Quote Originally Posted by polly4711 View Post
I think that I'm also scared. My mother is morbidly obese and was smaller than me at my age. (My dad is a stick). I'm afraid that I'm going to end up like her.

Sorry for the big blobs of thoughts.. I'm just scared and need somebody to hug me and offer to help me with this.
You do not have to look like your mother. My mother and two of my sisters are overweight. One is probably obese. My third sister was over 300 pounds when she got tongue cancer. She's now a healthy weight. Not being able to eat solid food for over a year probably added ten years to her life.

I do not look like any of them. But it takes work. No one can do that work for you. People can support you, but no one can do the work for you. It took me a long time to figure that out. For years I tried to get my husband to police my food. It caused a bit of stress in our marriage. Eventually he said he wasn't going to do that anymore. I've always worked out, but I love to eat. Nine years ago I weighed 180 pounds. I lost thirty pounds in 4 months when I took charge of my eating.

It's not easy. In the last nine years I've been as low as 148 and as high as 158. I'm currently revamping my food intake again because I want to drop some body fat. There are things I want to eat or drink that aren't in the plan. It's not easy. There are habits that are hard to break.

Hi my name is Veronica and it's been two weeks since I've had a Red Bull.

The mind is an amazing thing. Start with writing down what you eat and analyzing it. It can be eye opening, particularly if you eat a lot of fast food. You can lose weight, but it won't be easy and it will take time. Sometimes visualizing helps. I keep the image in my head of a gallon jug full of fat. That's what I want to get rid of. It's disgusting, but it keeps me from eating a lot of junk and gets me working out more.

You can take charge. Good luck!

Veronica