New To PEERtrainer July, 201457

Group Name:	New To PEERtrainer July, 201457
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Thursday, February 05, 2015, 12:49 PM

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I am a 16 year old, 5'4" ,202 lbs african american girl. I have been struggling with my weight for some years now. I really need help, I was told by my doctor I was already at high risk for diabetes.....it runs in my family. My mom has it...my grandpa...aunts...cousins..I don't want it. I don't do any extra curricular activities at school. i do like to play basketball though.

I have never been at my goal weight even when I ran a marathon in 2012. My aim is to feel confident in my body and get fit again, having just recovered from any injury.

I am 22 years old from Southern California. I have struggled with weight my entire life. I did WeightWatchers with my mother during my 3rd year in high school and went from 215 to 170. My goal weight at the time was 160. With 10lbs to go I hit a plateau that I couldn't get past no matter how long I exercised or how strictly I ate. I was on Varsity Soccer and Tennis, practicing every day for multiple hours, doing 3-4 mile runs every other day and on weekends, and nothing helped. Frustrated I slowly gave up. I realized I was giving up but no longer found the motivation to care. By my senior year of high school I gained it all back. Moving to college was another ordeal. Freshman 15? Yea, try freshman 35. Struggling with minor depression and feeling overworked I blew up to about 230lbs. Once I met my boyfriend at the end of freshman year, eating out all the time and feeling comfortable, three years later I am now at 261lbs. There is not a day that I wake up and think what if, or look in the mirror and hate the body I have trapped myself in. Now that I have graduated from college and living at home, I feel like it is the right time to make a change. I have started going to yoga 3 days a week and practice every other day on my own with YogaStudio. I have found that yoga really helps me focus on who I am on the inside rather than constantly worrying what everyone has to say about my outside. Each day I progress more and more going deeper into each pose and I become ecstatic. My next endeavor is to pick up where I left off and join a local womens soccer team.

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