My name is Kaci and I am an 18 year old college student. I found this site by doing searches on weight lost community forums and this one was the friendliest so I decided to join! I'm only 5"3 and weigh 213 pounds. I've known for a while that I needed to lose weight but I've recently gotten very self conscience about it and have started to get low self-esteem. I don't do things like go to the mall with my mom anymore because she's smaller than I am and that means we have to go to the "skinny" stores that have all the cute clothes that I can only dream about wearing. When I go to those stores I feel that everyone is looking at me like "What's she doing in here???" and comparing me to my mom saying "Now how is she that big and her mom is so small??" so I have just resulted to staying home. I've tried to lose weight before by just cutting back, doing crunches, walking, and working out using the Wii Fit but I don't have any motivation or friends going through my problem so I hope that I can find some here! I don't want to be super thin but just at a weight where I can feel good about myself and the way I look.
hey hun i totally feel your pain my mum weight 120lbs and doesnt even have a stretch mark after 3 children n im well VERY over weight! all my friends are real skinny to so it doesn get to u but uve just gotta work on yourself and not compare yourself to them its hard but u can do it! i was the same as u i KNEW what i had to do but was completely lacking motivation! i saw a pic of myself that horrified me n spurred me in to weight lose ive lost 10lbs and im not looking back! i look at that picture everyday and everytime my family are having a chinese or somthing to remind me y im doing this u should find something like that to! anyway good luck ull do great! xx
Hi Kaci and welcome to 3FC! you're right, this IS the friendliest weight loss forum! LOTS and LOTS of people all in the same boat, even if you don't have anyone in real life to do this with, you've got friends and supporters here. You've got the right start by cutting back and walking and exercising, now you just need friends to do it with here
check out the pics of those who have reached mini goals, or final goals!! THERE is some inspiration!
Hey Kaci!
I totally understand your situation. My mom and I are about the same height and since leaving for college, I'm about to be a junior, she's lost a ton of weight! We don't wear the same size anymore and I feel like such a loser sometimes for being jealous of my mom and her cute clothes! She always looks so much more stylish than I do. She doesn't really seem to realize though, because she's always offering to loan me things that I could NEVER fit in to. Hope you find success here!
New and Tired of Being Overweight!
i totally feel your pain my mum weight 120lbs and doesnt even have a stretch mark after 3 children n im well VERY over weight! all my friends are real skinny to so it doesn get to u but uve just gotta work on yourself and not compare yourself to them its hard but u can do it! i was the same as u i KNEW what i had to do but was completely lacking motivation! i saw a pic of myself that horrified me n spurred me in to weight lose ive lost 10lbs and im not looking back! i look at that picture everyday and everytime my family are having a chinese or somthing to remind me y im doing this u should find something like that to! anyway good luck ull do great! xx
