My First Post! Getting back into fitness.

Hi everybody.

1st time posting.

I started posting this under the other thread "Have you ever been happy at any weight?" and then I thought it might make a good introduction thread, so here goes.

I have suffered from eating disorders. Mostly in my teens, but they definitely warped my ideal body image. My eating habits in my twenties were risky, to say the least. I ate enough to survive. Drank tons of coffee and beer and smoked cigs.

I always had to be thin, thin, thin and I was. In my mid-twenties, a good friend of mine introduced me to the gym and I became incredibly toned. I weighed more, but I was in love with my body--how it looked AND what it was capable of. I also yearn for how I FELT. Really alive and happy. So much less anxiety and depression.

Well, I've let myself go a bit. Now I am "skinny-fat" lol.

I made my first post here because this is the unhappiest I have ever felt at a weight in my life and that includes my enormous pregnancy.

I'm starting my gym routine again tomorrow after a too long hiatus and my goal is to loose 13-15 pounds by the second week in September. I'm on WW and am going back to the gym. I also bought the pedometer app on my iphone. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Thanks for reading!

Re: My First Post! Getting back into fitness.

Hi! Welcome and good luck! I'm sure you'll do great!

Re: My First Post! Getting back into fitness.

Welcome!! It sounds like you are ready with your motivation and a great plan! You can do this!