Posts by raisedoncoffee

Ok here goes...In Jan 07 I weighed 210 lbs. With the discipline of counting calories (consuming 1200 a day) and a good amount of exercise (1.5 hrs 3 times a week) i weighed 169 by Summer 08 (a difference of 41 lbs in 1.5 years). I felt great and got a lot of complements by people. But life got really busy all of a sudden and a little bit of the weight started to come back. I started getting really scared that I'd get back to my 210 days and started getting really depressed and anxious. I wish I had taken a different path, but the truth is for 8 months I fell into a habit of purging and binging. I ate when I felt depressed or stressed and purged when I felt guilty about what I had eaten, afraid I was going to gain my weight back. I since have come out about what I had been doing to myself and am on a path to try to go back to having a healthy diet and exercising 2-3 times a week to stay physically and emotionally healthy. I currently weigh 178 and am trying to go back to my days of monitoring what I eat (keeping a healthy and balanced diet) and trying to find time in my busy schedule to stay active. Emotionally it's been hard as life has been stressful and in a lot of ways I feel like my life is meaningless. I know I have a lot to live for and there is much I have to be thankful for...but I guess this is a period of low for me...Please keep me in your prayers, I really could use the support in this difficult time. Thank you all, even though we are all separated by distance I find comfort in knowing you guys know the struggles I go through and am encouraged that you guys are still pressing on or have even come out victorious. :)

January 2007: 210lbs

June 2008: 170lbs

Goal: 145lb

I had to buy my first pair of size 16 pants back in Jan '07 and said to myself no more. I had steadily gained weight from the start of high school to the end of college and tried multiple times to lose weight with fad diets and everything...never losing more than 10lbs each time and gaining it right back...So in Jan '07 I tried this whole idea of "healthy diet and exercise"...I ate what I wanted (none of this low carb, high protein focus) making sure to keep my daily intake around 1200 - 1400 calories and worked out 3x a week for about 1hr. each time...First month was tough...I was following this plan and not much weight was coming off...only losing about 3 lbs by the end of the month. But after that first initial hard month, I think my body finally realized what I was trying to do to it and from that point on the weight has been steadily coming off..

I'm still pretty far from my goal, but I'm currently a size 8 and I haven't been a size eight since my Freshman year of High School...It's been hard because there were times when I wasn't able to work out as much or my diet had to take a backseat because of holidays or anything, but I hope my story will be able to encourage others to keep on going and don't give up...

I think Sue was talking about the cup of coffee. (College student/Web developer = Coffee addict ^_^). You guys can call me D. I'll try to get a real picture up soon. Haven't had time to crop one.