I feel like I have been dealing with being overweight my entire life. In reality, I was probably doing better than I thought, but had a bad body image. I mean, don't get me wrong, I wasn't skinny, but I wasn't as heavy as I thought I was either. Bigger sizes and skinny friends will do a number on your ego. After college, I let reality catch up with my mental image and at my heaviest, I was almost 260 lbs. I got down to around 220 or so doing Atkins. I somehow lost weight eating grilled ...

I feel like I have been dealing with being overweight my entire life. In reality, I was probably doing better than I thought, but had a bad body image. I mean, don't get me wrong, I wasn't skinny, but I wasn't as heavy as I thought I was either. Bigger sizes and skinny friends will do a number on your ego. After college, I let reality catch up with my mental image and at my heaviest, I was almost 260 lbs. I got down to around 220 or so doing Atkins. I somehow lost weight eating grilled ham & cheese 'sandwiches' with no bread and onion rings with ranch dressing.

I stayed there for a few years... then I lost down to right above 200 (didn't cross the line into ONEderland) doing shakes and stayed there for another few years. At this point, I was a size 16 and that was pretty okay by me, but I was still the 'fat girl'.

The last phase started a few years ago. I lost 50+ pounds on WeightWatchers and was smaller than I ever thought I could be. I had dreamed about being a size 10 and thought that was an unobtainable goal, and I actually ended up as a size 6! That's an amazing feeling to someone that was sizes 14-24 her entire adult life... I actually had people tell me 'don't lose any more weight - you're too skinny'. After a lifetime of being overweight, that's pretty euphoric...

But eventually, I started straying from all the good lessons I learned on WW and my bad eating habits started coming back and I have gained more of that back than I like admitting. I had to get back out the size 10 pants that would have been so prized when I was at my heaviest, but now I know I can do better... So I put myself back on the wagon!

The thing that worked for me so well with WW was the accountability of points and keeping my food diary. This website has been an amazing motivation to me and I really feel like I am on the right track. One of the biggest changes that I am making this time is to really incorporate exercise as part of the lifestyle change, not just change my diet. After four weeks, I feel stronger and I feel better about myself. I appreciate all the support I've gotten from my Spark Friends (and my DONE Girls!) I really like the team challenges and streaks.

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