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UncoverBeauty

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Hello!
I've visited this site many times, but only recently started reading everyones weight loss stories, and I got to thinking that maybe I could find the motivation that I need. I'm 17 years old, I weigh (I just realized my scale is5lbs over and I had lost 2lbs in the last week) 283 pounds. I have always been over weight, due to stomach problems as a child that continued into my teens, I can't eat certain foods, mainly being grease, or animal fat (that includes not being able to eat meat). My weight has always been my biggest issue and I just don't feel like the person I should be, I've tried alot of the different kinds of diets, but because of what affects me or not, I had to stop. I've given up the false idea of a diet, and instead decided to make a life change and change how I eat entirely, it's going to take some work, but I will get there. I'm also rather hell bent on losing weight. The highest weight I ever reached was in April of 2006 when I had surgery (for a certain type of cyst), I weighed 295lbs before hand and after a few weeks post surgery I became 310lbs, at that point I couldn't deal with it and I always swore I'd never go above 295lbs, I worked my butt off, over the summer I got back down to around 285lbs and then I joined a gym, where I got down to around 277lbs. Then my life got hectic and I kept missing my chances to go to the gym. I'm only now reworking into a schedule and remotivating my mind.
My biggest goal is not how much I weigh in the end, it's not what I look like, or the approval of others, my biggest goal is to be able to run, to forego driving places and instead go out for a run without getting winded and having to stop. That's simply all I want and I know once I reach that point, I will be able to maintain my weight, because I was a runner as a child, and that's always stayed with me.

It's time I move into the swing of things!!

Okay, so I finally got my pictures in order here.

This would be at 290 pounds
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This is at 283
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hey there!! :)

Welcome to the site! You're making a really important first step. I find the thing that helps me stay motivated and stay on top of my dieting is accountability. Keeping a log of the foods that I eat helps me keep control of it. BTW - you do NOT look like you weight 290lbs! Can't wait to see your progress :)

Best of luck!

Wendy
 
=)

Aw thank you Wendy!!

I have notebooks upon notebooks of keeping track of what I eat, I've learned though, that I get obsessive about calories and what I eat, I end up gaining more when I count or log because I freak out about it so much. (That's a problem I have, I tend to get way beyond obsessive about calories and sometimes I just, forget to eat. (That's truly unhealthy and I need to learn to eat a few times a day to keep everything up and running). I truly believe that, for me, if I'm going to get anywhere, I need to put how much I eat on a back burner, and concentrate on what I eat, as long as it's a normal portion and not eating everything in sight. (Which is tempting by the way, lol).
 
Congratulations! You look like you weigh much less than 283 in that picture. What helps me is incorporating fruits and veggies into what I eat each day, and I eventually find myself eating much healthier proteins and carbs. Good luck!
 
I agree with Casey that you look like you weigh less than 283. You must be pretty tall.

Good luck with your journey. I love how your goal is not how much you weight, or what you look like, but just to be able to run. That's a great goal!!
 
welcome

Glad you posted your picture. You're a beautiful girl with beautiful curves and you don't look your weight. Just do your thing and let us know how you're doing. I want to shuffle (pre-jog).
 
Giirrl, you can do anything you set your mind to! You look very pretty in your picture and remember that exercise is key key keyy.... no matter how much you hate it... I used to hate it too.. but about after 3 months I began to love it and I look forward to going to the gym because its FUN... it actually is! Anyways, good luck with everything... I know you can do it! Make sure to keep us updated!
 
good job

ok so you really dont look at a 290 kinda gal! Im at 230 and you look smaller than I am! keep up the good work...how tall are you?
 
=)

I'm 5'8", but I'm built big like my brother (big frame) and I'm a lot of muscle (with alot of fat, lol). I'm trying to get into this whole exercising thing and trying to get a good start, but I'm getting surgery the 21st, so I may be behind a bit!

Thank you all for your comments!!!
 
UncoverBeauty said:
Hello!
I've visited this site many times, but only recently started reading everyones weight loss stories, and I got to thinking that maybe I could find the motivation that I need. I'm 17 years old, I weigh (I just realized my scale is5lbs over and I had lost 2lbs in the last week) 283 pounds. I have always been over weight, due to stomach problems as a child that continued into my teens, I can't eat certain foods, mainly being grease, or animal fat (that includes not being able to eat meat). My weight has always been my biggest issue and I just don't feel like the person I should be, I've tried alot of the different kinds of diets, but because of what affects me or not, I had to stop. I've given up the false idea of a diet, and instead decided to make a life change and change how I eat entirely, it's going to take some work, but I will get there. I'm also rather hell bent on losing weight. The highest weight I ever reached was in April of 2006 when I had surgery (for a certain type of cyst), I weighed 295lbs before hand and after a few weeks post surgery I became 310lbs, at that point I couldn't deal with it and I always swore I'd never go above 295lbs, I worked my butt off, over the summer I got back down to around 285lbs and then I joined a gym, where I got down to around 277lbs. Then my life got hectic and I kept missing my chances to go to the gym. I'm only now reworking into a schedule and remotivating my mind.
My biggest goal is not how much I weigh in the end, it's not what I look like, or the approval of others, my biggest goal is to be able to run, to forego driving places and instead go out for a run without getting winded and having to stop. That's simply all I want and I know once I reach that point, I will be able to maintain my weight, because I was a runner as a child, and that's always stayed with me.

