Hello, all!
I'm joining because I have about 30 pounds to lose. Not that big a deal over all. But I am very frustrated with myself over it.
The reason is, I used to way 311 pounds at my top weight. Over the course of several years, I got that weight down to 172, which for my height and build (and accounting for excess skin left over) was actually too small. I may be a woman, but I'm ... um ... naturally built sturdy, broad-shouldered, and very hour-glass-y. At 172 (and toned from regular yoga, walking, and aerobics/pilates mixes), when I'd lay down in bed, my shoulder blades would feel like they were cutting through my skin and into the bed, making sleeping difficult. Putting on even just 3 pounds made that go away.
The amazing part to me was, I got most of that nearly 140 pounds off during the midst of a crumbling marriage and crappy divorce. So successfully eating healthy and exercising during periods of high stress is nothing new.
Over the last eight months, however, after keeping the weight off for three years, I started putting it back on. Part of it came in a huge chunk, about 20 pounds of it in the space of four months. It was stress, and I know it was stress (job, family health issues, etc. etc. etc.), but I was mad at myself. I thought I'd finally overcome the stress eating issues, grrrrrrr.....
Anyway, I've been trying to get back on track lately, and I've just been unable to do it. I'll lose about 9 pounds, then stress happens, and I put it back on with a quarter pounder rather than the grilled chicken which I know not only tastes better, but FEELS better to eat. It's almost self-destructive.
There's enough cancer, type II diabetes, heart disease, and other stuff running through the family, I don't want to mess around. I'm nearly 34, so I want to nip this in the bud and aim for a healthy retirement one day.
I'm hoping by getting into the forum and reading through tips, starting a weight-loss diary, and maybe keeping on my toes a bit, I can get myself motivated again.
Plus, I have a nearly 7-year-old daughter who is built like her mother - very tall, very broad shoulders, big rip cage, long legs... And she likes to do what I do and eat what I eat. Her doctor recently said I need to even watch HER intake, because her weight is beginning to get out of proportion to her height. I don't want her to end up on the endless years of diet roller-coastering that I did. I want her to develop healthy habits now.
So I know I need to be a good example for her.
Anyway, that's me. And now I get started....
I'm joining because I have about 30 pounds to lose. Not that big a deal over all. But I am very frustrated with myself over it.
The reason is, I used to way 311 pounds at my top weight. Over the course of several years, I got that weight down to 172, which for my height and build (and accounting for excess skin left over) was actually too small. I may be a woman, but I'm ... um ... naturally built sturdy, broad-shouldered, and very hour-glass-y. At 172 (and toned from regular yoga, walking, and aerobics/pilates mixes), when I'd lay down in bed, my shoulder blades would feel like they were cutting through my skin and into the bed, making sleeping difficult. Putting on even just 3 pounds made that go away.
The amazing part to me was, I got most of that nearly 140 pounds off during the midst of a crumbling marriage and crappy divorce. So successfully eating healthy and exercising during periods of high stress is nothing new.
Over the last eight months, however, after keeping the weight off for three years, I started putting it back on. Part of it came in a huge chunk, about 20 pounds of it in the space of four months. It was stress, and I know it was stress (job, family health issues, etc. etc. etc.), but I was mad at myself. I thought I'd finally overcome the stress eating issues, grrrrrrr.....
Anyway, I've been trying to get back on track lately, and I've just been unable to do it. I'll lose about 9 pounds, then stress happens, and I put it back on with a quarter pounder rather than the grilled chicken which I know not only tastes better, but FEELS better to eat. It's almost self-destructive.
There's enough cancer, type II diabetes, heart disease, and other stuff running through the family, I don't want to mess around. I'm nearly 34, so I want to nip this in the bud and aim for a healthy retirement one day.
I'm hoping by getting into the forum and reading through tips, starting a weight-loss diary, and maybe keeping on my toes a bit, I can get myself motivated again.
Plus, I have a nearly 7-year-old daughter who is built like her mother - very tall, very broad shoulders, big rip cage, long legs... And she likes to do what I do and eat what I eat. Her doctor recently said I need to even watch HER intake, because her weight is beginning to get out of proportion to her height. I don't want her to end up on the endless years of diet roller-coastering that I did. I want her to develop healthy habits now.
So I know I need to be a good example for her.
Anyway, that's me. And now I get started....
