Shannon's weight journy

ShannonM7426

ShannonM7426

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Hey all,

I am not new to this forum, but i am new to the weight loss journal. i have been poking around here for many months now and finally wanted to post a journal. Also to let you guys know a little bit about me. my name is shannon i currently live in southern california. i am 22 years old, i am not married but me and my fiancee have been together for almost 9 years and we have two beautiful kids together.

my weight issues began when i was 16, i had my first child, i now that is a young age to have a baby. but anyway i went from 100 pounds to 135-140 after i had her and for some reason i couldnt get it off :mad: . i was a very busy person then too i had to go to school at 7 am i got out of school at 2:15 and then off to my full time job i went from 2:30-10:30. im not sure were it all went wrong it could have been that i only ate fast food then and junk bc i worked at a retail store and we had candy and chips all over the place but i figured as long as i was active i should loose the weight but i didnt.

oh by the way some of you may think 100 pounds or 135 is not that much but i am only 4 11 so i should weigh some were in the low 100's some poeple weigh in the 90's and still look ok but i am aming for like 100.

anyway a few years go by and a few more pounds gets added on, after high school i went to beauty school bc i have this big dream of being a great big famous hair dresser lol no because i dont know why but i love doing that kind of stuff, while in beauty school you would think i would loose weight bc we stand all day, but nope i gained 10 pounds, probably bc of all the junk i ate there too and the stress.

okay so after beauty school i weighed about 150 pounds and i got pregnant with my second child but i tried to eat right and excersie moderatly and thank god with him i only gained the 15 pounds i weighed 165, then when he came out and i was breast feeding i went down to 145 but once i stopped i went all the way back up to 160 and that my friends was the highest weight i have ever been!!! i looked at the scale and i said never ever again with tears. i then went on the internet and i found this little place of heaven.

i love this forum!!! i love all the pictures all the people everything it has really pushed me too loose weight the motivation here is soo good so i thank you!!!!

in june i think thats when i joined this forum i tried to loose weight many many time and for some reason i kept falling off the weagon i would loose 10 pounds and gain 5. it wasn't until dec when i met this guy at my work and he told me about the low carb diet he said eat as many eggs, as much meat, and as much cheese as you want oh and no more soda and i promise you will loose weight so i said what the heck i have tried many other things why not this so i did and since dec i have lost 33 pounds i am sooo excited that i actually lost some weight bc i always go up and up never down. the whole soda thing was kind of devistating to me bc i loved soda but now its all water.

i just feel soo happy :D i had to share it with you all i have about 30 pounds to go but i feel soo good one day ill get courage and post some b4 and afters but for now thanks for reading my story.
 
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why is it so hard for me to say no to chocolate??? everytime i see it want to eat it. i tell myself ok just a little then a little turns into the whole thing, it makes loosing weight 10 times as hard!!!
 
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Welcome to your diary! Looks like you are well on your way with 33 lbs lost since December. I know I'd never last on a low carb diet, so good for you for making it work!

I'm not sure about the whole chocolate thing, but I had this urge about a month ago to buy a chocolate and I resisted, but when I got home, I made no bake cookies since I had no chocolate, and I'm 100% sure had I purchased the candy, I would have saved myself several hundred calories for a few days. :( Guess ya live and learn!

Good Luck on making those healthy choices, and remember, even chocolate isn't bad for you in moderation!
 
Ok I did it I put some pic of me on the b4 and in betweens page in case any of you wanted to see.

Low carb was or is not that hard for me. I guess the hardest part is when I do it for a little while then I relapse and eat junk bc I love donuts and chocolate like my bad habits are not chips, but anything to do with chocolate and pastries I’m all in.

When I relapse I usually do it for a couple of days then I get a hold of myself and start all over again in hopes that I will over come the bad foods lol. in the beginning it was hard for me to give up soda and I kept needing a soda kind of like a drug addict but a soda junky lol, I relapsed a few times but now I don’t drink soda at all, I haven’t had a donut in a long while but the other night I wanted one sooo bad but I resisted, yeah for me!!! Except yesterday I had a little bit of chocolate but small enough to were it didn’t affect me.

that’s another thing I try to do I try to walk on the treadmill for at least 30 min I put it on incline 10 which is the highest mine will go and I walk up hill for the whole 30 min I use to try walk/run for 30 but I noticed that the more incline I did the more cals I burned. when I walked/ran I would only burn like 220 cal but now I burn 400 cals so that helps a lot, plus the water I drink soo much water its not even funny.

But here’s to another day.... of trying!!
 
i did something so bad last night.... i had cold stones and loved every min of it lol. i have to find some way to get back on track i only have 30 more pounds to go but all i want to eat is junk food. ok i think this week im gonna try to excercise more and drink more water. i dont know well see how it goes. i started doing crunches that was interesting. its weird when i do like 20 my back really starts to hurt but only when i do crunches.

i want to be 120 by the middle of may so thats like 7 pounds in a month... i think i could do it, well i'm gonna try at least.

what doesnt kill us makes us stronger right.

i need to find some way to fight the junk food cravings does anyone have any idea on how to do that??
 
Hi Shannon,
Welcome to your diary :)

I have found the best way for me to fight junk food cravings is to stay pretty full throughout the day. If I plan out my meals and snacks, then I can avoid the hand to mouth snacking action a little better. Also, snacking on tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots really help fill me up.

Best of luck to you as you kick those remaining 30 pounds!!
 
thank you, that is some really good advise!!!


so to help me get motivated i have offerd my friend a two week challenege, she is trying to loose weight to and she hasnt had the will power to stay on top of it so maybe this will help the both of us!! i hope!! bc lately i havent had the will power eaither but i know i have to stay on top of it!!

so i have been walking every night this week for that 500 cals a day thing but i havent been eating the best so i gained like 3 pounds so thats not good!!

im gonna try snaking today like you mentioned m2m, and see how it goes thank you!!:D
 
ok so it has been a few days and i have done pretty good so far with the two week challenge i am back to 127 so im happy!!

i am still walking, right now i really really want to get down to 120 so i have 7 pounds but it seems like this is the hardest 7 pounds ever!!! it just stays there no matter what i do i cant get under this number. so i dont know we shall see.
 
for the last few days i have not been feeling really well, im not sure what it is, i have no energy, almost every time i get up i feel soo dizzy its just weird. usually stuff happens like this when you starve yourself but i have been eating more than i use to like i would skip breakfast now i eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner and i have been snacking to stay away from the junk. and i know most of you think well you might be pregnant but im NOT!! does anyone else ever feel like this after they started an excersie routine or has anyone done low carb and felt sick after being on it for months???
 
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