New here. Didn't find this site untill this morning. Boy am I relieved!

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bratnmaggie

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My name's Steph. I'm 23. I have been a "big girl" probably about 90% of my life. A month ago I got completely fed up.

When I was 17 I lost 70lbs and I was drop dead beautiful... not to mention healthy. After I graduated, I started living off of mac n cheese and hotdogs... well all the weight was back in 3 months I kid you not!

I was DEVISTATED! I had to trash out all my clothes, and really struggled emotionally with the fact that I let it creep up on me so fast.

Since then I had gained even more weight, breaking my heaviest weight of 260 and going all the way up to nearly 280.

So, here I am, infuriated with myself. I know why I am big and why I stayed that way. My diet was horrible, and I lacked any significant physical activity.

So ya, it's been a month of organic, high density nutrition in SANE portions with no seconds... no meal skipping (I used to eat one HUGE meal once a day after only drinking starbucks in the morning), no carbonated drinks or anything loaded with sugar (not even fake sugar), no chips or bakery goods (cookies, donuts) and lots of walking and hiking.

My endurance is up, I have lost 6 lbs shy of 20, and I am able to run 3 blocks at a time now and resting a block before running again.

I actually get hyped up and look foreward to my morning walk or hike and my evening run/walk. The walking wakes me up better than coffee ever did, and the running gets me nice and relaxed and I am actually able to SLEEP now!

I am in this alone. I like the food I am eating now, and my excersize does not bother me one bit, but I just need some support. I am so glad I found this forum site! I did up until this point feel "lonely". My own family can't relate... they are all lean and can eat a whale and not have to pay for it.

Here is a pic of me at my heaviest, and one of me now. I was not planning on taking before and after pics, so these ones are really silly. They have absolutely nothing to do with each other. I feel no different for the time being. I still feel huge. I guess I'll just have to keep taking pics to prove myself wrong overtime.

My before. I love my doggies, can ya tell?


Me a week ago at my last weigh in. It's my little brothers mask.


My being goofy. I was posing for my sister yesterday, lol, and she took a pic that I was NOT expecting! All I have noticed so far is my face isn't extremely puffy looking anymore...
 
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Loosing is hard, but gaining it all back in a very little amount of time is even harder for the mind. And I know what I'm talking about. I lost 15 libs in 2monts and gained it all back in 2 weeks. How's that for a quick "recovery". Courage, my family is also all lean and can eat what they want (even my furthest cousins in the family tree is), but we need to do it for ourselves, right?!
Good luck.
 
If you stick to your plan, and still enjoy what you're eating then I think you're going to do great in your quest to lose weight.

I know what you mean by feeling so alone. I fell alone sometimes with my weight battle, and it's always nice to have somebody to talk to about it. That's why I joined this forum too.
 
Hey, you look great :)

I started out around your starting weight and so far have lost about 50lbs. I know how it is with weight coming on so fast. I took a week off dieting because I was going on a trip with some friends and I managed to gain 8lbs in that one week. All of my friends were amazed lol (but not in a good way).

It sounds like you have all the right ideas and plenty of determinationso I'm sure you will do great. The main thing is to find a plan you feel like you can stick with for the rest of your life....because this is a lifelong battle.

I loved when the puffiness in my face went away. When I was at my heaviest I didn't feel like me at all. I felt restricted, like my body couldn't move the way it wanted to and my face was all puffy, so I love not having that anymore. And it will only get better!!

You're doing great :)
 
You've got the right idea! Everyone on here is extremely supportive and knowledgeable. Please keep us updated on your progress! :)
 
Gosh you guys! I weighed myself a couple days ago and I am already down to 255! All I have done is eat healthy, fresh foods, and MOVE MY BODY (walk, jog, run). It seems like it's been hardly any time at all. This is going WAY faster than I expected!
 
don't give up! don't stop looking for alternatives there are some good ones out there. non diet diets the exercise is great. Muscle burns more calories than fat. but don't deplete what the muscles need to function properly. At 46 I went from 260 to 215 in two months. by eliminating the toxins in my body. your body is doing what it is suppose to be doing. having worked in the food industry I have seen what they put into food to keep it looking good weeks after manufacture. Plus keeping it from going bad.
 
Now that you made me think of it, I can't eat anything that isn't fresh/nonprocessed anymore. I think I am spoiling my body (in a good way).

I tried eating McDonalds almost 2 weeks ago. I'm the type that wont feel guilty treating myself with whatever I want once a month. I'm not trying to starve myself, just eat healthier, and with apropriat proportions. So I thought, no big deal.

I had a bacon and ranch chicken sandwich thing, and an apple pie thing, with a medium Poweraid. After abotu 15 minutes, my heart started racing, I got one hell of a stomach ache, I felt instantly fatigued, I gradually developed a head ache, and the next morning my shoulder and feet hurt like they used to (the first time they have hurt since I lost weight). I used to have at least one bad head ache a week. Not anymore.

The same thing happened when I ate a couple frozen burritos.

I think next time I may just treat myself to cantaloup, strawberries and cream, or graham crackers with applesauce n whipped cream lol. SO NOT WORTH IT!

I think it is weird how I didn't notice that maybe I was feeling that way ALL the time before I changed my eating habbits. Maybe that was the reason I was "lazy" or too tired to do anything. Maybe, that was the reason first starting out with being active hurt so bad.

Not maybe, I'm pretty sure it is, lol.

At the same time, though, I am not depriving myself of good food. I took care of my great grandma (a diabetic with other health issues). I had to make anything I fed her from scratch. Everything from bread to desserts. SO I know how to prepare healthy meals, and I never add anything bad, and if I HAVE to use something like oil or butter, it is always natural. I read the darn lable... I try to sustitute with water or olive oil whenever possible... even as a little girl I have hated butter and cooking oil. I can make anything I want to eat... just had to tap into my memory banks a bit, lol. Back then I was eating canned chili, delivered pizza, and tv dinners, to make the food I was making for her last her longer so I didn't have to spend every waking moment preparing stuff.

Mmmm. Now I'm hungry! Must... eat... fruit... I think I'll have my favorite tonight... SOUP! I am a soup diva, lol. My siblings bring their friends over when it's my night for cooking for everyone. They all love my soups and home made pastas!
 
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