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Originally Posted by slender tobe  Hello Alia! Congratulations on your effort. Tell us a little more about you, your current and goal weight. Is 1200 enough for you, especially if you're also working out? |
Hi Slender ToBe.
Thank you for the encouragement. I actually introduced myself in the "Introductions" thread, but I suppose this is a better place to do it.
I am 20 years old. I'm studying pre-med, so I know all about being healthy, just never put anything into practice. I've been overweight since I was a child.
At age 8 I was 85 pounds
Age 9: 100 lb
Age 11: 150 lb
Age 13: 190 lb
Age 18: 190 lb
Age 19: 220 lb
Now : 193 lb
I have no idea what happened between ages 9 and 13, I wasn't even aware of gaining weight. After that I tried a bunch of different diets, but I wasn't really serious about them, nothing lasted longer than two weeks. Only after the next jump last summer (when I went up to 220) I realized if I don't cut down I'll probably never stop expanding.
So I went on a major diet and exercised heavily from September 2007 until January 2008. I made it down to 179.5 lb (a good 40 pounds!) but then I hit my first plateau. For several weeks nothing happened and I slowly gave up the exercise, then started eating more as well.
Again, I didn't notice what was happening until I hit 190 a month ago and then I saw 199.5 a couple weeks later. And I got freaked out enough to try once more
And that brought me here.
So, to answer your original question, yes, I think 1200 calories is enough for me. I don't plan on ever increasing that number anyway (or at least, not by much).
Currently, I'm not doing any heavy exercise. I do a bit of cardio every other day and I have begun doing a workout video from youtube.
I am logging in my daily calorie intake and exercise so that you all can point out to me what I am doing wrong and help me change bad habits into good ones (like not eating any protein!) and changing good habits into better ones (like substituting pineapple for apples).
I cannot thank all of you enough for supporting me and helping me to lose weight, for what I hope will be the last time.