I guess a good place to start is with a few detail about me and why I'm here at MFP.
I turned 34 in December, I've been with my DH just over 15 years now. I love him dearly! He completes me like no one else could. I have 2 wonderful children, 1 boy 1 girl. I work full time, run a Girl Scout Troop, help with the Boy Scout troop and shoot darts.
I have never been on a "diet" I have never tried to loose weight. I have been overweight since puberty in roughly the 6th grade, prior to that I was very thin. I was not what would be considered obese until I used depo Provera birth control for several years.
My weight has increasingly become an issue in my life. It has rocked my confidence and my happiness. My DH and my family seem not to notice that I'm not comfortable in my own skin. I'm not sure how DH really feels about my current weight but he compliments me often and is proud to be seen with me regardless.
*** full disclosure ***
I purchased my first scale just a few weeks ago. My starting weight was 308.4lbs...
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It was horrifying to read that number...
I have read a lot of info here and I'm working on developing a support network to help me. The most important thing I've learned so far is I need to eat. Prior to January 3 when I started this journey I would eat just once a day. Dinner... now that I'm tracking my food I know that my dinners range from 500 - 800 calories... this is simply not enough!!!
I have increased my food intake to include some kind of breakfast as well as a healthy lunch.
Currently I weigh 296.0 - it's still a lot but WOW... I lost 12.4 lbs in about 5 1/2 weeks... I know I'm not setting any records but it's a healthy pace and should allow me to exceed my 50 lbs in 2011 goal... In other words... if I continue at this pace I will be back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 210 in about 1 year. It took me 11 years to gain the weight so it's incredible to think I could undo all that bad in just 1 short year.
In addition to MFP I log my goals on Stickk.com (2drgns) I put in the 50lbs and it gives me weekly #s to hit and calculated my final weight at the end of 52 weeks depending on my current progress...
Please feel free to email me. I need all the friends I can get.
I turned 34 in December, I've been with my DH just over 15 years now. I love him dearly! He completes me like no one else could. I have 2 wonderful children, 1 boy 1 girl. I work full time, run a Girl Scout Troop, help with the Boy Scout troop and shoot darts.
I have never been on a "diet" I have never tried to loose weight. I have been overweight since puberty in roughly the 6th grade, prior to that I was very thin. I was not what would be considered obese until I used depo Provera birth control for several years.
My weight has increasingly become an issue in my life. It has rocked my confidence and my happiness. My DH and my family seem not to notice that I'm not comfortable in my own skin. I'm not sure how DH really feels about my current weight but he compliments me often and is proud to be seen with me regardless.
*** full disclosure ***
I purchased my first scale just a few weeks ago. My starting weight was 308.4lbs...
***********************
It was horrifying to read that number...
I have read a lot of info here and I'm working on developing a support network to help me. The most important thing I've learned so far is I need to eat. Prior to January 3 when I started this journey I would eat just once a day. Dinner... now that I'm tracking my food I know that my dinners range from 500 - 800 calories... this is simply not enough!!!
I have increased my food intake to include some kind of breakfast as well as a healthy lunch.
Currently I weigh 296.0 - it's still a lot but WOW... I lost 12.4 lbs in about 5 1/2 weeks... I know I'm not setting any records but it's a healthy pace and should allow me to exceed my 50 lbs in 2011 goal... In other words... if I continue at this pace I will be back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 210 in about 1 year. It took me 11 years to gain the weight so it's incredible to think I could undo all that bad in just 1 short year.
In addition to MFP I log my goals on Stickk.com (2drgns) I put in the 50lbs and it gives me weekly #s to hit and calculated my final weight at the end of 52 weeks depending on my current progress...
Please feel free to email me. I need all the friends I can get.
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