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  • About Me

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    joeswifemandy

    Female, 32
    Logan , OH, USA
    Member since May 12, 2008

    • About Me

      I am a happily married Christian mother of 2. I have a 12 year old son that I homeschool, and a 19 month old daughter. When I married my husband 6 years ago, I weighed 117 lbs. Now, 6 years later, I weigh in at 251 lbs. I am desperate to do something about all of this weight so that I can enjoy my life with my family.

      I am a happily married Christian mother of 2. I have a 12 year old son that I homeschool, and a 19 month old daughter. When I married my husband 6 years ago, I weighed 117 lbs. Now, 6 years later, I weigh in at 251 lbs. I am desperate to do something about all of this weight so that I can enjoy my life with my family.

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  • Journal

    • Just a quick update

      Mood July 31, 2008 1:01pm

      Yesterday was offically 30 days since I joined Curves.  I had to get weighed in and measured, and I was soooo surprised!  I lost a total of …

    • 4 WEEK LOSS!!!

      Mood July 29, 2008 2:13pm

      I DID IT!!!!    I LOST 1/2  LB AT MY TOPS MEETING LAST NIGHT!!!!!   YEEEAAAAAA!!!!!!   I HAVE OFFICIALLY LOST …

    • Journal Entry for July 28, 2008

      Mood July 28, 2008 1:27pm

    • IT'S MONDAY- TOPS NIGHT!!

      Mood July 28, 2008 1:12pm

      Okay, it's Monday, that means I have my TOPS meeting tonight!  For those of you that don't know what TOPS is, it stands for Take Off …

    • Still doing good

      Mood July 24, 2008 11:10am

      I was just thinking yesterday of how nice it is to not feel like my entire life is being ruled by food anymore.  A friend at church last night …

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      From fluteserenity March 18

      hey, how are you doing? I was just reading a few of my old old posts and came across comments from you - you really helped me through some hard times, so I just wanted to thank you again for reading my journals and commenting. I know you haven't been here in a long time and might not get this, but I hope you do and I hope that life is treating you well. With lots of love and many warm hugs, ~Olivia :)

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      From BubblesDavey October 5, 2008

      Hi. don't forget us.

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      From BubblesDavey September 29, 2008

      Here is your early October Hug. Let us know how you are doing.

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      From stylist007 September 23, 2008

      hey there mandy how ya been? How is Curves going?

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      From BubblesDavey September 20, 2008

      Here's a hus for you.

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  • Goals

    Progress

    80 %

    Goal End Date is Jul 31, 08 488 days ago.

    Progress

    80 %

    Goal End Date is Jul 31, 08 488 days ago.

    Progress

    70 %

    Goal End Date is May 24, 08 556 days ago.
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    Goal Completed on Jul 28, 08
  • Support Groups

    • Close Food Addiction

      When I married my husband 6 years ago I was 117 lbs. Now, 6 years later, I am up to 251 lbs. My husband Is tall and very skinny, so are my kids. So whenever we go somewhere I feel like people look at me like I stave my family and eat all the food. My husband says that he doesn't care about all the weight, he just wants me to be happy. I hate myself. I hate being like this. It's just that I feel like food rules my life. I feel trapped by food. I will go out of my way to get something that I am craving. I spend money that we really don't have on stupid stuff like fast food and milk shakes. I just feel like I can't help it when a craving hits. It's like it just takes over me. I really hope that this site will help. I have tried just about everything, and nothing else has helped.

      Treatments

      Writing Working / Worked
      I have been going over my whole life starting from as far back as I can remember and just writing things. Things I remember from the very beginning, bad things, good things, things that upset me, things that made me happy. I have also written letters that I will NEVER send to all of the people that have hurt me and that has helped me so see how much I have carried around inside of me for all of these years. If you are very honest in your writing, it will help you to discover the true you.
    • Close Obesity

      Hi my name is Mandy. I have been happily married for 6 1/2 years. I have a 12 year old son and a 21 month old daughter. I was a normal weight all of my life until I had my son at age 18. I struggles for about 4 years until I finally starved myself and lost about 80 lbs. When I met my husband I was 5 ft.3 and weighted 117 lbs. He is very slim and can eat like a horse. After being with him for over 6 years, I am now up to 240 lbs. So I have gained about 120 pounds in the last 6 years.

      Treatments

      Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Not Working
      When I cut certain things out of my diet, it causes me to binge eat.
      Breast Feeding Not Working
      I just weaned my daughter at 21 months of age and I have not lost a single pounds during the whole time of breastfeeding. And believe me, she nursed ALL of the time. I am actually surprised that I didn't lose.
      Physical Exercise Working / Worked
      I am starting Curves Monday, so I will get back to you on this one.
      Slim-Fast Not Working
      It might have worked, but I struggle with binge eating, and the shakes and meal taste so good that I end up drinking the whole pack in one day. I totally go nuts and binge on them.
      Swimming Not Working
      I love swimming but I don't do it in public. I joined a winter swimming program over this past winter and LOVED it, but I didn't lose any weight or anything, but that's probably because I still ate like a pig.
      Writing Working / Worked
      I think that journaling is one of the things that has made a major improvement in my life.
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