Hello! My name is Zuko and (obviously) I'm new. I haven't even had a chance to look around the forum yet, but I like to type these things up without being influenced by previous posters.
I'm a 23-year-old musician who, unfortunately, is morbidly obese. I've been overweight since I was 5 and being adopted by a (wonderful!) family that has spent their lives being UNDERweight has not helped. At All.
I'm on here because I'm sick of making excuses. I'm sick of saying 'I'm still beautiful!' when I feel anything but. I'm sick of being depressed because of the way I look and I'm sick of shopping online because stores at the mall don't have enough fabric to accommodate one of my girth. I'm sick of being tired all the time and I'm REALLY sick of other people's sick obsession with MY body.
This is my approach to being proactive about my problem, probably the for the first time ever. I figure if I can join a sort of objective support group, perhaps I can finally begin living a healthy life style.
My goal is to lose 150 pounds. I haven't set any time limits to this yet, but I do know that bariatric surgery is not an option. At this time I have no health issues... my blood pressure is just where it should be for a woman of normal weight my age and all of my blood tests have come back a-ok.
I will be attempting this on a VERY low budget... I'm worse off than your average college student, so that complicates things a bit. I don't even have health insurance!
I figure that if I can do this, pretty much anybody can.
I'm a 23-year-old musician who, unfortunately, is morbidly obese. I've been overweight since I was 5 and being adopted by a (wonderful!) family that has spent their lives being UNDERweight has not helped. At All.
I'm on here because I'm sick of making excuses. I'm sick of saying 'I'm still beautiful!' when I feel anything but. I'm sick of being depressed because of the way I look and I'm sick of shopping online because stores at the mall don't have enough fabric to accommodate one of my girth. I'm sick of being tired all the time and I'm REALLY sick of other people's sick obsession with MY body.
This is my approach to being proactive about my problem, probably the for the first time ever. I figure if I can join a sort of objective support group, perhaps I can finally begin living a healthy life style.
My goal is to lose 150 pounds. I haven't set any time limits to this yet, but I do know that bariatric surgery is not an option. At this time I have no health issues... my blood pressure is just where it should be for a woman of normal weight my age and all of my blood tests have come back a-ok.
I will be attempting this on a VERY low budget... I'm worse off than your average college student, so that complicates things a bit. I don't even have health insurance!
I figure that if I can do this, pretty much anybody can.
