Ravenglow
New member
Hi allWell, I found this forum over the weekend and have been lurking and reading; I need some motivation and a place where I can ramble about my eating/fitness quests and day to day experiences. And I think this is the place!!
I have had a weight problem all my life--but I know how much of it is deep-seated in emotions and self esteem and self perception too. I am an emotional eater; I have no doubt about this.
To tell you a little bit about myself--I am a single mom of 1 who lives about 65 miles north of NYC. I have been trying to lose weight and now to get healthier seriously for about a year and a half now give or take but its evolving as I move along on my journey.
I started out trying to crash diet and would eat 1 meal per day and not work out ever...I lost weight but realized that I had to add exercise and with that realization I faced the fact that I really needed to learn how to EAT and not to starve.
It was easier for me to starve all day then eat a big meal at dinner than to make healthy choices and be restrained with smaller portions of healthier food constantly.
I joined the local Y in February and it really kicked me into high gear. I have never been a work out person, but now I go 5 or 6 days a week and actually LOVE to work out. I love the confidence and strength I feel and I am addicted. Its less about how I look now and more about how I feel seriously
And this...this is the weird part about me, and I feel it more so after seeing all of your posts and countdowns and tickers here....numbers psych me out.
I have not weighed or measured myself in AGES and have no guide or reference points to go by, at least not concrete ones. I have good guesstimates in place though so let me explain.
I am only 5ft tall
Well maybe 5ft and a half inch or something!! I would say I probably hit 200 lbs at some points over the years, but maybe my high average wouldve been 185 or 190. I think I lost about 15 or 20 lbs or so before joining the gym and in the 8 months since joining the gym probably another 20 lbs.
I think right now I weigh between 140 and 150 and I would say that I want to lose another 20 or 25 lbs. I have no time limit or anything, its just my ultimate goal I guess.
I am not ready to get on a scale. I am just going to keep going although Im becoming increasingly aware that I need to have some milestones or might LIKE to have some milestones so maybe one day..........
Anyway, just wanted to say HI thanks for having me, and see you all around the boards!!!
