SunnyDay1
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Hi everyone! I'm 23 years old and I'm tired of being chunky!!!
I've had trouble with my weight off and on my whole life. I can only remember a very short period of time when I was actually happy with my body and that was when I was 17 and living a very unhealthy (drugs/alcohol) lifestyle. I found out I was pregnant with my first child on my 18th birthday. He was only the first. I had three children by the time I was 21. That translates to disaster for the waistline. I never had a chance to lose any of the baby weight from the first two before i was pregnant again. So when I got pregnant the first time I weighed in at 118 pounds and now I'm tipping the scales at 175. 175 is how much I weighed at 9 months pregnant (the first time). I have a serious problem with emotional eating. I was in an abusive relationship for a long time and food was what I turned to. I'm out of that relationship now, but I still struggle with eating. I eat when I'm depressed or angry, but my biggest problem I think is eating when i get bored. I'm a stay at home mom, so I have plenty of opportunity to sit around and watch tv and eat chips. My children being ages 5, 3, and 2 makes it difficult for me to get out and do much. I love them to death, they are actually very well behaved, but it's still hard to handle them alone anywhere outside my own backyard. The most exercise that I typically get is doing the housework, which isn't easy, but isn't helping me lose weight either. My boyfriend is very supportive, but his idea of support is making sure that I know that he thinks I am beautiful just the way I am. Not that he discourages me from losing weight, he just doesn't help. He is a construction worker, so he eats anything he wants and still maintains his chiseled body. Sometimes it just doesn't seem fair. My dad suggested that I start running. That's what he used to do for weight loss and for him it worked wonders. That is what I intend to do. It's gonna be tough because I"ll have to get up at 6am to get it done before boyfriend heads off to work, but I guess I better just suck it up and set the alarm. I'm tired of feeling like crying everytime I look in the mirror. I have a beach vacation planned for July. I wanna be in swimsuit shape by then. I know that doesn't give me much time, so I gotta really work at this. If anyone has any advice at all, Please give it to me. This is my first venture into the world of weight loss and frankly it's all a little overwhelming.
So that's me... confusing and disjointed as it may be...
I've had trouble with my weight off and on my whole life. I can only remember a very short period of time when I was actually happy with my body and that was when I was 17 and living a very unhealthy (drugs/alcohol) lifestyle. I found out I was pregnant with my first child on my 18th birthday. He was only the first. I had three children by the time I was 21. That translates to disaster for the waistline. I never had a chance to lose any of the baby weight from the first two before i was pregnant again. So when I got pregnant the first time I weighed in at 118 pounds and now I'm tipping the scales at 175. 175 is how much I weighed at 9 months pregnant (the first time). I have a serious problem with emotional eating. I was in an abusive relationship for a long time and food was what I turned to. I'm out of that relationship now, but I still struggle with eating. I eat when I'm depressed or angry, but my biggest problem I think is eating when i get bored. I'm a stay at home mom, so I have plenty of opportunity to sit around and watch tv and eat chips. My children being ages 5, 3, and 2 makes it difficult for me to get out and do much. I love them to death, they are actually very well behaved, but it's still hard to handle them alone anywhere outside my own backyard. The most exercise that I typically get is doing the housework, which isn't easy, but isn't helping me lose weight either. My boyfriend is very supportive, but his idea of support is making sure that I know that he thinks I am beautiful just the way I am. Not that he discourages me from losing weight, he just doesn't help. He is a construction worker, so he eats anything he wants and still maintains his chiseled body. Sometimes it just doesn't seem fair. My dad suggested that I start running. That's what he used to do for weight loss and for him it worked wonders. That is what I intend to do. It's gonna be tough because I"ll have to get up at 6am to get it done before boyfriend heads off to work, but I guess I better just suck it up and set the alarm. I'm tired of feeling like crying everytime I look in the mirror. I have a beach vacation planned for July. I wanna be in swimsuit shape by then. I know that doesn't give me much time, so I gotta really work at this. If anyone has any advice at all, Please give it to me. This is my first venture into the world of weight loss and frankly it's all a little overwhelming.
So that's me... confusing and disjointed as it may be...
