Hoping for some forward momentum.

mkwalk
mkwalk Posts: 15 Member
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So I've done this a million times, I think. Weight Watchers, on my own, tracking, not tracking, cutting out sugar...I'm extremely good at stopping halfway. This time, though, I may have done the impossible - I'm inspired again, and I've managed to maintain my weight (+ or - 5 lbs) for the past six months, after losing 40 lbs. Not what I wanted to do, but it could be much much worse. As of today, I've got 46 lbs to lose to be "normal" weight.

I'm 24. I'm several months out of an uninspired relationship, I work 40 hours a week at a job that's not going to lead to a career. I live at home with my family. That being said - I'm 15 lbs away from my lowest weight since middle school, I can run 4-5 miles (at almost 10 minutes a mile), I have wonderful friends, I have an education, no debt, and a few thousand dollars in the bank.

I've felt stagnant lately, in the worst sort of claustrophobic way. I'm trying to do a few things: get a more fulfilling job, find a place of my own (maybe in a bigger city), maybe even consider dating. It hasn't been working.

I finally decided to get back to the basics, and really improve where I most need to improve. I've been in denial - I weigh a skosh over 200 lbs, and I don't look it. I'm somewhere between a size 12 and 14, depending on the brand. I'm naturally muscular and sort of dense, and I've been kidding myself for a long time thinking that I'm fine where I am because that's just how I'm built. In a way, I think I am - once I hit the upper range of normal, I'll probably be exactly where I want to be. Maybe not, that's just my first goal.

Anyway, I figured I'd introduce myself. I'd love to find someone to nag me about tracking, since that's where I fall off the wagon most often. Maybe you're in a similar situation and you'd like a friend? We can work together, that'd be neat!

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