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Hi everyone. So glad to find you. So happy to read so many interesting and helpful posts. So nice to feel I'm not in this alone. I'm a 54 year old female, married for a loooong time..hehe...29 years. I have 3 children, all boys, youngest just graduated this year. I also have 2 grandbabies, ages 2 and 3, of course I'm "grammy" now and I love them dearly.
This is my 3rd day. I am determined to lose this weight. It's been years since I've been really thin (before kids), but this is the most I've ever weighed in my life. My biggest weight gain came some time after I quit smoking. I quit almost two years ago. After quitting at first I walked every nite for several months and never gained a thing. Then I stopped that and noticed my sense of taste came back with startling intensity. Food tasted wonderful, and it had been a long time since it tasted so good. All of my clothes started getting snug and uncomfortable, and I was too scared to get on the scales. So, I just bought new clothes that fit and tried to deny it. But, the thing is I was having a hard time finding anything that fit me right, and I hate the way I look. In fact, 3 days ago is the first time I've allowed myself to step on the scales in a long while. I really got a shock. I've put on 40 pounds. I already considered myself fat BEFORE this, well chubby, pleasantly plump, whatever lie I tried to tell myself. I've thought about starting smoking again. Smoking does reve up your metabolism. But, I don't want to after all the effort and work it took to quit. It's such an addiction, just one cig and I'd be smoking a pack within days. I used to carry water with me while I tried to quit. I would drink water whenever I craved a cig. So, I'm doing the same now. Whenever I want to stick something in my mouth I shouldn't eat, I grab some water and fill up. I hope this works. I really need to lose this. My entire family has had or is experiencing diabetes, and heart disease. Both of my Grandmothers were diabetic. My p aternal grandmother went blind with it, my aunt also, my father had 3 heart attacks plus diabetes and died of a diabetes stroke. My sister was just diagnosed last year. I know I hold my health in my hands, and if I want to live without diabetes and heart disease I have to do this. I'm going to need all the help I can get, and I'm more than willing to give support too to anyone needing it, if I can. Thanks for reading this, Mickkey
F/54/ Married
5 foot 2
Weight now.....190
Want to weight... 130
This is my 3rd day. I am determined to lose this weight. It's been years since I've been really thin (before kids), but this is the most I've ever weighed in my life. My biggest weight gain came some time after I quit smoking. I quit almost two years ago. After quitting at first I walked every nite for several months and never gained a thing. Then I stopped that and noticed my sense of taste came back with startling intensity. Food tasted wonderful, and it had been a long time since it tasted so good. All of my clothes started getting snug and uncomfortable, and I was too scared to get on the scales. So, I just bought new clothes that fit and tried to deny it. But, the thing is I was having a hard time finding anything that fit me right, and I hate the way I look. In fact, 3 days ago is the first time I've allowed myself to step on the scales in a long while. I really got a shock. I've put on 40 pounds. I already considered myself fat BEFORE this, well chubby, pleasantly plump, whatever lie I tried to tell myself. I've thought about starting smoking again. Smoking does reve up your metabolism. But, I don't want to after all the effort and work it took to quit. It's such an addiction, just one cig and I'd be smoking a pack within days. I used to carry water with me while I tried to quit. I would drink water whenever I craved a cig. So, I'm doing the same now. Whenever I want to stick something in my mouth I shouldn't eat, I grab some water and fill up. I hope this works. I really need to lose this. My entire family has had or is experiencing diabetes, and heart disease. Both of my Grandmothers were diabetic. My p aternal grandmother went blind with it, my aunt also, my father had 3 heart attacks plus diabetes and died of a diabetes stroke. My sister was just diagnosed last year. I know I hold my health in my hands, and if I want to live without diabetes and heart disease I have to do this. I'm going to need all the help I can get, and I'm more than willing to give support too to anyone needing it, if I can. Thanks for reading this, Mickkey
F/54/ Married
5 foot 2
Weight now.....190
Want to weight... 130
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