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Name: Rachel Silber
Location: Potomac, Md
What I do: lactation consultant & doula
Joined: April 17, 2008
Last signed in: January 7, 2012
About Me
Well, I started out at 285ish pounds -- diabetic, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglicerides, no energy, depressed, etc...
My doctor scared the crap out of me... and I decided to do right by myself, lose weight, get in shape, work on my mental issues that were holding me in a nasty destructive pattern.
Now I can run over 26.2 miles, do weights, work out with the best of them... still have about 30-40 pounds left to go, but am in the best shape of my life emotionally & physically.
Is it worth it? HELL YEAH!!!
I will never allow myself to be that fat, out of shape and miserable ever again. Sure, some days its a real challenge... and I love to eat good food, love the creamy/crunchy/sweet... but I now know to just have a little, and to move more to compensate for it.
Now, when I get down with those depression moments... I try to work it out with exercise not with a bag of M&Ms!!!
Best news of all... my doctors are not considering me to be diabetic anymore. I am officially just "insulin resistant" or "pre-diabetic"... hopefully I can kick those labels too! And, I no longer need medicine for high blood pressure... I do not have high triglycerides or cholesterol anymore either! WOW!!! GO ME!!!
Anyhow, I love living life, being crazy, having fun doing stuff that people 1/2 my age wouldn't do. In the last year, I have had so many adventures that I could not have done as an obese person:
-ran a 10k
-ran a 1/2 marathon
-ran a full marathon
-went on a full day kiyaking trip in Canada!
-went jello wrestling (photo album shows proof!)
-tried out for a women's professional tackle football team (didn't make it, but did pretty well in tryouts and I was so proud of myself)
Kicking myself for not doing this YEARS ago!!!
My doctor scared the crap out of me... and I decided to do right by myself, lose weight, get in shape, work on my mental issues that were holding me in a nasty destructive pattern.
Now I can run over 26.2 miles, do weights, work out with the best of them... still have about 30-40 pounds left to go, but am in the best shape of my life emotionally & physically.
Is it worth it? HELL YEAH!!!
I will never allow myself to be that fat, out of shape and miserable ever again. Sure, some days its a real challenge... and I love to eat good food, love the creamy/crunchy/sweet... but I now know to just have a little, and to move more to compensate for it.
Now, when I get down with those depression moments... I try to work it out with exercise not with a bag of M&Ms!!!
Best news of all... my doctors are not considering me to be diabetic anymore. I am officially just "insulin resistant" or "pre-diabetic"... hopefully I can kick those labels too! And, I no longer need medicine for high blood pressure... I do not have high triglycerides or cholesterol anymore either! WOW!!! GO ME!!!
Anyhow, I love living life, being crazy, having fun doing stuff that people 1/2 my age wouldn't do. In the last year, I have had so many adventures that I could not have done as an obese person:
-ran a 10k
-ran a 1/2 marathon
-ran a full marathon
-went on a full day kiyaking trip in Canada!
-went jello wrestling (photo album shows proof!)
-tried out for a women's professional tackle football team (didn't make it, but did pretty well in tryouts and I was so proud of myself)
Kicking myself for not doing this YEARS ago!!!
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“ I have been absent from LS for way too long I broke my toe, left my husband and took a detour back into bad habits... but now I am back gonna reburn the weight I packed back on, and get lean, mean, hot, sexy and in kickass shape again I can do this Rachel” -
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“well, I haven't been doing a lot of "official diet tracking" because of stress, etc. Am seperating from my husband on 8/3. Either I just "can barely eat" -- or I want crap. Nothing in between. Still exercising, trying to keep my diet in check but allowing myself some self-pity too. :-( Rachel” -
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galahadsmom replied to “I don't believe in eating back calories b/c if I do then I gain weight. Most people underestimate their calories, and overestimate their exercise. I might add another 200-300 cal into my day, but not any more than that Rachel”
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