A little about myself
Name: Ginny
Age: 28
Height: 5'5"
Starting weight: 280 lbs
Goal weight: 160 lbs
As you can see, I am a 100+ lbs overweight. I wasn't overweight all my life. Growing up I was never happy with my weight. When I was 14 I weighed about 130 lbs and I was 5'3". I thought I was fat. Oh man, if I would have known then what I know now, I would have been so pleased with my weight. Between the age of 14 and 16, I gained about 40 lbs. That was when I knew I was fat. It only got worse from there. At 17 I got married and soon after I had my first child. I was 170 lbs when I got pregnant and 220 lbs when I had her. When I was pregnant, I used that as an excuse to eat anything and everything I wanted. I'm sure some of you know exactly what I am talking about. I guess I thought that the weight would magically disappear after I had her. Well some of it did, about 20 lbs. By then the damage was already done though. I had already developed a terrible eating pattern. I soon gained the 20 lbs back and plus a few extra. Before I knew it, I was 230 lbs. I carried that weight with me until I was about 19 years old. When I was 19 my husband and I separated and I started a new very physical job. I wasn't eating right, I drank beer more then I ate and it didn't take long till I had shed about 50 lbs in just over 3 months. I was happy with my weight loss, even though I knew that I lost it in the most unhealthy way. After that, my husband and I decided to give it another shot and we both thought it would be best if I stayed home to take care of our child, rather then putting her in day care so I could work. I soon started gaining the weight back, and before I knew it, I was back up to 220 lbs. I was so depressed and that only added to the weight gain. I was 220 lbs when I got pregnant with my second daughter, about 4 years after I had my first. I gained a lot of weight with this pregnancy as well. I went from 220 lbs to 260 lbs during that pregnancy. Pretty much the same thing happened. I lost a few pounds at first then slowly gained it right back. My husband and I got divorced. I was fat, I was miserable and I was determined to do something about it. In October of 1998, I decided I was going to lose weight. I did to. I did it the healthy way. I started cutting back on high calorie, high fat food. I switched to skim milk. I cut out all soda pop and started drinking water, tons and tons of water. I was using Diet Watch to log my food and kept my calorie intake at about 1400 per day. I lost 40 lbs in 3 months and never felt better. Now don't get me wrong, I knew I was still fat, I weighed 220 lbs, but I was on the start of something good. At the 220 lb mark, I couldn't seem to lose more after that. I was ok with that though, for the time being anyway. I was basically maintaining my weight after that. I met my current husband in March 1999. We met over the Internet. I basically got pregnant with my third child about a month and a half after we met. Oops, hehe. So during this last pregnancy I went from 220 lbs to 280 lbs. BAM! I was huge. I did better this time though, I lost 30 lbs of that weight about 2 months after she was born. Yes, another girl. Anyway, I noticed the weight was starting to creep back up on me and before I knew it, I was at 260 lbs. I lost 20 lbs back in July of 2000, I think it was. I wasn't seeing the results fast enough for me, so I quit. *sigh* I was really stupid. I lost all that weight, then gained it back and more just because I was impatient. This time I am going to focus different. As long as I see the scale going down, even if it is only 1 lb, I will be happy. May take a long time but, it took a long time to get this way too. I'm sure I could speed it up quite a bit if I'd start moving my ass. I'll work on that. Go ahead and look around my page. If you see any errors or just have a comment, please let me know.
I just want to add this. My husband is great and he loves me no matter what size I am. He is very supportive of me. I want to lose this weight for me. I want to be healthy. I want to look good. I want to make my children proud of their mommy. There are so many reasons to lose weight, just make sure you are doing it for the #1 person and that is you!
If you have a webpage you'd like me to add a link to, please let me know and I will gladly do it. Good Luck Everyone! I know we can do this!
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