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I’ll start off by introducing myself. My name is Danielle, 5”3, 21, and I’ve just recently (3 months ago) become a first time mum. I’m from Australia so my conversions from kilos to pounds might not be exactly right, I just use a converter from the internet.
All throughout my life I have been an emotional eater, that was until about January this year when all of a sudden I just suddenly felt like I don’t need to do it anymore. At the time I was 178.2Lbs I started a healthy lifestyle. I rode my bike to work. I never ate anything bad. I started losing about 2.2pounds a week however... this did only last 2 weeks because all of a sudden I was feeling really run down which I thought was odd because I was losing weight and feeling so healthy, well as you know, I found out I was pregnant. I was extremely happy about it. for the first 20 weeks of my pregnancy I had horrible morning sickness, I was vomiting an average of 12 times a day and if I felt like eating something it was the only thing I could eat or I would be sick. SO if it wasn’t to healthy I didn’t care, I just needed food, whatever my body craved it got because I didn’t want my baby to have no food at all. So anyway I gave birth ( a compleltey long story of its own) About two weeks after my baby came out I weighed 198Lbs and about 4 weeks after that I weighed 182.82Lbs without trying to lose weight, I imagine it was all fluid that I had lost in that time. Six weeks ago I started my lifestyle change, eating healthy and attempting to exercise since then I have lost another 13.2lbs I now weigh 169.4pounds. Less than before I was pregnant. I haven’t actually been this size for 3 years. which is a real achievement for me.
My goal is to get to 116.6pounds which is another 52.2lbs. I want to try and reach that weight by about June next year, but am hopefully going to lose 2.2lbs a week and be at my goal weight by early May’ish. (if it does take longer so be it I wont be put off) I’ve made up a chart which I have stuck on the fridge which shows my weight loss but also my measurements because sometimes I might lose fat but gain muscle so I remain the same weight. It also has certain goal rewards, every 17.6lbs I lose I will give myself a treat, new clothes or a bag ( I love them!) For me I find eating healthy easy. Me, my partner & our little girl head to the food markets every week for fresh fruit and veggies its a great family outing hehe. My issue is exercise. Im can be pretty lazy. I love group sports and doing things like that because it doesn't feel like you are actually exercising but unfortunaltey Im not sure why it or how it happened but during the birth of my daughter something happened to a peripheral nerve in my hip which when walking has created my ankle to be a lot weaker and if I run I continuously roll my ankle because I have no control over where it lands, so I don’t run, but really miss it. Turing corners is weird to because I have to physically lift my foot to turn it because It wont just swivel.
What exercises can I do that allow for this silly ankle that don't feel so much like exercises?
I don’t have heaps of support around me, well I do but its not the type I need. My family all support me 100% but it’s hard for them to understand what weight loss means to me because they are all at great weights and are completely stunning so they can’t quite understand what I am feeling. I got depression which lasted for almost 2 years and at times it hit really low points. A lot of it had to do with my life and not knowing what I wanted to do with it, it also had to do with my weight and that I just felt so ugly. I was an emotional eater at that time and when I felt down I just ate and then all I did was sleep, never got out of bed, it was a real trying time for me. That’s when most of my weight stacked on. I’m so glad I feel so much better now I still have the psychological issue that I think to much in the future and don’t want to do things until Im skinny, for example, I can’t wait to be skinny so I can go on a holiday, stuff like that. It’s a really negative aspect about me that I really want to change. Having my baby has definitely brought me into the present and im not looking back on my life or into the future as much like I used to wishing a dreaming things were different but not actually doing them. Although I still have issues of only doing things once I am skinny I now live day-to-day and not that far into the future so it doesn't upset my like it used to. does this even make sense? I could honestly go on forever, but maybe for now I will leave this how it is.
Ask me any questions you like & please if anyone needs any motivation Im your girl, I love trying to help people with their goals as much as I can so I’ll do my best to motivate anyone who needs it
thanks so much for reading my extremely long first diary entry. I look forward to losing this weight and helping others achieve their goals too.
