is binge, emotion-based eating. Fortunately (or unfortunately?) I never got into the purging part of the "binge and purge" equasion. I eat when I'm bored, happy, sad, angry, resentful, when I'm driving, reading, watching tv, surfing the internet. I also enjoy drinking alcohol, usually one night a week on the weekend. I work second shift so my clock is always off-center. And I have a lower back bulging disk which periodically crashes into nerves in my spinal column. When that happens I can barely move, and exercise is out of the question. It's happened twice this year.
That's about it. Like I said, even though this introduction sounds bad-tempered, I am glad to be here. I drew on material for this writing from a cheat sheet of suggested information over on the 100+ board.
Can't wait to be reading/learning/sharing here.
Blessings,
FFF
hello new friends
