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CookieMo

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HI, my name is Sofia, I'm 24, I heard about this forum through my fiance, we've been trying to lose weight for so long but it's so hard. I was chubby when I was younger and I had a lot of pressure from my family and friends, my dad and my older brother used to tell me that I was fat so it was almost traumatic. Some years ago after a break up I lost the weight i was in 110lbs and I was happy. I gained a little weight when I started dating my fiance because we used to go out a lot and pig out hehe.

But the breaking point was last year when I got this really stressful job and I started packing in the pounds, I had anxiety all the time and my only way of coping was eating. I've tried to diet but It's very hard for me, so what I do is just starve myself hoping I will lose the pounds by not eating anything, but obviously that doesn't help because I haven't lost any weight.

My fiance and I decided to join the gym but we go and then stop and I really want to get in shape, I feel sick and tired all the time , I have no energy at all and I"m so tired of it. We plan to get married soon and I would really like to look pretty in a wedding dress, I think all women would like that.

I really hope to find support here and motivation so I can reach my goal. I'm 5'3 and I weigh 129lbs or 58kg, I would like to be at least at 115lbs. Hehe sorry for the long essay :D

Thank you all so much, I'm glad I found this place
 
Hi, Sofia, nice to meet you, and welcome.

Can you start by telling us a bit more about your current eating habits and activity levels?

The one thing I will tell you now is - don't starve yourself. That never works. "Diets" don't generally work either.
 
Hi and welcome! It sounds like you're ready to change, a wedding is a great motivator. (Congratulations on that, by the way!) I hope you can find the support here youre looking for! Good luck!
 
Oh thanks so much, well my eating habits are horrible. I usually wake up at 9:30 and I don't eat anything, I might have less than an 8oz glass of water, at around 3pm I'll have whatever, but its always small. like a banana or some bread, it depends on how hungry i feel, but its usually small.

Then this is when it gets worse. because by that time I'm starving. I have dinner between 8:30-10:00pm and my dinner is usually rice, some meat and sometimes some vegetable or other type or starch. I'm not too much into sweets, But I love comfort food. :(
I barely drink soda, lately I've been having a lot of orange and carrot juice, and I'm trying to drink more water, however i have only like two 16oz glasses a day. I know what I'm doing is wrong but its like if I have this voice in my head that tells me "it's ok". My metabolism sucks now and I said before I'm always tired.

I joined the gym about two months ago and for the first month I used to go everyday, I used to run/walk for an hour and then do some abs and machines for half an hour. But last month I got sick and I stopped.
Again sorry for the long post ;( But I wanted to be as detailed as possible so you guys can give me some feedback

Thanks again
 
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