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blink1021
blink1021 Posts: 1,115 Member
edited September 2024 in Introduce Yourself
I actually started using this site in the beginning of February I found it as an app on my phone and thought I could use the calorie counter to keep track of food, water and exercise. I had idea it offered so much more. In the beginning it started off well I even lost 8.6lbs the first month then I sabotaged myself and gained it all back. It is very frustrating I have been giving in to what is fast and easy instead of what is right. Those of you that work, go to school and raise a family know that it is extremely difficult to balance all that and not hurt anyones feelings. My husband says he supports me, but in some ways he just throws temptation in front of me, like ordering pizza when I work late instead of making a meal and by the time I get home I am just too tired and give in. Then I hate myself ten minutes later. I know its about self control, but I also believe in a support system and that is why I am turning here hopefully all of you out there could be a support system so that can and will succeed this time.

I am an emotional/bored eater I will eat just because its there not because I am hungry. I know its a horrible habit to get into but I have been like that for most of my adult life. I have always fought to keep my weight down in high school it was easy because my father fixed my meals and I was involved in every sport possible so I didn't realize that I was working out. Then in 1997 I graduated high school and went to college where I found out that pizza was delivered till 2am and Burger King was around the corner. My father never let us eat any fast food and we hardly ever went out to eat. In 1999 I had gone from 139lbs to 200lbs. That summer I lifeguarded at Myrtle Beach and lost close to 30lbs that summer and I felt great. I am one of these people who have to work out I can gain 10lbs looking at a piece of pie. Again I became inactive and began eating out way too much I met my now husband and he has an outstanding metabolism and I was eating as much if not more than him. The weight just kept coming I never even noticed it was happening. In 2003 I became pregnant, but I can't even blame my weight on the baby because I gained 1lb my whole pregnancy I even left the hospital 11lbs lighter than when I first became pregnant. Now I just want to be happy I hate to leave the house unless I have to it is depressing to see my side profile in the store windows. I try to avoid pictures and have for the past 10 years for fear of having to look at myself. I am grumpy all the time and I snap at my son for no reason I even snap at the poor dog its not there fault, its just that I am always tired. I am tired of being out of breath from walking up a couple of flights of stairs.

I am open to any and all suggestions as far as meal plans and foods that work for you that is one of my hardest things is grocery shopping and deciding on meals that I can feed everyone. I want my son to make better food choices because lets face it he does have half my dna and it looks like he is taking after me in the metabolism department. My father used to do meals entirely of vegetables, but I know my family will not go for that I have a meat and potatoes husband. I have however substituted turkey instead of ground beef and he hasn't caught on yet. Fingers crossed.

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