Hey,what's up?
I'm Lotty, 17 and I'm from the Netherlands. I decided to join a forum like this to get a little motivation to get in shape again.
When I was about 13-14 I really got into that stage of being insecure and unhappy with myself (everybody knows what I'm talking about). I was doing really bad in school and I started eating more and more. I was about 5'4 (1.60m) and weigh about 148 pounds (67 kg). That's pretty heavy for a short 14 year-old, and I felt worse and worse about it. I realized that I was eating way to much, and started to give up food... No, not only the junkfood I'd eat after school, but basically everything. I honestly thought I'd lose the pounds if I'd only eat a cracker during the day and dinner at night (so my parents wouldn't notice).
Well, as you all know, it's not the best way to get rid of that fat. I gained four more pounds, and my friends finally started pointing out that I wasn't doing it right, and that it was very unhealthy.
At a certain point I realized that I really had to do something about it. I failed that year in school, but I didn't mind. I felt like doing that year again was able to give me a fresh start. I started eatig breakfast, lunch and allowed myself to eat potato chips only in the weekend. I didn't work out at all, but the pounds went off like crazy. Within 6 months I had lost over 20 pounds.
But here I am, 2 years later. I'm glad I'm not that heavy as I used to be. I've been at 117 pounds (5'8 now) since a year and a half. I'm pretty thin, but you know what the problem is ... yupz.. the fat around the tummy. I've allowed it to be there for way to long, but I really want to get rid of it.
So that's what got me here. I haven't worked out since I can remember. I've been doing Pilates for about 6 months now, and noticed that it's giving me stronger muscles and it cleares my mind, but it doesn't burn a lot of fat. I absolutely cannot run for a long time. When I run too long, I get really dizzy and it gets black in front of my eyes. I know I need to work on that one by doing a lot of cardio, step by step.
I haven't really changed my diet, because I didn't really had to. I barely eat meat (only grilled chicken), sodas or junkfood. I'm addicted to veggies and salads, and I try to make sure that I eat at least two fruits everyday. What I recently started to do (I've been reading it all over the fourm here) is eating 5-6 meals a day. Let's see if that makes a difference. The only thing I did cut out was candy bars (doing that really broke my heart...). I used to eat one or even two KitKat/Mars/Snickers/Lion bars a day (during school days). I think that'll make a big difference.
So, all that's left for me to do is exercise. And it's the hardest thing to do for me... First of all... time... But I know that's no excuse. I'll have to learn to set my priorities. Second one... motivation. I've tried a lot, like listening to music, but it doesn't help (I'm a music addict, so that's really, really weird). What has been helping me a lot these days is putting a DVD in my DVD player of a concert (like Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson.... yeah.... I'm a bubblegum-pop-girl
).
As exercise I've been doing Les Mills Body Attack... It's so tough. Thankfully, the video's are divided in parts, and I've got to the point that I can make through part 4. I'm also gonna check out their other classes like Body Jam and Body Combat. Just to try something different.
So.... that's why I'm here I'm going to start a diary on here too, so you guys can keep tack on what I've been doing
I'm Lotty, 17 and I'm from the Netherlands. I decided to join a forum like this to get a little motivation to get in shape again.
When I was about 13-14 I really got into that stage of being insecure and unhappy with myself (everybody knows what I'm talking about). I was doing really bad in school and I started eating more and more. I was about 5'4 (1.60m) and weigh about 148 pounds (67 kg). That's pretty heavy for a short 14 year-old, and I felt worse and worse about it. I realized that I was eating way to much, and started to give up food... No, not only the junkfood I'd eat after school, but basically everything. I honestly thought I'd lose the pounds if I'd only eat a cracker during the day and dinner at night (so my parents wouldn't notice).
Well, as you all know, it's not the best way to get rid of that fat. I gained four more pounds, and my friends finally started pointing out that I wasn't doing it right, and that it was very unhealthy.
At a certain point I realized that I really had to do something about it. I failed that year in school, but I didn't mind. I felt like doing that year again was able to give me a fresh start. I started eatig breakfast, lunch and allowed myself to eat potato chips only in the weekend. I didn't work out at all, but the pounds went off like crazy. Within 6 months I had lost over 20 pounds.
But here I am, 2 years later. I'm glad I'm not that heavy as I used to be. I've been at 117 pounds (5'8 now) since a year and a half. I'm pretty thin, but you know what the problem is ... yupz.. the fat around the tummy. I've allowed it to be there for way to long, but I really want to get rid of it.
So that's what got me here. I haven't worked out since I can remember. I've been doing Pilates for about 6 months now, and noticed that it's giving me stronger muscles and it cleares my mind, but it doesn't burn a lot of fat. I absolutely cannot run for a long time. When I run too long, I get really dizzy and it gets black in front of my eyes. I know I need to work on that one by doing a lot of cardio, step by step.
I haven't really changed my diet, because I didn't really had to. I barely eat meat (only grilled chicken), sodas or junkfood. I'm addicted to veggies and salads, and I try to make sure that I eat at least two fruits everyday. What I recently started to do (I've been reading it all over the fourm here) is eating 5-6 meals a day. Let's see if that makes a difference. The only thing I did cut out was candy bars (doing that really broke my heart...). I used to eat one or even two KitKat/Mars/Snickers/Lion bars a day (during school days). I think that'll make a big difference.
So, all that's left for me to do is exercise. And it's the hardest thing to do for me... First of all... time... But I know that's no excuse. I'll have to learn to set my priorities. Second one... motivation. I've tried a lot, like listening to music, but it doesn't help (I'm a music addict, so that's really, really weird). What has been helping me a lot these days is putting a DVD in my DVD player of a concert (like Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson.... yeah.... I'm a bubblegum-pop-girl
).As exercise I've been doing Les Mills Body Attack... It's so tough. Thankfully, the video's are divided in parts, and I've got to the point that I can make through part 4. I'm also gonna check out their other classes like Body Jam and Body Combat. Just to try something different.
So.... that's why I'm here
I'm going to start a diary on here too, so you guys can keep tack on what I've been doing
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