weight loss support?

[mountainpuddles]

Hi Gals. I know for me it is easy to have a weight loss buddy. I was thinking if someone wants to be my offline buddy who would like/needs to lose 10 lbs. If you are up for losing 10 drop me a pm. B.

[limewave]

I'm going to chime in with this discussion group too. I need to lose about 20 lbs *sigh*

I had always been overweight and in college ballooned over 300lbs. I felt left out of everything. My friends were dating, shopping, hiking in the mountains and doing cool things that I never thought I could do. With an unhealthy combination of depression and desperation I began counting my calories and exercising. I was so hard on myself that for an entire year I never (and I mean NEVER) ate a meal that I didn't prepare. I exercised EVERY day and never, ever, ever ate more than 1400 calories. At one time I got down to 900 calories. But I realized that I stopped losing weight and had no energy to exercise. I cared more about losing weight than eating less, so I gradually increased my calories back up to 1400. That was 5 years ago.

Anyways, I got help. I'm not depressed anymore, but I also eat more! And I've put on a stubborn 20lbs that my doctor said really should go. So, I'm back to counting my calories but I have a fear of putting myself in that obsessive state again. Hopefully I can find a good balance and we can all help support each other.

[mtbdarby]

Wow, so many inspiring stories and so many of us struggling.....

I've been up and down all my life. I was a chubby kid and my 3 older sisters always called me fat. I lost 28 pounds in 5th grade. Stayed at a weight/height proportion until the freshman 15. It's been a battle since then. After my baby 4 years ago I used the Power 90 program and dropped 25 pounds. This last winter saw the return of the final 15 and now I'm disgusted with myself.

I have a thyroid problem - Graves. I'm off of meds but with my last labs it looks like I'm going to go hypO. I'm terrified I will blow up like a balloon if I go hypo and my endo is no help. I'm also getting over a hand injury and just getting back on my bike so I really feel out of shape. I would love a buddy to keep me in check, on track and motivated!