 From Brandon, Age 16, male - 09/18/13 - IP#: 170.185.177.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'10", 265 lb ( BMI %tile: 98) Today: Ht. 5'10", 134 lb (BMI %tile: 25) - I am 16 years old and about a year ago maybe a little less I was really overweight I weighed 265 lbs. Which wasn't no surprise compared to the way i eat always going to buffets and eating rolls of cookie dough and bags of chips all the time. Every year I would always tell myself that this was it no more being fat I am going to lose it and be healthy like other people but every year it always came back because every time I started it my family would always go out to eat and get junk food and i would fall for the temptation but about two weeks before Halloween I said that when ever New Years came I would no matter what I was going to lose it but as that day was progressing I thought to myself why wait all that time. Why not start now so I know that I will do it and not forget about it so the next day it started at first I did what most people do I cut out all red meat and all the... (view more)I am 16 years old and about a year ago maybe a little less I was really overweight I weighed 265 lbs. Which wasn't no surprise compared to the way i eat always going to buffets and eating rolls of cookie dough and bags of chips all the time. Every year I would always tell myself that this was it no more being fat I am going to lose it and be healthy like other people but every year it always came back because every time I started it my family would always go out to eat and get junk food and i would fall for the temptation but about two weeks before Halloween I said that when ever New Years came I would no matter what I was going to lose it but as that day was progressing I thought to myself why wait all that time. Why not start now so I know that I will do it and not forget about it so the next day it started at first I did what most people do I cut out all red meat and all the sweets I was never a coke drinker so I didn't have to much to worry about that and thats how I was the day after i thought about it and I was doing this for about a month and exercising every day besides one or two days just depends and than after the first month i dropped like 10 pounds or more and was real happy but I still wanted to lose more so I quit all meat and became vegetarian and that's when I saw the biggest amount of weight drop like 100 pounds in five months and that's when I couldn't believe of what I have done thinking to myself why the heck i never done this before and everyone was happy for me and I was happy about myself for once after that big of a weight loss I just wanted to be real healthy and than that's when i took the final step and became vegan and ate only plant based foods and lost the rest of the weight this dramatic weight loss was over a six or seven month period which nobody could believe possible and too this day I am as healthy as a horse :). (view less)
From Jessica, Age 15, female - 09/15/13 - IP#: 98.117.34.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'5", 160 lb ( BMI %tile: 93) Today: Ht. 5'5", 135 lb (BMI %tile: 74) - well I was out with my friends one night and we were all going to the boardwalk. then we met up with some of the guys from our school and we just had a fun night. we took some pictures and I woke up the next morning and my friends and I were looking at the pictures from the night before. while we were looking at the I realized that I was a lot bigger than my friends. I also realized I was one of the only single girls out of our group of friends. since then ive been eating right, playing softball, dancing, and working out a lot more
From ben, Age 24, male - 09/10/13 - IP#: 206.190.130.xxx
Start: Ht. 170 cm, 94 kg ( BMI: 32) Today: Ht. 175 cm, 64 kg (BMI: 21) - running and play basketball everyday.eat vegetable (Note: 175 cm, 64 kg is 5'9", 141 lb.)
From Anastasia, Age 20, female - 08/22/13 - IP#: 1.124.85.xxx
Start: Ht. 164.8 cm, 112 kg ( BMI: 41) Today: Ht. 164.8 cm, 84.5 kg (BMI: 31) - For everyone who can read this! I know you can do it, but you have to be ready yourself you can't let other people make you lose weight because it will never happen!!
Losing weight was the best thing that ever happened to me! Even though I still have to lose 10kgs, I feel amazing! I exercise and I feel great and you can too!
Every time you go to eat junk food think about what it is doing to you! How does that make you feel.. And yes it's going to be hard and sometimes you want to give up but you just have to keep pushing through and just think after I lose my weight I can have a small piece of this or that!
Just try eating healthy and exercise even if its half an hour a day.. And increase your daily activities slowly.. Maybe join a gym or exercise group (no one will judge you so don't be scared) You always have to start from the bottom and work your way up! Remember even if its baby steps your doing better than yesterday!
Good luck to everyone! Remember no one said it would be easy they said in the end it will be worth it!! (Note: 164.8 cm, 84.5 kg is 5'4.9", 186.291 lb.)
From Taylor, Age 15, male - 08/17/13 - IP#: 98.252.77.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'5", 153 lb ( BMI %tile: 91) Today: Ht. 5'5", 142 lb (BMI %tile: 84) - I tried to lose weight a year before and got nowhere. Then I went camping this year and ate like **** and went from 150-153 in 5 days :(. Made a decision when I came back and I Started eating much healthier and golfing everyday. (Carrying my bag.) It's been just under a month since camping an I'm at 142. I don't see a difference yet but I hope too soon. No real goal but whenever I think I look like I'm favoring the slim side I'm going to start working out and eating a bit more calories to build some muscle. Helpful tip: Slimfit oatmeal w/ banana is great breakfast item. Only 200 calories!
