A little advice and help from the experts?

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AshBelch

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Hello all,

So I have been reading all of these posts on this forum and I have to say, it is highly motivating! My story? I really don't have a good one. I have always been over weight (hard to actually say it) for majority of my life. But I never really felt like the fat girl... ever.. until I got older- in my late teens up to now at age 23. My friends are all thinner than me, which makes me stand out.. Even though I love standing out- just not in this manner. I am very outgoing, friendly and quite the people person. Basically, my weight never held me back from conversing with people or being the center of attention. BUTTT like most girls..I have difficulty getting ready to go out for the night..meaning what can I wear to hide the fat?


My biggest problem? I work in a restaurant/banquet facility.. This means there is constantly food staring me in the face. (and I work about 32 hours a week) The hardest thing for me is to be on a diet and work around this much food. I need help.. I need advice for copeing with food in my face constantly.. free food at that. Anything will do at this point. I have zero will power.


Don't get me wrong.. I have lost weight before.. through veganism, working out, etc. I have belonged to gyms for the past 5 years.. cant say I ever steadily gone but I did try here are there in spurts. My boyfriend tries his hardest to get me to stay on a diet and exercise (him losing 100+ pounds!!!!) but sometimes its really hard to hear it from the person you love and live with. I wanted to get mad at him.. but I had to remember he was trying to help not hurt. Anyways i will one day have the courage to start an official diet. I want to be able to post before, in between and after pics.


Thanks for reading!!! Enjoy & Happy Dieting!
 
AI am no expert but some advice that I could give you is, try taking small steps instead of diving right into the deep end of the pool. If you have a lot of food around you all the time ( and free food none the less), try to use that to your advantage, I assume that they have healthy food where you work, and if they don't, maybe you can ask the chef to cook you some healthy food.

As for excersise I would tell you to find something that you like doing, and maybe something that you can do with you boyfriend, or friends. Doing something that you like to do will mean that you have a higher chance at sticking with it.

Also never feel bad if you have a bad day once in a while, because everyone has them and as long as you just keep going forward, you will reach your goal.
 
Thank you!! I appreciate your advice. The only healthy food we have access to (without ordering it from the chef) is salad which gets boring. They don't exactly let us order what we want in order to cut costs. The thing I lack the most is time. I wake up, go to work and usually work long hours like 11am-1030pm giving me no time to keep consistency in a work out or diet. But i could also keep going with all the excuses why I cannot lose weight. I do have time off 2 days out of the week.. but it always seems like the perfect days to sleep in. I need to put more effort into it. I have to care and really friggen want it.


By the way I weigh 173lbs and I am 5'5.
 
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