Another Newbie

hludwig980

Hi Everyone!!
Yup, another newbie here. Last year I was was at the heaviest I had ever been and when I saw pictures of myself from New Year's Eve 2011 I was totally disgusted with myself!! How did it let myself get so far gone???? Now, I will never be a "small" girl. Matter of fact way back when I was in high school (20 years ago) I had jaw surgery done and got down to the lowest weight I would see in my "adult" life. I was down to 145 lbs (I'm 5'2") and I actually looked sick at that weight, it was too thin for me. Over the years I slowly put the weight on and got up to 200 lbs.

Then, my brother was getting married and I was in the wedding, so I started to work on losing the weight. I kept a food diary, but didn't count calories, and worked out at the YMCA 5 days a week and I lost 10 lbs, but it was a hard fought 10 lbs. Just when things were going well, I had a change at work, I was promoted into management and boy did the stress begin. I was working long hours, and was exhausted. I would just go home and drop and the weight started coming back.

Fast forward 7 years, all the weight is back and then some. Now, I have a 3 year old niece and almost 1 year old nephew. In part it was because of them that I decided I was going to turn things around again. I want to be here to enjoy my niece and nephew and watch them grow up and see the awesome people I know they are going to become. I want to be able to run and play with them and not just sit and watch while they have fun. I also want to set a good example for my niece, I don't want to see her struggle like I have with her weight and image problems that come with it.

During the first part of last year I lost 50 lbs and then slacked off. Luckily, while I wasn't keeping my food log I was still paying attention to what and how much I was eating and I've been able to hold my weight and not put anything back on. Now I'm back on track, I started back up on my food log, I'm walking and wanting to try and take part in a 5K at the end of the summer. I have recommitted myself to my goals and I WILL lose this last 15 to 20 lbs and meet my goal of between 170 and 175.

I've been tracking my food since lunch time on Monday and one area I seem to be struggling with is my sugar intake. It say's I should be consuming no more than 30 mg a day. I'm at that by the time I finish breakfast and I'm not going overboard!!! Is anyone else having a problem with that??

Finally, please feel free to send me a friend request. I've always done best when I've had to be accountable to someone besides myself.

Thanks everyone and I look forward to hearing from you!!!

Heather