FSUDisneyGirl
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Hey there DISers!
My name is Erin and I'm new to this board!
With some of my struggles lately, I've decided that posting a journal here would be a great way to help keep me motivated....I welcome ANY encouragement, advice, or suggestions you may have along the way!!!
So here's my story! It's a bit long, but I like to know where someone is coming from. So skip it if you'd like...otherwise, enjoy!
(Get comfortable and grab a snack!
) Ready? Here I go!!
I grew up being a pretty average sized child. I am Irish, and I definitely have the short and thick Irish genes in me somewhere! You know what I mean? Like, even as a toddler, I had ginormous calves. Cankles, some people call them.
(I used to be embarassed, then decided that was a really funny word). I look back at pictures of me growing up and I'm like, man, I was never meant to be small. Hmm.
In middle school I swam competitively, and weighed a constant 130 lbs. My body was definitely happy at that weight, I ate pretty health-ily and exercised like crazy! I stopped swimming in high school, because I decided that I loved music more than swimming. So, in 8th grade, I probably gained about 30-40 lbs. It sucked! In 9th grade though, I lost a good deal of weight (marching band will do that to you!) and maintained a weight prob. around 140-150 throughout high school. I don't really know for sure, because I wasn't concerned with my weight...I was healthy and happy with my body.
I didn't have a scale or anything. Life was good. 
On to college!!!
I had some problems at school right at the beginning...like being rejected/ admitted/ rejected by the College of Music...all within about 3 days!
It was super stressful, especially since I had gone up their early (for marching band camp and my audition) and nobody else was there for me to talk to! It was hard! College was lots of fun 
and I didn't even gain the elusive Freshman 15!!! 
I went to the gym a few times a week with one of my roommates, and it was fun. 
Then...i got into harder classes, spent less time exercising (and more time in the practice rooms...I was there many times into the early morning hours, and even feel asleep with my cheek squished onto the piano a couple of times!
I guess you could say that college dealt me some hard times....harder than anything I'd experienced in life before, for a number of reasons. Long story short (ok, 
not that short!) I went from weighing 150 lbs at the end of my first year of college to weighing 241 lbs at the end of my 4th year! That's right...I gained 91 pounds!!! 
College was hard on me for a number of reasons. As you can probably guess, and I found out, I am a stress eater!
Whenever something is upsetting or difficult or crazy, I reach for whatever I can and eat it! (food, I mean) 
.
Sooo....where does that put me now? Well, the end of my 4th year of college was this past spring. This summer was when I topped the scales at 241.2....something I haven't shared with anyone! I'm still too close to that weight to be comfortable sharing it.
I moved home in August to do my internship before I graduate in December. It was a good change for me, and helped me to realize that I needed help to start to lose weight. So, going off the great success of my friend's mom, I started the LA Weight Loss program in about the middle of August. The bad news...it was SUPER expensive! The good news...I've lost about 15 pounds so far! 
And you know what? I feel sooo much better! It amazes me how much better I feel. I get less winded, less back aches, and I think my hear beat has slowed down. I also like the program because to me it is mainly about eating a healthy diet, and I feel like it is something I can continue once I decide to stop the program myself. I know that the best way to lose weight is to eat healthy foods and exercise regularly, but my schedules is so crazy now that I wanted to start a program that by just eating better helped me start to lose weight....and then I could add in the exercise as much as I could.
Right now I'm at 226 lbs
...though probably more after this weekend! My boyfriend came down to visit...and we had a great time. Walking on the beach, going out to dinner, swimming in our pool. He has stayed with me for almost 2 years...and for about 80 pounds. We had some rough times, but our relationship is now stronger than ever! I am so lucky to have a guy who can see past the physical pounds to who I really am.
That's why I finally decided to lose the weight, and start this journal. I found that my size was stopping me from doing things I love. I am generally a peppy and energetic person.
All the extra pounds were making me tired, and sluggish, and dull. In December, (I hope to be 200 lbs. by the end of that month!) here are the things I would love to do:
1. Go swimming (during the day
) and feel comfortable and not embarassed!
2. Feel attractive...and comfortable in my skin.
3. Go Swing Dancing...cause it's awesome and I haven't done it in 3 years and that sucks!
4. Be able to run/ walk a mile without getting too winded.
Even though I haven't received a reply yet (which makes sense, since this is the first post and I don't technically have a journal yet) I feel the support from all of the other posts I've read on this and other forums. I'm going to weigh in tomorrow...and whatever that weight may be (please no more than 230!!!) I will post and let you know. Hopefully, I'll get out of work a little early, and I'll have a chance to fit in a bit of exercise on my way home!
For now, WISH boards, I bid you farewell. Good night, and sweet (and healthy) dreams!
There's a quote I've found recently
My name is Erin and I'm new to this board!
