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I used to be an extremely large woman.  A little over 3 years ago I had this awakening in my life and I have lost over 250 pounds.   Although bariatric surgery may be an option for some I didn't want that for myself so I started watching everything I ate and exercising daily.  I haven't had any processed food, sugar, or red meat since that day.  I watch the number of carbs, fat, calories, and protein that I intake on a daily basis.  I am almost obsessed with never going back to where I was when I started.  Another plus of losing the weight slowly like I did is that it gives your body time to recover and therefore you do not end up with the excess skin that sometimes will happen when one loses weight too quickly.  Before I lost my weight I was very down on myself and didn't believe I deserved good things in my life.  Now I know that I was beautiful all along and that I just didn't realize it.  The negative thing about the weight loss is that I had to learn again how to politely turn down some of the aggressive advances that I get from men now.  I wasn't too good at this at first but all the weight loss has made me VERY confident and I am getting better at it every day.   (Teehee what a bad negative huh?)  I am enjoying life so much more thanks to my awakening to good nutrition!!!!

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Posted Feb 4th, 2008 at 12:30AM
Thanks for sharing. That is so inspiring.
     
Posted Feb 4th, 2008 at 2:35PM
great story, learned something today about weight lost.
     
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Posted Feb 15th, 2008 at 9:42PM
Thanks for the support guys! It really is a struggle every day of my life.
     
Posted Feb 23rd, 2008 at 10:55PM
we should be friends.. maybee you could help me with this depressing life I live...Glad you were able to acheive success...so many people only dream of it.. I know I do.
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Posted Feb 23rd, 2008 at 11:18PM
Well Ms. Cool Chick I am everyone's friend..... Add me to the list of yours!!!! I try to be a very positive person and the reason I am on EP is to meet interesting people. I am not looking for a CYBER S*Xbuddy and I am not looking for someone to rescue me... I want friends. I want to be able to touch peoples' lives whenever possible so the more the merrier.
     
Posted Feb 26th, 2008 at 10:20AM
Great job! Keep up the good work. I have learned that I can control food, it does not have to control me - although it still tries!!
     
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Posted Feb 26th, 2008 at 10:26AM
It tries hard to control us. I just woke up one day and took over the control and I don't allow it or anything else to have power over me.
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Posted Apr 1st, 2008 at 1:11PM
you go girlfriend.
I'm happy for you.
     
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Posted Apr 1st, 2008 at 1:32PM
TY mother!!!! I am happy for you and your little one. You have so much courage and you work so hard. TY for being my friend.
     
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Posted Apr 1st, 2008 at 3:54PM
MMMM big dog for tht I will let you sleep on the foot of the bed tonight. LOL
     
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