EoghanRyan
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Hi everyone 
I was on this site before and made a few posts, back when I initially tried to lose weight about a year ago. I gave up about 2 weeks into my routine back then (I know, pathetic 
). I couldn't stick with it and gave up easily, and went back to old habits. My name is Eoghan and I am 22 from Ireland. Ironically enough, I consider myself funny, outgoing, witty and charismatic. I've always been the "cool" person in school, social groups etc, person who makes people laugh and who is generally speaking outgoing and fun to be around. When I was about 11/12, I became overweight. This was a tough age because I was going through puberty aswell as rough family problems. Bullying started in school, people called me all the names any kid could call another fat kid. I was heartbroken and upset and felt like I wasn't normal. I didn't feel like a human being and I didn't want to be with other people. I wanted to be alone all the time. I turned 13 and started in secondary school. Things were hell. I got the occasional comment from people about being fat, but nothing rly majorly bad.
My time in school was a sad time for me. I spent my time eating when I was sad, knowing it made me feel better. It was the only thing that made me feel good. I would over eat excessively, just to feel good. It gave me a real buzz, and I knew I had a problem when I was eating excess of 3000 calories in one sitting at times. Most people my age were growing up, having fun, meeting girls, going on dates and enjoying life. I was alone, never spoke to girls as I felt ugly and worthless. I went through my teen years having little to no interaction with anyone, I didn't make much friends as I wasn't really associating with anyone. As sensitive as it is saying this on a public internet forum, I didn't have any GFs or any experience with girls throughout school. I didn't ever kiss, hold hands or go out with any girls. Valentines day was always hard in school. They had a thing where you could anonymously send a rose to your secret admirer. They'd go around to classes and give them out, all the other guys would get lots, I would get none, every year. It used to make me cry later that day. I really hated myself and felt worthless
Fast forward to today, and not much has changed, except my weight (hugely increased). I'm about 250, maybe a bit over, sub 260. Still no experience with girls. Virtually none. I've only been kissed by one. I know no one needs to know this, but at my age, that almost seems impossible. Some might say a bit weird. It ruins my confidence and makes me feel like a freak. I'm like a lonely bystander. I spend most of my time alone, eating. I hate myself and love to beat myself up all the time. I decided I wanted to change and tried to lose weight a few times, but the temptation of food was too much. I had lots of cravings, and wanted to eat my way through the bad moods. I visited my doctor about 3 weeks ago and said I wanted to lose weight. He gave me some good info, told me to cut my portion sizes down, get rid of white products like white bread, rice, pasta etc, ans replace with wholegrain. Eat fruit and veggies and exercise 5hrs a week. I thought this seemed like a reasonable plan to stick to.
I started two weeks ago and I've been religiously following this regime. I wake up and have porridge with either flax or hemp seed for breakfast, with some fruit or sometimes an egg. Lunch is usually a sandwhich (2 slices) on wholegrain with chicken, lettuce and coleslaw. Sometimes I use peppers, onions or other bits from salads. Again, with some fruit, and some nuts/seeds. If I need to snack I pick up an apple, or a handful of nuts, or some salad. Dinner is always good protein (chicken breast, fish) with vegtables and sometimes an egg if I haven't had one already that day. I like to keep it simple. Sometimes I use brown rice for dinner but I've been trying to avoid them as I heard the carbs are bad? I've drank only water the last 2 weeks. No cravings so far which is odd, but not complaining! I try to get an hour a day exercise done, but this can be hard sometimes. I do my HIIT carido on Mon, Wed, and Fri, which is 1HR of jogging mixed with fast walking in between. I found 30 mins was rly hard for me, but one day I pushed it to an hour and have been doing so since. The doctor told me that I can do to 30 min sessions a day of exercise, or an hour in one go etc. I think the hour in one go will burn more calories and probably be better for me, it's just I struggle finding exercises to do. On days, I will only get in 30 mins of exercise, some, none. This week so far I have amounted about 3.5-4hrs exercise, which isn't enough to meet my quota quite yet :/
It seems to be working. I was 245 in doctor's office when he weighed me, and I weighed myself the other mornign, scales came in at about 235.6. About a ten lb loss. I can't believe it, as I actually don't look different anywhere on my body. It's kind of hard to believe I've lost weight, as I've never been able to over the years. I am feeling better but still have my low moods. Today, I tried on clothes I wanted to buy, and none of them fit. I seen myself in the mirror and had a bit of a breakdown, I felt terrible and when I look at myself shirtless I see just how fat I am, and I tell myself "there's no way you can lose ALL this!". I haven\t comfort eaten thank god, so far, and I don't plan to
I guess what I wanted to say was just my story, and talk about my initial loss. Any recommendations about my diet or ways to spice it up are appreciated. Also any tips about fitting in 5hrs a week would be helpful, I find myself struggling wit hit right now. How many hours do people find is good in a week for great weight loss?