All throughout my life I have been an emotional eater, that was until about January this year when all of a sudden I just suddenly felt like I don’t need to do it anymore. At the time I was 178.2Lbs I started a healthy lifestyle. I rode my bike to work. I never ate anything bad. I started losing about 2.2pounds a week however... this did only last 2 weeks because all of a sudden I was feeling really run down which I thought was odd because I was losing weight and feeling so healthy, well as you know, I found out I was pregnant. I was extremely happy about it. for the first 20 weeks of my pregnancy I had horrible morning sickness, I was vomiting an average of 12 times a day and if I felt like eating something it was the only thing I could eat or I would be sick. SO if it wasn’t to healthy I didn’t care, I just needed food, whatever my body craved it got because I didn’t want my baby to have no food at all. So anyway I gave birth ( a compleltey long story of its own) About two weeks after my baby came out I weighed 198Lbs and about 4 weeks after that I weighed 182.82Lbs without trying to lose weight, I imagine it was all fluid that I had lost in that time. Six weeks ago I started my lifestyle change, eating healthy and attempting to exercise since then I have lost another 13.2lbs I now weigh 169.4pounds. Less than before I was pregnant. I haven’t actually been this size for 3 years. which is a real achievement for me.
My goal is to get to 116.6pounds which is another 52.2lbs. I want to try and reach that weight by about June next year, but am hopefully going to lose 2.2lbs a week and be at my goal weight by early May’ish. (if it does take longer so be it I wont be put off) I’ve made up a chart which I have stuck on the fridge which shows my weight loss but also my measurements because sometimes I might lose fat but gain muscle so I remain the same weight. It also has certain goal rewards, every 17.6lbs I lose I will give myself a treat, new clothes or a bag ( I love them!) For me I find eating healthy easy. Me, my partner & our little girl head to the food markets every week for fresh fruit and veggies its a great family outing hehe. My issue is exercise. Im can be pretty lazy. I love group sports and doing things like that because it doesn't feel like you are actually exercising but unfortunaltey Im not sure why it or how it happened but during the birth of my daughter something happened to a peripheral nerve in my hip which when walking has created my ankle to be a lot weaker and if I run I continuously roll my ankle because I have no control over where it lands, so I don’t run, but really miss it. Turing corners is weird to because I have to physically lift my foot to turn it because It wont just swivel.
What exercises can I do that allow for this silly ankle that don't feel so much like exercises?
I don’t have heaps of support around me, well I do but its not the type I need. My family all support me 100% but it’s hard for them to understand what weight loss means to me because they are all at great weights and are completely stunning so they can’t quite understand what I am feeling. I got depression which lasted for almost 2 years and at times it hit really low points. A lot of it had to do with my life and not knowing what I wanted to do with it, it also had to do with my weight and that I just felt so ugly. I was an emotional eater at that time and when I felt down I just ate and then all I did was sleep, never got out of bed, it was a real trying time for me. That’s when most of my weight stacked on. I’m so glad I feel so much better now I still have the psychological issue that I think to much in the future and don’t want to do things until Im skinny, for example, I can’t wait to be skinny so I can go on a holiday, stuff like that. It’s a really negative aspect about me that I really want to change. Having my baby has definitely brought me into the present and im not looking back on my life or into the future as much like I used to wishing a dreaming things were different but not actually doing them. Although I still have issues of only doing things once I am skinny I now live day-to-day and not that far into the future so it doesn't upset my like it used to. does this even make sense? I could honestly go on forever, but maybe for now I will leave this how it is.
Ask me any questions you like & please if anyone needs any motivation Im your girl, I love trying to help people with their goals as much as I can so I’ll do my best to motivate anyone who needs it
thanks so much for reading my extremely long first diary entry. I look forward to losing this weight and helping others achieve their goals too.
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