Hi everyone, my name is Beth. I'm new to this board so I think I'll give a brief introduction. I am 26 years old, I work night shift in a nursing home as a CNA (nursing assistant). In 2001 I had to be admitted to the hospital, I weighed 385 pounds and my blood sugar was 1100. I lost a lot of weight on a "diet" (I didn't make a permanent change in eating) and I ended up gaining 40 pounds of it back. In Feburary of this year, I decided to make a permanent change in the way I look at food and went from 320 to (as of today) 249. I still want to lose another 60-70 pounds, but I feel that I am on my way for real this time because I no longer let food control me, but I control what goes into my mouth. I do 90 minutes on the treadmill a day (approx. 1000+ calories burned). I feel that I am on my way, but I seriously am at a plateau right now where I feel as if I am not losing any more. Any advice? Hopefully, like someone at the gym told me, a plateau happens, and then all of a sudden weight loss comes back full force. So hopefully I'll be able to bust off my plateau and start losing again.

Nice to meet you all, and hopefully I'll make some buddies on here :-)


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