Intro

[Guest guest]

intro

> Hi!

>

> I am Jenna, mostly sahm of Brenna, 1 yr old. We live (along with dh Brent)

in

> Houston, TX. My mom was a LLL leader, and I had been to more meetings by

the time

> I was 10 than most nursing mothers ever get to, I think, LOL. I guess it

rubbed

> off on me, I am still nursing, of course, and just started some solids

recently.

> I'm looking forward to getting to know you.

>

> Jenna

[Guest guest]

Hi!

My name is and I just turned 46. I have always struggled with my weight

which climbed steadily over the years. I had a couple of successful periods of

weight loss but I had never lost over 20 pounds at a time. In 2001, with the

fear of the gestational diabetes I had had when I was pregnant at age 31

" returning " as Type II diabetes I started a diet, calorie counting and keeping a

food journal, then later weight watchers. At the time I weighed 226 and was a

size 20/22. I started doing some sort of aerobic exercise daily and started

losing. My calories were kept between 1200-1500. I lost 2 pounds a week in the

beginning and a year and a half later had lost 96 pounds, down to 130. However,

after obsessively keeping a food journal and exhausting myself with exercise I

started to slowly gain back the weight. I was totally burned out and still am

to a large extent! Two years ago I read Intuitive Eating and loved it! But I

needed more support. I could barely find a blog about it anywhere nor could I

find a yahoogroup or anything similar so IE slowly fell by the wayside. At the

moment I am back to " dieting. " I am back to journaling. I must be mindful. I

have to keep a purpose in front of my face at all times to succeed. I have to

read about any goal I am trying to accomplish whether it be simplifying my life

or dieting. A journal helps me do that but the thought of doing this for the

rest of my life makes me sick to my stomach. I just want to be " normal! "

At the moment I weigh 196. I have not been over 200 pounds in a while at least

so yay something!:0 I was so excited, thrilled to find this group last night as

I was searching for info on the Okinawan diet. I just want to eat healthy and

be healthy. I do want to chunk the scale and the food journal eventually but I

am not ready, yet. Bottom line: I need to read IE again!

Thank you so much for being here. I am very excited to have found the group.

My mom was diagnosed with diabetes a few years back and has become a very

successful intuitive eater. She has lost 60 plus pounds!