Just Me
Sun, Aug-03-03, 20:58
I see that we must all introduce ourselves in here first, so let me do that now ...
:wave: "Hello!"
I started off at 317 pounds and as of yesterday morning, I weighed in at 169 pounds; minus a total of 148 pounds.
I only have 14 more pounds to go to reach my original goal weight of 155, where I look like I'm 140 to most (big bone structure). Now that I'm getting closer to it though, I want to lose more! I want to be that 145 and look 135. We'll see.
I'm only starting Atkins now because I've hit a plateau of sorts. Well, honestly? Not really. I've just been really depressed for the last 3 months and haven't been doing anything but focusing on my personal pain. So, I need a new focus for concentrating on and reaching my final finish line. This way it will help me reach my goal weight, as well as take my mind and heart off of my personal pain.
This is a club I never thought I'd be a member of, sigh, but we don't know how we'll truly react when life hands us it's bill of HARD KNOCKS ... and we're handed it eventually. I thought I knew myself better than to have allowed weight gain of this magnitude, but I never factor in the self loathing that would double it!
Anyway, now that I am a member of this club, I have a new appreciation for the strangers I pass on the street, or see walking the local track. I often stop and encourage them to keep going, although I no longer look the part, I'll always be the obese woman I was on the inside in disguise, knowing to speak up in defense of others still struggling. I hated that I was despised by complete strangers who didn't know a thing about me. I'll never stand by and permit that to happen around me anymore, nope!
Anyway ... I'm back ... I'm really back and I want to stick around in here and help encourage others. Besides, I now have other issues because of this severe weight loss to deal with I'd like to discuss with everyone eventually.
Just Me
:wave: "Hello!"
I started off at 317 pounds and as of yesterday morning, I weighed in at 169 pounds; minus a total of 148 pounds.
I only have 14 more pounds to go to reach my original goal weight of 155, where I look like I'm 140 to most (big bone structure). Now that I'm getting closer to it though, I want to lose more! I want to be that 145 and look 135. We'll see.
I'm only starting Atkins now because I've hit a plateau of sorts. Well, honestly? Not really. I've just been really depressed for the last 3 months and haven't been doing anything but focusing on my personal pain. So, I need a new focus for concentrating on and reaching my final finish line. This way it will help me reach my goal weight, as well as take my mind and heart off of my personal pain.
This is a club I never thought I'd be a member of, sigh, but we don't know how we'll truly react when life hands us it's bill of HARD KNOCKS ... and we're handed it eventually. I thought I knew myself better than to have allowed weight gain of this magnitude, but I never factor in the self loathing that would double it!
Anyway, now that I am a member of this club, I have a new appreciation for the strangers I pass on the street, or see walking the local track. I often stop and encourage them to keep going, although I no longer look the part, I'll always be the obese woman I was on the inside in disguise, knowing to speak up in defense of others still struggling. I hated that I was despised by complete strangers who didn't know a thing about me. I'll never stand by and permit that to happen around me anymore, nope!
Anyway ... I'm back ... I'm really back and I want to stick around in here and help encourage others. Besides, I now have other issues because of this severe weight loss to deal with I'd like to discuss with everyone eventually.
Just Me