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fhttrs

Hey guys

I'm Whitters and I'm 24 years old. I've struggled with my weight nearly my entire life and PCOS for the past 6 or so years. I've tried tons of different diets, counting calories, etc. and nothing has ever seemed to work for me (I think in large part due to the fact that I am discouraged so easily).

But last August I moved to Pittsburgh, PA and decided that it was time to change my life. I changed the way I ate, started exercising more and managed to keep it up even through my fiancé leaving me for another girl, my mother's heart attack and a severe case of pneumonia and so far I've lost roughly 60lbs.

I've had a MFP account for a while, but never used it. Now that more and more of my friends are jumping in here, I decided that I should too.

So.. Hi!

VixFit2011

Great! Welcome to the family!

DarkDiva2005

Welcome back! And good job keeping up with your weight loss even through the hard times

caitlinclock

You can do this, Whitters!! :flowerforyou:

alittle99

Great job on your current weight loss success, and good luck going forward!!

psb13

welcome! I also am a PA gal. In the central part now, but originally from the P-burg area. I also looked into mfp several months ago but actually just started "for real" last week. Liking it a lot so far. Hope you do too!! Friend request if you like. :bigsmile:

hhenehan

Wow! All of that and you think YOU get discouraged easily?!? I get discouraged when my 2-year old is acting out; or when my boyfriend is being insensitive. LOL! You are an inspiration. I am new to MFP as well. I have been a Weight Watcher in the past and just am not finding it to be what motivates me anymore. Good luck, Whitters!

psb13

Caity, best of luck with those last 3 lbs and Happy B-day (a little early). :happy:

fhttrs

You can do this, Whitters!! :flowerforyou:

I love you Caity! ^_^

welcome! I also am a PA gal. In the central part now, but originally from the P-burg area. I also looked into mfp several months ago but actually just started "for real" last week. Liking it a lot so far. Hope you do too!! Friend request if you like. :bigsmile:

Yay for PA girls! ^_^

Wow! All of that and you think YOU get discouraged easily?!? I get discouraged when my 2-year old is acting out; or when my boyfriend is being insensitive. LOL! You are an inspiration. I am new to MFP as well. I have been a Weight Watcher in the past and just am not finding it to be what motivates me anymore. Good luck, Whitters!

See, that's what I was like too. If even the slightest thing would go wrong in my life, I would get super upset and fly off the handle. And then I'd just eat a ****load of stuff and get really discouraged / give up. But then all that stuff happened (the fiancé thing happened first - on Valentines Day no less) and I really did just fall apart. For almost a month I didn't sleep, I couldn't eat without getting sick, etc. Because of that I lost about 20lbs over a few weeks and while I know it wasn't a healthy way to lose the weight, it...I dunno... lit a fire under my *kitten*. So when the other bad stuff came along, I was more able to take it all in stride and not let it affect my eating.

psb13

very impressive...you can certainly do this after turning all the bad stuff into something positive!!

fhttrs

very impressive...you can certainly do this after turning all the bad stuff into something positive!!

I'll admit that it's still a struggle at times and I'm nowhere near back to being okay with everything that happened. But at least now I'm confident that I can keep my head up.