With some of my struggles lately, I've decided that posting a journal here would be a great way to help keep me motivated....I welcome ANY encouragement, advice, or suggestions you may have along the way!!! So here's my story! It's a bit long, but I like to know where someone is coming from. So skip it if you'd like...otherwise, enjoy!
(Get comfortable and grab a snack!
) Ready? Here I go!!I grew up being a pretty average sized child. I am Irish, and I definitely have the short and thick Irish genes in me somewhere! You know what I mean? Like, even as a toddler, I had ginormous calves. Cankles, some people call them.
(I used to be embarassed, then decided that was a really funny word). I look back at pictures of me growing up and I'm like, man, I was never meant to be small. Hmm.In middle school I swam competitively, and weighed a constant 130 lbs. My body was definitely happy at that weight, I ate pretty health-ily and exercised like crazy! I stopped swimming in high school, because I decided that I loved music more than swimming. So, in 8th grade, I probably gained about 30-40 lbs. It sucked! In 9th grade though, I lost a good deal of weight (marching band will do that to you!) and maintained a weight prob. around 140-150 throughout high school. I don't really know for sure, because I wasn't concerned with my weight...I was healthy and happy with my body.
I didn't have a scale or anything. Life was good. On to college!!!
I had some problems at school right at the beginning...like being rejected/ admitted/ rejected by the College of Music...all within about 3 days!
It was super stressful, especially since I had gone up their early (for marching band camp and my audition) and nobody else was there for me to talk to! It was hard! College was lots of fun and I didn't even gain the elusive Freshman 15!!! I went to the gym a few times a week with one of my roommates, and it was fun. Then...i got into harder classes, spent less time exercising (and more time in the practice rooms...I was there many times into the early morning hours, and even feel asleep with my cheek squished onto the piano a couple of times!
I guess you could say that college dealt me some hard times....harder than anything I'd experienced in life before, for a number of reasons. Long story short (ok, not that short!) I went from weighing 150 lbs at the end of my first year of college to weighing 241 lbs at the end of my 4th year! That's right...I gained 91 pounds!!! College was hard on me for a number of reasons. As you can probably guess, and I found out, I am a stress eater!
Whenever something is upsetting or difficult or crazy, I reach for whatever I can and eat it! (food, I mean) .Sooo....where does that put me now? Well, the end of my 4th year of college was this past spring. This summer was when I topped the scales at 241.2....something I haven't shared with anyone! I'm still too close to that weight to be comfortable sharing it.
I moved home in August to do my internship before I graduate in December. It was a good change for me, and helped me to realize that I needed help to start to lose weight. So, going off the great success of my friend's mom, I started the LA Weight Loss program in about the middle of August. The bad news...it was SUPER expensive!
The good news...I've lost about 15 pounds so far! And you know what? I feel sooo much better! It amazes me how much better I feel. I get less winded, less back aches, and I think my hear beat has slowed down. I also like the program because to me it is mainly about eating a healthy diet, and I feel like it is something I can continue once I decide to stop the program myself. I know that the best way to lose weight is to eat healthy foods and exercise regularly, but my schedules is so crazy now that I wanted to start a program that by just eating better helped me start to lose weight....and then I could add in the exercise as much as I could.Right now I'm at 226 lbs
...though probably more after this weekend! My boyfriend came down to visit...and we had a great time. Walking on the beach, going out to dinner, swimming in our pool. He has stayed with me for almost 2 years...and for about 80 pounds. We had some rough times, but our relationship is now stronger than ever! I am so lucky to have a guy who can see past the physical pounds to who I really am.That's why I finally decided to lose the weight, and start this journal. I found that my size was stopping me from doing things I love. I am generally a peppy and energetic person.
All the extra pounds were making me tired, and sluggish, and dull. In December, (I hope to be 200 lbs. by the end of that month!) here are the things I would love to do:1. Go swimming (during the day
) and feel comfortable and not embarassed!2. Feel attractive...and comfortable in my skin.
3. Go Swing Dancing...cause it's awesome and I haven't done it in 3 years and that sucks!
4. Be able to run/ walk a mile without getting too winded.
Even though I haven't received a reply yet (which makes sense, since this is the first post and I don't technically have a journal yet) I feel the support from all of the other posts I've read on this and other forums. I'm going to weigh in tomorrow...and whatever that weight may be (please no more than 230!!!) I will post and let you know. Hopefully, I'll get out of work a little early, and I'll have a chance to fit in a bit of exercise on my way home!
For now, WISH boards, I bid you farewell. Good night, and sweet (and healthy) dreams!
There's a quote I've found recently
I've found lots of encouragement here. You've done a great job in losing weight so far. Way to go with the goal setting. Looks like you'll be swing dancing in December!
). So I'm off to cook now 
...I'll let you know how the recipe goes!! 
