Hello everyone!
I am a 20 y.o. female. I am steadily gaining weight, little by little, over the years. I know that if I do not change my lifestyle now, I will be one of those people that I have always wondered "How do they get that big?" Well, now I kind of understand. I am 5'3" and currently weigh 157-160. It isn't extremely horrible, but it is bad enough, especially for my height. I have a thicker and stronger build than most girls. I have wider hips, broader shoulders, thicker legs. I am not masculine or anything, just not built as frail as most girls. I think I am made to be very muscular.
My lifestyle is as follows: I live alone and work full time for the State of Ohio. I work in an office, which doesn't help. All they do is sit at a desk and eat constantly!! The only time I ever overeat is at work. At home, I really don't eat at all. It is really weird. I guess I am overeating and then undereating at the same time. If I get upset enough, I have completely stopped eating for a couple days, usually five or six, before I give in to temptation and start to eat again. I think this might be called binge eating, but I am not sure. My eating patterns are extremely erratic and random. I also attend school at Ohio State University full time as well. I have a full load, so I rarely have time to exercise. When I do exercise, I try to do 40 mins. of straight cardio, but that isn't really working out. For some reason, after only a few minutes, it is extremely hard to breathe. I feel strain in my throat area to get air in. It feels really tight and sometimes, it even burns. I thought "Oh well I must be really out of shape." I don't think this is the case because that feeling lingers for HOURS afterward, possibly the rest of the day. I do not have asthma or anything, but my doctor thought that I might have exercise-induced asthma and gave me an inhaler to try. I tried using it once and it did absolutely nothing. I have no time to work out and when I force myself to take 40 minutes out of my sleeptime or studying, I can't breathe when I exercise! I am so aggravated and depressed at the same time. I don't really know what to do from here.
All of this on top of a breakup is really pushing me over the edge...People say "you look fine" or "you are pretty, what are you talking about?" but I know that they are saying it to be nice. I am pretty emotionally exhausted from everything and I just don't know how to deal anymore.
I am a 20 y.o. female. I am steadily gaining weight, little by little, over the years. I know that if I do not change my lifestyle now, I will be one of those people that I have always wondered "How do they get that big?" Well, now I kind of understand. I am 5'3" and currently weigh 157-160. It isn't extremely horrible, but it is bad enough, especially for my height. I have a thicker and stronger build than most girls. I have wider hips, broader shoulders, thicker legs. I am not masculine or anything, just not built as frail as most girls. I think I am made to be very muscular.
My lifestyle is as follows: I live alone and work full time for the State of Ohio. I work in an office, which doesn't help. All they do is sit at a desk and eat constantly!! The only time I ever overeat is at work. At home, I really don't eat at all. It is really weird. I guess I am overeating and then undereating at the same time. If I get upset enough, I have completely stopped eating for a couple days, usually five or six, before I give in to temptation and start to eat again. I think this might be called binge eating, but I am not sure. My eating patterns are extremely erratic and random. I also attend school at Ohio State University full time as well. I have a full load, so I rarely have time to exercise. When I do exercise, I try to do 40 mins. of straight cardio, but that isn't really working out. For some reason, after only a few minutes, it is extremely hard to breathe. I feel strain in my throat area to get air in. It feels really tight and sometimes, it even burns. I thought "Oh well I must be really out of shape." I don't think this is the case because that feeling lingers for HOURS afterward, possibly the rest of the day. I do not have asthma or anything, but my doctor thought that I might have exercise-induced asthma and gave me an inhaler to try. I tried using it once and it did absolutely nothing. I have no time to work out and when I force myself to take 40 minutes out of my sleeptime or studying, I can't breathe when I exercise! I am so aggravated and depressed at the same time. I don't really know what to do from here.
All of this on top of a breakup is really pushing me over the edge...People say "you look fine" or "you are pretty, what are you talking about?" but I know that they are saying it to be nice. I am pretty emotionally exhausted from everything and I just don't know how to deal anymore.