ANOTHER SIZE!

Hi there! Okay, so I was back home with family this weekend and one of my sisters told me that my pants were too big and that I needed a new pair. I conceded and went to the store. Well, I didn't think my pants were a WHOLE SIZE too big! I got 3 new pair of pants that were smaller! Hooray! So far I've gone from a 22 to a 16. Each smaller size I buy gives me that much more drive to continue to lose. One of the 3 pair of pants I got is too snug at the moment but should hopefully fit perfectly in about 3 weeks. Hooray! It's such a good feeling!

Can I ask you....how are you doing this? You're the first person on here who looks relatively close to my age. I'm 24 years old. I've been a size 12 for most of my life and over the last year or so I've blown up like a tick! I'm now a 16 and think I'm pushing it. I should really be in an 18 I think but won't allow myself to go to the store to buy a new pair of pants. I'm so friggen depressed because of this. I just can't seem to get motivated.

This afternoon I had a meeting and lunch was provided. I walk in and there's a huge italian hero in front of me.....I took two slices and didn't eat the bread. I just attempted to figure out the calories on here and it was nuts! I thought I was making the right choices....the old me would have eaten both slices with the bread. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Don't give up! I'm 31 and began gaining weight about 6 years ago. I used to be an 8 then, one day, it seems, I woke up and was a 16. It felt like the next day I woke up and was a 22! How the heck did that happen!? I haven't recognized myself in pictures for a LONG time. It's a long, sometimes painful, road. It took me about a year to lose my first 40 pounds because I was only putting in a little effort. Finally I joined Curves and started going about 3 times a week. Weight didn't seem to be coming off because I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have to food. A friend introduced me to this site and it's been a life saver! I've never thought I was one who needed outside support, but I do! I've tinkered with my food and calories to find what works best for me. Now I work out at Curves 3 times a week (otherwise I would be getting in no strength training because I hate it) and do 4 miles on my treadmill twice a week. I'm trying to train myself to be able to jog. I eat about 1300-1500 calories on the days that I work out and have been able to lose pretty consistently. Some weeks it's a wash, some it's great. I don't generally work out or count calories on weekends but I do pay attention to my portions and don't "cheat" all weekend. It takes a lot of patience, hard work, and a lot of picking myself up by my bootstraps for it to work. It really is a slow process but I know that every day that I get through within my calories I'm going to be better for it. If you want to send me a message I can let you know what my typical daily meals are. It might give you some ideas that you can incorporate into your life. I try to plan everything I might want before I leave for work and I keep it at my desk. I feel like I'm eating all day! LOL Just not big portions. You can do this! I'll add you to my friends thing...just send me a message if you want any of my ideas. :flowerforyou:

Thanks, everyone, for all of your kind words! We can all get to our goals!