Hey all
. I'm a 20-year-old female and my weight is something I've struggled with since puberty. Throughout most of high school, my weight problems kept me from feeling confident and beautiful, and I felt like I was always struggling to disguise or hide my body because I hated it and was ashamed of it.
I'm short, so managing weight has always been annoying for me since even 5 pounds can look like a dramatic weight gain at 5'3" :P. I was at my heaviest when I was around 14, at 158 I think. Regardless of the number, though, what's important is that I was so unhealthy; my food choices and everyday diet were awful, I constantly overate, I got chest pains nightly (at 14!), and honestly, if I had continued in that vein, I'm sure I would be much heavier (and much less healthy) today. Thankfully I got my affairs in order, went on South Beach Diet, and lost 13 pounds. Going on that diet helped me make lifestyle changes in the way I ate which ultimately kept the weight off for me.
I've stayed in a pretty good range ever since then, but now I want to try to lose a little more. I know I don't need a hugely dramatic weight loss- in all honesty, I'm just trying to be a healthier person. I want to make better eating choices and habits for myself (I still have little self-control when it comes to food) and I want to exercise so that I can be active and fit, and a better body will hopefully come out of it. Even though I'm not as heavy as I used to be, the belly pudge and love handles/muffin top are still there (I just know how to dress them now!) and still haunting me, and I'd like to see them go. I want to learn to love myself, be confident in my own skin, and embrace and stop being ashamed of my short little pear body, and I hope that I'll find the resources to help me along my journey here and the opportunity to offer others support as well
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This is way too long of an intro post, sorry :P.
Aloha!
