by Jen » June 21st, 2006, 5:04 pm
Hello to everyone. I've been browsing for a few days and just joined. I do plan to start a journal thread, but I wanted to introduce myself to the group first.
My name is Jen, I am 35 years old, happily married, with no kids. I'm 5'8" and as of Sunday I weighed 262. My goal is 150, so I have 112 pounds to lose. I have never been a slave to the scale so I plan on weighing myself once a week to monitor my progress. I ordered my first 4 week supply of Medifast on Sunday and according to UPS, it should arrive sometime tomorrow. I am very excited to get started! Sunday I started adjusting my diet in preparation, trying to simulate as closely as possible to the MF plan in terms of calories, protein and carbs.
I was a normal weight kid, but poor eating habits, terrible portion control, and a strong dislike of exercise helped gradually pack on the pounds. I was about 160 all through high school and then graduated college at around 190. It was all uphill from there. I've never fallen for "fad" diets and very low-carb/high saturated fat diet plans strike me as foolish. (MF looks like a workable plan to me).
I have never tried MF or any other formal diet plan. About 4 years ago I lost about 60 pounds (over a year) by eating healthier and working out. I joined a gym and I found that really helped. That gave me a lot of self-confidence and is one of the reasons I know I will be successful - I felt great and looked great. Unfortunately, I never really got ahold of my diet, carbs are a great love of mine! Over the last few years I have gained back almost all of that weight. I also stopped going to the gym although I do walk 2 miles a day 4-5 days a week (weather permitting).
I'm lucky to have a very supportive husband. He is a healthy weight and loves to walk, hike, ride bikes, go to the gym, so he's up for anything I want to do. He just wants me to be happy and healthy.
My reasons for wanting to lose weight are common. Mainly, I want to be healthier. I am concerned about Type 2 diabetes and all the other problems that come with being so overweight. I want to feel better too. I get headaches and my knees hurt sometimes. When I lost that 60 pounds before, I really noticed how much better I felt all the time, so that is a real motivator. I live in Phoenix so feeling comfortable in a bathing suit will also be a great plus!
One change that I really think will make a difference is the support of this forum. I've never done anything like this before (I am more of a loner/take-care-of-your-own-self kind of girl). But as supportive as my husband is, he just doesn't know what it feels like to be overweight so I plan on really working the journal to keep motivated and involved in this community.
I'm glad to be here!
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Jen on June 25th, 2006, 7:29 am, edited 2 times in total.
Start date: 6/22/06 : 36 : 5'7" : 262/190/140