Another newbie joins this amazing forum!

[This.Is.It!]

Hey everyone! I stumbled across this forum today when searching for help on weight loss. What a good find it was! I can't believe it's been here all along hiding! I feel so lucky to have found this site! Oh my, I'm waffeling again haha!
So about me..Yes.

Right I'm 16 year old female, I've been batteling weight problems for years, I must of made about 50+ plans to stick to over the years.. Guess what I never did! But right now, even though I'm only 16, I feel like it's now or never! I've got caught up in a 'fat cycle' and now I rarely go out and I'm suffering depression.


My life is one big joke, I'm sick of it, I'm sick of me! I can't live like this no more, so in the words of Obama, it's time for change!

I've decided this is indeed it, and with the help of this amazing forum I hope to not only pick my self up and try again, but to pick myself up, try again, and succeed!

I wake up every day with the realisation that this is it, that there's only one shot at this life and I can either enjoy the ride and live it to its fullest and to my highest potential or I can stay the way I am.

A massive thanks to everyone on this forum, I've been looking around, theres so much info + tips + help, I just don't know where to start! Lol.

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''You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.''

 

[Omega]

I remember feeling exactly the same way when I first found the forum. It is a treasure for the overweight and obese.

It is wonderful to find a community where obesity doesnt feel like a dirty word - just one of life's many problems and friends who are battling with the same problem.

Get a free account from - it is so useful for tracking all the calories and other nutrients that you eat.

Start a diary and visit other people in their diaries. That is the way that we make friends and build a support network.

You may want to join a challenge as they are fun and a great way of putting a structure to what you do while making friends. I have just kicked off the Summer Shake Up challenge in the challenges thread. You would be more than welcome to join in.