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Starting over again

Pangui
Pangui Posts: 373 Member
edited September 2024 in Introduce Yourself
I have been battling with my weight my entire adult life. I am now in my mid-40s. Most of that time I have just been closing my eyes and not paying attention to what I am doing to myself and my body. Thirteen years ago I lost 92 pounds in 5 months and I looked really great. That was not really a healthy weight loss pace as many days I hardly ate anything. It took me nearly 4 years to gain it all back.

Now here I am starting over again. I have made some pretty big goals for myself in about three years and I cannot accomplish them at my current weight, so by default, losing the pounds becomes another important goal. They include quitting my job, starting my own online business and traveling the world with my family for at least two years.

I am so glad I found this website. It really is a step above anything else I have seen. I have been here for just under a week and I see my motivation growing daily as I use the tools. I am not sure how one makes friends on here or how you open up your food diary for others to see. Perhaps someone would be willing to chime in and let me know how it all works around here.

I look forward to making new friends and encouraging others on their way to their goals. I really think I have the patience to lose the weight slowly and smartly and permanently this time.

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  • SaraTN
    SaraTN Posts: 536 Member
    Welcome.... you will find a lot of support here and you are more than welcome to look at my food and exercise diary. I have been on here for about six months ... the last three months I have not been super consistent with my logging food etc as I have a bodybugg and do a lot of my logging of food and exercise on that site... but truth be told I prefer this site for logging food... exercise... and the support.

    I share your love of travel and support your goal to see the world. I had a goal to travel around the world by the time I was 30 -- which I did... but there are still many places I would like to see.... and I am entertaining the idea of moving to South America...but that is several years away... at best.
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