Dear fat pants, it's time we stop seeing each other.
January 12, 2011: I was returning to school from Christmas break and I had a novel idea: "I think I'll buy a scale!" I wanted to lose weight before I graduated from college, and buying a scale seemed like a good place to start. I discovered I really wasn't "bloated" every day... I was actually just fat. Seeing 228.4 lbs. on the scale upset me. I started a high protein/low fat/low carb/calorie cycling diet immediately.
May 07, 2011: I graduated and weighed in at around 197.0 lbs.
First week of August 2011: I was struggling emotionally and spiritually with some intense matters of the heart. Instead of emotional eating, I had no desire to eat. I remember seeing the scale get down to 194.6 lbs. This is the lowest weight I can remember being since before my senior year of high school.
Remainder of 2011: Different kinds of stress kicked in and being an unemployed college graduate living at home helped me pack on some pounds. I started waiting tables while I throw myself into even more school (gag), and needless to say... a restaurant is no place for a perpetually hungry fat girl to be for 40 hours a week. I have gained back some of my weight loss and weigh in tonight at 210.2 lbs.
Anyway, I want to reach my goal within a year, and there is no need in waiting until New Year's Day to start my body makeover. I'll be doing the same diet as before with more exercise. I track everything I eat in excel and keep tabs on calories, protein, fat, and carbs. I hate cardio and most of my gym activity will be weightlifting with my soon-to-be-husband! Running is gross.
I need friends, and I'd love friends with similar ages/heights/weights/goals, but really... any and all apply. Please?
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This is a very supportive place and you will find lots of friends here. 