I'm back after many years!
Hi everyone! I'm Nancy. In 2005, I lost 125 pounds in 9 months. I started off good. I was eating healthy and exercising. But very quickly, I started to eat just enough to get by and I developed an unhealthy obsession with exercise. I was working out 2 hours a day, every day. I would cry and get angry when I couldn't exercise. I couldn't even enjoy a nice walk with my husband because I needed to get my heart rate up. I kept it off for about 2 years and then my life turned upside down. In 11 years, I gained it all back plus an extra 70 pounds. I've been living a sedentary lifestyle for the past 3 years. I could barely walk around the block.
On January 4th, something finally clicked in my head. I'm tired of sitting around wishing that I could be active, go walking, go hiking, play outside! I don't want to die early because of heart trouble or diabetes. I'm uncomfortable in my own skin. I'm sick and tired of having to buy clothes from a catalogue, panties from a catalogue and wearing ill fitting bras. I'm tired of being out of breath all the time, being too heavy for the scale at my doctors office. Aches and pains in my joints.
So, here I am almost a month into my change and I'm already seeing results. When I started, I could barely finish a 10 minute workout. Now, I can finish a 20 minute work out. When I started, I could barely walk around the block. Now, I can walk further than I've been able to walk in at least a year. I have gone from barely eating during the day, eating dinner and then snacking before bed to eating three small meals and 2 snacks during the day and no snacking at night. I'm doing things different this time. Slow and steady wins the race and I'm excited!!
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back, and congrats on getting started! Focusing on improved strength and fitness is a healthy approach. And much more exciting than numbers on a scale!
