HI all-
I have been lurking around this forum for about 6 months and I thought I should finally introduce myself. I almost feel as if I know many of you from the posts I have read.
My weight story - I never had a problem with weight until I was 23 years old. Like a lot of people, tough times brought out the bad habits. I was getting out of a bad relationship, I lost my job and my best friend died in the space of 3 weeks. That was about 5 years ago. At the time I gained about 40 pounds. I got into partying and drinking. My job was almost all travel so I ate a lot of expensive food and drank a lot of expensive vodka. Over the next 4 years I maintained the higher weight, but didn't gain any more.
Then, this past year, I got married.
It has been tough (I heard the first year is always tough). He lost his job, we didn't have any money, we had to deal with immigration (he is from the UK), and I lost almost all of my friends because they all think married people are evil. That is an exaggeration, but we were a very tight group of VERY single girls. Anyway, I gained another 20 pounds in about 2 months and my doctor totally freaked out.
I half-heartedly have been trying to lose weight throughout 2002. But, in November, I got really serious. I started keeping a food journal at fitday dot com. It is AMAZING!!! And FREE!!! I could really see what I was putting in my body everyday - what a shock! I have only used phentermine a few times just to help out. But, it doesn't do much for me. I have to stick the old, boring routine - eat better, exercise more, drink water
Wow!! This post is soooo long. Sorry - and thanks for all your posts. They really help!!
SW- 180
CW- 171
GW- 135