Hey guys I'm new here (as you can see with my post count) I'm 16 (almost 17) My mom dad and brother are all obese and I'm hoping that I can inspire them to lose weight too. (As you can also tell, I like using parentheses)
Hey. its so great to meet you. Im the same height as you, but i would kill to be your weight! Im at 158 right now (which is where you started). Can you tell me how you lost the weight? Also, what size pants do you where/did you wear when you were 158?
I hope you find a ton of supprt here. If you are ever in need we will be here to help!
~HaiLeY~
I'm 18...so a bit older than you guys, but good on ya for trying really hard! I guess I don't really have a place. Too young for the 20's thread, too old for here.
Argh, I dunno. Anyway I live in an apartment with two girls who DONT STOP EATING! And I find it really hard, so i decided to start a blog and stuff so that I would be able to get outside motivation! But I'm at home with my parents at the moment so I'm far away from my gym and my beloved running shoes! Argh!
You guys all seem to be doing super! When I was your age I was 167 pounds, then went down to 145 and am now hanging around 150...I want to be about 125 by the end of the year! I want a flat stomach!
Anyway, just to constibute, I thought I'd post my fave motivational quotes:
the different between want and need is self control.
dont give up on what you want most, for what you want now
a minute on the lips, a lifetime on the hips
nothing tastes as good as slim feels
You can't taste slimness, you can feel it.
Dont eat THAT and you won't get FAT
If you want it you'll find a way, if you don't you'll find an excuse
Hey SilverIris. You are more than welcome to hang out with us. I understand about people who always eat. Most of my friends are really thin, so they just eat and eat and eat and dont gain a pound, whereas i eat a chip and gain 5!! lol sry bout the exageration, its frustrating tho.
I like your quotes, they are really good.
~HaiLeY~
Haha you just wait though! Most of those girls....will start to get fat around when they turn 18, lots of girls I knew did....
Yea i't sucks and it's so hard to say no, when someones like "oh im going to buy chocolate, do you want to come?" and then you think of your fave chocolate bar and you say "yes! I would love to!" And then I normally figure I've already ruined my days eating, so eat like a million more things.
*Sigh*
What sort of things do you use to motivate you? Like for me I want to look good in my bikini this summer..
To help motivate me I look at old home videos and pictures and I DO NOT ever want to be like that again. I also have a pair of capris that I want to fit in by the summer so I look at those every morning. Reading the forums here at 3fatchicks helps alot too! I love to look at the success stories!
I have a pair of pants that i could fit in at the beginning of 9th grade. My goal is to be able to fit into them by the beginning of 11th. (Im in 10th grade right now.) I can get into them, and i can button them, but they are really tight and my stomache kind of buidges over the sides. So they are my motivation. I try them on almost every day. I havent made any progress in them in a few months, but im still going.
Right now i wear a size 12 pants. I want to be a size 10. Eventually i would love love love to be an 8.
At the moment im a size 14, but they are getting pretty big so im pretty sure I can get into a 12. Does anyone know about how many pounds it takes to get down another size?
Hello I'm brittney. I'm 18. I've always been overweight, and I try to loose it, but always fall through. I'm going to college in the fall so I reeealy want a change. So, yeah, that's why I'm here. =]
Hey guys, sorry I havent been here in awhile, things have been kinda busy. Anyway, welcome Brittney2007! Im glad this group is still growing! Im sad to say my weight has pretty much stayed the same. but I hope to exercise a little more to get out of this rut. Talk soon!
hi my name is Rachael im 16 um ive had a eating disorder for as long as i can remember... i was suffering from anorexia for about 4 years... and thats when i gained it all back... to a whopping 190 pounds, and now im trying to loose everything the right way... i still have a poor body image, well worse than when i was anorexic... mainly one thing that i took to heart, that destroyed me.. anyways im doing well, i could be better. this is my first day on this site and it has encouraged me to try hard with my weight loss... wish me luck:P
xxx
So, how is everyone doing? Personally, i am doing terribly as far as weight loss goes. But if we are talking about weight gain im doing awesome! lol im just kidding. Ive been kind of upset becuase...ok here is the story.
i have never had a regular period. So 2 years ago i was put on birth control, stortly after that i gained 15 pounds. Well, the pills werent working, i was still irregular and so i stopped taking them. That summer yay i lost 16 pounds! I started up a new brand of birth controls 3 months ago (cuz i hadnt had a period for a year, which is when i stopped the old ones). Well, over the past 3 months i have gained 20 pounds.
At first i didnt connect my weight fluctuations to the pills, but it makes total sense. My mom thinks that i am just making up excuses for my weight gain. She is naturally skinny and i can tell by the way that she looks at me that she HATES the fact that i am fat. So, i am going to stop taking my pills after this month. I dont care what my mom says. Does that sound stupid? Im just really frustrated with this.
Yeah, I have heard that birth control pills make you gain weight sometimes. Im sorry to hear your having trouble. I agree, I know alot of people who are naturally skinny and they just dont understand. My cousin is 100lbs and eats more than I do! Its not fair. Well my diet is going better. For the past 2-3 weeks Ive been slacking and I gained back 5 pounds and was up to 164 again. But I got back into the swing of things in the past few days and now im at 157. Hope to hear from everyone soon!
(As you can also tell, I like using parentheses)
but I hope to exercise a little more to get out of this rut. Talk soon!