I was on this site before and made a few posts, back when I initially tried to lose weight about a year ago. I gave up about 2 weeks into my routine back then (I know, pathetic ). I couldn't stick with it and gave up easily, and went back to old habits. My name is Eoghan and I am 22 from Ireland. Ironically enough, I consider myself funny, outgoing, witty and charismatic. I've always been the "cool" person in school, social groups etc, person who makes people laugh and who is generally speaking outgoing and fun to be around. When I was about 11/12, I became overweight. This was a tough age because I was going through puberty aswell as rough family problems. Bullying started in school, people called me all the names any kid could call another fat kid. I was heartbroken and upset and felt like I wasn't normal. I didn't feel like a human being and I didn't want to be with other people. I wanted to be alone all the time. I turned 13 and started in secondary school. Things were hell. I got the occasional comment from people about being fat, but nothing rly majorly bad. My time in school was a sad time for me. I spent my time eating when I was sad, knowing it made me feel better. It was the only thing that made me feel good. I would over eat excessively, just to feel good. It gave me a real buzz, and I knew I had a problem when I was eating excess of 3000 calories in one sitting at times. Most people my age were growing up, having fun, meeting girls, going on dates and enjoying life. I was alone, never spoke to girls as I felt ugly and worthless. I went through my teen years having little to no interaction with anyone, I didn't make much friends as I wasn't really associating with anyone. As sensitive as it is saying this on a public internet forum, I didn't have any GFs or any experience with girls throughout school. I didn't ever kiss, hold hands or go out with any girls. Valentines day was always hard in school. They had a thing where you could anonymously send a rose to your secret admirer. They'd go around to classes and give them out, all the other guys would get lots, I would get none, every year. It used to make me cry later that day. I really hated myself and felt worthless
Fast forward to today, and not much has changed, except my weight (hugely increased). I'm about 250, maybe a bit over, sub 260. Still no experience with girls. Virtually none. I've only been kissed by one. I know no one needs to know this, but at my age, that almost seems impossible. Some might say a bit weird. It ruins my confidence and makes me feel like a freak. I'm like a lonely bystander. I spend most of my time alone, eating. I hate myself and love to beat myself up all the time. I decided I wanted to change and tried to lose weight a few times, but the temptation of food was too much. I had lots of cravings, and wanted to eat my way through the bad moods. I visited my doctor about 3 weeks ago and said I wanted to lose weight. He gave me some good info, told me to cut my portion sizes down, get rid of white products like white bread, rice, pasta etc, ans replace with wholegrain. Eat fruit and veggies and exercise 5hrs a week. I thought this seemed like a reasonable plan to stick to.
I started two weeks ago and I've been religiously following this regime. I wake up and have porridge with either flax or hemp seed for breakfast, with some fruit or sometimes an egg. Lunch is usually a sandwhich (2 slices) on wholegrain with chicken, lettuce and coleslaw. Sometimes I use peppers, onions or other bits from salads. Again, with some fruit, and some nuts/seeds. If I need to snack I pick up an apple, or a handful of nuts, or some salad. Dinner is always good protein (chicken breast, fish) with vegtables and sometimes an egg if I haven't had one already that day. I like to keep it simple. Sometimes I use brown rice for dinner but I've been trying to avoid them as I heard the carbs are bad? I've drank only water the last 2 weeks. No cravings so far which is odd, but not complaining! I try to get an hour a day exercise done, but this can be hard sometimes. I do my HIIT carido on Mon, Wed, and Fri, which is 1HR of jogging mixed with fast walking in between. I found 30 mins was rly hard for me, but one day I pushed it to an hour and have been doing so since. The doctor told me that I can do to 30 min sessions a day of exercise, or an hour in one go etc. I think the hour in one go will burn more calories and probably be better for me, it's just I struggle finding exercises to do. On days, I will only get in 30 mins of exercise, some, none. This week so far I have amounted about 3.5-4hrs exercise, which isn't enough to meet my quota quite yet :/
It seems to be working. I was 245 in doctor's office when he weighed me, and I weighed myself the other mornign, scales came in at about 235.6. About a ten lb loss. I can't believe it, as I actually don't look different anywhere on my body. It's kind of hard to believe I've lost weight, as I've never been able to over the years. I am feeling better but still have my low moods. Today, I tried on clothes I wanted to buy, and none of them fit. I seen myself in the mirror and had a bit of a breakdown, I felt terrible and when I look at myself shirtless I see just how fat I am, and I tell myself "there's no way you can lose ALL this!". I haven\t comfort eaten thank god, so far, and I don't plan to
I guess what I wanted to say was just my story, and talk about my initial loss. Any recommendations about my diet or ways to spice it up are appreciated. Also any tips about fitting in 5hrs a week would be helpful, I find myself struggling wit hit right now. How many hours do people find is good in a week for great weight loss?