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NeuroticVirgo

27 years old

Female

Safford, AZ

"2013! Clean Slate! & 13 is my fav # so this has to be "the year" "

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About Me

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I'm married, and have an adorable step daughter. I own a wedding photography & photo booth business which allows me to work from home, except weekends when I'm traveling for work.

I'm a open person and tend to express every up and down that I have.

I started MFP in October of 2010. I started slow with walking and changing my foods. I learned to cook, mostly by experiment (lots of meals were thrown in the trash in the process). I struggle with emotional eating and binge eating. Sometimes able to devour 10,000 calories in one sitting. This was something I had to fight along the way, but slowly I was able to get away from this way of coping. Over the next year, I eventually became more active and did a Rugged Maniac 5K in November with my husband, followed by a 1/2 marathon with my bestie in December. I had almost lost 70lbs by December of 2011.

Christmas 2011 - We lost our dog, and this started a trend of lousy events...and eventually I fell into a depression. I tried to get out of it on my own. Trying to force myself to exercise for the "endorphins", vitamins, laying in the sun but I couldn't shake it on my own. I also regressed to food to numb the feelings and gained everything I had lost the year before.

I tried to fight this on my own till summer of 2012 when I began to feel suicidal, I went to the doctor to ask for help...

Finally October 2012 I took my doctors advice and I hope this will help me overall, but I know the place I have been in for the last 10 months was not a place I could focus on food and exercise.

This taught me that I need to ask for help when struggling with something I can not do on my own.

October 2010 - Starting weight 272lbs
December 2011 - 209lbs
October 2012- 260lbs

Goal - 160lbs

November 2011 - Rugged Maniac 5K
December 2011 - Rock n Roll Las Vegas 1/2 Marathon

*** Recipe Blog ***
Well, I finally started a recipe blog, they aren't all my "own" recipes, more me testing out other peoples recipes and posting the ones I like. If you would like to check it out here is the link, you can also subscribe by email, if you want updates when I post something new.

http://adventuresincookinglite.blogspot.com/

Why I Want To Get In Shape

To live my life again. I was not a "party girl" but I used to try new things, I had dreams, and plans. As I put on more and more weight, I just felt more depressed, and ugly. I stopped wanting to go out and do anything, I didn't even want to leave the house.

When people would talk about getting together I'd have an excuse not to go. I felt ashamed and embarrassed about myself. I didn't want to go out and have people look at me and instantly think "whale". I've been with my husband 6 years, and my step-daughter hasn't been to a water park because I avoid a bathing suit and public like the pleague.

I'm already down 60 lbs, and am feeling more like myself. I completed a Rugged Maniac 5K (think muddy!) with my husband November of 2011, and a Half-Marathon with my bestie in December 2011.

Making plans to do a family trip to a water park and theme park this summer, so I'm hoping to be a little bit closer to my goal before I squeeze into a bathing suit and have it wedged up my butt on a water slide! haha

My Inspirations

• Better Self Esteem
• To feel pretty
• Getting to Onederland with my BFF
• My MFP friends who are constantly showing me it can be done

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