Yaaaaaay! There I was, surfing the Internets as usual, and what did I see? A nice welcoming forum that looked like the right place for me and my extra pounds. So, a few facts:
I live in a Nordic country (you may guess which one) and I'm a high school teacher by profession. I have a great husband, no kids, a job and a slice of a house in a countrysideish suburb. All is well, but lately my extra weight has got me thinking there might be a pretty little person inside of me waiting to get out. I've been overweight for almost my whole life, so I've gotten quite used to the idea of being round. I've just bought larger and larger clothes to cover it and all's been well again. The sad fact is that my favourite shop doesn't have dress sizes larger than I wear now, so I really can't get bigger than this
. I'm also annoyed by the fact that I have to pay lots of extra to get nice clothes that fit me - nothing for Lady Pantsalot in discount shelves!
Aaaanyway. I had some tests done last spring and it showed that I had high blood pressure and cholesterol on top of my overweight. I honestly didn't think too much about it, because I felt great! But then in June I felt a sudden pain in my head and feared it might be rupture due to the high blood pressure... Went to see a doc who thought I had nothing to worry about but he put me on blood pressure medication without thinking about it twice.
So it's not anymore about getting nice clothes of the right size, but about being on medication for, maybe, the rest of my life and fearing/having more serious health problems. It's clear that something has to change, but it's going to be hard. I know that. I'm kind of hoping that talking about it here might help me get on with it.
What I'm going to do then, you might ask? I'd like to drop at least 70 pounds, from 288 to 220 with which I'd be more comfortable with. My strategy is simply to eat less and exercise more (rather: exercise at all!) and that should get me started. And I'll definitely have more veggies and fruits and avoid eating wrong kinds of fats. There's a new and free gym at school where I can go to exercise. We'll see how it goes! One pound at a time, eh?
Total n00b
to Lady Pantsalot! That user name cracks me up. 
I have a feeling this might actually work, now that I have a support group behind me. Of course my husband backs me up too, but he's not the best supporter because he likes cakes too much himself... With him weight isn't that much of an issue though. He's lightweight compared to me. *******. 
Just to check the filter is working!
