Hi all, my name is Andrew.
I'm 20 years old and live in Australia, I don't really know why I'm posting here.. I guess I just figure having someone to vent/post feelings could be helpful.
Heres my story;
Ever since I was a kid I've been overweight, it never really bothered me until late high school (I was never teased in high school) when I started thinking, girls don't really love the overweight computer nerds, what can I do to change. So I decided to try and lose weight, this was at about age 16, and since then its been a total roller coaster!
My first venture was in seeing a dietitian and exercise, I had a stigma with fruit and vegetables and needless to say this didn't really work for me as I didn't have the willpower.
My second venture was at about age 17, when I tipped the scales at 140kg (don't know the pound conversion, sorry non-metric people!). Scared and feeling very alone, I turned to the doctor, who suggested Optifast. I gave it a go, found it to be both disgusting and vomit inducing, but every morning I'd wake up and skull my shake, dry reach for about 30 seconds then go to school. I ended up losing about 55kg and I felt fantastic, I knew there wasn't long to go and I'd be there! But 5kg later, my body couldn't handle it and I started throwing up a lot, mostly water. I decided this can't be a healthy way to lose weight, so I quit optifast and decided to go the last 20kg the old fashioned way! Sadly, comming off such a diet so rapidly causes some issues... and I eventualy found myself back at about 120kg.
My 3rd venture was optifast again, I'll keep it short.. I went on it, got to 90kg and then was told to stop by my physician as it was unhealthy to keep doing this to myself. During this time, I found a beautiful girl (who has a stunning body, talk about feeling guilty 24/7!). I slowly gained the weight back to 120kg.
I'm now 20, and am still with the same girl with a bright future ahead, I study games design and development at university and have a steady casual job. However, I find things in life depressing me more and more... things like, I can't go topless at the beach like every other guy, or go swimming with my gf, or go for a run with her. I have very low self esteem, and even just walking through a supermarket, I feel eyes all over me, judging me. So I'm starting my diet today, to lose 50kg (From 125kg to 75kg), I'm doing it the old fashioned way, just trying to change my diet and exercise schedule!
It will be my 21st birthday on January 22nd and my parents organised a trip for my gf and I to the gold coast so we can relax on the beach for a week, and I'd love to be able to go there feeling atleast semi-confident!
So, if anyone has any tips on what I should be eating, things to stick away from (besides the obvious, soft drink/fast food etc), or any other comments please feel free!
ps: sorry if this thread is long and incoherent, I'm tired!
I'm 20 years old and live in Australia, I don't really know why I'm posting here.. I guess I just figure having someone to vent/post feelings could be helpful.
Heres my story;
Ever since I was a kid I've been overweight, it never really bothered me until late high school (I was never teased in high school) when I started thinking, girls don't really love the overweight computer nerds, what can I do to change. So I decided to try and lose weight, this was at about age 16, and since then its been a total roller coaster!
My first venture was in seeing a dietitian and exercise, I had a stigma with fruit and vegetables and needless to say this didn't really work for me as I didn't have the willpower.
My second venture was at about age 17, when I tipped the scales at 140kg (don't know the pound conversion, sorry non-metric people!). Scared and feeling very alone, I turned to the doctor, who suggested Optifast. I gave it a go, found it to be both disgusting and vomit inducing, but every morning I'd wake up and skull my shake, dry reach for about 30 seconds then go to school. I ended up losing about 55kg and I felt fantastic, I knew there wasn't long to go and I'd be there! But 5kg later, my body couldn't handle it and I started throwing up a lot, mostly water. I decided this can't be a healthy way to lose weight, so I quit optifast and decided to go the last 20kg the old fashioned way! Sadly, comming off such a diet so rapidly causes some issues... and I eventualy found myself back at about 120kg.
My 3rd venture was optifast again, I'll keep it short.. I went on it, got to 90kg and then was told to stop by my physician as it was unhealthy to keep doing this to myself. During this time, I found a beautiful girl (who has a stunning body, talk about feeling guilty 24/7!). I slowly gained the weight back to 120kg.
I'm now 20, and am still with the same girl with a bright future ahead, I study games design and development at university and have a steady casual job. However, I find things in life depressing me more and more... things like, I can't go topless at the beach like every other guy, or go swimming with my gf, or go for a run with her. I have very low self esteem, and even just walking through a supermarket, I feel eyes all over me, judging me. So I'm starting my diet today, to lose 50kg (From 125kg to 75kg), I'm doing it the old fashioned way, just trying to change my diet and exercise schedule!
It will be my 21st birthday on January 22nd and my parents organised a trip for my gf and I to the gold coast so we can relax on the beach for a week, and I'd love to be able to go there feeling atleast semi-confident!
So, if anyone has any tips on what I should be eating, things to stick away from (besides the obvious, soft drink/fast food etc), or any other comments please feel free!
ps: sorry if this thread is long and incoherent, I'm tired!
