[shawarma]

Hi, I'm Naomi. I'm 19 years old. I'm 5'3" and I weigh 125 lbs. What I don't like about my body is that I have a weird paunch that makes me look like I'm preggo. I'm a compulsive eater. I eat every hour and when I sleep and wake up in the morning, my stomach hurts, I think out of too much food. My stomach right now feels like it's gonna rip any second. I'm really full. I eat even when I'm not hungry or I don't like the food I eat. I know the solution the problem may sound easy, that I just got to stop eating, but it's not. I love eating. It's like my outlet for my frustrations. What I want to do these coming days is to eat less and only when I'm supposed to, then run on the treadmill on a regular basis so that I don't look like 3 months pregnant or something anymore -- it's embarrassing! How to put that into practice is gonna be a real challenge for me. I don't know how to motivate myself. I've run out of ideas. I've already tried everything. Now, I checked the ideal weight for my age and I'm not yet overweight but I really want to lose about 10 pounds so I hope I'm still welcome here! See you!

[MrsMoby]

Originally Posted by shawarma

Hi, I'm Naomi. I'm 19 years old. I'm 5'3" and I weigh 125 lbs. What I don't like about my body is that I have a weird paunch that makes me look like I'm preggo.

Hi Shawarma, I'm new here and twice your age :-) but I've battled that problem forever as well and the only solution that seems to work for me is limiting my sodium and drinking tons of water to flush any excess out of my system. Maybe that could work for you too. Anything packaged is guaranteed to have tons of sodium, I was told not long ago to never eat something with more that 400 mg of sodium per serving and I've lost 12 pounds in the last 5 weeks following that advice along with low sugar (reduced calories, etc) and my tummy is definitely less bloated.

Carol

[~~*Missi*~~]

Hi Shawarma! I am Missi 26 SAHM (stay at home mom)
I have been told I look pregnant too which when I was pregnant was cute now its not so hot!
I just started the weight watchers point system and hope that I have good luck like I did previously.
I think the previous posters Idea on limiting sodium and pop! Is a great idea. Soda (mt dew) is my weakness and I am having to work hard on not indulging in a huge bottle and having leess of it. I can polish a 6p a day if I wanted to but I have promised myself that starting NOW its only 1 a day. then it will go to 1/2 til i am completely dew free.
if you ever want to chat Private message me and i will share my info.