From Alex, Age 15 - 12/02/03 - IP#: 66.185.84.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 6'1", Start: 275 lb, Today: 260 lb (BMI %tile: 98) - This looks like a great site, good to share with others who know the struggle. I've been overweight my entire life, and it sucks. I've always been the fat kid, but it wasnt that big of a deal since I always had friends and was well liked by everyone. Anyways, im in grade 10 now and have finally just had ENOUGH of it. I want a girlfriend and thats just not going to happen having me being really overweight. I always thought i would be fat forever, but i've found inside the means and motivation to lose weight, and realise that yes, it can be done but i've got to work for it. When I started my war on flab in mid november i weighed in at about 275 pounds, although I am 6'1 and have a large frame and am fairly muscular (underneath the coat of fat that is lol). Since then i've lost about 15 pounds and am down to 260 and am already feeling and looking better. I don't eat too much, usually a nutrishake in the morning, some fruit for lunch then a regular dinner. I don't count calories or anything like that, i just make sure that i dont eat too much. I also lift weights and walk about 1.5 kilometers on my treadmill (i increase the distance as time goes on) everyday. I really hope that I can keep it up and stay motivated, and I wish the same for all of you too. My secrets so far have been killer music when exercising, and keeping my eye on the prize (picture my body the way i want it).
Reply From Alex, Age 15 - 12/02/03 - IP#: 66.185.84.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Well my target weight is about 190 pounds... thats the US Army standard for somebody my height and age.
Also, even if getting a girl friend isn't the case of my weightloss, it still is a HUGE relief off my mind. If i don't have to worry about what people think of me because im fat, that gives me a HUGE confidence boost and its one HUGE stress off my mind. Also i think if i can drop the excess fat, then i've already got the muscle for a nice six pack or some big-ol biceps lol. But a girlfriend isnt my main reason, its just one more factor that attributes to my motivation. I want to feel better physically and mentally, have more energy and endurance, and look better on a whole. Plus if I can get into shape for next football season I might have enough energy to play a game without having to be huffing and puffing all the way through it. On the subject of mostly girls being on this board, thats a big thing because there IS alot of pressure from the media and hollywood and such to look really good and be thin and such, but in the end you've got to do it for yourself.
From Becca, Age 14 - 11/29/03 - IP#: 24.194.243.xxx go to original board
Ht. 5'8", Start: 175 lb, Today: 160 lb (BMI %tile: 87), Goal: 150 lb - Recently I lost about 15 pounds...Today, I woke up and looked and the mirror and literally thought, "wow, who is this gorgeous girl". I mean...my self esteem was through the roof. Im not very big, 5'8 160, but i feel so refreshed. Being thin isnt about how you want to be portrayed by others...its how you want to portray yourself. After seeing how beautiful I really was, I was even more determined to lose weight. I need about 10 more pounds to be a size 5, and thats my goal. But right now, I think I've already reached my goal....loving myself. I know that some of you are not excepting yourselves, so thats why your losing weight. But you should except yourself before you do anything, because in the long run, losing weight wont make you feel any better about who you are. I hope I helped in some way....lol.
From Piccles, Age 15 - 11/19/03 - IP#: 209.214.52.xxx go to original board
Hey everyone,I come to this site time to time looking for inspiration, and I usually find it. But the key in weight loss is not always looking for some quick fix, but for looking at a completely different outlook on life. I go to school every day with people some would call preps, buffies..etc..they're skinny, and "beautiful". But if you really think about it, what truly defines beauty? I can say that I have been overweight, but I had to accept what was me, and then want to change for myself...not because I was supposed to be skinny, but because I needed to be a healthy weight and truly feel comfortable. I noticed a remarkable change in my weight when I began to eat when I was hungry and not just because it was there or because it looked good to me. So, please don't just look for something short-term...and something that is unrealistic, because it will depress you and cause you to eat more...loosing weight with all these "quick" diets is not the key. But keep believing in yourselves, and want this for YOU and not everyone else. -Piccles
From Kevin, Age 14 - 11/09/03 - IP#: 216.249.76.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
if you read my ad be4 on this bulletin than you know my story, but I read some replys and looked into them and understand them, but I have some questions about them. I am supposed to have a lot of water, but doesnt that look funny at school drinking water all the time? I mean I have some rivals and it is hard to do stuff like diet without them gaining on me, even though I could take them lol. I just don't have the heart to :). Anyways if you have ideas about drinking water and kinda hiding it or if you have some more ideas for losing weight please tell me and if you have aim my sn is SwCShadowfax. Thanks
Reply From Cherrry, Age 15 - 11/09/03 - IP#: 209.179.168.xxx show message replied to go to original board
So what you could be drinking water for a variety of reasons...how is water embarassing?? AND as for ur rivals dont let them control your life...The joke will be on them when you look really good
From Mike, Age 15 - 10/18/03 - IP#: 205.188.208.xxx go to original board
I wrote a couple months ago about not being able 2 do push upsand im not overweight. i took someones advice and i can do 50 push ups at a time now. thanx
From cassie, Age 15 - 08/29/03 - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
okay im like 100 pound overweight i cant stop dreaming about begin skinny or just good lokking there are so many times i wish i could look like the models and just get so mad!plus i love food i never know when to stop eating! all my friends are thin and i just feel like i cant acomplish anything untill i lose the weight there are so many times when i want to stare myself or something, it would mean so much if i could talk to someone who knows where im coming from!
