I've been reading all the diaries on here and they're all so inspirational that I've decided that I need to start keeping my own.
I want to be able to look back and see what I've done that's worked, and also that hasn't.
I'm going to start it I guess with a bit of history of how I ended up being 275lbs.
I was actually a skinny teenager, then when I was about 18 I went on to the contraceptive injection (boy was that a mistake). I put on 3 or 4 stone in a matter of months. Now this was bad enough but I also passed my driving test, now living in north Wales I used to walk everywhere (cos there was no choice) suddenly I was free to go where ever I wanted and drive there too.
After that I guess I just got lazy, then I put more and more weight on until I suddenly realised that I was no longer able to do the things I used to do.
I have severe asthma and I get out of breath just walking up the stairs. That statement is shameful for someone of 30 yrs to say, but it's true.
I end up in hospital at least a couple of times a year being admitted due to this and after ending up in hospital yet again a couple of weeks ago this has got to STOP!!!
So I went to see my doctor and asked for help, after talking to her have decided to watch what I'm eating and exercise.
I'm proud to say that I am now walking 2.4 miles a day and have done so now every day for 7 days (still at the start of my journey I know).
Yesterday was probably the hardest, it was chucking it down, now as I have already said I live in North Wales, it rains here, a lot, so it's just something that I'm going to have to get used to, but it was miserable.
I start every walk with telling myself that every step is a step closer to a healthier fitter me, and that every walk is a minute that I don't have to spend in A&E struggling to breath.
In the past while dieting I have always focused on what I couldn't have, well every one of those diets failed, so this time I'm focusing on what I can have, the ability to run up the stairs, not having to go into hospital, feeling fit and well, not dying at an early age due to extra pressure that I'm putting my body under.
And one last important one, I'm 30 super morbidly obese, and I have no children, I think that it's important to give children the best start in life and all the research says that you should aim to be within normal weight range before trying to conceive, so my ultimate goal, get down to a BMI of under 25 and have a baby, if I can't do it for me then I can at least do it for the child that in my heart I have always wanted.
I would really appreciate any support here, wish me luck, it's going to be a very long road, but one that's worth every step.:devilangel:
I want to be able to look back and see what I've done that's worked, and also that hasn't.
I'm going to start it I guess with a bit of history of how I ended up being 275lbs.
I was actually a skinny teenager, then when I was about 18 I went on to the contraceptive injection (boy was that a mistake). I put on 3 or 4 stone in a matter of months. Now this was bad enough but I also passed my driving test, now living in north Wales I used to walk everywhere (cos there was no choice) suddenly I was free to go where ever I wanted and drive there too.
After that I guess I just got lazy, then I put more and more weight on until I suddenly realised that I was no longer able to do the things I used to do.
I have severe asthma and I get out of breath just walking up the stairs. That statement is shameful for someone of 30 yrs to say, but it's true.
I end up in hospital at least a couple of times a year being admitted due to this and after ending up in hospital yet again a couple of weeks ago this has got to STOP!!!
So I went to see my doctor and asked for help, after talking to her have decided to watch what I'm eating and exercise.
I'm proud to say that I am now walking 2.4 miles a day and have done so now every day for 7 days (still at the start of my journey I know).
Yesterday was probably the hardest, it was chucking it down, now as I have already said I live in North Wales, it rains here, a lot, so it's just something that I'm going to have to get used to, but it was miserable.
I start every walk with telling myself that every step is a step closer to a healthier fitter me, and that every walk is a minute that I don't have to spend in A&E struggling to breath.
In the past while dieting I have always focused on what I couldn't have, well every one of those diets failed, so this time I'm focusing on what I can have, the ability to run up the stairs, not having to go into hospital, feeling fit and well, not dying at an early age due to extra pressure that I'm putting my body under.
And one last important one, I'm 30 super morbidly obese, and I have no children, I think that it's important to give children the best start in life and all the research says that you should aim to be within normal weight range before trying to conceive, so my ultimate goal, get down to a BMI of under 25 and have a baby, if I can't do it for me then I can at least do it for the child that in my heart I have always wanted.
I would really appreciate any support here, wish me luck, it's going to be a very long road, but one that's worth every step.:devilangel: