MUST START. No more tomorrow's and I'll start on Monday's. Please god help me.

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miriamm

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REASONS I MUST START TODAY:

- I am a pretty girl, even beautiful by many standards. My weight distracts from this. I am doing myself an injustice by being overweight. I truly believe that under this 'fat suit', I have a bangin' body.
- I have a style, but I don't wear it. I wear what hides my insecurities and makes me feel comfortable. This consists of many black shirts, jeans and flip flops. Shopping is not fun when you don't buy what you want, you buy what fits. I am a GIRL, so this is so shameful.
- Every girl wants to be slightly intimidating to her friends. I know my thinner, prettier friends do not think of me as a threat.
-I have not worn a bathing suit in 7 years. Not exaggerating. People say, "Wear a bathing suit your comfortable in." Ok. If I'm not comfortable in a tight shirt and short shorts, what kind of bathing suit would I be happy in? A scuba suit? Also, wearing a tank top and sofies to the pool (boyfriends 'helpful' idea) just makes me stand out as the insecure oompa loompa among my beach bunny co-eds. No thanks. I'll stay home.
-There are so many things I love or would love to do but choose not to for fear of looking foolish or fat while doing it: dancing, swimming, laying out by the pool/beach, skating, riding a bike, rock-climbing, being a confident temptress in the boudoire...
- I avoid pictures at all costs.
- I avoid mirrors.
- I kind of get a bad feeling inside when I do see a mirror.
-I don't do nice things for myself like getting my hair done, getting a makeover, teeth whitening...because none of those things seem to make a difference when your so down on your body.
- The boyfriend (David) would never say it outright, but he wants me to lose weight. My insecurities cause so many problems in our relationship.
- I want my future husband (hopefully David) to be proud of me. I don't want to be one of those wives/girlsfriends that have 'let themselves go'.
-This is really embaressing to say, but I let people walk all over me and avoid confrontation at all costs because I don't want people to retaliate with a comment about my weight. And I'm just a really nice person :p

More specifically:
- I have always wanted to get a breast reduction and have finally set up a consultation for one. However, they will obviously want me to lose a good amount of weight before the procedure, to figure out what size I want to go down to. Very excited and MUST lose weight.
- I am going to be in a wedding on Jan. 1, 2010. I want to look and feel beautiful. Plus, two of the bridesmaids are like, gorgeous, and I don't want to be the blah bridesmaid lol
- I am going to visit family up north in December, and want to look presentable.
- I am starting an internship with school in the fall. I will have more energy to put my all into it if I am thinner. I don't want to be one of those dowdy elementary school teachers...I want to be a 'hot for teacher' type of teacher :)


Everytime I have started or wanted to start a diet (every other day), I go on these types of websites and it is just so inspiring to see other people reach their goals. I want to be one of these people. Seeing other people do it make me want to have a success story. It is so much easier with other people's help and support. So please, if you have any words of advice, let me know. I'd love to hear from you and extend my friendship to you as well.
 
sounds like you've really thought this through and are ready to loose!! Whats your exercise/diet plan??? Just remember, the journey will be long at times, but you will prevail! believe in yourself!
 
Wow. Well said girl! Congrats on wanting to fight the fight! I completely agree with everything you said up there and mostly why I wanted to finally lose weight as well. Trust me, as soon as you start to see those first couple of pounds drop off, you will have a better self-confidence in yourself. Do you have a buddy that you can go to the gym with to get you motivated? Drink a ton of water to flush the toxins out of your body and also so you don't retain water ( I drink 3 Quarts a day). Also, remember to take measurements on a weekly or monthly basis and LIFT WEIGHTS. Along with doing cardio, this will help you shape your body while losing weight. You can do this! There are a ton a stickies on here, so read up on those. Nutrition, exercises, etc., etc., etc.

YOU WILL BE THE HOT BEACH BUNNY! Let it out!!
 
Hi! Welcome to the WLF.

What are your stats and your plan? You know what they say: Failing to plan is planning to fail!

You sound highly motivated. There is NO reason that you cannot achieve your dreams!

Cheering for you,
ABBA
 
hopefully i will get back to each of you personally, but you have no idea how touched i am that you all replied to me! The first day I posted! I take all of your advice and support to heart and thank you so so much.
 
Hi, miriamm, and welcome!

You sound really motivated, and that's definitely the first step.

You do need a solid plan of attack, though, and it needs to start with diet. Diet is key.

Something that helped me get a good grip on my diet was using an online calculator to figure out what my food intake should be. I used a site called FitDay.com, and I highly recommend it. There are various others out there too if you look around.

Developing a good exercise plan is important, too. You want to improve your fitness levels as well, right? But to start, it is enough to just get out and get moving, get doing something. It took me a couple of months to turn that into a more coherent exercise plan, but in that time I was keeping active and burning some extra calories. That extra activity helped me lose weight and, more importantly, feel a lot better, which was self-reinforcing. The more I was able to do the more I wanted to do. Don't lock yourself into an exercise routine right away - give yourself time to try different things and find out what is going to work for you.

Enough of my rambling. I wish you success in your endeavours. If I can help in any way, you need only ask.

BTW - I saw your profile pic. You really are beautiful.
 
Hi miriamm, welcome to the forum :). How much weight are you trying to lose? Maybe if you give us an idea of what you normally eat we can help you figure out what to substitute to get going on your weight loss. One thing's for sure, when you hit around 40 years old you will realize how fast life goes by and how each day should be lived to its fullest with no regrets. It sucks to have regrets in life so it really is time to just go for it!
 
Hey there Miriam! Welcome!

I love your way of expressing yourself; you hit the nail on the head with so many things! I hope you will get a lot of inspiration from this site and that your journey will be a fantastic one and the body you end up with a likely candidate for Sports Illustrated (what am I saying, in the BAG girl!). :coolgleamA:

Where is Tampa, by the way? *embarrassed look*
 
Hi Miriam!

I'll throw my voice in with Cord's and Blancita's. Let us knwo what you're hoping to accomplish and we'll be happy to offer advice and support! :)
 
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