Hello - I love the idea of a blog! Great idea!
My story: I grew up in a "meat and potatoes" family and at 246 lbs, I was the smallest of my siblings. I was 29 years old, raising a 2 year old son and knew that I didn't want to spend my 30's overweight and unhappy in my own skin. A friend had joined Weight Watchers and was having some success and asked me to join. I thought "why not"what could it hurt? Besides, I didn't have anyone to go to lunch with so I decided to sign up.
It was a great experience - almost addicting! I made good progress and lost 70 lbs in about 11 months. I looked great, felt great and improved my health tremendously. Dare I say, I was "hot"!!
Sadly, I realized that part of my being unhappy in my own skin had a lot to do with my marriage. My husband didn't want me to lose weight and tried to get me to stop but that only pushed me harder. Losing weight gave me the confidence to make changes and so I got divorced. My son was 4 years old and I can honestly say that even though it was hard, it was a good decision all the way around.
Fast forward 6 years. I've gained 40 lbs, graduated from college and married a wonderful man. I have had great career success and moved to a beautiful new home all while I slowly gained back what I had worked so hard to lose. I've started and stopped WW so many times in the past 6 years that I have lost count.
I finally hit my breaking point on Easter Sunday as I sat in church wearing a size 16 that felt too small. Maybe it was a slap from God, but I knew at that very moment that I had it within me to get to my goal weight of 175 and maintain it. I resolved to be back in that pew in one year at my goal weight of 175 lbs - a mere 41 lbs from where I am right this minute.
Funny thing is, I've managed to get to the gym on a pretty regular basis for the last 9 months or so. Now, I need to focus on my food intake so I'm using all my old WW tricks to get me back to my goal.
That's why I'm here. I know that support is a huge part of weight loss. WW's taught me that and I am going to need a lot of support to break my bad habits and develop new ones.
Let's get this journey started!!
Dawn
thecic
Located in Minnesota
36 years old
5'11"
Goal weight of 175 by Easter 2009
Currently at 216.8
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OMG I had a similar breaking point. I was meeting my parents for brunch and pulled on my jeans. Previously these had been my Fat jeans, but I'd graduated to wearing them all the time so they became my regular jeans. When I pulled them on that day and I finally realize how tight they were, I almost cried. Size 14 and WAY too tight was NOT where I needed to be. That was the moment I realized I needed to do something soon or I'd be hitting an all time weight high after all the hard work I'd put into losing TWICE before. Three strikes you're out. This isn't happening again to me.
Good luck!!
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