I thought I would put this here so that new members can tell a bit about themselves.

On that note welcome new member ima loser !

Bump for sarsar...

Bump for sarsar...

What does that mean? I'm old.

Lol bump is just pushing it (the thread) to the top of the heap...

so hopefully she could of seen it and posted in the new member section

Lol bump is just pushing it (the thread) to the top of the heap... so hopefully she could of seen it and posted in the new member section

How do u do that?

I realized I never shared my real name...Sheryl

Somehow cowgirlsheryl just didn't grab me...haha

I will always think of you as Jane!

deinitely hard to switch over. I think of her as Jane too.

Keep calling me Jane, doesn't bother me in the least.

Besides the fact that I thought it sounded good for an anon name, Jane has another significance for me. My brothers wife is named Jane and she just has this confident, lean, healthy athletic body and was a person i wanted to emulate. She is in her 60s,, but seems younger then many 40 year olds due to a lifetime of good, but not radical, health habits.

Thanks for the bump, Laura. I just went through and read everyone's introductions.

Hi everyone. I'm excited to join all of you! I started 5:2 3 weeks ago and so far I really like it. I'll tell you a little about myself. My name is Sarah. I actually grew up thin although I did have issues with anorexia in my teens/early twenties. I didn't become obese until after I got married. In the first year we were married I gained over 80 pounds. Not sure why, he's a great guy, we are still married so it had nothing to do with being in a bad relationship. I did find out years later that I had thyroid issues so maybe that's when those problems began. Through the years I continued to gain weight. I didn't gain much when I had my kids because I was so sick that I actually lost weight.

I hated being fat, it made me depressed. It was really hard for me because I was had never been fat before so I knew what it was like to be skinny and I wanted to be back there so bad. (No, I was not healthy when I was skinny and I know that now.) I'm not sure when I started looking into WLS. Many, many years ago my dad had his stomach stapled, back when it first came out. He has had a lot of issues with that surgery. All of my side of the family has weight problems. Anyway, I had looked into surgery but my insurance didn't cover it. Years later, after dieting and only losing 20 or 30 pounds and then gaining it all back plus more, my husband's insurance changed and I decided to look into surgery again. This time insurance covered it.(I ended up having surgery in Mexico but that's another story.) I had spent the last few years before this working out, dealing with my emotional issues and learning to eat healthy so I felt that I had given it my all when I decided to have surgery and for me this was the last resort. I wanted to be healthy. I wanted what I felt on the inside to show on the outside. I wanted to be me again. Almost 2.5 years ago I had surgery. I lost about 110 pounds within 1.5 years and then my body stopped losing. I was very comfortable where I was at and was happy and content. A never had a goal weight, I just figured when I was comfortable that is where I would stop. A few months ago I started looking at myself and wondering if could lose more. I looked deep inside and realized that I am still holding on to some of this weight because of some emotional issues. The same issues that I became obese in the first place. I have finally decided that I am going to finish what I started and shed all of this weight and not cover up anymore!

I have been reading about all the success with 5:2 and decided to give it a try. So far I really like it. I'm not sure how much more I want to lose. At least 10 pounds...maybe more. I'll see where this leads!

Welcome, Sarsar

Welcome! It's a great way for maintenance, because a lot of use found out, it's easy to re-gain when you think you're in maintenance.