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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 491171" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>(((((hugs)))))</p><p></p><p>I am proud of you for taking that step. It is super hard and you are a strong woman to take it, esp during all the stress of the holiday season. I am glad you trust us enough to come to us for support. </p><p></p><p>Sending lots of gentle hugs. If you haven't been at a healthy weight in a long time, you will be amazed at how good you feel. As a child, actually until I got pregnant, my body didn't use food the right way and I had a very hard time gaining weight. I went to college at 79 lbs and 5 feet tall. I ate any/everything when I ate. I did not binge and purge or have a recognized eating disorder. My body was just messed up and didn't send hunger signals or didn't receive them so I was not EVER hungry. I was blessed with great friends who would drag me to lunch and bully me to eat breakfast and even dinner if we were doing things. Otherwise it never occurred to me. It was tied to some other health issues.</p><p></p><p>The point of telling you that is this - when you get to a healthy weight you may be upset with yourself but you will feel good health wise. I put on 25 pounds in my freshman year and fought to keep them on because I felt so very good. I had energy, I wasn't cold all the time, my hair looked better, everything about me looked better and most important was that I was able to think more clearly. Of course it didn't fix everything, but it helped a LOT.</p><p></p><p>I was lucky and my problems were largely fixed when I got pregnant. the docs say it reset my body chemistry to do what it should have done all along. So now I have the problem of too much weight. Few people understand how hard it is when your weight is too low. I wish you much success with this. I am glad you are feeling good after your dinner at PF C hangs. If you ever need to "talk" via PM, I am here for you. (((((hugs)))))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 491171, member: 1233"] (((((hugs))))) I am proud of you for taking that step. It is super hard and you are a strong woman to take it, esp during all the stress of the holiday season. I am glad you trust us enough to come to us for support. Sending lots of gentle hugs. If you haven't been at a healthy weight in a long time, you will be amazed at how good you feel. As a child, actually until I got pregnant, my body didn't use food the right way and I had a very hard time gaining weight. I went to college at 79 lbs and 5 feet tall. I ate any/everything when I ate. I did not binge and purge or have a recognized eating disorder. My body was just messed up and didn't send hunger signals or didn't receive them so I was not EVER hungry. I was blessed with great friends who would drag me to lunch and bully me to eat breakfast and even dinner if we were doing things. Otherwise it never occurred to me. It was tied to some other health issues. The point of telling you that is this - when you get to a healthy weight you may be upset with yourself but you will feel good health wise. I put on 25 pounds in my freshman year and fought to keep them on because I felt so very good. I had energy, I wasn't cold all the time, my hair looked better, everything about me looked better and most important was that I was able to think more clearly. Of course it didn't fix everything, but it helped a LOT. I was lucky and my problems were largely fixed when I got pregnant. the docs say it reset my body chemistry to do what it should have done all along. So now I have the problem of too much weight. Few people understand how hard it is when your weight is too low. I wish you much success with this. I am glad you are feeling good after your dinner at PF C hangs. If you ever need to "talk" via PM, I am here for you. (((((hugs))))) [/QUOTE]
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