Overweight Anonymous

Great post!

My name is Paige, I am fat and more overweight than I should be. I started this at 283 pounds the day after my beautiful daughter, Journey was born. I am now down to 234 and not happy still. I feel fat in EVERYTHING and I hate the person that I see in the mirror. Yes, I suffer from some bull**** mental illnesses that make daily life.. a daily hell hole.
I actually really like that fat caterpillar so, I may just reincarnate you for that! I would LOVE to come back as him... cutie pie.

Hello,

I am Diane, and I love food. I am a social eater. I get together with friends to eat. We have potlucks at work for every little occasion. I eat what my kids have left over. I tell my mother that she should never have made me clean my plate

I like to be active but don't exercise a lot. I hate to run, but it's not that big of a problem because I can't do it for more than about 3 minutes at a time.

I just don't think I am meant to be heavy. I don't think that food should equal happiness in my life. I want to be able to keep up with my kids, or dance, or shop in any store because I am not shopping for XL clothes, ect. I have twin nieces who look a lot like me. I feel sad for them when people tell them that because I hope they won't end up overweight like me. I am trying to gently encourage better eating for them, but I need to be a better example.

Hi everyone, I'm Talitha.

I'm chronically ill, which makes exercise almost impossible for me. I spend a lot of time too sick to get out of bed and because I'm always in pain and stressed, I comfort eat. As a result, I am pretty overweight and very unhappy with my life in general.

I'd love to meet someone and have kids, but it seems impossible. I can only go out about once a month and I rarely get to meet new people. Plus, running around after kids would be tricky with me.

Now my doctor has said my liver is failing and the only way to stop it is to lose weight. I'm 5.5 and 80kgs, which is 176lbs.

so I'm hoping to lose weight, not die and find a boyfriend. I've always been an overachiever!

Hi =] My name is Tiffany and I am 235lbs. This is the heaviest I have EVER been in my life and I don't like what I see in the mirror!!!! I really want to make a change and my motivation is that i am getting married in August this year and damn'it I want to look good!!! This is going to be hard because frankly I LOVE food and I tend to eat when I am sad or upset...or just plain bored!!! I think this is awesome that we can go to this message board and share tips and stories with people that know exactly what we are going through!! I look forward to getting to know everyone and to get on the road to a better, healthier and happier me =]

Always to be a better example. I had a salad tonight and my daught had a grilled chicken sandwich with waffle fries from Chick-fila-a. She said I made her feel horrible because she was putting that crap in her body when I was eating healthy. I told her baby steps, baby steps.

It is great that your daughter knows the difference between good food and junk food, but please watch her so that she doesn't develop disordered eating. Speaking from personal experience, even something small like cutting out a food group or feeling guilty for eating waffle fries can lead to some big issue later on. Instead, talk to her about being active and eating food that makes you feel good as opposed to not eating fat foods. Make sure she knows what she eats does not define her.

At my biggest, i couldn't find 44 inch waist pants, with a short enough leg to fit me. As of today, I fit size 34 pants very comfortably, and i can find the length I need on the shelf. I'm 5' 11". I feel weird buying such small pants...I was used to buying big baggy pants to hide my big *kitten*...

Hello, my name is Dawn and I am overweight. I have been overweight the entire 30 years of my life. My mom says I was even a fat baby. Like most overweight people I have tried many diets over the years and have always given up once the scale stopped moving down. This time I am trying not to think about this as a diet. I am changing my lifestyle, breaking bad habits and forming better ones. I want to not only lose the weight but learn how to maintain a healthy weight once I achieve it. I have no desire to be thin, I just want to no longer be obese. I want to be able to run for the fun of it and not feel self conscious when I ride my horses. English riding breeches are not flattering at all! On that note I want to be able to be comfortable wearing something other than jeans and a t-shirt or sweatshirt. My current goal is to reach 175 pounds (100 more to lose). I would at least like to reach Onederland and stay there.

Talitha's post touched me because I too suffer from chronic health problems that make "real" exercise impossible. I am in daily pain and there are times when I am restricted to my bed/recliner. Eating has always been a comfort for me especially when it is the only thing I am able to enjoy. I don't want to burden or bother other people when I am feeling unwell so I tend to isolate myself. Rather than having to explain my "invisible illnesses" to people (which often sounds like complaining even to me) I try to act like everything is fine. That can be exhausting and it really is easier to just keep my distance. I can be quite the hermit! There is a chance that losing weight will make my health easier to manage. That would be the biggest perk of all! I am sure losing weight will help me feel better to some extent and perhaps allow me to become more confident and social. Of course it would be nice to have someone to share my life with too.

I am always looking for more MFP friends to support eachother in our journeys to better health. Feel free to add me as a friend!