Pinkmamalinda
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Hi my name is Linda *waves hello*
Leigh P. Told me this would be a good place to come to keep me on track and encouraged and to share my story with others. Everyone here seems real nice
My journey started along time ago when I was a child. I have always been a little overweight. I also was pretty active, I just never ate very well. When I got to college it just got worse. I ate out all the time and study stress and food become my friends. I was always one of those girls that was the "friend" of all the guys. You know great personality but no girlfriend interest. I got my heart broken a lot and from there I just ate more. At my highest weight I was 5'7 and 220. When I was 24 I started working so much that I couldn't eat all the time so I lost some weight from that. I got down to 179 and stayed there. At 28 I decided I wanted to change so I went on weight watchers. I got down to 154 really quickly but was hungry all the time and just couldn't stand the low calories so I started eating again and re-gained all my weight back to 170. I tried any and every infomercial product, diet pills and nothing was working. I was eating so little and when I would eat anything that used to be normal I would gain more weight. At some point during it all I just killed my metabolism. I got back up to 182.
One day I went online to WorldFitness.com. I started reading and sent theleip (Leigh P. on here) some private messages asking for some help. I sought her out because she seemed smart and plus lived in the same area. After a point we decided she was going to train me. I had a trainer once before but it was short lived and just basically how to use the machines. Leigh was really a life saver and I owe this all to her.
I started off a little slow, repairing my metabolism, eating more meals, eating more calories. I basically walked and did some light weight training. I lost a few pounds here and there. Then after a while, well she was pretty mean to me But I loved it, I really did. I started working really hard. Then bad news came for my weight loss when I had to go to Boston for 3 months to set up a store there. If you have ever been to Boston they have some of the best food in the world there.
I also had to stay in a hotel the whole time. I had a small gym and internet access. Believe it or not we made the most of it and I kept losing weight. I started learning more about foods and meals. I started to really get into cooking. I never knew how good healthy food could be. It was then I decided I wanted to go back to school to learn to be a chef. I also am taking some wonderful nutrition classes.
When I came back home I was down to 145. It has taken 8 more weeks but I am now 136 and have never felt better in my entire life. I met a wonderful man in Boston and brought him home with me. We are getting married in the spring, he is the arms in my engagement photos
That is my story! Now my goal is to keep it off and live a healthy lifestyle.
Thank you for reading. I may take Leigh's advice and start a journal. She also said people here love recipes and I have LOTS of them.
Leigh P. Told me this would be a good place to come to keep me on track and encouraged and to share my story with others. Everyone here seems real nice
My journey started along time ago when I was a child. I have always been a little overweight. I also was pretty active, I just never ate very well. When I got to college it just got worse. I ate out all the time and study stress and food become my friends. I was always one of those girls that was the "friend" of all the guys. You know great personality but no girlfriend interest. I got my heart broken a lot and from there I just ate more. At my highest weight I was 5'7 and 220. When I was 24 I started working so much that I couldn't eat all the time so I lost some weight from that. I got down to 179 and stayed there. At 28 I decided I wanted to change so I went on weight watchers. I got down to 154 really quickly but was hungry all the time and just couldn't stand the low calories so I started eating again and re-gained all my weight back to 170. I tried any and every infomercial product, diet pills and nothing was working. I was eating so little and when I would eat anything that used to be normal I would gain more weight. At some point during it all I just killed my metabolism. I got back up to 182.
One day I went online to WorldFitness.com. I started reading and sent theleip (Leigh P. on here) some private messages asking for some help. I sought her out because she seemed smart and plus lived in the same area. After a point we decided she was going to train me. I had a trainer once before but it was short lived and just basically how to use the machines. Leigh was really a life saver and I owe this all to her.
I started off a little slow, repairing my metabolism, eating more meals, eating more calories. I basically walked and did some light weight training. I lost a few pounds here and there. Then after a while, well she was pretty mean to me
But I loved it, I really did. I started working really hard. Then bad news came for my weight loss when I had to go to Boston for 3 months to set up a store there. If you have ever been to Boston they have some of the best food in the world there. I also had to stay in a hotel the whole time. I had a small gym and internet access. Believe it or not we made the most of it and I kept losing weight. I started learning more about foods and meals. I started to really get into cooking. I never knew how good healthy food could be. It was then I decided I wanted to go back to school to learn to be a chef. I also am taking some wonderful nutrition classes.
When I came back home I was down to 145. It has taken 8 more weeks but I am now 136 and have never felt better in my entire life. I met a wonderful man in Boston and brought him home with me. We are getting married in the spring, he is the arms in my engagement photos
That is my story! Now my goal is to keep it off and live a healthy lifestyle.
Thank you for reading. I may take Leigh's advice and start a journal. She also said people here love recipes and I have LOTS of them.
