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- How much weight do you want to lose?
- 150 pounds
- How long have you tried to lose it?
- I have gone up and down in weight my entire life.
- About Me:
- I'm forty-five years old. I'm married to a wonderful man and we have one daughter who is eleven years old. We live in a small midwestern town.
After the birth of my daughter, I left a career in banking to become a stay-at-home mom. It doesn't seem like ten years could have passed so quickly, but they have. Currently, I work part time and I volunteer at my daughter's school during the week.
I am at my highest weight ever. My discipline really fails when it comes to snacks, cheeseburgers, pizza, pasta, and desserts!! I have always struggled with the motivation to exercise, but it has been even worse for me the last three years as I have had exteme pain in my feet from plantar fascitis and this has forced me to limit my activities.
I am very self-conscious about my appearance. At this weight, I feel like my life is on hold -- both physically and emotionally. I allow the way I look and feel to send me on a detour away from the life I would like to have and from doing the things that I want to do.
I recently was asked to go as a chaperone for my daughter's school field trip to a historic homestead that depicts life in the 1800's. I had to decline because I feared I would not be able to keep up with all the walking. This was a dramatic wake up call for me because the reality of the situation was that my weight has now reached a point where I am not able to participate in many of the things I would like to do.
This wake up call has given me the inspiration to start making changes in my life so that I can accept the opportunities that will be coming along. No more sitting on the sidelines!!
One of the changes I am making is to talk more with others and to seek their support and encouragement. I usually keep everything (frustrations, challenges, disappointments, etc.) bottled up inside. I am hoping to make many friends through this network and to share experiences, thoughts, positive motivation, and inspiration.
- Do you take vitamins or other supplements?
- No
- Are you willing to change some of your habits or actions?
- Yes
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Bottling up was one of my specialities, too, and sometimes it still is, especially when it comes to receiving help because I suffer from depression. Sometimes I myself think I am stupid not opening up.
Do you also feel you have built up a thick wall around you that would even make a crusaders' army stay outside? I do not mean physically, but mentally because of physical habits. Please be not be insulted, I have felt so at 240lbs., and in a way, I felt protected. But I also felt numb and like leaving all the good feelings outside, too.
You are NOT alone, believe me! And in this forum, we are all with you, all your online friends at the least! And you will get there, I'm sure of that. Your writing is smart, you have a wonderful family who wants to spend as much time with you as they can, and you are beautiful. And that doesn't have anything to do with your body-shape, but with what is radiating from your photo. So what's there to stop you? :)
Love, Nina
Jill
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