Hi everyone,
I found this forum a couple of days ago and I’ve been monitoring it since then. I think that this is a very supportive community and that it would help me get out of my slump.
The New Year has now passed and it is time for me to shed the pounds. It’s interesting to see how gaining pounds deeply affects us. I never was the skinny type of guy but I used to be very active. I was practicing Karate, playing soccer, hiking, scuba diving and much more. Some 15 years ago, I stopped, for no apparent reasons, to be active. I slowly stopped and finally completely stopped doing anything almost 12 years ago. I have since then gained over 50 pounds and a lot of physical problems. You have no idea (hummm, I’m sure most of you do
) how it affects my life. I have lost all self esteem. I don’t want to go to the beach and it’s out of question to remove my shirt during the summer. I avoid going to public pools because I think I look like a whale. I have no energy with my kids and that’s a big motivation for change.
I think it’s the first time I’m really motivated and committed to loosing weight. I have never accepted help from anyone before and I usually try to bite the hands that are trying to feed me (especially the skinny ones ). I want this to stop and I guess this is why I’m coming to this board. The people that are trying to help here are in the same situation. So, let’s make of 2007 the year for changes!
I found this forum a couple of days ago and I’ve been monitoring it since then. I think that this is a very supportive community and that it would help me get out of my slump.
The New Year has now passed and it is time for me to shed the pounds. It’s interesting to see how gaining pounds deeply affects us. I never was the skinny type of guy but I used to be very active. I was practicing Karate, playing soccer, hiking, scuba diving and much more. Some 15 years ago, I stopped, for no apparent reasons, to be active. I slowly stopped and finally completely stopped doing anything almost 12 years ago. I have since then gained over 50 pounds and a lot of physical problems. You have no idea (hummm, I’m sure most of you do
) how it affects my life. I have lost all self esteem. I don’t want to go to the beach and it’s out of question to remove my shirt during the summer. I avoid going to public pools because I think I look like a whale. I have no energy with my kids and that’s a big motivation for change.I think it’s the first time I’m really motivated and committed to loosing weight. I have never accepted help from anyone before and I usually try to bite the hands that are trying to feed me (especially the skinny ones
). I want this to stop and I guess this is why I’m coming to this board. The people that are trying to help here are in the same situation. So, let’s make of 2007 the year for changes!
