Group: New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself

New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 1539, Messages: 27038

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Getting over the sickness!

fvarnadoe
fvarnadoe
Posts: 1
Joined: 2008/06/20
United States
2008/06/20, 01:25 PM
I was recently sick with Meningitis and my doctors put me on 7 different prescriptions for 3 weeks and 4 of them had side effects of weight gain or change in appetite. Before I was sick I was anywhere from 105-108 on my 5'2 frame... after I recovered, I was a beastly (for me) 117... with a belly pudge. I have since cut back to normal eating habits (for me) and THOUGHT about working out... or exercising at least, and now- I'm going to follow through with the exercising. There isn't a gym available to me until this fall when I return to college- and hopefully then I'll have the courage to go. I've never been one to be self conscious but now... my parents are making comments! I want to tone and shape up my body and just feel better about myself- I'm not too concerned with the actual weight number I also am trying to quit smoking and drinking beer... I have German and Irish roots- but it's not an excuse anymore! :laugh::dumbbell: