Hi all!
I found this site while googling questions about weight and I found it to be interesting. I discovered last week that my boyfriend now weighs less than me, and I was appalled! How could that be? I found a thread discussing that issue, and apparently I am not the only one. I run on the treadmill twice a week, and my boyfriend until last month was completely sedentary. Just a month or so of walking on the treadmill at a slower pace than myself, and he is shedding pounds left and right, while still eating cookies whenever he feels like it. How infuriating!
Background about myself. I feel like a skinny woman in a large body. I still feel like I am young and thin like I used to be. I can remember looking down at my flat stomach, and thinking that it was my favorite part of my body. Now when I look down, I think, yuck. How did this happen? I used to not have to worry about my weight, it just stayed within an acceptable range. But now I am considered obese, X-Large, and I have to think about every little detail in order not to gain more weight. Each year after Christmas I become my heaviest, but also each year, that number is climbing up. I can't keep on letting that happen or I will really let things get out of control. I work out regularly, but clearly not often enough, and not with the right combination of diet.
I remember that my real weight issues started back in college. The typical freshman 15 due to being in charge of my own meals, and having access to too much alcohol all of the time. Ever since, I have struggled with managing my own diet. I love chocolate, sweets, carbs, all of the worst things. And alcohol is too engrained in to my every day life also. The calories consumed are too much. I am currently working on increasing the days I work out, adding some variety there, and managing my sweet tooth and alcohol consumption. I have lost 8 pounds since the beginning of the year, so there is some progress, but I am still heavier than my heaviest weight of 2016, so I am feeling dismayed. I feel like my body is healthy, and the doctor's confirm that I am, but my weight is the one thing I cannot get a handle on.
I don't know if I have just given in to it, or what the problem is. I long to be skinny again, and I feel like I am the only one of my friends that struggles with this. My old high school friends who I still keep up with are still thin, so what is the deal? Well, that is a start. I look forward to sharing my journey with you all. Thank you,
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