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drm4652

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Hello,

Just like some of you I also have a weight problem. For me though, it's been pretty bad. When I was a sophomore in highschool I was the heaviest I've ever been at about 230 pounds, and being only 5' 7"....that's a lot of weight. Since then I've had some health scares and made some small changes to my terrible habits and have lost 30 pounds and now weigh about 200 pounds. This has been something tearing me apart for my whole life but I've held it in forever, not letting anyone know how it's affected me. My weight has cost me so many opportunities and I've been so scared of risk that at times all I can do is stay in my room. Now, I have a lot of friends but I'm not happy. I think that the most important thing is to regain my confidence and self esteem and big part of that is to get my weight under control. I will update this thread with my progress to stay on track and get help from others. I will also track my bench press as I'm also doing strength training. I'm currently 18 and I'm going for it! I have gym at my college that is a 5 minute walk away, I have no excuses anymore!

Heaviest Weight 228 : 35.7 BMI (6/01/08)
Starting Weight: 200 : 31.3 BMI (12/13/10)

Current Weight: 185 : 29.0 BMI (2/18/11)
Goal Weight: 160 : 25.1 BMI (By: 6/01/11)
 
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Hello everyone, I kinda forgot about this diary that I made which is a shame because I've made some pretty good progress since then but I still have a long way to go. I'm down 13 pounds since I posted this which puts me at 187 pounds. I hope to continue to update this with my weight and my BMI (as calculated by Wii Fit)
 
drm4652 said:
Hello everyone, I kinda forgot about this diary that I made which is a shame because I've made some pretty good progress since then but I still have a long way to go. I'm down 13 pounds since I posted this which puts me at 187 pounds. I hope to continue to update this with my weight and my BMI (as calculated by Wii Fit)
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Awesome job on the weight loss!!! i hope you are starting to feel more confident in yourself, which you should. 43 pounds is pretty amazing. :)
 
Thanks Katie! It sounds like a lot when I read the number but I don't think I look much different, still just pretty fat hahaha.

It has taken me a long time to do which at first is kinda discouraging but actually, I've noticed that because I lost it so slowly I've taken breaks from regular exercise and food watching for months at a time and I don't gain any weight.

I'll share some of my exercise and diet info tomorrow!
 
Thanks Jennifer, I appreciate it!

I've gone down about another pound putting me at about 186!

Maybe I'll share a little background for you readers. My sophomore year I was the heaviest I had ever been at about 228. I had pretty much given up at the point and my self esteem was at such a low point. I had a doctors exam at which he told me I was prediabetic and had dangerously high blood pressure. It was at that point I knew I had to do something.

My diet has always been the biggest because I had been fairly active as I love playing sports. I eat candy like hardcore crack addict....well I used to and thats been the biggest and hardest change. I've yet to eliminate it completely but I eat much less of it. Soda was also a huge thing for me, and now I'm down to mostly water.

Right now my exercise is mostly racquetball 3-4 times a week. I found it's way more intense then using a treadmill or stationary back. I had been doing strength training but I've taken a break for a bit but hope to start again in a couple weeks.

That's all for now, I'll post some more stuff in a few days.
 
It's really great to hear about you weight loss. I have very low self esteem too and avoid certain things because of my weight. It's something I really want to change. It's really sad and unfortunate to think about.
 
I'll second Trusylver - well done.

funny you refer to candy as your crack....that is exactly how I referred to soda. I'm down to 1 (maybe 2) a week now.
 
Thanks you two :)

I think I'm down another pound, can't tell real well cause I have a dumb analog scale and my since my wii fit is on carpet, it says I weigh about 5 pounds more than I actually do. However, my Wii Fit says I'm down 1.3 pounds since yesterday but that's probably a little inflated.

So that's put me at about 185 and that gives me a BMI of 29.0!

I've lost 15 pounds since starting college, and 20 since my highest weight at college (once I gained like 5 pounds in a month here I knew I better start working out lol)

It's so frustrating that I'm actually much heavier than my weight seems to imply. I feel like I have to get 130 before I'd be skinny...guess I have 0 muscle mass whatsoever...I'll be resuming my weight training soon
 
Well done dropping another lb

it s good that your planning to get into lifting weights
 
I was doing it about a month ago and I had done the strength training for about a month straight which led to some muscle definition but then I got busier and stopped for a little bit. Things will lighten up a tad next quarter at school so I will resume the training again
 
Ugh!! Foiled by the weekend! I was my birthday weekend and I enjoyed it lol unfortunately I gained a little bit of weight, but my body has done well at quickly stabilizing my weight. I should be back to my lowest weight in a couple days and at that point I'll update my stats again.

So on my birthday my parents bought me a TON of candy and mountain dew. I was like "yayyy....."... *In my head* "OH DEAR GOD NOOOO!!"

It's kinda funny. I haven't told anyone about me trying to lose weight. I know that seems odd to most people because generally people need to motivated by their friends and family around them who are encouraging them. For some reason I feel like it's embarrassing to admit to other people that I'm trying to lose weight because it's like admitting that I have a problem and I'm not comfortable with myself. I'm also worried about letting people down if I don't actually succeed.

Oh well, maybe if I get a bit lower I start letting people in lol
 
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Ugh!! Foiled by the weekend! I was my birthday weekend and I enjoyed it lol unfortunately I gained a little bit of weight, but my body has done well at quickly stabilizing my weight. I should be back to my lowest weight in a couple days and at that point I'll update my stats again.

So on my birthday my parents bought me a TON of candy and mountain dew. I was like "yayyy....."... *In my head* "OH DEAR GOD NOOOO!!"

It's kinda funny. I haven't told anyone about me trying to lose weight. I know that seems odd to most people because generally people need to motivated by their friends and family around them who are encouraging them. For some reason I feel like it's embarrassing to admit to other people that I'm trying to lose weight because it's like admitting that I have a problem and I'm not comfortable with myself. I'm also worried about letting people down if I don't actually succeed.

Oh well, maybe if I get a bit lower I start letting people in lol
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I understand you not telling people. Once you open up about it, there's an expectation that people can have that is intimidating. I think, though, that the only person that you will be "letting down" if you don't lose the weight is yourself. Of course, I don't know your family/friends, but people don't really tend to get their hopes up on another person losing weight... do you know what i mean? so really, the only person who will be let down if you don't lose it, is yourself. which will happen if others know or not. just a thought. might be worht opening up to a couple supportive people who you know will back you on this decision and won't make you feel bad if you don't succeed quickly.

either way, its whatever makes you feel comfortable. weight loss is really about you and making yourself happy. if you think keeping it to yourself will motivate you more, then do it. I like to do this too, actually, and almost make it a goal of mine to get compliments on my figure. lol hearing "you've lost weight" from someone who didnt' know you were trying is pretty motivating. :) and you always have this forum for support.
 
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