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Overall Goal: My goal is to lose all of my baby weight and adopt a healthy LIFESTYLE of eating/lifting weights and being OK with being toned and muscular. Not to give into the pressure to be stick thin and go to very unhealthy lengths to get there.
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My husband is a personal trainer. I was never into lifting weights bc I thought it would make me bulky. I stuck to cardio and never saw toned results and couldn't figure out why. That's when my eating disorder began. It was May 2006 and within a couple of months I was down to 120 pounds. At 5"8 my BMI was 16 and it became a disorder. Unfortunately I got pregnant in November of 2007 while still struggling with the eating disorder. I began eating again as I would NEVER deprive my unborn child of food and quickly sprouted up to over 200 pounds. My body was so used to starving that it held onto every calorie I ate. Now that i delivered a healthy, beautiful baby girl on 8-26-2008 I am stuck with 60 pounds to take off. I have read a lot about weight lifting and have decided that whether I get too muscular or not...I have to lose this fat one way or another before I spiral into the unhealthy pattern of starving again.
Why I Love It:
It is a healthy way to be at a normal weight. It makes me feel better about myself.
How I Stay Motivated:
This is hard for me bc I know that during my anorexic periods I can lose 5-10 pounds a week...talk about instant gratification with quick results! It is very hard to do the healthy thing and work out but I have to stay healthy for my husband and my children...I owe that to them and to myself.
My goal is to lose all of my baby weight and adopt a healthy LIFESTYLE of eating/lifting weights and being OK with being toned and muscular. Not to give into the pressure to be stick thin and go to very unhealthy lengths to get there.
Goal (Long):
All of my life I have struggled with my body image. When I wanted to be thin...I was anorexic to the max. When I wanted to be fit...I took gymnastics and bulked up like crazy. I can do anything I want to my body. Unfortunately that has included starving it from 2006-2008 until I found out I was pregnant. I went from eating fat free popcorn every 7-9 days to eating every day to nourish our unborn baby. My weight skyrocketed to 228 the day I gave birth. I am ashamed but my body was in starvation mode and held onto every calorie I ate! Now I am facing the consequences. My goal is to be my husband's sexy wife again...the healthy way so that I can be here as long as I can for my children. I want to see them grow up. I was unhealthy for so long and became so sickly skinny that my future was questionable. I love my family more than anything and want to adopt a healthy way of living.
Weight Goal:
I want to LOSE 60 lb
Bodyfat Goal:
10%
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Last Updated: Sep 28, 2008 11:24pm
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Hey nikkibrignac! I was reading your story and it has some similarities to mine. I've also had problems with eating in the past. Somehow eating nothing or too much seems to be easier than eating rationally =) I wish you all the best on your journey and I hope we can help each other out. Have a fantastic day, you are beautiful =)
Thanks for having creating the group. My short term goal is to make it through the holidays without getting discouraged. We just got a few inches of snow, so I'll be avoiding the crazies on my way to work at the BBC corporate HQ tomorrow morning! Woot!
