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HollandTaylor

HollandTaylor

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Hey there everybody!
Figured I better post now before I chicken out. :p

My name's Meagan. I'm 19 years old born and raised here in East Texas just North of Houston. I still live with my parents and younger sister at the moment. I'm moving out in May though. Getting an apartment with one of my best friends in her college town. I've been working on joining the Air Force but have been too overweight to do so. I'd lost about 30 pounds from the time I graduated in June 2009. I haven't been able to workout for the past few months though. It was one thing after another. I was doing P90X and loved it but I got the flu and was down, then bruised my tailbone really bad, twisted my ankle very badly... the list goes on. Every time one thing would get better something else would go wrong. I didn't gain any weight back though during that time. It's only been the last month or so that I've started gaining weight again. I was at about 160ish. (My recruiter said I was 156 when he weighed me in September but I weighed myself at home that day and it said 165.)
Anyway, I weighed last week and it put me right at 170. I'm 5'3" (and a half! I claim that half inch! :p I'd always said I was 5'4" but my recruiter said I was a half inch shorter and that in MEPS it'll count me as 5'3".) I've been overweight since 5th grade. Before that I hadn't really noticed. I've always wanted to be active. Fit. Healthy. But...I don't have to tell ya'll...it's hard. I'm ready to start living and doing the things I want to. My goal was to be the right weight and have the right level of fitness for the military (I'm supposed to weigh 145) but since I'll be moving in with my friend that's not so much my immediate goal anymore. It still is my ultimate though. My future roommate is very active and very fit. I don't want to be the fat roommate. It's difficult having a healthy diet here at home. I know I felt good when I used to workout every day but it's hard to get started again. I want to start runnin' too. I want to be able to run with my roommate. I don't want to start off slow and embarrassed when I move. I don't expect myself to be an athlete or super fit or anything by the time I move. I just don't want to look so dadgum pathetic... I'm so sick of bein' stuck in the body that doesn't match who I am. I guess I'm just hopin' for some tips...encouragement...anything really. I just know that ya'll know where I'm coming from. Hopefully we can help each other. :)

Sorry for such a long post. I kinda ramble sometimes... :eek:

Love from Texas!
~Meag

Summary:
Age - 19
Height - 5'3"ish
Current Weight - ~170
Goal Weight - <145
 
Welcome and good luck your Air Force goal! My friend has a similar goals but wants to go to the Navy :) I think there are many ppl here like that. You are definitely not alone here :)
 
HollandTaylor said:
Hey there everybody!
Figured I better post now before I chicken out. :p

My name's Meagan. I'm 19 years old born and raised here in East Texas just North of Houston. Before that I hadn't really noticed. I've always wanted to be active. Fit. Healthy.... My future roommate is very active and very fit. I don't want to be the fat roommate. I want to be able to run with my roommate. I don't want to start off slow and embarrassed when I move. I don't expect myself to be an athlete or super fit or anything by the time I move. I just don't want to look so dadgum pathetic... I'm so sick of bein' stuck in the body that doesn't match who I am. I guess I'm just hopin' for some tips...encouragement...anything really. I just know that ya'll know where I'm coming from. Hopefully we can help each other. :)
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As a fat girl who has injured herself numerous times trying to keep up with her skinny more fit and athletic friends, don't do it. Do not compare yourself to anyone, you have to set realistic goals everytime you work out, and not try to keep up with someone else. It will lead to injury or frustration which will lead to quitting.
And I am not saying this as someone who fell in this category years or months ago, I am saying this as someone who is aching now because she pushed her body too far too fast THIS MORNING.. trying to keep up with friends.
Use them for motivation, use them for encouragement, but remember, you are not in a competition with anyone, take your time, and don't worry about looking pathetic, channel the IT'S ALL ABOUT ME gene and go for it.
 
transparent said:
Do not compare yourself to anyone, you have to set realistic goals everytime you work out, and not try to keep up with someone else. It will lead to injury or frustration which will lead to quitting.
And I am not saying this as someone who fell in this category years or months ago, I am saying this as someone who is aching now because she pushed her body too far too fast THIS MORNING.. trying to keep up with friends.
Use them for motivation, use them for encouragement, but remember, you are not in a competition with anyone, take your time, and don't worry about looking pathetic, channel the IT'S ALL ABOUT ME gene and go for it.
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Aw thank you. I'm totally game for channeling the "It's All About Me" gene. I didn't mean to say that I'm trying to compete with or compare myself to my friends. I've done that in the past but not anymore. I think my goals are pretty realistic. My future roommate isn't the type to act better than me or anything. She's just a little bundle of energy. :D She's always wanting to do something. She just likes to be moving. I do too. And it frustrates me when the body I'm in doesn't let me do the things I want to. It's not to say that I'm going to push myself beyond my limits to be like my friends. It's just that I know I'm capable of doing more than I do. A lot of it is not being comfortable with everything moving around. I've had the feeling for as long as I can remember and it still gives me the heebie jeebies! lol Thank ya'll for the support! :D I'm soo excited! Oh and I was wrong about how much I weigh. I weighed today and it's at exactly 167.8lbs. I joined the 3 month challenge and am aiming for a loss of 17.8lbs. I think that's pretty doable right? I'll be starting my diary tomorrow too. But for now it is bedtime. :)
 
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