Hi everyone. I'm 27, female, and a nursing student (well i'm taking the nursing assistant class but i'm working towards my ultimate goal of having a BS in nursing).

I've been overweight for most of my life and I was bigger than most of my friends but my asthma kept me from being as athletic as other kids and the weight kept going up as I got older. The last 10 years have been the worst since I hit the 200 mark in my early 20s and now I'm getting dangerously close to 300 and I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THAT NUMBER ON MY SCALE EVER!(well it only goes up to 270 anyway).

A year ago I lost my husband to cancer and I have not taken as good a care of myself as I should have and that is why I have finally decided that enough is enough. I'm at risk for too many health problems and I don't want them to interfere with my new career goals. I can't be an effective caregiver to my patients if I'm too out of shape to take care of them. Plus I know my husband would be worried about me if he were still here - and I promised him before he died that I would take care of myself after he goes.

I've never been successful with diets because I go too fast and give up too soon. I realize I need some kind of support and so I decded to join this forum for the comraderie and to vent or get advice. I also got a meal plan from the the Mayo clinic so I know my daily calorie goal and servings and serving sizes.

Thanks for patiently reading all this. I hope to get to know more of you and wish you the best.

Ciao,
Maria

Hi madophelia. Welcome to the site.
Very sorry about your loss.
I admire your determination to set things right for yourself. .
You have come to the right place. The support here is the best!
All the best

Hi madophelia,

I think you are very brave and losing weight is the hardest thing I have ever embarked on.....I am doing the cohen diet as it has fast results and that is the only way i stick to it.....I am also a nurse and a midwife. Getting things right before you start shift work is imperitive as that is when I put on my weight when I began full time shift work...Good luck....

I'm new to this forum too, but I'd like to welcome you and wish you all the best. There seem to be a lot of really nice people here, knowledgeable too.

Good luck and may you reach all your goals !

welcome aboard madophelia. You'll find lots of support and helpful people here

Welcome to the site, Ophelia but just a word of caution - if you're usig the Mayo Clinic Diet Plan that's been on the internet since the beginning of time -it's not the diet plan by the famous Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minn.. It's nothig more than a too low calorie fad diet... Please make sure you're using a sensible eating plan that gives you enough calories during the day

Hi , I am also from Wisconsin! Welcome, welcome!!

You've come to the best place to lose weight and get the support and information you need to continue. You're gonna lose all that weight.

Thank for the advice. Actually I went to the Mayo Clinic website looking for info on MS for a report i'm doing for my class. I saw they had some info on diet and nutrition and that is where i got my info from - what is the fad diet thing about?

Thanks for the welcome everyone! I am having a good day so far - and right now I think my goal is just being really aware of my choices - and to not eat mindlessly. I'm glad I found this forum.

Beverly - where in Wisconsin are you? I'm in Madison and grew up here but will eventually move to Milwaukee to do the rest of my nursing school stuff there.

Ciaol everyone!

-Maria

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