still.hurting
New member
07.07.08
"I shall shape my future.
Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own.
I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me.
Or I can be lost in the maze. My choice. My responsbility.
Win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny." -unknown
"My advice is to go into something and stay with it until you like it.
You can't like it until you obtain expertise in that work.
And once you are an expert, it's a pleasure."
Current Weight: 202.6 pounds
Starting Weight: 290.0 pounds
Goal Weight: 155.0 pounds
It's been a long time since I've been here so I decided to start a new journal. Just because I've been absent, does not mean I have not successfully continued my changed lifestyle, and I'm happy to report that I've lost nearly 90 pounds in the past year, which began a while after I joined the forum. The last time i was on this forum, I was still 260 pounds, so there's been quite a change! I will definitely be making a big before and after post, so keep your eyes peeled for a link! I've overcome many barriers, and continue to fight the battle against fat every day.
Instead of everyone asking me how I lost the weight, I'll be straight up about it. There's no secret, and fad diets do not work. I count my calories that I intake, and track my calories burned in outtake from my workouts. I workout at the gym 5-6 days per week for a minimum of one hour. I do both cardio AND weight training every day that I work out, and I've grown to love it. I'm almost in the 100's for the first time that I can even think of. The last time I was in the 100's I was too young to remember. Even as a young teenager at 16, I was close to 300 pounds. I am the lightest I have ever been since childhood, and am enjoying having my first boyfriend at an unusual 20 years old, and being confident in who I am. I learned that I had to love myself, accept myself, and make things in my life right before good things would come to me.
You have the power to change your own circumstances.
-Kari ?
"I shall shape my future.
Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own.
I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me.
Or I can be lost in the maze. My choice. My responsbility.
Win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny." -unknown
"My advice is to go into something and stay with it until you like it.
You can't like it until you obtain expertise in that work.
And once you are an expert, it's a pleasure."
Current Weight: 202.6 pounds
Starting Weight: 290.0 pounds
Goal Weight: 155.0 pounds
It's been a long time since I've been here so I decided to start a new journal. Just because I've been absent, does not mean I have not successfully continued my changed lifestyle, and I'm happy to report that I've lost nearly 90 pounds in the past year, which began a while after I joined the forum. The last time i was on this forum, I was still 260 pounds, so there's been quite a change! I will definitely be making a big before and after post, so keep your eyes peeled for a link! I've overcome many barriers, and continue to fight the battle against fat every day.
Instead of everyone asking me how I lost the weight, I'll be straight up about it. There's no secret, and fad diets do not work. I count my calories that I intake, and track my calories burned in outtake from my workouts. I workout at the gym 5-6 days per week for a minimum of one hour. I do both cardio AND weight training every day that I work out, and I've grown to love it. I'm almost in the 100's for the first time that I can even think of. The last time I was in the 100's I was too young to remember. Even as a young teenager at 16, I was close to 300 pounds. I am the lightest I have ever been since childhood, and am enjoying having my first boyfriend at an unusual 20 years old, and being confident in who I am. I learned that I had to love myself, accept myself, and make things in my life right before good things would come to me.
You have the power to change your own circumstances.
-Kari ?
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