On a journey to discover a healthy ME!!! Please support.

MsJenCurvaceous
MsJenCurvaceous Posts: 3 Member
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Hello everyone!!! My name is Jennifer and I am 22 years old. All my life I have been heavy from the moment I came into this world weighting in at 10 pounds and 11 ounces. I have always been the biggest daughter, sister and friend. Normally my personality is very outgoing, bubbly and full of confidence but only a few of my close friends gets to see this side of me. The rest of the world including family members and strangers only get to see the side of me that is very shy,quiet and lacks confidence. In every situation that I am in I want my outgoing bubbly and full of confidence personality to shine through but my weight is holding me back. I use to always say I want to lose weight but never took it seriously or gave a valid effort until recently. Just this past Monday I had an doctor appointment for a physical where I learned that my BMI is 41.1 and I am in the morbidly obese category. Even though I already had an appointment set for that Thursday to meet with a nutrition after talking to my doctor about several different weight loss surgery she recommended I schedule an appointment with bariatric. So I scheduled an appointment before I left the doctors office and it next Friday. The appointment is four hours long and basically an information session with other people who are considering weight loss surgery. Then at the end of the session you get to meet one on one with the doctor. When I got home I did some research about weight loss surgery and started crying because the procedure is scary and I'm not sure if it's the route for me. But I am still going to go to my information session just to learn more about weight loss surgery. At my nutrition appointment my doctor recommend that I try MFP app to help count my daily calorie intake. So since Thursday I have been using MFP app and I love it. Every day is a struggle for me yesterday I gave in and ate one chocolate chip cookie from Walmart that was 220 calories I was so mad at myself. Some days I lack confidence that I will complete my food diary and be under my total recommend calorie intake. I wish I had more people beside my mom who can support me in my journey.

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  • luvnmeee
    luvnmeee Posts: 4 Member
    MsJen,
    How about we support each other! First, Look in the mirror and say "you is kind, you is smart, you is important!" Now look again and say, and dang your beautiful!
    Now, DO NOT WORRY about that cookie. This is a journey; those are your words not mine. A journey has experiences, some you choose to repeat and others you choose to change. If you decide that those calories are not calories you want to take in. Be ready for the next time. Go looking for a lower calorie count treat as a substitute.
    Anyway.. we will get there! K
  • BadassSavageVix
    BadassSavageVix Posts: 432 Member
    Hi Jennifer and welcome to MFP. There are so many people on here with their own journeys that I'm certain you can find the support you need and the answers to any questions. I'm on a journey myself and honestly I'm keeping it quiet from my family because I don't think they quite understand but I've found loads of support from everyone on here. Find one of the "more friends" thread you'll get support from everyone that adds you. Feel free to add me too :-)

    Good luck on your journey.
  • MsJenCurvaceous
    MsJenCurvaceous Posts: 3 Member
    Hey Eevied. Thanks for your words of encouragement. Yes let's support each other on this journey called healthy living!!
  • MsJenCurvaceous
    MsJenCurvaceous Posts: 3 Member
    Hey Vixen, I definitely will be adding you as a friend because I need positive people who are on a healthy living journey just like me. Yeah I understand you not telling anyone about journey, I only told my mom because she understands me and support me 100%.
  • wagglesworth
    wagglesworth Posts: 53 Member
    Hi pretty lady! I just started my new journey at the beginning of this month and I'm hoping this journey will be a healthy one for life. We can do this together with the help and support of additional friends who share the same ups and downs we do. Please add me as your friend and we'll talk again soon. :flowerforyou:

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