Hi all...
New here... I've been browsing for a few days and have found this site to be inspirational, so I'm joining in hopes of getting some support!
I'm 33. I wasn't always fat, although I was always on the heavier side of "normal." When I met my now husband and started to get comfortable with him, I put on about 20 pounds. Then we got engaged and moved across the country together for his job. One caveat he had to us living together was that I stop smoking. Well, I did, and in the 11 years since we moved I gained about 90-100 pounds.
I have 2 kids, and both times I lost a lot of weight, quickly and without trying, after they were born. Each time not only did I not keep it off, but I gained it all back and then some.
To complicate matters, I've had Type 1 diabetes since I was 11. Having it makes changing my eating habits frustrating because as I change them, my blood sugars plummet and then I *have* to have something with carbs to treat it, even when I'm not hungry. It's also frustrating because as I drop weight and my insulin needs drop, I sometimes have to go a day or two without working out while things get balanced out, because that, too, will make my blood sugars drop.
Anyway, I started eating better and working out 5-6 days a week religiously last year about this time, and lost about 15 pounds. Then, we moved and in the upheavel that caused, I lapsed with the working out and eating better because we were doing so much work on the house I didn't have the energy. I gained about 10 pounds back. I've managed to get rid of 5 of those 10... I started working out again about 2 months ago, 5-6 days a week. For the first 6 weeks I'd work out for 30 minutes a day and saw virtually no change in my weight or the way my clothes fit. So, 2 weeks ago I increased it to 45 minutes a day. I *thought* I was eating better, but still wasn't losing weight. So, I've started a food diary and I can see that I was eating a lot more than I thought I was. Right now I'm aiming for 2000 calories a day or less, with less than 150 grams of carbs a day. I know it's still a lot, but it's considerably less than I had been.
I'm determined to be able to post before and after pictures. This time I really really want to do it. I have a serious carb addiction, and I think I'm just going to have to completely cut refined sugars out of my life b/c I can't not binge on them.
Anyway, here goes nothing. I look forward to getting to know you all!
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