RhoRho
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Hello everyone.
I'm so glad I found this forum. I think this will be my lifeline for as long as it takes to lose and keep off my excess weight. I'm 27 and found out this morning that I've gained 30 pounds over the last year, so I'm now 215 pounds. Needless to say, today was very miserable. But my decision to lose weight is not a knee jerk reaction to this discovery. I recently began walking from my train stop to work instead of taking the bus, and taking the stairs instead of the lift, and I've noticed how much better I've felt. A couple of weeks ago I decided to take advantage of a free gym membership offer that the company I work for offers to its staff, and I signed up yesterday at a Virgin Active gym close to my home.
I've avoided weighing myself over the past year, and I convinced myself that it's the clothes shops whose sizes are getting smaller. I know this is not true, and it's me expanding. I've battled with weight most of my life, and have endured the treatment that comes with being bigger than most of my female friends, even from my mother who's a size 10. I've tried ignoring it all and telling myself I'm rebelling by keeping the weight, but inasmuch as I hate being judged by my size, I feel I need to do this for myself and for my health. I would dearly like the feeling of being small, of being cuddled, instead of being lusted after by men who have a thing for 'bigger' women. I don't know if anyone understands what I mean, but I guess it's important to me. I would love to dance wildly and run through a park without feeling I'd look ridiculous jiggling all over the place. I would love to dance for hours without feeling exhausted like I usually do. I guess I just want to be fit. And smaller. Much smaller.
I've made a target of 2 pounds a week over the next 9 months at least to get to down to my target of between 132 and 150 pounds. (loss of 65 to 83 pounds). I intend doing this through exercise. I did this once before and managed to get down to 158 pounds, but I gained it all back as I stopped exercising and carried on eating like I was when burning it all off. I'm determined not to let that happen this time. I don't really like diets, but I know I have to watch my food intake. I guess I just need to keep myself motivated, and I hope this forum will help. The more people I know are going through similar experiences the more motivated I'll be to keep on with my goal. My target is 3 to 4 times a week and my first session is on Sunday. Wish me luck.
I'm so glad I found this forum. I think this will be my lifeline for as long as it takes to lose and keep off my excess weight. I'm 27 and found out this morning that I've gained 30 pounds over the last year, so I'm now 215 pounds. Needless to say, today was very miserable. But my decision to lose weight is not a knee jerk reaction to this discovery. I recently began walking from my train stop to work instead of taking the bus, and taking the stairs instead of the lift, and I've noticed how much better I've felt. A couple of weeks ago I decided to take advantage of a free gym membership offer that the company I work for offers to its staff, and I signed up yesterday at a Virgin Active gym close to my home.
I've avoided weighing myself over the past year, and I convinced myself that it's the clothes shops whose sizes are getting smaller. I know this is not true, and it's me expanding. I've battled with weight most of my life, and have endured the treatment that comes with being bigger than most of my female friends, even from my mother who's a size 10. I've tried ignoring it all and telling myself I'm rebelling by keeping the weight, but inasmuch as I hate being judged by my size, I feel I need to do this for myself and for my health. I would dearly like the feeling of being small, of being cuddled, instead of being lusted after by men who have a thing for 'bigger' women. I don't know if anyone understands what I mean, but I guess it's important to me. I would love to dance wildly and run through a park without feeling I'd look ridiculous jiggling all over the place. I would love to dance for hours without feeling exhausted like I usually do. I guess I just want to be fit. And smaller. Much smaller.
I've made a target of 2 pounds a week over the next 9 months at least to get to down to my target of between 132 and 150 pounds. (loss of 65 to 83 pounds). I intend doing this through exercise. I did this once before and managed to get down to 158 pounds, but I gained it all back as I stopped exercising and carried on eating like I was when burning it all off. I'm determined not to let that happen this time. I don't really like diets, but I know I have to watch my food intake. I guess I just need to keep myself motivated, and I hope this forum will help. The more people I know are going through similar experiences the more motivated I'll be to keep on with my goal. My target is 3 to 4 times a week and my first session is on Sunday. Wish me luck.