From Ashley, Age 17, female - 08/09/13 - IP#: 74.76.250.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'8", 165 lb ( BMI %tile: 86) Today: Ht. 5'8", 127 lb (BMI %tile: 25) - Eating healthy and running. Alot.
From rhegene, Age 16, female - 08/04/13 - IP#: 69.197.223.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'3", 230 lb ( BMI %tile: 98) Today: Ht. 5'3", 200 lb (BMI %tile: 98) - Walking and eating healthy everyday helped me reach my goal in just 2 and half months.
From Victoria Ayodeji, Age 14, female - 07/27/13 - IP#: 82.46.206.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'5.5", 12 st 7 ( BMI %tile: 96) Today: Ht. 5'6", 10 st 12 (BMI %tile: 88) - - My Weight Goal is 145 lbs this is 30 lbs less than my starting weight of when I made my decision to lead a better and more healthier and happier lifestyle.
I chose this goal as it is not to drastic and unachievable.F.Y.I: Nothing is impossible
I would like to be 65 kg, reaching this weight loss goal would mean that I would be a healthy weight and have a healthy BMI.
I am 152.118 lbs currently so that is around 10 pounds to go.So I will have hopefully lost 2 stones when I reach my goal of 145 lbs (: (Note: 10 st 12 is 152 lb.)
From Daniel, Age 16, male - 05/11/13 - IP#: 90.203.142.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'9", 308 lb ( BMI %tile: 98) Today: Ht. 5'9", 298 lb (BMI %tile: 98) - 20 pounds down in just 4 weeks, time for another 20.
From Patricia, Age 17, female - 05/07/13 - IP#: 50.136.162.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'3", 200 lb ( BMI %tile: 98) Today: Ht. 5'3.5", 149 lb (BMI %tile: 87) - Being a new girl to a school because having to move from your old school because you where always the one being picked on about your weight can be such a terrible thing and it all happened to me. I realized me moving to a new school for the year 2011-2012 could be the same exact thing if I did not make a change for myself. I began the year fine, but I was still self conscious about my weight. I decided to try out for basketball and I went to the doctors to get my physical done and I stepped on that scale and seeing that 200 lb number scared me horribly. I knew from that point on there needed to be a change for my health, but also for myself. I needed to feel and wanted to be proud of my body and not walk around being ashamed of who I was. Summer finally came around and I joined a gym and changed my whole entire life style from the way I ate and how active I was. I worked out every single... (view more)Being a new girl to a school because having to move from your old school because you where always the one being picked on about your weight can be such a terrible thing and it all happened to me. I realized me moving to a new school for the year 2011-2012 could be the same exact thing if I did not make a change for myself. I began the year fine, but I was still self conscious about my weight. I decided to try out for basketball and I went to the doctors to get my physical done and I stepped on that scale and seeing that 200 lb number scared me horribly. I knew from that point on there needed to be a change for my health, but also for myself. I needed to feel and wanted to be proud of my body and not walk around being ashamed of who I was. Summer finally came around and I joined a gym and changed my whole entire life style from the way I ate and how active I was. I worked out every single day sometimes twice a day because I was determined to lose. Summer finally ended and I knew I had made a change in my life because I stepped on the scale and I was down 30 lbs, I was one of the happiest people alive because not just seeing that number go down, but also the way I felt, the way I looked I was starting to love and also walking around with baggy clothes being proud that I don't fit in them, anymore. School finally came around and everyone was giving me compliments saying I am their motivation, that I look absolutely amazing, that they earn my respect because people can never stick to diets, which hearing all that made me such a better person. Till this day I keep on going with my diet and have lost 21 lbs and still counting for more, losing 51 lbs was the most best decision I could have ever made!!! I have never been so proud of myself in my life in anything, but losing weight and motivating other people to do it to because nothing is impossible!! (view less)
From Lucinda, Age 11, female - 04/24/13 - IP#: 212.183.128.xxx
Start: Ht. 4'7", 10 st 4 ( BMI %tile: 98) Today: Ht. 4'9", 6 st 5 (BMI %tile: 69) - Well it started when I was teased at school about being fat and I thought I should go on a diet for a while and see where it goes. Mum was okay with it and for a while she encouraged me to lose weight. Then it started getting weird, my friends kept saying u look amazing and thought I could fit into their teeny clothes and it turned out they were just the right size. I felt so much better and I would tell everyone this: just exercise cut back on sweets and drink 6-8 cups of water a day. Hope this helpa (Note: 6 st 5 is 89 lb.)
