Hi, my name is Willow and I'm 17 years old.
So basically I've been overweight, verging on obese, my whole life. I'm 5'3 (1.62m) and weight 163 lb. Like everyone else, I'm sure, I've been trying to lose weight for a while trying different diets, losing a bit but then gaining it all back and more. About a year ago I decided that this was it and there was no way I was going to start college and go into my adult life without having reached my goal of 132 lb. So i went to a weight loss camp (Wellspring) in the UK for 6 weeks where I learned all about nutrition and exercise and lost about 17lb. (i weighed 176lb.). After I left, i lost a bit more but then i started slacking off and a couple of months later I gained all back. Anyway I recently decided that I was not going to let myself be sucked back into my old lifestyle and got motivated again to start over and NOT QUIT. I've now lost 5lb. since I started, doing a bit of exercise (I'm really busy with exams coming up soon, but that's kinda've me making an excuse) and counting my calories and fat, making sure i eat less that 1200kcal and 20g of fat.
Oh wow I wrote a lot, sorry about that, I just wanted to explain what's happened until now and maybe meet some people who can relate to this (well obviously we all have wanting to lose weight in common) and get some support