EMorgan
New member
Hey everyone! Im new to this forum. Im a 24 yr old female. Ill start off by saying I dont have a lot of weight to lose. I Have gained about 15lbs in the last year since my boyfriend and I started dating. He is 6'5" and Im 5'5" and I noticed from the moment we started dating I began eating more because he eats more often than I use to, he also eats higher calorie foods than I once did including his love of MT. Dew which he drinks about 3-5 a day. This is fine for him, although unhealthy I know, I tell him this. However he still is a thin 195 which is good for his height. I however cannot eat this way and its causing me to steadily gain more weight. Once apon a time up until about the age of 20 I couldnt gain weight for the life of me. I was perpetually stuck at 100 lbs and I wanted to have curves so badly. Oh how I wish to be that way now! haha. About 2 years ago I was at my fittest. I weighed roughly 110-115 lbs and went to the gym about 3-4 days a week ( I did about 20 mins of cardio and then 20 mins weight lifting per day). I did not diet at all but I didnt think about food much either. I dont know how much I ate because it just never crossed my mind to worry about it. Now within the last year I have started to adopt some of my boyfriends unhealthy eating habits. He brings me Mt. Dew sometimes when I get off work even though I have told him I dont need to drink that stuff. I feel bad if I dont drink it and dont want to hurt his feelings, although sometimes I do just say " I dont want it". He also has a tendency to insist I eat by saying things while he's eating like "try this" Me: "no I dont want to" him: " come on just try some" Eventually I give in because in reallity I do want some but I try to say no because I know that is the reason for my weight gain. However, after someone pressures you that much its hard not to give in! I looked up each of our "maintenence level calories" because I saw something about it on here and his is DOUBLE what mine is. Granted I dont eat as much as he does all the time but I do eat close to it lol. Anyway right now I weigh 130 ish (I dont really know because I dont own a scale) and I want to lose 15 lbs and get back into my former shape by exercising and some calorie control. The real breaking point for me was yesterday I went clothes shopping and I couldnt fit into the size I thought I was ( I use to be a size 1/2 and now am more like a 4/5 ish) which was a size 4, they were so tight I couldnt button them. I know this sounds stupid to some people because many people are trying to lose much more weight, but I am so unhappy with how I look and its making me miserable to think about how I use to look and how I look now. Anyway Im sorry this is so long. Hope to get some tips and support from this forum. Thanks for reading!