[loyalgagora]

This is such an interesting topic, I've enjoyed reading everyones stories!


I guess I've been chubby forever. In highschool i was at my heaviest and lost a lot of weight when i joined the swim team and was excersizing 2.5 hours a day five days a week, and also eating very little. I got into a bit of a phase where i would nurse a bottle of coke all day but not eat anything until dinner. I suppose my stomach shrunk because come dinner, even though i was famished, i would get full very quickly.

Later, when i went off to college i didnt gain the freshman 15, but gained about 20 pounds from my highschool weight during my four years. That had a lot to do with excessive binge drinking and relationship turmoil. I find that when im happy with life, i have no problem keeping my weight in check, but when i have friend/boyfriend/work/school issues that are majorly stressing me out and making me unhappy, i tend to throw my arms up in despair and say i don't car while scarfing down a hand full of french fries.

During college i would try to lose weight in the summers when i was back home, but i worked as a nanny each summer and would inevitably snack on the slurpees, chips, and fruit snacks that the kids were eating. I would excersize a lot more during summers, though. But i guess in all, thats why it took me four years to gain 20 pounds.

Now I'm out of school and working and my biggest challenge is all of my coworkers. I work with a bunch of women who all profess to be dieting or wanting to loose weight, although it appears that their main strategy is sabatoging eachother as everyday someone brings in bagels or donuts or cookies.

So now, here i am, on the atkins, which gives me a swell excuse to refuse any of the treats being offered. Not to mention, I'm only 5 days in, but i feel great and really feel like i can keep this up!