Hi people 
I'm a female 19 year old uni student from up North and would like to lose weight.
Here's my story (it's a bit long):
I've always been kind of conscious about my size. Growing up I was always conscious about my weight, I've always been on the more heavier-average size (I was healthy, but far closer to the overweight side of the scale than the smaller side). But I never talked to anyone about it because I always gave off the impression that I didn't care and I didn't want to change that. I never told anyone in my family because people in it are always talking about losing weight and I've always acted like it didn't matter to me because I didn't want to complain about it all the time. So I've always kept it to myself.
Before going off to uni for my first year (I'm in my second year now), I lost some weight and was around 140 because my summer job required me to be active. I moved into dorms and gained the 'freshman 15' (although for me it was the freshman 20). The only exercise I did was going for a walk occasionally. There was a gym in the uni and a small one in the dorm, but I didn't use it because I am really out of shape and didn't want to embarrass myself (not a very good reason I know).
I was hoping to lose weight over the summer (I had the same job that I did last time), but that didn't happen. I gained more weight coming back (in a condo no, no dorms). And was 170.
I am now at 162 and hoping to go down to at least 140 (I'm 5'6).
I'm joining this forum because I hope talking about my weight progress with others and looking up advice will help me. I'd say my biggest problem is how much I eat. I'm not talking about portion sizes, I mean snacking. I snack so often. Eating for me has a become a habit ever since I was around 12. I eat when I'm not hungry or emotional, just 'for the sake of doing it'. It's hard to explain, but for me it's like a bad habit (not saying all eating is bad of course, just how often I feel the urge to do it).
That's about it, thanks for reading and I look forward to meeting you all
I'm a female 19 year old uni student from up North and would like to lose weight.
Here's my story (it's a bit long):
I've always been kind of conscious about my size. Growing up I was always conscious about my weight, I've always been on the more heavier-average size (I was healthy, but far closer to the overweight side of the scale than the smaller side). But I never talked to anyone about it because I always gave off the impression that I didn't care and I didn't want to change that. I never told anyone in my family because people in it are always talking about losing weight and I've always acted like it didn't matter to me because I didn't want to complain about it all the time. So I've always kept it to myself.
Before going off to uni for my first year (I'm in my second year now), I lost some weight and was around 140 because my summer job required me to be active. I moved into dorms and gained the 'freshman 15' (although for me it was the freshman 20). The only exercise I did was going for a walk occasionally. There was a gym in the uni and a small one in the dorm, but I didn't use it because I am really out of shape and didn't want to embarrass myself (not a very good reason I know).
I was hoping to lose weight over the summer (I had the same job that I did last time), but that didn't happen. I gained more weight coming back (in a condo no, no dorms). And was 170.
I am now at 162 and hoping to go down to at least 140 (I'm 5'6).
I'm joining this forum because I hope talking about my weight progress with others and looking up advice will help me. I'd say my biggest problem is how much I eat. I'm not talking about portion sizes, I mean snacking. I snack so often. Eating for me has a become a habit ever since I was around 12. I eat when I'm not hungry or emotional, just 'for the sake of doing it'. It's hard to explain, but for me it's like a bad habit (not saying all eating is bad of course, just how often I feel the urge to do it).
That's about it, thanks for reading and I look forward to meeting you all