From abbey, Age 11, female - 04/21/13 - IP#: 184.148.138.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'1", 125 lb ( BMI %tile: 93) Today: Ht. 5'2", 115 lb (BMI %tile: 83) - I haven't reached my weight goal but I exercised and ate healthy.
From Anna, Age 16, female - 04/07/13 - IP#: 67.160.97.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'3.5", 163 lb ( BMI %tile: 94) Today: Ht. 5'3.5", 142 lb (BMI %tile: 84) - I've had issues with weight my entire life. As a kid, I was never overweight, but I always had a little extra fat that a lot of other kids my age didn't have. I was never self conscious of it until sixth grade when I joined my school's cheerleading team. I was one of the bigger girls on the team, though still not overweight, and the little twig fliers would say I was too fat to be on the team. Eventually I ended up quitting the cheer team because of it, and it was excruciating knowing that my weight kept me from doing what I wanted to do.
I stayed roughly the same size (100 at 4'11") for all of seventh grade. The summer between 7th and 8th grade, I visited a friend on the other side of the country for a month. I was very homesick and got depressed, and eventually stopped eating. I had my growth spurt, and in eighth grade I was 5'3" and 100 pounds, ... (view more)I've had issues with weight my entire life. As a kid, I was never overweight, but I always had a little extra fat that a lot of other kids my age didn't have. I was never self conscious of it until sixth grade when I joined my school's cheerleading team. I was one of the bigger girls on the team, though still not overweight, and the little twig fliers would say I was too fat to be on the team. Eventually I ended up quitting the cheer team because of it, and it was excruciating knowing that my weight kept me from doing what I wanted to do.
I stayed roughly the same size (100 at 4'11") for all of seventh grade. The summer between 7th and 8th grade, I visited a friend on the other side of the country for a month. I was very homesick and got depressed, and eventually stopped eating. I had my growth spurt, and in eighth grade I was 5'3" and 100 pounds, in the 37th percentile for my BMI. I wasn't underweight, but I was still very tiny. I ate very little and still thought that I was fat throughout most of eighth grade. I don't really remember what changed, whether it was my mom's threats of taking me to a counselor for near-anorexia or whether I just realized that I wasn't fat.
In ninth grade, I was 5'3" and weighted 110 pounds. About halfway through ninth grade, I started gaining weight like crazy, though my diet hadn't changed much. I didn't eat as healthily as I should have, but I wasn't eating a ton either. I went from 110 to 140 in a matter of a few months. In 10th grade I continued gaining weight, going up to 155. This year, at 16 and in 11th grade, my highest weight was 163, making me only a few pounds away from being obese. It was a difficult situation. Obviously I should lose weight, but I didn't want to lapse back into hardly eating anything, counting every single little calorie, and obsessing over everything that I put in my mouth. Crash-dieting wasn't the answer, so I knew it was lifestyle change that would get me healthy again.
As my New Year's resolution this year, I decided I would go vegetarian to cut down on some saturated fat and cholesterol. That lasted 4 days, in which time I educated myself on the treatment of animals on factory farms and the implications of the egg and dairy industry, and ultimately decided to go vegan (vegetarian who also does not eat ANY animal products, including honey.)
I've been a vegan for 3 months today. I've lost 21 pounds, and have gone from being close to obese (though not morbidly obese) to being in the healthy weight range. My BMI is 84%, so I'm still at the very very top end of healthy (1 pound gain would put me at overweight again.) I'm still very hard on my body, critical of my size. Everyone around me mentions that they are noticing the changes, and I seem to be the only one who doesn't see myself getting smaller.
I still have a ways to go, but I'm confident that I'll reach my goal weight of 125 and be happier and healthier :) (view less)
From Victoria, Age 14, female - 04/04/13 - IP#: 82.46.206.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'6", 12 st 7 ( BMI %tile: 96) Today: Ht. 5'6", 11 st 6.9 (BMI %tile: 92) - My Weight Goal is 145 lbs this is 30 lbs less than my starting weight of when I made my decision to lead a better and more healthier and happier lifestyle.
I chose this goal as it is not to drastic and unachievable.F.Y.I: Nothing is impossible
I am 160.937 lbs currently so that is around 15 pounds to go.So I will have hopefully lst 2 stones when I reach my goal of 145 lbs (: (Note: 11 st 6.9 is 160.9 lb.)
From Tyler Fiverrn, Age 19, male - 03/11/13 - IP#: 68.225.53.xxx
Start: Ht. 5'5", 230 lb ( BMI %tile: 98) Today: Ht. 5'10", 140 lb (BMI %tile: 14) - I only ate fresh foods for a year, on top of HOURS of daily excersize
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