dwarfie
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hi everyone 
and welcome to my journal. my story starts in July 2003 when i got pregnant with my son. i weighed 129 lbs then. i gained a whopping 71 lbs lbs during my pregnancy with him, and it actually could have been more but i stopped weighing myself when i hit 200 lbs. after having him i was determined to get back down to my pre-pregnancy weight. by may 2006 i was down to 169. right around then i started taking Effexor for stress and anxiety. 15 months later i was right back up at 190 lbs. I couldn't figure out why no matter how hard i tried, not only could i not lose any weight, but i was gaining.
a friend helped me figure out that it was from the meds. I had no idea that they would cause weight gain. I decided that I need to get off the meds otherwise i'd just keep gaining weight, which would cause more anxiety and stress and probably a higher dosage of meds! to get off the Effexor is another story in itself; it caused horrific withdrawals and the way the dr. advised me to quit it just wasn't working. i did it my own way and even then it took 60 days to wean myself from it.
i started my weight loss journey on Nov. 12/07. there were lots of changes in my life in 2008; i split up with my boyfriend (and father of my 2 kids), i moved to my own appartment, met someone online in 2007 and he ended up moving in with me in July 2008. he is a wonderful man!!
early 2008 i started smoking cuz there was just too much stress at home. even tho i wasn't following any kind of weight loss plan i still managed to lose weight.
fast forward to 2009 - i quit smoking on Jan. 1st and am now 4 weeks into counting calories.
my results from Nov. /07 to now:
Date............Nov. 12/07.....Mar 8/09
Weight................198.6.....173.0
Upper Chest..........40.5.........38
Mid Chest.............42.5.......39.5
Upper Waist.............38.......36
Waist.....................46.........39
Lower Waist..........45.5.........41
Hip.........................46.........43
Upper Thigh...........29.5......26.5
Mid Thigh..............25.5.......23.5
Knee.......................17......15.5
Calf........................17........16
Upper Arm............ 13.5.......13
BMI..................... 35.1......30.6
weight lost = 25.6 lbs
inches lost = 30 inches
i'm determined to lose about 15 - 20 lbs by July 1st.
and welcome to my journal. my story starts in July 2003 when i got pregnant with my son. i weighed 129 lbs then. i gained a whopping 71 lbs lbs during my pregnancy with him, and it actually could have been more but i stopped weighing myself when i hit 200 lbs. after having him i was determined to get back down to my pre-pregnancy weight. by may 2006 i was down to 169. right around then i started taking Effexor for stress and anxiety. 15 months later i was right back up at 190 lbs. I couldn't figure out why no matter how hard i tried, not only could i not lose any weight, but i was gaining.a friend helped me figure out that it was from the meds. I had no idea that they would cause weight gain. I decided that I need to get off the meds otherwise i'd just keep gaining weight, which would cause more anxiety and stress and probably a higher dosage of meds! to get off the Effexor is another story in itself; it caused horrific withdrawals and the way the dr. advised me to quit it just wasn't working. i did it my own way and even then it took 60 days to wean myself from it.
i started my weight loss journey on Nov. 12/07. there were lots of changes in my life in 2008; i split up with my boyfriend (and father of my 2 kids), i moved to my own appartment, met someone online in 2007 and he ended up moving in with me in July 2008. he is a wonderful man!!
early 2008 i started smoking cuz there was just too much stress at home. even tho i wasn't following any kind of weight loss plan i still managed to lose weight.
fast forward to 2009 - i quit smoking on Jan. 1st and am now 4 weeks into counting calories.
my results from Nov. /07 to now:
Date............Nov. 12/07.....Mar 8/09
Weight................198.6.....173.0
Upper Chest..........40.5.........38
Mid Chest.............42.5.......39.5
Upper Waist.............38.......36
Waist.....................46.........39
Lower Waist..........45.5.........41
Hip.........................46.........43
Upper Thigh...........29.5......26.5
Mid Thigh..............25.5.......23.5
Knee.......................17......15.5
Calf........................17........16
Upper Arm............ 13.5.......13
BMI..................... 35.1......30.6
weight lost = 25.6 lbs
inches lost = 30 inches
i'm determined to lose about 15 - 20 lbs by July 1st.
