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July 31, 2005, 5:24 pm PDT
I'm a 58 year old woman who started at 360
Quote From: wakeywakey
i am 37 year old single lady who weighs 420 lbs, i have been overweight all my life, i need a wake up call, life is passing me by, i am very embarrassed by my weight yet seem to deny how i seem to just exist and the health issues of my obesity. i just would like to talk to someone who understands what it is to be in this situation. maybe find encouragement and support one another I think it's great that you're getting your wake-up call long before I did. I was overweight at 37 years old too, but kept trying one diet after another and all that did was add more pounds than I'd started with as soon as the diet was over. Don't waste time on embarrassment--there's nothing to be ashamed of it you're working positively to improve your health. Please come to the "200 Pounds or more to lose" message board where WE ALL share the same feelings of being morbidly obese. WE ALL know the unique challenges of trying to exercise at that weight. And we are ALL very tired of being grouped with people with 30 or 50 or even 75 pounds to lose because they haven't a clue what it's like for us. We will be on the program for YEARS while they will be able to reach their weight goal in a year or less. WE will have success too in that time, but people will still look at us and see an obese person because even after a year of good weight loss we will still be obese.
It can be very distressing and very depressing OR it can be a situation that we can share and air our feelings. It's been proven that weight loss is improved when shared with others in the same situation. And I can tell you from experience in other support groups that unless someone has 200 pounds (or at least close to 200 pounds) to lose OR MORE they are NOT in the same situation we are. Please come join our group--you'll be so glad you found the caring support you need to make it along the weight loss journey. We do care and we want to help you and we'd like you to come and help us too.
Hope to see you on the board soon.
Cherie
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