Stefs weight journey

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Stefanie2006

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First I would like to say that this is a very supportive place.

I always had issues with food. Since I was very young I didnt like food.
I would not eat then I would exercise what little I did. That resulted in an anorexic twig of girl.

Fast forward to my binge eating days. I went from one mess to another.

I would eat at all times in the day. Even right before bed. :eek:

Cookies, chocolate, pizza.. aww.. I got to 197. :p I hated shopping. The clothes for my size was very unflattering. I hated going to the park or the beach. I hated my job at the time even more. My uniform was the bigger than alot of men. :eek:

I took control after that.
 
Good for you for taking control!

Sarah
 
huh?

Do I read this right? Are you 5' 7" and want to weigh 99 pounds? If so, wouldn't that be WAY underweight? Just checking.
 
WoW !! 67 lbs is AWESOME Stephanie !!

and congrats on your success !!

We sure would like to hear more about your control ;)
 
twinmom2791 said:
Do I read this right? Are you 5' 7" and want to weigh 99 pounds? If so, wouldn't that be WAY underweight? Just checking.
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although I am all for trying to lose weight for those who feel they need to, I agree with twinmom. Do you REALLY want to get to 99lbs? If so, I think you really need to sit down and think about it. I am 5'1" and the recommended LOWEST weight for MY height is 105 - you're a good 6" taller than that:confused:
 
Okay.


Originally when i weighed 197, I knew i had a hard time ahead of me. I had to stop the junk food and fast. I stopped cold turkey and reminded myself that the food would always be there, my happines would not. I bought and exercise bike and portable cd player. I worked my way up to 40 minutes a day. :)

The weight came off. As long as I exercised and had plenty of sleep and good food. It was easy.

I mean

an orange is way better than a cookie. I love oranges. Seedless grapes are way better than m&ms. :)

I got down to 135 and then I met my fiance.

Next comes the two babies one after the other. :p


Edited cuz I am a typo W****
*Rolls eyes*
 
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Welcome,

99 lbs is way unhealthy for a 5'7 girl no matter what the circumstances. It's just not healthy no matter how much fruit you eat. No doctor would say that 99 lbs is a healthy weight for you. Think of it this way...you could do it right this time by eating healthy and balanced (vegans still need protein) and remain at a healthy weight...or you can jump right back into your anorexic state and go down to 99 and risk hurting yourself and others around you. I'm sure your fiance cannot find that to be healthy and would not want you to do that to yourself.

A BMI of 15.5 is not healthy.

That said, you have to make your own decisions, we can just give our input here. I seriously hope you reconsider your diet plans. The weight you are right now is in the normal range for your height (even a bit on the low side). Do you really want to risk all that would go with losing that much more weight?

It's up to you.
 
dreams

Sure, you can dream. But that is a nightmare. To force your body to such an extremely low weight is not only unhealthy, it could endanger your life. We absolutely should not even CONSIDER supporting you in this effort, as it is contrary to your health and well being. What you are talking about is scary and wrong, and your body will not do it without you abusing yourself to get there. PLEASE DON'T DO THIS! IF YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO REACH THIS WEIGHT, PLEASE SEEK COUNSELING!
 
Stephanie, we are just concerned that you would be doing damage to yourself, permanent damage by getting to such a low weight... Having a dream to want to dance is wonderful, but where do you want to dance? Dancers have to be strong, to avoid injury, they can't be anorexic waifs,otherwise their bodies couldn't take the punishement they get.

We (the collective we) would like you to be healthy... Investigate dance companies, see what it takes to join then, I'd be willing to bet that none will tell you to get down to such a low weight.

Please... take care of yourself

One of the things we're good at here is supporting and encouraging people, part of that comes the responsibilty to point out to someone when they are maybe not thinking clearly and theirobjective isn't what it should be,
 
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I don't care. 99 lbs is not healthy for someone who is 5'7. I think most people would agree. BMI considered or not.

We are not being rude nor attacking you, so please do not spit back at us. It's unappreciated as we are trying to help. This is a great community of people and yes, there are a lot of people here who are unhappy with themselves. But coming here and telling us that you want to be such a low weight is grounds for raised concern. It's very legit concern. I'm sorry that you feel we are attacking you, we are not. I think most people would respond with concern to someone telling them they'd like to be such a low weight.
 
You gave me your two cents already.



I started out this thread with my diary so you could understand where i have been. I didnt need your advice as far as my gw. I even took it down so it wouldnt piss you off.

I know you dont care. I didnt expect you too.

All I wanted was to be a part of a community that knows where I am and what I have been through.

I wish to continue with my diary. If you want to keep putting me down, please refrain from reading or adding to my diary.

and if a mod could please remove the posts that distract that purpose it would be much appreciated.
 
I met my fiance and we feel inlove instantly. we started planning a family right away. I remained healthy for the most part until my last baby.

When I was pregnant I eat everything. Ice cream, bannanas covered in chocolate. I was happy. so was baby. She knew when the ice cream was comming.

When I had her I was very happy but it was apparent in my weight. :p I was at 160.

I maintained that weight for a while until the I started feeling faint and lazy. I would take hour naps during the day. ICK.

I started to stand back and look at the choices of food I was making. Slowly I started to change my habbits. Instead of pizza for lunch i started having tuna.

I switched out my regular bread for fiber bread. I used mustard alot. Intstead of steak sauce I used mustard on my chicken.

I started to lose weight but i got stuck at 149.

Now comes the hardest part. Getting into an exercise habbit. :)
 
Look, I regret that you feel that I'm putting you down, but I am not. I did not mean to say I don't care about you or your situation, as I obviously do since I am taking the time to post to you. I will stop reading and posting in your diary as the last thing I want to do is upset you. I understand where you have been. And as far as not needing advice on your goal weight, I and others felt inclined to say something as it is worrisome to us. Everyone who has said something has had good intentions. I'm sorry if I came of the wrong way. But now I will leave you and your diary in peace. I did not mean to cause trouble, I just don't want you to hurt yourself.

That said, take care and be well.
 
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Stefanie2006 said:
I wish to continue with my diary. If you want to keep putting me down, please refrain from reading or adding to my diary.

and if a mod could please remove the posts that distract that purpose it would be much appreciated.
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Stefanie,
I'm sorry, but the point of a diary is for people to offer support and express concerns when there is reason to be concerned. I don't see where anyone is putting you down or saying anything out of line. You cannot expect people to always agree with something you have decided to do. The point of this forum is to help people achieve healthy goals in a healthy way. I hope that you will at least consider what some people are trying to tell you.
 
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pics

I looked at your pics, and you look healthy and beautiful in the "before". I'm sorry, I know this is not what you want to hear, but you look ill in the "after". Your goal weight is unhealthy, and we would be doing you a grave injustice if we encouraged you to reach it. We DO care about you, and that is why we are trying to help you see that this is just wrong. Please get counseling.
 
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