mandyv85
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Okay so I just stumbled upon this community last night while trying to find workouts, stretches, etc.. to help me on my journey. I am excited that this was placed in my search results as not only is there a ton of great information and workouts it comes with what appears to be a fabulous group of people to encourage one another.
My Story…
I am 37 years old and except for pictures of me when I was 2 all I know is being over weight and growing up in a family with a majority of obese people. A few have lost weight and kept it off, but most yo-yo going on and off different diets.
I have tried many diets and spent more money than I care to admit on things that are supposed to help you loose weight. Well great news I’d loose 50+ lbs. Then life would happen I couldn’t pay for the program, I’d move, it was a new week, you know and then I’d gain the weight back plus more.
January 2022 I reached the heaviest I’d even weighed 311.7 lbs and I panicked. There was no way I’d let myself get over 300 lbs. The crazy thing is I didn’t look it friends i told didn’t believe me, but there I was trying to decide what to do now because I didn’t want to get heavier.
I also didn’t want to start just another program that tells me foods are bad and you shouldn’t eat this or that. I completely understand that what I eat effects my weight, but being told I can’t have just made me want it even more. And paying for a generic plan that “works for everyone” was not going to be sustainable. I had to find a way to loose weight by eating better and exercising that would work for me and my schedule and brain.
Fast forward to March 2022 I’d lost about 12lbs and I was diagnosed with ADHD and was told about a podcast that I binged on and learned SOO MUCH about why I did many of the things I had done through my life. This also gave me some peace about things and a place to start. I decided to be medicated and within days I felt more awake in the mornings, less anxious, and less depressed than I had felt in a long time. However work got crazier and I put some weight back on, the my gramps had to have surgery and I spent the summer helping out my nana with him. My weight stayed steady. Went back to work and didn’t think about my weight till it was decided I needed to quiet my job and become my grandparents full time caregiver.
December 2022 I moved in with them and weighed 289.7 lbs. This was a stressful and emotional time and if you have ever had to be a caregiver for someone you understand. My focus was on him day and night ready at any moment to pick him up off the floor, help him to the RR, whatever he needed. March 2023 he passed, I went in to give him medicine and he wasn’t breathing. It was a blessing for him to no longer be in pain and be able to go to his Heavenly Father, but now I had to figure out what to do because I had quite my job, sold my house, moved my stuff into a storage building and moved in to their house.
I decided I was going to focus on me a bit. I started a business that I’ve thought about doing for years but was too scared. My family decided to plan a cruise for November 2023 and this sparked the desire to get into better shape so that I can enjoy it more. I also signed up for excursions that state you can’t weigh more than 220 lbs to participate. So hear I am trying to get at or below that magic number by November 29th.
Living with my nana I was eating better and more home cooked meals than fast crap and truly only eating when I was hungry which ends up being 2 meals and a snack. Yes I know that isn’t what any plan will ever tell you to do, but I don’t understand why I need to eat if I’m not hungry. My body has fat to burn and I’m not starving myself. We also started walking 5 times a week. I was down to 272 even. I had gotten up to 3.5 miles and ended up with a few blisters so decided I’d bandaid up walk a bit slower and do 4 miles to add a different type of endurance. After day 2 of walking 4 miles some y happened to my left foot and I almost didn’t make it up the stairs to my bedroom it hurts so bad. So walking has been out this week. I’ve done some swimming but that didn’t feel great on my foot either.
So that brings me to the searches that lead me here. I have been determined not to let this set me back.
Last night I decided this community was going to become part of my journey. My goal is to post daily what workout I did each day to help keep myself accountable. I will post my weight when I check it. Some times I weigh daily some times it’s weekly. Just depends on how I’m feeling.
I hope that my story will encourage some and that I can be encouraged by your stories.
Here is to being better tomorrow than I am today. As my gramps would say One day at a time!
If you made it through my book and lease leave a comment so I can read your story and do my best to encourage you on your journey.
My Story…
I am 37 years old and except for pictures of me when I was 2 all I know is being over weight and growing up in a family with a majority of obese people. A few have lost weight and kept it off, but most yo-yo going on and off different diets.
I have tried many diets and spent more money than I care to admit on things that are supposed to help you loose weight. Well great news I’d loose 50+ lbs. Then life would happen I couldn’t pay for the program, I’d move, it was a new week, you know and then I’d gain the weight back plus more.
January 2022 I reached the heaviest I’d even weighed 311.7 lbs and I panicked. There was no way I’d let myself get over 300 lbs. The crazy thing is I didn’t look it friends i told didn’t believe me, but there I was trying to decide what to do now because I didn’t want to get heavier.
I also didn’t want to start just another program that tells me foods are bad and you shouldn’t eat this or that. I completely understand that what I eat effects my weight, but being told I can’t have just made me want it even more. And paying for a generic plan that “works for everyone” was not going to be sustainable. I had to find a way to loose weight by eating better and exercising that would work for me and my schedule and brain.
Fast forward to March 2022 I’d lost about 12lbs and I was diagnosed with ADHD and was told about a podcast that I binged on and learned SOO MUCH about why I did many of the things I had done through my life. This also gave me some peace about things and a place to start. I decided to be medicated and within days I felt more awake in the mornings, less anxious, and less depressed than I had felt in a long time. However work got crazier and I put some weight back on, the my gramps had to have surgery and I spent the summer helping out my nana with him. My weight stayed steady. Went back to work and didn’t think about my weight till it was decided I needed to quiet my job and become my grandparents full time caregiver.
December 2022 I moved in with them and weighed 289.7 lbs. This was a stressful and emotional time and if you have ever had to be a caregiver for someone you understand. My focus was on him day and night ready at any moment to pick him up off the floor, help him to the RR, whatever he needed. March 2023 he passed, I went in to give him medicine and he wasn’t breathing. It was a blessing for him to no longer be in pain and be able to go to his Heavenly Father, but now I had to figure out what to do because I had quite my job, sold my house, moved my stuff into a storage building and moved in to their house.
I decided I was going to focus on me a bit. I started a business that I’ve thought about doing for years but was too scared. My family decided to plan a cruise for November 2023 and this sparked the desire to get into better shape so that I can enjoy it more. I also signed up for excursions that state you can’t weigh more than 220 lbs to participate. So hear I am trying to get at or below that magic number by November 29th.
Living with my nana I was eating better and more home cooked meals than fast crap and truly only eating when I was hungry which ends up being 2 meals and a snack. Yes I know that isn’t what any plan will ever tell you to do, but I don’t understand why I need to eat if I’m not hungry. My body has fat to burn and I’m not starving myself. We also started walking 5 times a week. I was down to 272 even. I had gotten up to 3.5 miles and ended up with a few blisters so decided I’d bandaid up walk a bit slower and do 4 miles to add a different type of endurance. After day 2 of walking 4 miles some y happened to my left foot and I almost didn’t make it up the stairs to my bedroom it hurts so bad. So walking has been out this week. I’ve done some swimming but that didn’t feel great on my foot either.
So that brings me to the searches that lead me here. I have been determined not to let this set me back.
Last night I decided this community was going to become part of my journey. My goal is to post daily what workout I did each day to help keep myself accountable. I will post my weight when I check it. Some times I weigh daily some times it’s weekly. Just depends on how I’m feeling.
I hope that my story will encourage some and that I can be encouraged by your stories.
Here is to being better tomorrow than I am today. As my gramps would say One day at a time!
If you made it through my book and lease leave a comment so I can read your story and do my best to encourage you on your journey.