I am 35. I don’t like the way I look. I originally lost over 35lbs by diet and excercise. I slowly gained most of it back. But seriously, you gain a lot faster then you lose. January is a waste of a month. I can start the dieting but I am going away for 2 weeks and won’t have access to “correct” foods. I wil do the best I can, salads and healthy choices, and if possible, will start working out then but I am going for training and have to keep an 85 average on the tests to keep my job (don’t ask) so I don’t know how much free time I will have. When I come back, I am joining the gym. It’s across the street from my apartment. I can see if from my window (ok, not really, but it’s blocked by trees, I can see the grocery store next to it, though) I know they have classes I like and good equipment. I hope NO, I will join for a month, make sure I can do everything and then join for 3 months and then the one year. Why not join for one year to start, Well, I do plan on moving w/in the next couple of months and I know I won’t be in the area.
Anyway, I just want to be happy again. I am hoping that if I am happy with myself, it will lead to other things. Like meeting the right guy. I know I don’t have to be thin to be happy. But I also know if you aren’t happy with yourself, emotionally and physically, why should others be happy with you.

And I am overweight.

My husband says I am sexy. My children say I am cuddly. My dress size (18) tells me the truth.

How much do I weigh? I don’t even know for sure, since I refuse to stand on a scale unless the nurse at the doctor’s office is giving me that look over her bi-focals.

Three years ago, I successfully over came Anorexia Nervosa. I, being of a 5′10″ height, weighed a mere 108 lbs.

One would think that simply choosing to eat, and choosing to live, one would be through with the battle. Not so much.

The act of being Anorexic not only caused emotional issues, but caused my natural metabolism to come to a screeching halt! My body, for fear it will never see nourishment again, has decided to hang onto every tiny morsel of food that I put into my mouth. In turn, causing me to balloon in a fashion that really reeks havoc on my phsyche.

Question: One of my biggest faults is that I am a RIDICULOUSLY picky eater. I don’t have any allergies, however: I don’t eat seafood, the only fruit I eat is apples, I eat very few vegetables (and most of them are starchy) . . . I’m a horrible eater! I’ve been this way all my life, and my brother is the same way. It drives our mom batty, LOL! We won’t eat half the food she cooks for the holidays! I’ve tried to eat different foods, but I just don’t like them. I often feel like a five-year-old. Do y’all have any suggestions to help me change this?

It’s January 2nd and we’re officially two days into the New Year – but banks were closed, my employer was closed and I made an executive decision three days ago that the New Year didn’t officially start until January 3rd.

So, as I sit here waiting for my Chinese food [Mongolian Beef] to be delivered on the last blow out meal before I get “serious”, I thought I would outline where I started, where I’m going, and where I want to be.

I was always a skinny child. Not thin but skinny. I was a tom-boy through and through – who needed hips or boobs? Well, I got ‘em anyhow [although very late] and even still, I weighed 105lbs until I was 19. I’m 5′4 [and a half!].

Hi, I am Shelli. Mother of three children, ages 19, 13 and 10. My 10 year old is a boy and he is nearly 11. I have had the weight since my last pregnancy and have continued to add to it, especially during the last six years in which I have had an unusual amount of stress. In my childhood, adolescence and early adulthood I never had a problem with weight. I was probably considered underweight during highschool even though I ate whatever and whenever I wanted. As we all probably know, those habits have a way of catching up with your body and after each pregnancy, it became harder and harder to take off the weight.

I don’t have tons and tons to lose, but I am classified as as overweight . . . I have been trying for about 4 years to get these pounds off. I started out being about 15 pounds overweight at the beginning of my freshman year of college, but then I kept gaining weight until I got up to needing to get 35 pounds off! I am now only 10 pounds above my original weight (which is still -10 pounds into my weightloss, LOL)! My goal is a very healthy goal for my height and body type, and that’s my goal – to be healthy!!! I find that I do much better when I have a community to work with, but since I’m in college and I keep switching between being at home and being at school, I can’t join a real life community. I had a great forum that I was a member of, but then the forum died, and so did my support system! I hope that together through Pounds2Go we will be able to support each other and help in our weightloss journey!

Pounds2Go: 43.5

Today started a little wonky and I’m off track with my exercise regimen. I did walk a mile, but I should have gone 2.9 mi. I prioritized launching P2G and getting members all set up to start writing, and I never consider glitch time.

Still, I’m down 2 lbs from yesterday, and I’ll take it! I do weigh-in every day, it keeps me motivated to keep going. I must have had nearly 80 oz. of water yesterday – in addition to coffee – I’m glad I’m always near a bathroom!

I plan to alternate pool and treadmill during the week (after the kids are back in school) – so I’ll get a full aerobic workout in the pool 2-3 days a week. I still need to write out my daily schedule, that will kick in this Wednesday.