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Karen
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Karen has lost over 120 pounds!
She is a great inspiration to us all.
Read more about her journey below.
Hi, My name is Karen and I've lost 120 pounds. Sounds like the start of an
AA meeting,
doesn't it? I've not always had a weight problem, but I've certainly always
had a problem with
eating. What I mean is that I have always used food as a reward or for
comfort. I've never really
utilized food the way that it was intended as nourishment for our body. As
a child, my mother provided us
food as a treat when we were celebrating or for solace when we were in pain.
I can't blame my mother for
all of this, because she was only doing what she thought was best. She
never intended that I let food control my
life---I did this all on my own.
I woke up one day nearing my 40th birthday weighing almost 300 pounds and
sick of it all. I had recently had to start taking
blood pressure medicine, and my thinking at the time was that I don't want
to live like this anymore!!! Here I was almost 40 and physically feeling
much older. I had grandchildren that I wanted to be able to do things with,
so I decided on that day, that I would change---and I have. I started out
counting calories and following the guidelines of Sugar Busters. I also
made sure that I walked everyday. I started out walking 15 minutes and
gradually worked my way up to about an hour every day. It wasn't long
before I started losing weight. I actually lost 120 pounds in about a
year's time. From there I have been on a journey of maintaining that loss
and trying to reach my goal weight. This journey has been going on for
about a year now. My weight has fluctuated from 164 to 185. I've never
gotten over 185 in all this time. If I do, I sort of freak out and really
work hard to get back to 170. What I'd really like to accomplish is
reaching my goal weight of 160 and then work to maintain that weight.
What I've learned is that food is just that--food. It cannot soothe my
hurts and aches. I've got to do that in other ways. I've used Getting2Goal
site as a motivation tool primarily. I've found that the more conscious
effort that I give to this way of life--the more successful that I am. I've
also learned that it's never going to be easy and that's its something that
I will always have to deal with. But I now know that I have the ability to
do it. It is something that can be done. I used to think it was something
totally beyond the realm of possibilities for me--but I know that this isn't
true. Yes, I will always have to think about it and make decisions about
eating and exercise---but it's also much easier to do when you know that
there are others out there with the same feelings and thoughts as me. I am
proud of myself----YES, I am and I deserve to be proud. I hope that my
story will help those of you out there who need some encouragement, as well
as to continue to show me how far I've come and that I never want to go back
to the old life. I hope that it will serve as inspiration to help me reach
my goal and that I can use this success page to help me remember the path
that I've chosen.
So, special thanks to Kim and to all the others at the G2G site that have
inspired and supported me over the past several months. You all are the
wind beneath my wings.
~Karen
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