Hi! I'm 23, and this is my first serious effort to become healthier. I procrastinate about most things, and getting healthy is no exception. I usually postpone and tell myself silly things like, "I wanted to start on Monday, but I forgot...I guess I should start next Monday!" It's just another failing of mine.
Anyway, I finally started the South Beach Diet, on a Thursday after all that stalling. (It's nice that it has its own subforum.) There are just too many reasons to lose weight. I want to...have less back aches, be able to run without feeling winded after a few feet, fit into my favorite clothing, not feel self-conscious, go horseback riding, hike up a mountain, ride ALL the amusement park rides, be able to go sightseeing all day and not stop halfway through because I'm so tired, live longer, be proud of myself and have more willpower. All of that is against one reason to continue the same course...I like to eat. The scales (no, not the ones in your bathrooms!) obviously tip in favor of changing my lifestyle. I've been fat since I was a child, and I want to stop the long cycle of poor decisions and regrets.
I want to feel like my food choices are good ones, and my time was spent doing fun things instead of staying home and pigging out. Right now, I get fatigued so easily and I have little energy. What's it like to be an active person? What's really stopping me from finding out?
I'd also like to be a good role model for the rest of my family. None of us is very healthy right now.
Well, that's my story, and I know it won't make any bestseller lists, but it was only a first draft.
The second draft includes a steamy love scene and an alien invasion. Er, not together in the same chapter.
