Excuses excuses excuses

jill___
jill___ Posts: 188 Member
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
When I was 15, I started dating my fiance. Between 10th and 11th grade (the first 8 months of our relationship), I gained about 85lbs. I was barely eating -- or doing anything else. I didn't have the energy to get out of bed on most days. I was failing in school and in pain most of the time. I ignored the weight gain and all the symptoms, and the school psychologist diagnosed me with severe depression.

At this point, my parent forced me to see a doctor, and I found out that I have Hypothyroidism.

For 10 years, I've used this as my excuse to be overweight. Of course, it was a HUGE contributor in my weight gain, but I'm so sad that I spent a decade thinking that it was preventing me from losing weight. I've sulked around, disgusted with myself for so long, with NO attempt to lose weight because I was told I wouldn't be able to.

Now, 50lbs later, I want encourage anyone else suffering from Hypothyroidism. Weight loss is NOT impossible with a little effort! Don't let a diagnosis hold you back and prevent you from trying.

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  • hooah_mj
    hooah_mj Posts: 1,004 Member
    BRAVO!

    you are so brave and of such inspiration...it's amazing to hear a story like yours and realize that the most of us have it so much easier, and for that, we should be very thankful and motivated to change our lives :flowerforyou:
  • LysieMae
    LysieMae Posts: 29 Member
    That's wonderful!! Congrats!!
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
  • callherbeautyxo
    callherbeautyxo Posts: 124 Member
    How long does it take for you to lose weight having that problem??
  • jill___
    jill___ Posts: 188 Member
    How long does it take for you to lose weight having that problem??

    It took me a year to lose 50lbs. I started on Halloween 2010. I'm sure I could've done it in a shorter amount of time though.

    Last year, I got to a point where I was really just disgusted with myself. I started eating between 400 & 500 calories a day, and burning around 1000. I dropped 25lbs in 3 weeks... but then I completely stalled out. I was stuck for a while and couldn't lose ANYTHING, then I gained about 10lbs back, then for a while I lost and gained that 10lbs over and over, then over the past 3 months lost the 10 I gained back, plus another 25.


    Now I'm on track with eating right and going to the gym everyday. I'm remembering to take my Hypothyroid medication everyday, along with multivitamins.
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