Reply From Shannon, Age 15 - 08/31/03 - IP#: 198.81.26.xxx show message replied to go to original board
yeah i know how you feel, we all dream about being skinny, having the guys look at us, but do you really want guys to look at you because your "Hot", yeah ok me too, but thats not my point lol,
take a good look in the mirror, no matter what ANYONE thinks, you are beautiful, everywhere we turn we see gorgeous models, and books saying we should look like this, but we all are not like that, we need to be ourselves, lose weight slowly, because if you lose weight fast then you will gain it back because your body still thinks you are "over weight". no woman is the same size, and we should all be happy, by the way we look, but we aint, we get depressed from being over weight, we eat because we are depressed, and then we just get bigger, and feel more unhappy, but you know what, we can over power it, when you feel hungry or want something to eat, get something like a salad that has chicken ... (view more)yeah i know how you feel, we all dream about being skinny, having the guys look at us, but do you really want guys to look at you because your "Hot", yeah ok me too, but thats not my point lol,
take a good look in the mirror, no matter what ANYONE thinks, you are beautiful, everywhere we turn we see gorgeous models, and books saying we should look like this, but we all are not like that, we need to be ourselves, lose weight slowly, because if you lose weight fast then you will gain it back because your body still thinks you are "over weight". no woman is the same size, and we should all be happy, by the way we look, but we aint, we get depressed from being over weight, we eat because we are depressed, and then we just get bigger, and feel more unhappy, but you know what, we can over power it, when you feel hungry or want something to eat, get something like a salad that has chicken and then get a small burger, and a glass of ice tea, or a glass of water, and maybe take your dog, and go for a walk, (if you don't have a dog a fuzzy slipper would do, jk) or go to the mall and walk it 6 times (in the average mall that would be about 3miles) and when you do that you wont feel tired, because your body will think you are just doing everyday things, and school, bring your own lunch, eat an apple, banana, and a turkey breast sandwich, you know that turkey sandwiches don't have that much fat? if you eat bacon and eggs and sausage for breakfast that is fine, for lunch just have a smaller meal, and for dinner just have half of what you mostly eat, and then go for a walk, and if you feel hungry later, just grab something that is fast to make, maybe a grilled cheese or something, but i bet you $20.00 you are beautiful, the world don't look at you the way you look at yourself, just look in the mirror, and look at your eyes, your cheeks, your lips, and then your body, look at yourself like you are seeing that person for the first time, that is what i used to do, and it really made me feel better by the way i look, forget the super models, do you really want to be that skinny? have a lot of surgery done? and then when your 35 feel like you need more work done? all woman have natural beauty, some just don't see it as quickly as others, give it time sweetie, soon you will see yourself as the world see's you, and who ever thinks that there is something wrong with you, just look straight back at them and you will see, they have 10x more things wrong with them, woman who think they are perfect there is always something wrong with them, most likely it is their personality, give me a e-mail at sactownpitbulls@aol.com if you want to chat :)
take care, and remember that no matter what, your always going to be beautiful, no matter what people think, and how you feel, people who think there is something wrong with you, then there is probably something wrong with them and they are trying to make you feel bad so what ever is wrong with them will go away. (view less)
From cassie, Age 15 - 08/29/03 - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
okay im like 100 pound overweight i cant stop dreaming about begin skinny or just good lokking there are so many times i wish i could look like the models and just get so mad!plus i love food i never know when to stop eating! all my friends are thin and i just feel like i cant acomplish anything untill i lose the weight there are so many times when i want to stare myself or something, it would mean so much if i could talk to someone who knows where im coming from!
