My Story, Sorry to bore!

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HappyKMUK

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Hey All,

I live in the UK, i'm 18 and just finished Sixth form college, next september i will be heading to university.

I think i have quite a good life for the most part, i have a fantastic bunch of mates, a good social life and enjoy clubbing and stuff, however.

I currently weigh in at 31 Stones, (196kg or 434 Pounds). Naturally this does restrict my life in quite a few ways, i totally lack confidence around the ladies, and have to be careful when visiting theme parks or flying, plus i keep breaking furniature! lol.

I'm also 6ft 2 so quite tall, and although i obviously look heavily overweight, i don't look i weigh 31 stones, i shock people when i tell them.

I was born roughly 12 pounds and have never been small in my life, always been 'fat'.

Now though, i think i really would like to loose weight, My target is to get down to 20 stones and then slowly down to 18 after that.

I have tried to diet in the past, attended the hospital, tried pills (Xenical Orlistat), pretty much tried everything there is, but the outcome is always the same. The doctors say gastric bypass is all they can offer me, but i really wanna avoid that if possible.

I don't eat unhealthily as such, i don't binge on burgers or chips as some people imagine, have take aways maybe once or twice a month. However, i think i may binge on other food. Its strange, it seems my head and my mouth just don't connect. When i'm at the fridge i'm aware of what i'm doing, but totally powerless to stop it, that's all i can describe it as, its a definite addiction. In addition, i NEVER feel full. Even if i eat a ridiculous amount, i'm never satisfied.

I'm not sure what i'm asking for, advice i guess. What should i try next? What's the best way to lift this curse?. I have a gym membership and used to go quite a bit, but my friend who i used to go with left for Uni so i rarely go now.

Thanks for Reading
 
Hey!

Hi,

I have to say you're title caught my eye, you have NO reason to be SORRY about sharing your story. You arent boring anyone! We're all here to support each other!

The best bit of advice I can give you is to write a diary, write down everything you eat and any exercise you do and write down anything else like how you're feeling and stuff. I've been doing mine for a few days now and it just helps me keep on track!

Gym wise, I had a memebership that I never really used, I was embarresed and to be honest didnt know what to do. If you dont like going to the gym alone, you could always try doing stuff at home/outside. Like walking, apparently you burn the same amount of calories in a 45min walk as you do in a 30 min run.

For me, I've found that if I change a lot all in one go, I find it difficult to stick to, so would say try making small changes gradually rather than big changes!

Are you on a Gap year atm? Which uni are you going to and what are you going to study?

Take care,

Aly
 
We ALL have stories.... thanks for sharing.. if you want to talk about anything just pm one of us, I think youll find around here that we are all willing to help even in the smallest of ways. Weve all been there for one reason or another!! :coolgleamA:
 
I think never feeling full and being addicted to food is the hardest part by far. It has taken me a very long time to even begin to change my awful habits. Slowly they are changing, by being very strict on myself and only keeping certain amounts and certain types of food in the flat, and being really open with my friends and my flatmate about needing to lose a lot of weight so that they help to keep me on track
One of the hardest things for me is actually being at University. I don't know where you're going obviously or whether you're already living in a big city/by yourself but most places you will be able to get whatever food you want whatever hour of the day you want, heavy drinking is the norm, and there's nobody to check up on what you're eating. I went to Uni big and during my first year there put on a ridiculous amount of weight because all of my bad habits are permissible here. It's great that you know that you've gotta lose weight before you go, but chances are it'll be more not less difficult. However I think one of my biggest problems was being in such awful habits already when I went, meaning when I went they just got worse. If you can break some of your binge eating habits and lose some weight before you go maybe you'll do better than me! And having said all that I am still at University now, and I am losing weight.
Good luck, I'm sorry I can't really give any good advice but I'm really rooting for you.
 
Hey,

Thanks for the kind words! I think i will start keeping a log, its something i've not tried doing before at least.

And yeah, i am on my gap year, applied to Univesirty Of Keele, Bradford and Manchester Metropolitan to do business management
 
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