It's time I move into the swing of things!!

Okay, so I finally got my pictures in order here.

This would be at 290 pounds
D3.jpg


This is at 283
D2.jpg
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You so do not look like you weight 283 pounds girl :) !
Anyways, great start !
 
So your saying you are 280's in those pics?There is noway.I am in the
190's and I look bigger than you in those pics? I know everyone is built
different but wow! Anyway congrats on your success so far and keep up
the hard work,Tammy:)
 
niapage said:
So your saying you are 280's in those pics?There is noway.I am in the
190's and I look bigger than you in those pics? I know everyone is built
different but wow! Anyway congrats on your success so far and keep up
the hard work,Tammy:)
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Don't let the pictures fool you; I hold most of my weight in my stomach, so when I turn sideways, well, then you see where most of the weight is. Which poses me with a good question; they say stomach fat is hardest to lose..but, that's where I carry most of my weight. Now, if I get down to 250 am I gonna look over fat or well I look semi ok? It just made me wonder cause I'm not real wide or anything... I knw my body fat is 40.5% well, when I had that checked back in Septemeber, and I had equal amounts of fat as I did muscle so...But thank you for the comment Tammy!!
 
yeah im not sure i believe you are 290 either sorry.
Im 200 , bigger boned, and i look skinny for my weight. and yet you are most definatly skinnier.

People over 250 have the huge belly thing going on which i cant see in any of those pics.

I would believe 190
 
wishes said:
yeah im not sure i believe you are 290 either sorry.
Im 200 , bigger boned, and i look skinny for my weight. and yet you are most definatly skinnier.

People over 250 have the huge belly thing going on which i cant see in any of those pics.

I would believe 190
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Unfortunally my scale/the gym scale/and the docs reads in the 280's =/ I certainly wouldn't lie about what I weigh, that wouldn't serve any purpose at all. I've said before, I carry a lot of the weight in my stomach, if I turn sideways, you can certainly tell. If I'm forced to post pictures from the side, I will. But if I'm going to be accused of lieing about weight, then maybe this wasn't the place to come too.

I understand everyone is built differently. I'm 5'8" my body fat percent (taken at the gym in September) was 40.2%. My lean percent was pretty high too. I have a large build, I don't know what else anyone would like me to say about it.

I guess I'll have to have someone take a picture of me I guess.

Wishes:: If I took what you said wrong, then I'm sorry. But it surely came off as you accusing me of lying. But words are words and things happen where people come off as sounding one way or another, but like I said, if that wasn't your intent, then I truly am sorry.

Here.
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ok, heres the comparison pic. This is me at 276.6lb 3rd Aug 06

Now whilst i understand there are different body types, i know im bigger boned, and look a lot lighter than most people my weight (most people pick me at 20-30lb lighter than i am at least)
There isnt that much different in height or bone structure. I think perhaps you should try some other scales.
 
I don't know what to tell you. Three different scales say the same thing. Honestly, stick me in sweatpants and t shirt, and I'd look exactly how you look in those pictures.

The fact remains, why would I lie about my weight? Why would I say I'm 280? Who in their right mind wants to say they weigh more then what they weigh?

Maybe I'll have to have someone take a picture of me. Maybe somehow that's a difference, who knows. But I'm telling you what the scale says, three different scales all can't be wrong, and if they are, then I have no hope for any scales out there in the world.

I can't believe for the first time in my life, I'm trying to argue the point that I weigh this much. In a way, I'm flattered people think I weigh less, which right now isn't feeling to great knwing people think I'm lying, but in a small way, I'm sort of hurt that I'm being pinned as lying about it.
 
Just relax UB, this needn't get ugly. You got paid a compliment in a weird way. The whole thread was laced with comments of disbelief because you just don't look that heavy.

A pic can't tell us if you're 6' 6" or something and 280 would be possible without us knowing your height if you were extra tall. You have to admit almost everyone had a hard time figuring out why you weren't more 'ball' shaped, you have retained a reasonably nice figure for your weight - most aren't that fortunate, which is a blessing for you because it's that much less work you'll have to do to get that killer body.

I take it you're very young ?? late teens or just over twenty ??
 
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