In4Manhattan
New member
Hey guys! Well my name is Martin, I'll be 16 soon. Basically, I am 5'10" and am 270 lbs. Now, ever since I was a little boy, around 3. I basically did not experience the same childhood as others. For some reason, my mom always kept me extra-protected. For those reasons, I never learned to ride a bike, play sports, along with a variety of other things. Around the age of 7, my grandmother passed and my mother went into deep depression, which in turn caused me to become neglected by her. In turn, I would feed myself with whatever was in the fridge (mainly unhealthy foods), this is where I started to pickup the pounds.
Around the age of 8, my mom passed, I moved in with my father. He immediately got me active by starting on an exercising plan suitable for my age. However, by me being such an unactive child, I hated this. For about 5 years (until I was 13) I exercised 5 days a week, but the pounds never seemed to drop off of me. At 13, I just stopped because I was pressured by my father, unmotivated by my family, and food was my comfort source.
So now, here I am at 15, I fit comfortably into an XXL t-shirt, size 42 jeans, but I want a change. Not only am I uncomfortable with my body and appearance, but I know there will be severe health effects if I don't change now. The truth is, I absolutely HATE exercising and have tried several times in the past few months to start, but always end up stopping. From the treadmill, to video tapes. Food is another enemy to me, the only health foods in our house are so dull and lacking of taste, yet that seems my only option.
Sometimes, I question myself, do I really want this? I am very excellent at things I want to succeed in, but weight-loss seems to be my only obstacle. However, I am going to remain optimistic, hopefully this website will offer me the change I need to look at myself with confidence and drop the pounds.
P.S. I apologize for such a long story, but I really needed to get this off of my chest.
Around the age of 8, my mom passed, I moved in with my father. He immediately got me active by starting on an exercising plan suitable for my age. However, by me being such an unactive child, I hated this. For about 5 years (until I was 13) I exercised 5 days a week, but the pounds never seemed to drop off of me. At 13, I just stopped because I was pressured by my father, unmotivated by my family, and food was my comfort source.
So now, here I am at 15, I fit comfortably into an XXL t-shirt, size 42 jeans, but I want a change. Not only am I uncomfortable with my body and appearance, but I know there will be severe health effects if I don't change now. The truth is, I absolutely HATE exercising and have tried several times in the past few months to start, but always end up stopping. From the treadmill, to video tapes. Food is another enemy to me, the only health foods in our house are so dull and lacking of taste, yet that seems my only option.
Sometimes, I question myself, do I really want this? I am very excellent at things I want to succeed in, but weight-loss seems to be my only obstacle. However, I am going to remain optimistic, hopefully this website will offer me the change I need to look at myself with confidence and drop the pounds.
P.S. I apologize for such a long story, but I really needed to get this off of my chest.