Hey people!

[Scot]

Hi guys, guess i should tell you all a little bit about myself.
So hey! im ben Im 16 and ive been fairly overweight all my life. Its made me sorta quiet and shy because i hated the focus to be on me. So if i would be with a new group of people i would always be quiet, fitting in, but not even having enough confidence to join in with a conversation.

I live with my mum, and since shes the only one looking after me i feel that she spoils me by feeding me crap when i wasnt feeling too good. When i was growing up i would eat a heap load and my mum wouldnt say a peep. As i started to grow up, i realised i wasnt happy how i look and thought that i would make a permanent change. So around a year ago i ate healthy, drank plenty of water and excercised. Not as much excercise as i would like but it had an affect and i dropped alot of weight and began to look better.

I was getting compliments left right and centre and it made me feel better than i ever had.

I left school last summer and went to college, but ended up dropping out this christmas just gone. Im going to another college next summer, but until then im sat at home doing absolutely nothing. Thats when ive started to notice that im not happy with how i look again. Im not fat, but ive got abit of a belly and abit of chub which i wanna get off.

The only problem is excecise. Gyms near my house cost alot for someone at my age, but since im at home during the week i can afford an off peak membership. I want to aim for maybe 5 days a week at the gym doing cardio at first, but then weights to get me some muscles! I dont want to get to a specific weight, i just want to be happy with what i look like. A six pack would be my ideal dream and im hoping being in a community with alot of people wanting the same thing will motivate me to get my ass out of bed and onto a treadmill!

So yah, sorry about the long post, but it felt good actually telling my little story

Hope i can get to know a few people and learn more about healthier living.
Thanks for reading!

 

[ChefChiTown]

I live with my mum, and since shes the only one looking after me i feel that she spoils me by feeding me crap when i wasnt feeling too good.

Dude, ALL moms are like that. I'm 27 years old and my mom still babies the shit out of me.

"You look like you don't feel good. Here, let me make you some chocolate pudding to help you feel better."
"Umm, fuck yeah, mom. Bring that shit on!!!"

Anyway, you're only 16. Your body is going to go through a lot of changes. Your voice will crack and get deeper, you might start growing hair in some weird places and you'll start to get boners. Plus, you might have some baby fat on you for a while.

When I was 16, I wasn't fat, but I certainly wasn't skinny. I was...umm, meaty? Yeah, let's go with meaty. I always felt fat because I had a little gut and some baby fat in the face, but now that I look back at pictures of myself from when I was in high school, I'm like "WOAH!!! Who the fuck is that skinny looking chick magnet? I bet that dude got his weiner played with all the ti...oh wait...that's me. Oh. So, he didn't get his weiner played with at all."

Then, I take a cold shower and then stare at pictures of Carrie Underwood for a few hours and pretend that she's my girlfriend. Hmm? Where was I going with this? I don't know. THE POINT IS...you'll lose the weight and chicks will be all over you. Or dudes. Whatever. We don't judge here.