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Fluttergirl

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Hi all! My name is April and I'm 28 years old.

I have battled my weight all of my life and have always had a very unhealthy relationship with food. When I was a teenager, I tried binging and then making myself throw up; however, I had a very difficult time throwing up so I soon gave that up. I've tried starving myself by seeing how long I could go without solid food. I've tried restricting my caloric intake to 1,000 calories a day while exercising 2-3 hours a day. I've tried all sorts of diet pills, fasts, etc. All of this worked at first, but eventually I would grow tired of torturing myself and would turn back to food. I want to develop a healthy lifestyle...eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly. I'm 5'9" and currently weigh in at around 240lbs. I'm the heaviest I've ever been and am thoroughly disgusted with myself...I know I have to make a change.

My friends are not supportive of my wanting to get healthy and it is making it even harder to change my ways...they sort of mock my efforts. I read over some posts and everyone seems so supportive here...I'm hoping it will help me stay on track! :)

A little about me:
I'm a vegetarian
I love music (mostly rock)
I'm a big animal lover
 
OK - so you are at your biggest now. Dont feel disgusted with yourself - try to love yourself instead - and come to terms with that AND feeling that you deserve better. Feeling bad about yourself wont help anything.

Just believe that you can turn things around - and the rest of your life starts today. Historical situations have no real impact on how healthy you can act today - you can both eat and exercise sensibly - and your body will benefit.

You have to learn that this is a fresh start and not in any way connected to bad diet experiences of the past. That was the old you - and you are a new and different person now.

Read the section on nutrition and start eating better. Maybe start off with making sure that you are getting enough fruit and veg - at least 5-a-day. Get a free account from and set up your profile. Log all your food and exercise there and you will see your calorie balance which tells you of the weight loss that you deserve. It also shows you how your nutrients are - so you can be sure that you are getting enough protein, calcium, fibre, healthy fats etc. This will make more sense as you read the section on nutrition.

Exercise is very important too. There is a section on that. I started off by walking every day - but I was very unfit. See if you can find somthing that you can do and stick to. If you can find a form of exercise that you enjoy you are more likely to continue it long term. It is very important to be doing something.

Make friends on the forum by building up a support network. Start a diary in the diaries section. See who visits and visit them back in their diaries. Visit some other diaries and see what they are doing and leave a message there. Join challenges and clubs and post - and that way you will be chatting to different people.

Good luck with your project.
 
Welcome - Welcome - Welcome

:hurray:
I second Omega's comments.

It's lovely to have you and I truly hope you make your wildest dreams come true.
 
great info people, i would just like to add that it will be really important to educate yourself thoroughly about food especially being a vegetarian. i have worked with many vegetarians and they never ever consume enough protein in a from a varied amount of sources, this is a seriously important nutrient. this will be even more important if your main protein source is SOYA as this can lead to a lot of hormone issue contributing to weight issues!

my two cents worth :)
 
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