Reply From Shannon, Age 15 - 08/31/03 - IP#: 198.81.26.xxx show message replied to go to original board
yeah i know how you feel, we all dream about being skinny, having the guys look at us, but do you really want guys to look at you because your "Hot", yeah ok me too, but thats not my point lol,
take a good look in the mirror, no matter what ANYONE thinks, you are beautiful, everywhere we turn we see gorgeous models, and books saying we should look like this, but we all are not like that, we need to be ourselves, lose weight slowly, because if you lose weight fast then you will gain it back because your body still thinks you are "over weight". no woman is the same size, and we should all be happy, by the way we look, but we aint, we get depressed from being over weight, we eat because we are depressed, and then we just get bigger, and feel more unhappy, but you know what, we can over power it, when you feel hungry or want something to eat, get something like a salad that has chicken ... (view more)yeah i know how you feel, we all dream about being skinny, having the guys look at us, but do you really want guys to look at you because your "Hot", yeah ok me too, but thats not my point lol,
take a good look in the mirror, no matter what ANYONE thinks, you are beautiful, everywhere we turn we see gorgeous models, and books saying we should look like this, but we all are not like that, we need to be ourselves, lose weight slowly, because if you lose weight fast then you will gain it back because your body still thinks you are "over weight". no woman is the same size, and we should all be happy, by the way we look, but we aint, we get depressed from being over weight, we eat because we are depressed, and then we just get bigger, and feel more unhappy, but you know what, we can over power it, when you feel hungry or want something to eat, get something like a salad that has chicken and then get a small burger, and a glass of ice tea, or a glass of water, and maybe take your dog, and go for a walk, (if you don't have a dog a fuzzy slipper would do, jk) or go to the mall and walk it 6 times (in the average mall that would be about 3miles) and when you do that you wont feel tired, because your body will think you are just doing everyday things, and school, bring your own lunch, eat an apple, banana, and a turkey breast sandwich, you know that turkey sandwiches don't have that much fat? if you eat bacon and eggs and sausage for breakfast that is fine, for lunch just have a smaller meal, and for dinner just have half of what you mostly eat, and then go for a walk, and if you feel hungry later, just grab something that is fast to make, maybe a grilled cheese or something, but i bet you $20.00 you are beautiful, the world don't look at you the way you look at yourself, just look in the mirror, and look at your eyes, your cheeks, your lips, and then your body, look at yourself like you are seeing that person for the first time, that is what i used to do, and it really made me feel better by the way i look, forget the super models, do you really want to be that skinny? have a lot of surgery done? and then when your 35 feel like you need more work done? all woman have natural beauty, some just don't see it as quickly as others, give it time sweetie, soon you will see yourself as the world see's you, and who ever thinks that there is something wrong with you, just look straight back at them and you will see, they have 10x more things wrong with them, woman who think they are perfect there is always something wrong with them, most likely it is their personality, give me a e-mail at sactownpitbulls@aol.com if you want to chat :)
take care, and remember that no matter what, your always going to be beautiful, no matter what people think, and how you feel, people who think there is something wrong with you, then there is probably something wrong with them and they are trying to make you feel bad so what ever is wrong with them will go away. (view less)
From - - 07/24/03 - IP#: 157.15.34.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
hey i am 14 and female. i am not over weight but i wanted to know how u feel being overweight my friend is overweight and she hates her life when actually she has a pretty good life. can someone please tell me why she feels this way and whats life is like to u.
Reply From Marie, Age 16 - 07/24/03 - IP#: 24.118.166.xxx show message replied to go to original board
I use to be overweight and although it doesn't make sense I felt inferior to others. I would shy away because I thought if I stood out or spoke up people would think I was just a stupid fat girl. America is horbibly prejudiced towards fat people (or ugly, or some other stuff that shouldn't matter either)So anyway I also felt I couldn't wear lots of different cloths because who wants to se a fat guy in a little shirt (my fav. line from Tommy Boy). People look at you differently when you are fat, even my grandmother was cold to me when I was overweight but now she is much more welcoming and friendly and even admitted that yeah she feels a lot better about me now that I'm not "ugly". Now that I am thin I feel much more confident, and like I can be me. So reach out to your friend and love and respect him/her because he/she probibly wants and needs acceptance. To all those of you who are still heavy- don't be afraid to be yourself because when I was over weight I wasted 3 years not because of the weight but because I let the weight bring me down.
From Courtney, Age 15 - 06/25/03 - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'6", Today: 140 lb (BMI %tile: 75) - Im 15, Im about 5'6, and I weigh about 140 pounds. Its taken me a long time to get to where I am today, weightwise.... I've been overweight my whole life, so I really SHOULD be happy with my weight, but Im not. I still feel disgusting and my self esteem is very low. I feel like I need to lose more weight. Im just very confused as to why everyone tells me I look good. My friends even say im "perfect" but I always feel that they're just saying it to shut me up. I dont know why I cant accept myself and I dont know what I have to do to begin to accept myself. What should I do?
