PrettyWhitty
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A little bit of my weight history.
I've always had issues with food. From a young age I hoarded it. When I got a little older I'd eat when no one was home and hide the evidence in my room. There were always dishes and food wrappers under my bed, candy and half eaten poptarts in my underwear drawer, empty pizza boxes in my closet.
Why I did this, I still don't know. I really started gaining weight in high school. I have never been thin by any means, but was always a very healthy and athletic child, just with a big appetite.
At 16 I hit 200 pounds. I was so disgusted with myself that I became exercise bulimic. I would work out every chance I could. After school I would go to soccer practice, from there I'd go to an hour long kickboxing session at a karate studio, and from there I would spend sometimes two hours at the gym, every single night. I got down to about 150.
One day I just got tired of it though and went home and ate. And ate. And ate. That continued and when I graduated high school I weighed 230 lbs. My freshman year of college, I continued to gain and my highest weight that I remember was 280.
By a stroke of luck, I ended up getting very sick, moved back home, and that's when my life began again. I got better, and much to my surprise over the course of two months I had lost 40 pounds. I started going to a gym, even worked at a gym, and got back down to 230 after a few months.
I managed to stay in the 230-240 range for about 3 years. At the beginning of this year I started dating someone and for whatever reason ended up gaining almost 15 pounds. It was hard for me to be around someone who could eat junk food all day long and not gain a pound, plus I was comfortable, you know the drill. Last week we ended things amicably but here I sit, heavier than I've been in a long time and very disappointed in myself for losing control again.
Last week I started my weight loss. I weighed 253.5 lbs. This morning I weighed 249.5.
Man I was so glad to be back in the 240's lemme tell ya! LOL
My goal is to get under 200 pounds again. I might decide to lose more weight when the time comes, but I loved my body at 190 so that's what I'm shootin for
Today I went grocery shopping. I bought lots of fruits and veggies, yogurt, chicken, tuna, etc.
This morning for breakfast I had a protein shake.
For lunch I had a turkey sandwich and cantaloupe.
For dinner I'm planning on plain tuna, a salad, and an apple.
Tomorrow I'll start keeping track of my calories better.
I also need to get more into exercising. I tried P90X last night and about had a heart attack so I think I'm just going to ease my way slowly back into my gym routine.
Oh and my one weakness is drinking my calories. I love coffee drinks, cokes, juice, slushies, you name it. So I've been trying to stick to water with the occasional diet coke. I find that half the time when I feel hungry, my body is actually just thirsty. Who knew.
I've always had issues with food. From a young age I hoarded it. When I got a little older I'd eat when no one was home and hide the evidence in my room. There were always dishes and food wrappers under my bed, candy and half eaten poptarts in my underwear drawer, empty pizza boxes in my closet.
Why I did this, I still don't know. I really started gaining weight in high school. I have never been thin by any means, but was always a very healthy and athletic child, just with a big appetite.
At 16 I hit 200 pounds. I was so disgusted with myself that I became exercise bulimic. I would work out every chance I could. After school I would go to soccer practice, from there I'd go to an hour long kickboxing session at a karate studio, and from there I would spend sometimes two hours at the gym, every single night. I got down to about 150.
One day I just got tired of it though and went home and ate. And ate. And ate. That continued and when I graduated high school I weighed 230 lbs. My freshman year of college, I continued to gain and my highest weight that I remember was 280.
By a stroke of luck, I ended up getting very sick, moved back home, and that's when my life began again. I got better, and much to my surprise over the course of two months I had lost 40 pounds. I started going to a gym, even worked at a gym, and got back down to 230 after a few months.
I managed to stay in the 230-240 range for about 3 years. At the beginning of this year I started dating someone and for whatever reason ended up gaining almost 15 pounds. It was hard for me to be around someone who could eat junk food all day long and not gain a pound, plus I was comfortable, you know the drill. Last week we ended things amicably but here I sit, heavier than I've been in a long time and very disappointed in myself for losing control again.
Last week I started my weight loss. I weighed 253.5 lbs. This morning I weighed 249.5.
Man I was so glad to be back in the 240's lemme tell ya! LOL
My goal is to get under 200 pounds again. I might decide to lose more weight when the time comes, but I loved my body at 190 so that's what I'm shootin for
Today I went grocery shopping. I bought lots of fruits and veggies, yogurt, chicken, tuna, etc.
This morning for breakfast I had a protein shake.
For lunch I had a turkey sandwich and cantaloupe.
For dinner I'm planning on plain tuna, a salad, and an apple.
Tomorrow I'll start keeping track of my calories better.
I also need to get more into exercising. I tried P90X last night and about had a heart attack so I think I'm just going to ease my way slowly back into my gym routine.
Oh and my one weakness is drinking my calories. I love coffee drinks, cokes, juice, slushies, you name it. So I've been trying to stick to water with the occasional diet coke. I find that half the time when I feel hungry, my body is actually just thirsty. Who knew.
Hahaha. Good to see you've been sticking with the water though! That's great! Anyway, I just wanted to stop in and say Hi and welcome to the forum. OH, and your diary title reminded me of Finding Nemo....haha. I love Dory! Good luck to you!
