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  • Hello Everybody!!
    Well what can I say about myself.. My name is Jenny & I'm 20 yrs old. Ive always had a problem with my weight bc of the way that I eat. Whenever I become anxious about something, or bothered, or depressed, or anything of that sort, I start eating. Whether im hungry or not. & even when Im completely stuffed & cant eat anymore, I'll keep eating. I hate that!! makes me so angry!! I try to control it.. But sometimes I just cant!!
    I was doing really good about a month ago. I was going to the gym 5-6 times a week. Doing cardio & weight training for about 45-90 mins a day. Eating right everyday.. and then all of a sudden.. poof!! No more gym!! I stopped going... id go one day in the whole week, if I was lucky enough to make myself go. And then... there went my eating. Before I was eating 5-6 small meals every 3 hours or so..
    I decided to join this weight loss forum because Ive heard that weight loss forums can be very supportive. And I really need that extra support to help me push myself back into weight loss mode!! But its just so hard. Right now I have about a month of free time before I start school in the Fall, so I figure that I should get to it now & in a months time Im sure that I will be so used to working out & eating right that it will become a daily thing for me. Thats how I got used to drinking skim milk.. and then soy milk. Now I cant drink regular milk, because it doesnt taste right to me. You know what I mean...
    But anyways, Im really looking forwarding to meeting the members of this forum & the new members to come. I see myself on here for a long time!! Maybe even buddy up with a few ppl!!

    I'll be starting a journal also.. That way I can keep a daily log of whats going on in my life!!
  • Hi Jenny,
    wow is your story my story.....if you know how to navigate the site you can read my other posts that kinda tell my story. But as of this morning I am also 156 (I got down to 153 a week and 1/2 ago) I gained this week due to a lot of added stress this last week. So I totally hear you on the emotional eating thing. I'm 26 by the way so we're not too different in age. My goal is to get to 145. I see that you've set a time line for youself to get to your goal. I don't have a time line I'd just like to get there at some point.... I've been losing weight steadily over the last 4 years. Healthy is my goal because I'm a wife, mother, and manager at work - and soon to be student again. I have to keep my health up or I'm going to die early if you know what I mean!!!
    Tell me a little more about yourself and what plan you have for your weight loss (food plan - diet plan - excercise plan) maybe we can swap emails and keep eachother in line

    Amanda