jordan6
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I’m 22 years old and a senior in college. Last year I moved out of my house and moved up to an apartment at my college with my friends. That was when I decided I needed to shed some pounds. Which is odd because people usually gain weight when they go away to college haha. But I finally cracked down and did something about it. I am 5’10 and I was somewhere around 210-220. I’m not really sure, I was always too afraid to weigh myself. I had gotten pretty chubby after high school and it just bugged me. I mean, I was always skinny in high school, but somewhere around 10th grade is when I slowly started to gain weight. i started working at an Italian restaurant in 11th grade so that made things a lot worse. I knew I was gaining some weight but I didn’t really think about it. I was around 175-185 lbs then. After high school is when I really started gaining weight. I would just eat whatever, whenever. I never had to worry about what I ate. That was until I started noticing significant weight gain. In 2008 I got up to 200 lbs and finally in 2010 it had just gotten bad. I weighed 210-220 and I was noticing stretch marks around my side. I was embarrassed at how people from high school or people who hadn’t seen me in a while would look at me. I was very embarrassed and ashamed. I just never really thought I had to worry about watching what I ate. It was a new concept to me. I was a skinny kid up until I was 18 and then all of a sudden I wasn’t.
So when I moved up to school, I got to buy my own food, eat what and when I knew I should. I never really had a set plan for it, but I was just watching what I ate. I didn’t really count calories so much, but I watched the fat content of food. I cut out eating before bed (which I used to do a lot), I ate more fruit, bought the lighter versions of meals. I was pretty conscious of it. I also started going to the gym. I didn’t lift weights of anything; I just ran the treadmill and track. I did that a whole lot after a while and still kept my diet going. I actually didn’t think I was trying that hard until I started weighing myself. I noticed I had gotten down to like 205 by then end of October. It really surprised me because I thought it would be a lot harder. I kept up all that I was doing and my weight started going down faster and faster. At one point around the end of November into December, I stopped going to the gym because I didn’t have time with school and work. But I kept my diet going. And when I went back to the gym and weighed myself, I really thought I had gained weight since I wasn’t exercising. But here I lost weight and got down to 185. Eventually I kept it all up and got down to 175, which I’ve been at since about February/March. At this point, I didn’t watch what I was eating nearly as much, and I wasn’t exercising all that much either. And once summer came along, I really didn’t exercise at all. So all in all I lost about 40-45. I couldn’t believe I lost so much weight so quickly, because I honestly didn’t think I tried so hard. I was getting all kinds of looks from girls, I was so flattered when people who I haven’t seen in a while would be so shocked at my weight loss, it was so great for my confidence, I loved it. I had someone tell me I look “10 years younger†which goes to show you how old I looked haha. I even had my friend’s mom introduce herself to me, when I’ve seen her various times before that. I didn’t love that fact that almost all of my clothes no longer fit me and I had to buy new stuff, but oh well haha.
So my conflict is right now. I moved back home in august, and I feel like I’m getting back in my old habits. I just don’t seem to have much control when there’s food. I still work at that restaurant, and for some reason I just kept my general diet going there, but now it’s not working so much and I find myself eating crappy there too often. And at home, my parents buy the groceries, so there’s cookies, sweets, chips, etc. So I just don’t know how to get back into the groove I had going last year when I lived at school, that’s my main issue. I don’t watch what I eat so much now, and I’ve been feeling really bloated lately and I fear I’m going to gain weight again. My body used to feel really good and “fresh†I guess is the word, but not so much lately. I need to figure out a way to get back into that groove. Like I said, I never really had a set plan when I started this, so I guess I’m looking for a plan. I want to start getting cut, leaner, etc. I know I need to exercise a lot more, because I haven’t been as much as I used to since I live away from school now, but I could really use that right now. I’m at 175 lbs, but there’s still plenty of flab, even though I look way better than I used to. I can’t seem to stay satisfied with my hunger and it’s very annoying because that’s how I used to act. But I guess it’s all your will power. I really just need a set plan to stick to.
So when I moved up to school, I got to buy my own food, eat what and when I knew I should. I never really had a set plan for it, but I was just watching what I ate. I didn’t really count calories so much, but I watched the fat content of food. I cut out eating before bed (which I used to do a lot), I ate more fruit, bought the lighter versions of meals. I was pretty conscious of it. I also started going to the gym. I didn’t lift weights of anything; I just ran the treadmill and track. I did that a whole lot after a while and still kept my diet going. I actually didn’t think I was trying that hard until I started weighing myself. I noticed I had gotten down to like 205 by then end of October. It really surprised me because I thought it would be a lot harder. I kept up all that I was doing and my weight started going down faster and faster. At one point around the end of November into December, I stopped going to the gym because I didn’t have time with school and work. But I kept my diet going. And when I went back to the gym and weighed myself, I really thought I had gained weight since I wasn’t exercising. But here I lost weight and got down to 185. Eventually I kept it all up and got down to 175, which I’ve been at since about February/March. At this point, I didn’t watch what I was eating nearly as much, and I wasn’t exercising all that much either. And once summer came along, I really didn’t exercise at all. So all in all I lost about 40-45. I couldn’t believe I lost so much weight so quickly, because I honestly didn’t think I tried so hard. I was getting all kinds of looks from girls, I was so flattered when people who I haven’t seen in a while would be so shocked at my weight loss, it was so great for my confidence, I loved it. I had someone tell me I look “10 years younger†which goes to show you how old I looked haha. I even had my friend’s mom introduce herself to me, when I’ve seen her various times before that. I didn’t love that fact that almost all of my clothes no longer fit me and I had to buy new stuff, but oh well haha.
So my conflict is right now. I moved back home in august, and I feel like I’m getting back in my old habits. I just don’t seem to have much control when there’s food. I still work at that restaurant, and for some reason I just kept my general diet going there, but now it’s not working so much and I find myself eating crappy there too often. And at home, my parents buy the groceries, so there’s cookies, sweets, chips, etc. So I just don’t know how to get back into the groove I had going last year when I lived at school, that’s my main issue. I don’t watch what I eat so much now, and I’ve been feeling really bloated lately and I fear I’m going to gain weight again. My body used to feel really good and “fresh†I guess is the word, but not so much lately. I need to figure out a way to get back into that groove. Like I said, I never really had a set plan when I started this, so I guess I’m looking for a plan. I want to start getting cut, leaner, etc. I know I need to exercise a lot more, because I haven’t been as much as I used to since I live away from school now, but I could really use that right now. I’m at 175 lbs, but there’s still plenty of flab, even though I look way better than I used to. I can’t seem to stay satisfied with my hunger and it’s very annoying because that’s how I used to act. But I guess it’s all your will power. I really just need a set plan to stick to.
