Hello everybody!

BROWNIEE412 · 04-11-2008, 09:48 AM

Hey all!
I have been lurking for years and i've never posted before, but you guy are the most entusiastic group ever and I'm filled w/ happiness everytime I come here and see any of your losses.
Just to tell you a little about me..... My name is Amber and I am a 25 yr old blk female. I have always loved to eat gargantuan(sp) amounts of food and in addition to weight gain I have the nerve to have a bad weight complex about myself. My weight has fluctuated for years(I have done everything from atkins to herb-o-lite). When I was 21 I had finally gotten it together w/ atkins,tae bo and the elliptical machine.I would be very strict then let loose on Friday.All was well until I added stacker 2 ephedra free to the mix. In Aug 2006, I almost died on the hwy from taking them in 100 deg. weather.Thankfully, I lived and gave up the pills, but I had to endure months of testing on my heart, thyroid, and every other organ all to finally get a diagnosis of GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER in June 2007.
I'm sorry to be so long winded

but I have been so uninspired about every aspect of my life until I came to the stillmans section of this site and seen the support that ya'll give each other and I want to join in!!!!
Thanks for reading!

SydneyN · 04-11-2008, 09:52 AM

Hi, Amber! So nice to "meet" you. We are the same age (I'll be 25 in June). I think it would be great to change our lifestyles and woe now, while we are still "young". And I lost weight in high school using tae-bo, an eliptical, and Atkins. Are we the same person?

And I am glad you have decided to do this the healthy way. There was a time when I was taking diet pills, and too many of them. It's crazy that we are willing to die to be thin, isn't it? But sounds like you have seen the light when it comes to that stuff.

magickal1 · 04-11-2008, 10:35 AM

HI amber and welcome!!!!!!This is a great site u will find alot of support im on the get er done challenge for stillmans so come join us!!!!!!
hi sydney I wish I woulda known about stillmans when i was 25 , but I do now so im glad of that.

BROWNIEE412 · 04-11-2008, 11:07 AM

Thank you both I appriciate you already

SydneyN, We sound exactly alike, We should go on tour as Ebony&Ivory when we lose all the weight we want lol

juniper76 · 04-11-2008, 02:58 PM

Hi Amber.

I'm new to this site too although I did read the posts for a while before I joined too. Like you, I went the dangerous route of diet pills for a while until a trip to the ER scared me enough to swear them off. I am glad you are recovered from that now. This is a great site and hopefully we can inspire each other to great and lasting weight loss! I look forward to chatting with you.

-Jena

SydneyN · 04-11-2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BROWNIEE412

Thank you both I appriciate you already

SydneyN, We sound exactly alike, We should go on tour as Ebony&Ivory when we lose all the weight we want lol

BROWNIEE412 · 04-12-2008, 01:47 AM

Hi Jena

What I found was that when you are already an anxious person (for which I am the poster child,lol) caffeine isn't your friend.I gave up soda 4 yrs ago and am not big on sweets so my body actually wasn't used to it anymore.It was the internal medicine doc that finally told me that my arteries had "vasodialated"(sp) and thats why I had that reaction to the pills.Needless to say i'll stick with the diet & exercise combo

cskies · 04-12-2008, 09:02 AM

Amber!! Glad to see you on the stillmens threads!! Good Luck with your weight loss journey!!

04-11-2008, 09:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
BROWNIEE412 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: ATL,by way of PGH Posts: 32 Gallery: BROWNIEE412 Stats: 193/???/135 WOE: Stillmans/Atkins 72 Start Date: May,2008	Hello everybody! Hey all! I have been lurking for years and i've never posted before, but you guy are the most entusiastic group ever and I'm filled w/ happiness everytime I come here and see any of your losses. Just to tell you a little about me..... My name is Amber and I am a 25 yr old blk female. I have always loved to eat gargantuan(sp) amounts of food and in addition to weight gain I have the nerve to have a bad weight complex about myself. My weight has fluctuated for years(I have done everything from atkins to herb-o-lite). When I was 21 I had finally gotten it together w/ atkins,tae bo and the elliptical machine.I would be very strict then let loose on Friday.All was well until I added stacker 2 ephedra free to the mix. In Aug 2006, I almost died on the hwy from taking them in 100 deg. weather.Thankfully, I lived and gave up the pills, but I had to endure months of testing on my heart, thyroid, and every other organ all to finally get a diagnosis of GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER in June 2007. I'm sorry to be so long winded but I have been so uninspired about every aspect of my life until I came to the stillmans section of this site and seen the support that ya'll give each other and I want to join in!!!! Thanks for reading!

04-11-2008, 09:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
SydneyN Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 155 Gallery: SydneyN WOE: Zero Carb	Hi, Amber! So nice to "meet" you. We are the same age (I'll be 25 in June). I think it would be great to change our lifestyles and woe now, while we are still "young". And I lost weight in high school using tae-bo, an eliptical, and Atkins. Are we the same person? And I am glad you have decided to do this the healthy way. There was a time when I was taking diet pills, and too many of them. It's crazy that we are willing to die to be thin, isn't it? But sounds like you have seen the light when it comes to that stuff. __________________ We call them cool Those hearts that have no scars to show The ones that never do let go And risk the tables being turned We call them fools Who have to dance within the flame Who chance the sorrow and the shame That always comes with getting burned But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire 'Cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire ~Garth Brooks

04-11-2008, 11:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
BROWNIEE412 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: ATL,by way of PGH Posts: 32 Gallery: BROWNIEE412 Stats: 193/???/135 WOE: Stillmans/Atkins 72 Start Date: May,2008	Thank you both I appriciate you already SydneyN, We sound exactly alike, We should go on tour as Ebony&Ivory when we lose all the weight we want lol Last edited by BROWNIEE412 : 04-11-2008 at 11:09 AM.

04-12-2008, 01:47 AM	#7 (permalink)
BROWNIEE412 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: ATL,by way of PGH Posts: 32 Gallery: BROWNIEE412 Stats: 193/???/135 WOE: Stillmans/Atkins 72 Start Date: May,2008	Hi Jena What I found was that when you are already an anxious person (for which I am the poster child,lol) caffeine isn't your friend.I gave up soda 4 yrs ago and am not big on sweets so my body actually wasn't used to it anymore.It was the internal medicine doc that finally told me that my arteries had "vasodialated"(sp) and thats why I had that reaction to the pills.Needless to say i'll stick with the diet & exercise combo Last edited by BROWNIEE412 : 04-12-2008 at 01:48 AM.

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04-11-2008, 10:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
magickal1 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: among the survivors Posts: 372 Blog Entries: 9 Gallery: magickal1 Stats: 422/295/160 WOE: atkins Start Date: may 2006	HI amber and welcome!!!!!!This is a great site u will find alot of support im on the get er done challenge for stillmans so come join us!!!!!! hi sydney I wish I woulda known about stillmans when i was 25 , but I do now so im glad of that.

04-11-2008, 02:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
juniper76 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ks Posts: 12 Gallery: juniper76 WOE: Stillman's Start Date: April 9th 2008	Hi Amber. I'm new to this site too although I did read the posts for a while before I joined too. Like you, I went the dangerous route of diet pills for a while until a trip to the ER scared me enough to swear them off. I am glad you are recovered from that now. This is a great site and hopefully we can inspire each other to great and lasting weight loss! I look forward to chatting with you. -Jena

04-12-2008, 09:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
cskies Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: KS Posts: 846 Gallery: cskies Stats: 186/142/135 WOE: Atkins/Stillmans Start Date: restart: January 1, 2008	Amber!! Glad to see you on the stillmens threads!! Good Luck with your weight loss journey!!