Hey guys, uhm, this is my first starting post, and I am new. My name is Veronica. I am afraid to step on the scale. The last time I checked over a year ago was like 300 pounds. Personally I dont think I look 300 pounds, mostly because I carry my weight in my hips. I have a style, Punk/Scene, and frankly I cant be who I want to be and dress how I want to dress, and get dates with the weight I am at. My bmi is like 50% which means I could be half the size I am now if I just commited myself. Im sick of being tired all the time, and Im sick of only being a friend and not a girlfriend. I dont want to throw away my high school years, I want to be happy and say that I had fun and was confident in high school, I want to make more friends, I want to go out to concerts. I want to HAVE a figure. I want to go to Tollo and Prom looking like an awesome funloving rocker chick. I want to make a change for the better. And Im glad I came across this site. Summers is rolling around in about 3 months. Im going to start a healthy lifestyle change now, and then kick it into gear after school is out. The summer before sophimore year. (In my school district 8th and 9th graders are at the jr. high, and 10,11, and 12th graders are at the high school) I just really want to be able to have a normal life. 0 down 150 more to go. [/FONT]

I think women with the attitude: "I am fed up with this sh*t!" Fair better in their goals, so good luck, and stick around here. I'm from Washington, up towards Bellingham, and float in and out of this forum. Feel free to PM me. Don't fear the scale. It is just a number, and you should be honest with yourself. You can lose the weight you want, and it will feel good at the end of your journey if you know and understand clearly where you are starting at. One of my favorite quotes is: "I can't lose 100lbs. But I can lose 10lbs 10 times."

Hi Veronica!

Reddalice put it so well.

This place is fantastic. I find the more I'm here the more committed I am to my goal, especially at first - it helped soo much. You can and deserve to lose weight and participate in the things you want to do. I could relate so much to your post, about not wanting to miss out on things because of body size. The great news is that we don't have to

Ugh I have to get a decent scale, But I do know im about 300 pounds, god that sounds so glutinous. but I swear I just have a huge ***!! JUST a huge ***. Cuz I have a digital scale and everytime I get on it reads error. I used my moms old fasion scale and im give or take like 5 lbs on either side of 300 lbs. Im gonna have to get a decent scale to keep track, do you guys sudgest any particular brand?

i have a weight watchers scale, but it fluctuates a lot (digital) so usually i step on it like 3 times and take an average lol.

I use the scale at my gym. It's the scale that's commonly found at the doctor's office.

Hi, Veronica!

I'd just like to add my voice to the chorus of welcomes. You can do this -- one step at a time.

Gooooo, Veronica! We're rooting for you!