Hey everyone, my name is 2Equis (after my favourite beer). I am a 20 year-old student at the University of Toronto specializing in Psychology. I am also a part-time Disc Jockey and I have my own radio show on the campus radio. The reason I joined here is due to my objective of losing weight. I have been overweight now for nearly 10 years which was basically all through my teenage years. Obviously, it was not easy being an overweight teenager in Western society and although I had a lot of friends and fit in well with people, I always felt out of place in my mind. Now that I am an adult, I have grown tired of being overweight. My growth for the most part is coming to an end and I can no longer shift my blame of being overweight due to hormones, puberty, etc.
I have seen a private Nutrionist here in Toronto for help but his dietary plan consisted of the daily consumption of 300 calories a day which did not even sound safe, let alone feasible. As well, his maintenance diet consisted of the same procedure which is quite difficult to follow the rest of one's life. My precise problem is that I enjoy binge eating to the point where I do it and I don't realize I have done it until I am actually done binge eating. This compiled with the fact that I vehemently dislike exercise has created my obesity. I know this is detrimental to my health but I feel like I am in this cycle that I cannot break. That is until now of course. I have finally realized that my weight is a big enough problem that I need to seek help and motivation to get rid of this disease for lack of a better term. I had a rough ten years growing up as an overweight teenager and as other overweight people now, a lot of psychological damage has come with it. I now want to be a normal adult and fit in like I feel I should. I am very much determined to lose weight now as I am tired of not feeling like I belong. Furthermore, I want to be able to prove to myself that my mind is in control of my body, and not the other way around.
I have seen a couple of other new users post their stats so I suppose I will post mine as well.
Height: 6'0"
Highest Weight: 285
Starting weight: 280
Goal weight: 200 or whatever is visually appealing and feels healthy.
Anyways, I will be scouting the forums from this day forward in search of weight loss tips and tricks and I will try to keep people updated on my weight loss progress. Thank you all for reading this and I hope to meet you all on the forums. Cheers!
I have seen a private Nutrionist here in Toronto for help but his dietary plan consisted of the daily consumption of 300 calories a day which did not even sound safe, let alone feasible. As well, his maintenance diet consisted of the same procedure which is quite difficult to follow the rest of one's life. My precise problem is that I enjoy binge eating to the point where I do it and I don't realize I have done it until I am actually done binge eating. This compiled with the fact that I vehemently dislike exercise has created my obesity. I know this is detrimental to my health but I feel like I am in this cycle that I cannot break. That is until now of course. I have finally realized that my weight is a big enough problem that I need to seek help and motivation to get rid of this disease for lack of a better term. I had a rough ten years growing up as an overweight teenager and as other overweight people now, a lot of psychological damage has come with it. I now want to be a normal adult and fit in like I feel I should. I am very much determined to lose weight now as I am tired of not feeling like I belong. Furthermore, I want to be able to prove to myself that my mind is in control of my body, and not the other way around.
I have seen a couple of other new users post their stats so I suppose I will post mine as well.
Height: 6'0"
Highest Weight: 285
Starting weight: 280
Goal weight: 200 or whatever is visually appealing and feels healthy.
Anyways, I will be scouting the forums from this day forward in search of weight loss tips and tricks and I will try to keep people updated on my weight loss progress. Thank you all for reading this and I hope to meet you all on the forums. Cheers!
