New to 3FC but not to weight loss/gain
Hello everyone. My name is Elizabeth, I am a 29 year old who is an EXPERT in losing AND gaining weight. I know what I 'should' be doing but actually *doing* it proves to be the difficult part for me.
Growing up I was always 'chubby', my mom had an eating disorder (anorexia) so I tended to do the opposite and ate everything. I remember being in 3rd grade when she started ordering a 'diet coke' with my happy meal to 'help me lose weight' because I 'had such a pretty face, if only I could lose a few pounds.' Thus I began my first diet and my first huge jump UP in the scale. I remember being 160 lbs in the FOURTH grade! Sigh. Anyway, I lost some weight in high school and got down to 130s-140s which was a healthy weight for my 5 foot 3-3/4" frame but compared to all of my classmates I was still huge so I was never happy with my weight and in high school I didn't work out I just didn't eat very much. I also had a boyfriend who ask me 'aren't you on a diet' if I ever ate anything fattening.
Needless to say my weight yo-yoed around alot in high school and college. In college I toke a healthier approach and tracked what I ate, exercised and lose weight then i'd get bored or mad at having to do that, I would stop and gain it all back and then some.
When I met my husband I was hovering around 170 which was pretty high (and I had just got done with a boyfriend who continually asked me if I was going to lose weight, yes I had lovely taste in boyfriends before my hubby). My now husband was just under 400 lbs when we met. From the very beginning we were inseparable and we ate out EVERYDAY as our 'date' aka our excuse to see each other. We got married a year and a half after meeting and I was already over 200 at that point. I hated that I had done that to myself but my husband loved me and was the only guy I had ever been with who didn't think I needed to lose weight or encourage me to do so. Thus I ate whatever I wanted and the same as a man over 2x my size. Right after our wedding we decided to try to conceive. After a year of trying I went to the doctor and found out I not only had PCOS but also I was 240 lbs!! OMG! The doctor I went to at the time basically said she didn't think I was responsible enough for a baby until I lost weight since a baby takes more energy than walking the dog (when she asked if i exercised i said i walked my dog). She also treated me like an idiot and was telling me about portion sizes. Needless to say she pissed me off and I did not go back to her. I found a new doctor who while she agrees that losing weight will help our conception issues but she doesn't dwell on it. Also since its been over 2 years now we just had my hubby checked out and he has no sperm so we have to deal with that, but that's another story...
Anyway, shortly there after my husband had a doctor's appointment where he learned he was over 400 lbs! He was determined to do something about it. So he decided to do Atkins since he loves meat and cheese. He started at the beginning of February and to date he has lost 115 lbs. At first I was not a fan of any diet that eliminates food groups BUT he used to eat fast food daily and a box of cookies or an entire large pizza in a sitting. He also NEVER wanted a salad or veggies with his meal so I hated making that stuff just for me so I ate less of those as well. NOW, we have a salad and veggies EVERY NIGHT with dinner. He has a weekly cheat meal where he will have pizza or fast food or something but he doesn't eat nearly as much as he used to and its only one night a week instead of 7. So overall he eats much healthier which helps me eat healthier.
Just by eating the same as him for dinner (salad, veggies, meat) I have lost 35 lbs since Feb. My weight loss has slowed down considerably and I know I am going to have to start really 'working on it' soon and I know that without support I am not going to want do it. Which is why I decided to check out this forum.
I have 170 as my goal right now because that is what I was when I met my husband and that will also put me out of the 'obese' category and into the 'overweight' category. Also if my husband's fertility issues can't be resolved we may have to do IVF and in order to do that I need a BMI under 30 and 170 would give me a BMI of 29. Ultimately I would like to get back down to a healthy weight of around 140 but looking back I felt and looked pretty darn good at 170. I wore a size 8 and wore tons of cute dresses that I really want to fit back into (classic wrap dresses so they aren't out of style). So if I can reach and maintain 170 and never fall back into the obese category I will be very happy with myself.
So that's me! I look forward to meeting everyone! I don't know which board to post on so I may just lurk awhile. Let me know if you have any suggestions of where I might 'fit in'.
Thank you!
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Dhani 
