Here I go again, trying to reach my goal

Pfuller

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Hi everyone,

My name is Phyllis and I have two adult daughters and one granddaughter. I am married at the present time. In Feb 2005 I started the Southbeach Diet. I lost about 50lbs in about one year. Then in May of this year everything went crazy, which started me back to regaining. I have regained about 37lbs since then. In May my husband fell (playing football) and broke his femur and hip and had to have surgery. He was self employed, so we lost his income and he did not have disability insurance. So I had to try to keep up on our bills, which I had been trying to do before he broke his leg and hip, because he was not really making much money because of his inability to manage his business. Then to make matters worse, we lost our house, then the IRS levied my paycheck. I have now taken care of the IRS.

Now I am in the process of divorcing my husband, which he of course does not want. I can no longer put up with his imature selfish, controlling, and irresponsible behavior. He has caused me nothing but pain since we have been married.

But now to make matters even worse, I have been laid-off my job. So I decided that I need some support to get back on track. I joined a gym about two months ago and have been working out almost everyday for at least one hour, but I still have not lost one pound. I know I won't lose anything if I don't stop this emotional eating. Everytime I get upset or depressed I will start eating anything from cakes, pies, cookies, and chocolate candy and I don't stop until it is all gone.

So I decided that I need some type of support to help me get back to my achieving my goal of 160lbs.
 
Hi there! You've come to the right place!!!
I'm in about the same place as you right now weight-wise (I'm at 246 pounds) and my goal is also 160. I started at 272, near your starting weight.
Do you have any short-term goals? For example, you can see in my signature that I'm aiming for 230 by the beginning of Feb. I also used to do some binge eating, but it was more from boredom than from emotional stuff, I think.
So, it sounds like we have at least some numbers in common!! Welcome.
 
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