How I keep Myself Going

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Mon, May 11, 2009

This past November I stepped on the scale at my moms house and almost cried when it told me I weighed 234 lbs I never thought I would get that big with out taking action. when I got home I stood in front the mirror in my bedroom looking at myself and seeing all the weight I had put on that I had turned a blind eye to for far to long.

I was saddened at what I was finely seeing. A 17 1/2 inch neck, 52 inch hips 49 inch waist 28 inch thighs.

me at 225

how had I not seen this before? I admit I turned to diet pills along with exercise and some will frown on that. But it is what works for me I have exercised before and quit 1-2 months in when there was no change in my size and I did not want to quit again.

I started losing weight right away and and some of my family members joined in on the weight loss with me. I live in the middle of nowhere and far from my family so I started to become lonely and craving praise. wondering what was the point in losing all this weight if there was no one to tell me I looked great or they were proud of me.

I decided that the Internet had the ability to offer me that. So I started a web site called Fat Fighterz United for my friends and family to join and leave me comments and words of encouragement as well as view my pictures as I lost weight so they could see how great I looked. All of a sudden people I had never met started joining my site telling me how great it was that there was a place that was just for encouragement and motivation and how they to would like to share with me there progress and how they were accomplishing there goals.

Now I get plenty of praise as well as give it. I'm no longer feeling lonely and I get to lose weight with a group of people that are fantastic to know. My weight is no longer the center of my attention keeping me sad and I'm still losing weight and doing better every day.

Stress and depression can make losing weight down right impossible so get out of your slump and surround yourself with friends and family that make you feel good about yourself and want nothing but the best for you, and you will find that you start wanting it too.

me at around 200

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6/ 9/09 12:33pm

So great of you to take charge of your own destiny. I too got to the point were enough was enough. I try to walk most days and work with weights 2x/wk, but still tough managing a healthy, low cal diet everyday. Good hear we are not alone.

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6/ 9/09 12:35pm

sunnydee1962

6/15/09 7:54pm

Hi ,

I am overweight also ... I know how you felt . I moved from Louisiana & became very depressed about having no friend's & leaving my old friend's . I am making new friend's but I find people here in Texas not at all friendly as people say Texans are supposed to be . Anyway I stayed in alot & gained like 40 or 50 lbs quick ! I was devastated about it .... so I started back walking , I don't care if people are not friendly anymore , this is my life & body ..... WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES ! So keep up the good work girly ! Take care .

Brian Smith

10/20/09 6:44pm

I am amazed at your will to fight off obesity. You definitely have a very very strong will power. Keep it up! I have tried a lot of things in the past to ward off weight and I finally found this weight loss medicine called Xenical. It has helped me in the last 3 months to shed 5 pounds and the nest part about it is that if I do not have fatty foods, I can skip a dose. But the down side is that it is expensive and not easily available without prescription. I purchased from www.trumedcanada.com/RX/Xenical.aspx and they seemed to be cheapest source. You can try Xenical for a few months to aid in our weight loss efforts... it really helps!

Anonymous

11/10/09 11:59am

Hi Brian,

My name is Jacqueline and I am the sister of the woman that posted the original blog. I too am fighting weight gain so I know all to well the trials and tribulations of dieting. I'm not sure if you have visited Traceys website or not, but we welcome everyone, male or female. We offer lots of support as well as exercise tips, recipes and other sources of useful information.

Most of the member on the site were looking for a certain diet pill when they joined and we now also have that available for sale. And if you aren't against using pills to lose weight, I urge you to try this pill. Depending on your size and weight, you could stand to lose a great deal in just the first month alone.

Anyway if you're interested please feel free to visit the site, it's free to join and if you decide to make a purchase all we ask is that you fill out your profile page. Just tell everyone a little bit about yourself, we aren't there to judge so you can say anything you want to.

Thanks for listening,

How I keep Myself Going

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