Trying to find my ambition & the will power!
Hi to all, I'm new to this website/forum and I know this is the place to ask your questions but I figure this was kind of place where some people can come to vent out on things that are going on in their lives and get some advice.
I'm a 25yr old female struggling with my weight. I've been overweight since the yr. 2000. I started to gain weight when I graduated from high school but really gain weight when I moved to Alabama. From there, I gained about 60lbs in one year. A lot of the weight gain was from water-gain as I retained a lot of water when I was there for some reason. You think living in a place where it's very humid and hot that I would have sweat ed it all out but I didn't. I didn't go to the doctor for it because I was young and stupid, didn't know much about water-gain or even noticed that I gained so much. I was blinded but when I got home to Texas I had noticed how big my body was. I went to the scale and weighed myself... 200lbs!. I read... I couldn't believe it! After a week coming back home I noticed that I started to sweat all that water I gained. I lost 30lbs of water-gain. I was so happy. But it didn't last long as it grew harder after wards to lose more weight. I exercised, got on a diet, tried pills. I did almost everything I could do, I even joined a fitness club. But through all that, my ambition and will power to lose weight started to fade or really didn't have much to beging with. And ever since I've been going up and down with my weight.
I don't have a scale here in my new home in New Mexico w/ my boyfriend but when I went to the doctor when I was sick last January, they weighed me at 200lbs. Again! I told myself that I would never go back to that weight but so much for that. Throughout these 5 yrs, I lose 10lbs, then gain it back plus 5 more lbs. and another time lost 5 lbs and gained 10. Back and forth, my weight goes up and down... I'm tired of it! My ambition comes and goes. I hardly have any will power just to workout for 20 minutes. I thank God I have a loving boyfriend that is there for me but he's one of those guys that always tells me I beautiful the way I am and that I'm not fat. I know he truly loves me and finds me attractive. And I know I would feel like crap if he was to say that I am fat. But when he says that I don't have to lose weight because I'm beautiful to him, my "will" to lose weight fades again. And then I start to feel that I don't need to lose weight when I know I have to. I don't know what to do... I have a problem with my will-power and my strength to lose the weight I want to lose. Does anyone has or have had this same problem as I do?? And what was it that finally made and pushed yourself to lose it? My boyfriend is a skinning guy, I think he weighs about 140lbs, it doesn't feel right for me to be bigger than he is. It's embarrassing to me and I don't want to get bigger... I see how people look at him and me, I can only imagine what they think. I know I shouldn't care about what people say but it's the "looks" that really get to me.
I want to look more sexier for my boyfriend and especially to be healthier. If I had the money I would join the club called Curves I would but I'm not sure how much they charge. Anyone know? I like to thank everyone that reads this forum because I know how everyone has their own problems going on or has other things going on as well. If anyone can give me any advice or suggestions on my weight problem I be very much appreciative. Thanks! Take Care!