Hi!
I'm 23 and never thought I'd weigh this much. Being short I looked chubby even when I weighed 130 pounds. I did ok my first two years of college... then I moved in with my now husband. I gained a little up to 150. Then all of a sudden in two months I gained almost 40 pounds. I was diagnosed with PCOS not long after. The extra weight made it worse and I just kept on gaining. I had a baby six months ago. I gained almost 60 pounds but lost it in a little more than a week after having the baby. It was mostly baby ( 9.0 ) extra amniotic fluid and TONS of water retention.
Now I am actually gaining weight again. It's horrible. I weight 2 pounds more than what I did when I got pregnant. After I had the baby I had lost an extra ten pounds but it's all back. When I get serious about trying to lose weight it's like something in my head gets triggered and I get horrible cravings. And then I stop caring and just eat.
I am going to be looking for a job in Dec. because I'll be getting my Associates (working on bach. still) and I want to feel good about myself and up my chances of getting a good job.
I thought having my baby and wanting to be healthy for her would be motivation enough but it's not. The winter makes it worse and I've been fighting off PPD for months now.
I hate to exercise, especially now that I'm fat because I don't want people to see me and doing those videos in the home gives me headaches. I suppose I'm just going to have to deal with the headaches. Hopefully it will warm up soon though and I can atleast take baby for daily walks.
I'm following the slim fast diet. I did it once before and lost 12 pounds in the first month, then went on vacation and fell off to never do it again. I've decided to keep a food journal too so I can see what I'm doing if I need to adjust anything later.
I started yesterday and didn't think it would be so hard. But staying home with the baby I get bored and all I can think about is eating. I need some healthy snacks... but I'm such a picky eater.
Hopefully this wasn't too long. I don't really have a goal weight because I have so much to lose. I am not looking to lose it quickly, just to lose it.
I will attempt to work on a siggy soon.
Thanks for reading,
Marlena
I'm 23 and never thought I'd weigh this much. Being short I looked chubby even when I weighed 130 pounds. I did ok my first two years of college... then I moved in with my now husband. I gained a little up to 150. Then all of a sudden in two months I gained almost 40 pounds. I was diagnosed with PCOS not long after. The extra weight made it worse and I just kept on gaining. I had a baby six months ago. I gained almost 60 pounds but lost it in a little more than a week after having the baby. It was mostly baby ( 9.0 ) extra amniotic fluid and TONS of water retention.
Now I am actually gaining weight again. It's horrible. I weight 2 pounds more than what I did when I got pregnant. After I had the baby I had lost an extra ten pounds but it's all back. When I get serious about trying to lose weight it's like something in my head gets triggered and I get horrible cravings. And then I stop caring and just eat.
I am going to be looking for a job in Dec. because I'll be getting my Associates (working on bach. still) and I want to feel good about myself and up my chances of getting a good job.
I thought having my baby and wanting to be healthy for her would be motivation enough but it's not. The winter makes it worse and I've been fighting off PPD for months now.
I hate to exercise, especially now that I'm fat because I don't want people to see me and doing those videos in the home gives me headaches. I suppose I'm just going to have to deal with the headaches. Hopefully it will warm up soon though and I can atleast take baby for daily walks.
I'm following the slim fast diet. I did it once before and lost 12 pounds in the first month, then went on vacation and fell off to never do it again. I've decided to keep a food journal too so I can see what I'm doing if I need to adjust anything later.
I started yesterday and didn't think it would be so hard. But staying home with the baby I get bored and all I can think about is eating. I need some healthy snacks... but I'm such a picky eater.
Hopefully this wasn't too long. I don't really have a goal weight because I have so much to lose. I am not looking to lose it quickly, just to lose it.
I will attempt to work on a siggy soon.
Thanks for reading,
Marlena