Reply From Courtney, Age 15 - 06/28/03 - IP#: 152.163.252.xxx show message replied to go to original board
it makes me feel better to kno im not the only 1 and im working on being more positive.. thx guys!!
From : ) - 06/20/03 - IP#: 129.37.165.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
hi ppl- do u have any motivational sayings\suggestions? heres what im planning to do. im going to take a piece of paper-on the front i'll put some kind of symbol and on the back ill write all the sayings (im making a necklace) every time i feel tempted ill just read those . im also planning to put something like that on my fridge with pictures of myself :)
Reply From Amber, Age 17 - 06/20/03 - IP#: 4.3.132.xxx show message replied to go to original board
I don't know if this works but I heard once that if you tell yourself everyday that you can lose weight and you are not going to give up while looking in the mirror it helps build your self-confidence so you wont feel you need to give up. It sounds weird I know. Like I said - I don't know if it works or not - but it couldn't hurt. Good Luck!!!!
From Praline, Age 15 - 05/31/03 - IP#: 12.237.215.xxx go to original board
I just want to encourage you all, and to help you gain a little perspective! It makes my heart hurt to see girls my age and younger consumed in misery over their outside, and feeling worthless because of it. By all means, lose weight! Be healthy! But love your body, and take good care of it. Don't let losing weight become your whole life, only let it be a small part. Take joy in your hobbies, do things that you love to do. Heck, take up a new one! I love vollyball, acting, and painting. And I love old movie stars and the 50's! redecorate your room. Let how you dress and act reflect your personal style. The more amazingly interesting you become, the more people want to know you and are attracted to you. It's the truth, I promise, but do it for YOU! I promise that people care about you, never insult yourself by underestimating your worth. You are worth more than the moon and stars!
From lena, Age 13 - 05/01/03 - IP#: 24.243.153.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
i need help. i want to be happy but it is so hard when u weigh 30 lbs more than normal, even if it only shows through my muscular legs and big built. i keep thinking people are making fun of me. i don't wanna lose that much b\c i have friends like bj, jay, jeremy,ashley and alot of others who like me for who i am but i wish i could feel confident. any tips on confidence????
Reply From Jessica, Age 14 - 05/02/03 - IP#: 65.41.182.xxx show message replied to go to original board
I'm overweight too and I get teased also. I just don't worry about it anymore if they can't see who I am just because of my weight I have plenty of other friends that can! If you want you can E-Mail me somethime and we can talk my E-Mail address is JessicaW84@earthlink.net
From lena, Age 13 - 05/01/03 - IP#: 24.243.153.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
i need help. i want to be happy but it is so hard when u weigh 30 lbs more than normal, even if it only shows through my muscular legs and big built. i keep thinking people are making fun of me. i don't wanna lose that much b\c i have friends like bj, jay, jeremy,ashley and alot of others who like me for who i am but i wish i could feel confident. any tips on confidence????
Reply From Jessica, Age 14 - 05/02/03 - IP#: 65.41.182.xxx show message replied to go to original board
I'm overweight too and I get teased also. I just don't worry about it anymore if they can't see who I am just because of my weight I have plenty of other friends that can! If you want you can E-Mail me somethime and we can talk my E-Mail address is JessicaW84@earthlink.net
From Erin, Age 17 - 04/13/03 - IP#: 24.192.202.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
hi everyone. is there any girls here who has never had a boyfriend before because of their weight? if so, please reply. i feel like the only girl who has been single for 17 years of my life.
Reply From michelle, Age 15 - 04/13/03 - IP#: 204.33.130.xxx show message replied to go to original board
hey...i used to think guys wouldnt go out with me cause my weight....till i started askin around....they really did like me even with all this weight....sometimes if you think its cause the way you look, it gets stuck in your mind and thats all you ever think about...maybe someone likes you but u have to be more confindnt in yourself to find out...
From Erin, Age 17 - 04/13/03 - IP#: 24.192.202.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
hi everyone. is there any girls here who has never had a boyfriend before because of their weight? if so, please reply. i feel like the only girl who has been single for 17 years of my life.
Reply From michelle, Age 15 - 04/13/03 - IP#: 204.33.130.xxx show message replied to go to original board
hey...i used to think guys wouldnt go out with me cause my weight....till i started askin around....they really did like me even with all this weight....sometimes if you think its cause the way you look, it gets stuck in your mind and thats all you ever think about...maybe someone likes you but u have to be more confindnt in yourself to find out...
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