Hi my name is Gloria, and I am in my 6th challenge and I have lost 190 lbs so far followng BFL, and I just thought I would take a minute to say if there is anyone out there who has a large amount of weight to lose and even slightly considers the feat impossible..IT'S NOT. You can do it. I still have about 40 to go, and I will get it off, it just takes time. I have tried everything under the sun to lose weight and this is the first time that it is a healthy and logical way. I was in a very miserable awful state when I started BFL, infact I didn't even want to start it. It took my g/f bugging me and bugging me, and finally I got so peeved that I told her I would give it one day just to get her off my back, well one day turned into now ..I am in my 6th challenge and 190 lbs lighter.
I reflect back and I remember thinking there is no freaking way I can lose 50 lbs, or 100 lbs, much less 150 lbs, god forbid 200!!!lbs, but look at me now..10 more lbs and I will have hit that 200 lbs lost mark...Something I would have considered absurd even a yr and a half ago. I would have told someone to go take a hike if they had tried telling me I could actually do it. I had myself in such a depressed rut that I literally thought there was no way out. I was eating my way to my death. I was crying all the time for absolutely no reason, I ate all the dang time, and I had a bad back problem as a result of a surgery, so bad that my children even had to help me dress, how freakin humiliating...there were times I had to actually crawl I couldnt' even walk...and here a few weeks ago I actually jogged 7.5 miles with my son!!!!!
What I am trying to say is that I understand every feeling, every frustration that a person has when they have a lot of weight to lose and I would like to help so if you want please feel free to either post here or email me at shinyglo569@aol.com and I would be more than happy to do whatever I can to help. Even if it is to listen. I want others to realize that it is possible. We can do this, we can fullfill dreams, set goals, and be who we want to be, and live healthy happy lives. I don't ever want to be that sad, lonely, miserable person again, and I want to help anyone that wants help. So please post ideas, suggestions, frustrations, successes, or whatever.