Hi everyone. This is my first time posting on ANY message board, so I'm kinda nervous.

So...I've been "trying to lose weight" since I was 10, although I was not remotely overweight until I was 15, and now I'm 22. I'm a college student and I want to lose weight this summer before school starts again. I've always gone at it alone, never had any support, so this is where I'm hoping to change that.

I'm 5'5" tall and weigh 196 lbs. I plan to eat under 1500 calories a day and do 20 min. of exercize. If I get any more specific than that I get obsessive and can't stick with it.

This looks like an awesome place and I'm looking forward to being a part of it.

Hi Ianthe

Welcome to 3FC and we're here to give you all the support you need to lose weight. Any questions just ask and I'm sure someone will answer.

Kim

HI Ithane I posted my first message on a web group (here) just last week it can be scarey.

I am finally losing weight after years of yo yo dieting. I also have given up dieting and instead am trying to embrace healthy living I have been doing it two and a half months now and have lost about 1-3 pounds every week or maintained at least.

What I am doing is simple every day

1)I wake up and I ask my body what it is craving (bread? Fruit? Yogurt?) I eat enough till I am satisfied and try to stop before I am full when I go to reach for a chocolate or chips I usually say but I often do let myself eat a piece of chocolate if it something I really like and I am craving it. I try to make sure it is early in the day if possible.

2) MOVE MOVE MOVE

3) cut down on late night eating and drinking

You are still so young and you can change your body don`t diet make permanent changes so there is nothing to go off you can so do it!!
Try and learn to listen to your body I think it works and do it for you! I hope this helps!