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mb20and151

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As the title says, I'm not entirely certain on where to post this so I suppose here will suffice. Let me tell you a little about myself first.

I am almost 24 years old. I live in Las Vegas, NV and am a nursing student at UNLV. Actually, I am taking a semester off, but will be a student again as of May. Right now I work two jobs - real estate administrative accounting stuff and in the one year old room at a local daycare. I have a sweet tooth like you would not believe and I find sweets lead me astray more than anything....sweets and Diet Coke. I am 5'8" and weigh 170lbs...maybe 175, I haven't weighed myself in a while. A couple of summers ago I weighed 195lbs and worked out and ate 1400 calories a day and went down to 168lbs. Since then, I haven't exercised or watched my eating too much.

The reason I searched for a website like this tonight is because I'm trying to decide what to do. My body image really causes problems for me. Heck, I'm 24 and have barely dated because I don't want that other person to see my body! It's not just the weight however. Even if I lost 25lbs and was at where I'd like to be I still would feel ugly.

And so, there is my dilemma. Part of me thinks I should not even bother trying to lose the weight since I know I still wont be good looking. Besides, losing weight is difficult and time consuming and I'm not sure I'm up for it. At the same time, I don't want to be overweight or feel this way about myself. I'm stuck. Does anyone have any suggestions?
 
if your head isn't in the right place, you will never be successful at losing weight... you have to want to do this -and when you want to do it - it's really not difficult nor is it time consuming...

Ask your self the reasons why you want to lose weight vs the reasons why you want to stay wheere you are and see which list haas better reasons...
 
I suggest what Mal says
and I found I did the same thing and kept gaining

You might find as you lose weight that your self esteem starts building ... you where thinner clothing ... tighter clothing .. I am starting to like what I look like and I am still at 277 ...so I am working what I can ..and my bf saw me naked a little while ago ..and he thought I was beautiful ... he didnt know me when I was 320 ...but he says he would have thought I was beautiful than too ..

so ... write your lists and see what you feel and think

ttylater
best wishes hun
natalie jo
 
Welcome!

& I agree with the above. Deciding that you do want to lose the weight is the hardest part, after your mind is made up it all just seems to fall into place. Every journey begins with the first step so you have to decide if you're ready to make that step :) Good luck!
 
mb20and151 said:
As the title says, I'm not entirely certain on where to post this so I suppose here will suffice. Let me tell you a little about myself first.

I am almost 24 years old. I live in Las Vegas, NV and am a nursing student at UNLV. Actually, I am taking a semester off, but will be a student again as of May. Right now I work two jobs - real estate administrative accounting stuff and in the one year old room at a local daycare. I have a sweet tooth like you would not believe and I find sweets lead me astray more than anything....sweets and Diet Coke. I am 5'8" and weigh 170lbs...maybe 175, I haven't weighed myself in a while. A couple of summers ago I weighed 195lbs and worked out and ate 1400 calories a day and went down to 168lbs. Since then, I haven't exercised or watched my eating too much.

The reason I searched for a website like this tonight is because I'm trying to decide what to do. My body image really causes problems for me. Heck, I'm 24 and have barely dated because I don't want that other person to see my body! It's not just the weight however. Even if I lost 25lbs and was at where I'd like to be I still would feel ugly.

And so, there is my dilemma. Part of me thinks I should not even bother trying to lose the weight since I know I still wont be good looking. Besides, losing weight is difficult and time consuming and I'm not sure I'm up for it. At the same time, I don't want to be overweight or feel this way about myself. I'm stuck. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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There is NO REASON as to WHY you wouldn't feel GOOD about your accomplishments ONCE you are on the train and reach them, but they are ALL RIGHT...you DO have to WANT it....All in ALL, Health is SOMETHING we take for GRANTED day in and DAY out, and if not for the sake of being HAPPY , do it so you can live a LONG "HEALTHY" life without complications later on because of NEGATIVE weight gain! I think sometimes we forget that worrying about weight is NOT for BEING VAIN, but instead for BEING HEALTHY!...I'm ROOTING for YOU...I HOPE you JOIN the TRAIN! :) :party:
 
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