Hi Everyone! I joined this forum last september, wanting to get some support to lose weight for the Marine Corps Ball in November.. Well here it is, March 28th and ive gained 20 lbs (YIKES!!)since then..
I havent posted anything since september, but i could really use some inspiration right now. Let me do a little intro of myself again
Im Heather, im 20 and I have a 16 month old son (Jason Jr). Im happily married to my marine, Jason.
I have always been "chunky". In my younger years my mom stocked the hosue with liittle debbie snacks and junk food and never taught me the right things to eat. When I was 16 i began pretty much starving myself. I went from about 180lbs to 140lbs within about 2 months. I managed to start eating a little healthier and exercising (kind of) and stayed around 140 until i was almost 18. Around that time i had gotten married, moved from Connecticut to California and my husband and I were living at a motel 6 for almost a month while looking for an apartment. So needless to say we ate TONS of burgerking, chinese etc.. I ended up weighing about 170 when it was all said and done..
Then I got a job at a resturant doing food prep, where my weight shot up to 190 over a year, then i got pregnant. My husband soon left for iraq and i turned to food.. I ate whatever i wanted whenever I wanted and when i went into labor I was about 270 lbs.
I managed to get down to 199 before Jason got back from Iraq (my goal at the time). But since hes been home (about 1 year now) Ive gotten back up to 225. When he was gone I wasnt cooking much, and when i did cook for myself it was usually rice and veggies. Now however im cooking full dinners for him and his friends everynight and its really hindered my weightloss.
Finally, Jason decided he needs to lose weight too, so here i am again. Ive lost 5 lbs within the last week or 2 which makes me happy, but im still 220 lbs which is depressing for me.
I hope to find some good support here, which im sure i will. Thank you!

Welcome back. I know you will find all the support you could dream of here. Make sure to join our April exercise challenge, I know it helps me. You'll be able to do it, starting is hard, but good job on the 5 pounds so far. 5 pounds will add on top of another 5 and before you know it you'll be fighting the very last 5 pounds (like I am now).

Glad you're back!

Welcome back!!!!

We're glad you're here! Welcome back!

Thanks for the warm welcome! if anyone wants to chat i have yahoo messenger.

Welcome back! Congrats on your first 5 lbs and many more to ya! Your baby is too cute! I just want to pinch those cheeks....

Welcome back Heather! We are around the same weight and congrats on the 5lbs - you are off to a great beginning.

Thanks Daisy! Im just praying that i can keep this up. THe past 3 days i havent had more than 1300 calories. Day one i have 900 something and today i had 800 someting, so i think im doing ok. I just need motivation to stick with it. Right now I currently have a sprained ankle, which lead to about 10lbs of my weight gain initially.. I started exercising too soon on it, and now 2 months later im STILL in alot of pain from overdoing it.. SO my dr said i need to just take it easy, but its hard! I still try to go for a walk almost every day if i can.. But once my ankle is healed im going to be going out alot more i think.

heather - i feel you need to increase your calories. minimum of 1200 per day. going below that will be detrimental to you and your goals. i know it sounds like alot - i too went through the whole not eating and overexercising phase when i was younger and 1200 calories seems massive in comparison. try and get in foods that are as unprocessed as possible - fruits, vegies, whole grain breads, fish, lean white meats, nuts, etc.

IMO just focus on clean eating for now while your ankle is healing and then once you are given the ok, you can start on the exercise. take your time - you did not put the weight on overnight and it will not come off overnight. you have plenty of time and us here for support.

Well basically right now ive just been eating what i need to to fill up. Then i drink water. Basically im trying to make it so im not as hungry right now. I was proably eating about 2500 calories a day ATLEAST before. Im also taking a multi vitamin to make sure i keep healthy. Also it doesnt help that i need to go grocery shopping to buy some healthier stuff. Otherwise I would be eating crappy foods which i dont want to do.
Yesterday i had about 1300-1400 calories, which seemed good for me and thats what im TRYING to stick around. I think the reason i had so little calories today was becuase i didnt eat breakfast( i know i know) lol. But i do know i need to keep it around 1200. But because i had such a huge appetite before i want to cut it down so when i DO eat 1200 calories im FULL not scrounging for more and tempted to cheat you know what i mean?

Congratulations on those first 5 pounds!

I've found that the key to not being hungry is to eat healthy, filling things. A candy bar has 200+ calories and if you can get over the sugar high you can still fit a full meal in your stomach and not notice how much you're eating. I'm glad you're trying to do this the healthy way.

PS- It was a bit disconcerting opening the thread and seeing your avatar. Your baby is absolutely adorable, but you (in that pic at least) are almost a dead ringer for me! Weird!

Welcome back!

Congratulations on the five-pound loss so far!

Adorable picture, by the way.

Hello and Welcome Back!

Welcome! Another military wife! Woo-Hoo! I can totally relate to the differences in eating and food habits when Hubby's deployed or not. He'll go to the field for a month, and I'll lose 5 lbs just by not cooking the food he likes. He comes home and I've missed him and spend all my time cuddling up to him, making his mom's recipes and blowing off the gym to sleep in with him. I lost a lot of weight during my hubby's deployment to Kosovo, then gained it all back and then some when he got the Iraq orders. There is no life like the life of a miltary wife. You are not alone, Girl!
Looking forward to getting to know you!
Erin

Lol when jason got back from Iraq it was HORRIBLE! Everyone was taking him out to eat(and of course i would tag along) and everytime i would try to order a salad someone would convince me not to pulling the (how often do you actually eat out card.. at the time it was quite alot lol). So that didnt help. And There was a bunch of stuff jason HAD to have when he got home, chicken parm, stuff like that. And then the holidays came.. oh boy we had marine corps ball, my sons birthday and thanksgiving in november (lots of cake and sweets not to mention thanksgiving dinner) then my motherin law came out here, and she refused to eat my cooking pretty much (im an awesome cook she just cant handle the fact that im better than her my husband says) so we were eating Carls JR ever night. Onenight i told jason to bring me a salad and he brought me a freakin Guacamole 6 Dollar burger (for those ofyou not farmiliar with Carls Jr a 6$ burger is over 1000 calories on its own, let alone with the extra toppings, fries etc).. But yeah.. then Xmas came.. all that crap food and i guess i just got into a crappy food rut. I really wasnt carign what i was eating, but gettin pissed about gaining weight. Then my mom came out here a few weeks ago for a week.. She made her lasagna.. omg i ate soo much of that lol and we went out to eat alot... so yeah.. i know EXACTLy why im fat.. i just did nothing about it at the time.. WHY THE **** DOES FOOD TASTE SO GOOD?!?!?!
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