Official 5000th post thread

[nefertiti]

Wow. I spend way too much time here. Lets look back at how it all got started.

This is my first ever post on EF. It's astonishing to me to look back on where I was then, and how far I've come.

Hey Y'all...just signed up and though I haven't been through the archives I have a feeling my story is going to be a bit of a different one.

I'm 25 and currently my stats are 5'5" 105 lbs. For the past three years I have struggled with a debilitating eating disorder and I believe I finally started to turn the corner in my recovery this past December.

My goals are fairly simple and not centered around numbers. I want to gain about ten pounds eventually, but I am, I think, at least a couple of months away from being able to eat enough to do that. For now I'd like to, through cardio and weight training, simply develop a good relationship with food where I can get myself to a "normal" caloric intake. I'm working with a nuitritionist and a trainer, but I also thought a place like this could provide some guidelines for me as far as making sure I am not overdoing things and trading one set of obsessive compulsive behaviors for another.

So far I know I'm doing a little more cardio than I should be (about an hour, five days a week, varying intensity), but working that hard has also allowed me to get used to feeling good about fairly normal portions of food. Simple concepts like food=energy=able to work out hard, and food=muscle recovery=able to work out again are my first baby step. Eventually, more important than the number on the scale, is I'd just like to feel good about myself.

Anyway...I have no idea how active I'll be, but I figured I'd say hi and just be straight forward about where I am right now and where I am trying to be. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/7929358-post194.html

Seeing what's going on with woot right now made me realize that there are people here who I've never and probably will never met who have seen me through one of the most turbulent years of my life. Here I am, 5000 posts later, healthy and happy. I can't deny that this community played a part in that journey, whether it was by being a source of distraction, laughter, a place to vent, or specific individuals who offered support or wisdom.

Yay for being a message board loser with 5000 posts! Mom would be proud.

 

[all the whey]

I am proud of you.

Not for the 5000 post.

But, becuase you are happier and healthier.

 

[nefertiti]

I am proud of you.

Not for the 5000 post.

But, becuase you are happier and healthier.

 

[binö]

did you plumpen up since then? you said you wanted to gain weight...105 lbs is too skinny

 

[Longhorn85]

Nef I hope that when you reach 10,000 posts you can look back again and see that the time gone by was productive and happy.

Conservo-babes are HOT!!!

 

[nefertiti]

did you plumpen up since then? you said you wanted to gain weight...105 lbs is too skinny

Yeah...I'm sitting steady at about 120.

 

[all the whey]

Yeah...I'm sitting steady at about 120.

Nice work!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lestat]

glad to have you here!

 

[nefertiti]

Oh, and big lols at "I have no idea how active I'll be."

 

[jdynasty]

congrats

 

[the_alcatraz]

Good job.

I'll catch up to you in less than a week.

 

[fistfullofsteel]

hot freaky sex to celebrate

 

[Smurfy]

Wow. I spend way too much time here. Lets look back at how it all got started.

This is my first ever post on EF. It's astonishing to me to look back on where I was then, and how far I've come.



http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/7929358-post194.html



Seeing what's going on with woot right now made me realize that there are people here who I've never and probably will never met who have seen me through one of the most turbulent years of my life. Here I am, 5000 posts later, healthy and happy. I can't deny that this community played a part in that journey, whether it was by being a source of distraction, laughter, a place to vent, or specific individuals who offered support or wisdom.

Yay for being a message board loser with 5000 posts! Mom would be proud.

good job, Titi!

 

[needtogetaas]

Nice.

 

[BlueBird]

Congrats on 5000 posts and 15 pounds, Nefers!

 

[curvymommy]

WOW! I love that you pulled up your original post! You've come so far. Amazing!

 

[silverstar1025]

Great work girl!

 

[Sub-Zero]

I am proud of you.

Not for the 5000 post.

But, becuase you are a message board loser.

 

[GUARDIAN]

Yeah...I'm sitting steady at about 120.

congrats. pix please.

 

[nefertiti]

congrats. pix please.

haha

I briefly considered posting a before/after picture set to commemorate my 5000th. Then, I thought better of it.

 

[GUARDIAN]

haha

I briefly considered posting a before/after picture set to commemorate my 5000th. Then, I thought better of it.

y not?

 

[wootoom]

proud of you

 

[Raptorex]

j/k - nice to have you

 

[stilleto]

Yeah...I'm sitting steady at about 120.

that's awesome!!
i'm glad you're here, missy.

 

[nefertiti]

y not?

lol....a million reasons. I don't want that kind of attention, mainly.

'lleto, It seems so odd to be proud, as a female, of weight gain, but I look so much better now than I did a year ago. I don't look sick anymore, I'm not as pale, my hair is thicker. And I have boobs!!! (no pics)

 

[GUARDIAN]

lol....a million reasons. I don't want that kind of attention, mainly.

'lleto, It seems so odd to be proud, as a female, of weight gain, but I look so much better now than I did a year ago. I don't look sick anymore, I'm not as pale, my hair is thicker. And I have boobs!!! (no pics)

beautiful!

 

[puddlemonkey]

And I have boobs!!! (no pics)