I've been struggling with my weight my whole life. I don't think I've ever been obese, but I've been a bit overweight ever since middle school, and I'm sick of it. I'm actually only like 10 lbs away from a medically "healthy" weight, but I'm still pretty chubby.
Why I'm Fat:
A big reason why I've been overweight is my parents. They taught me to eat relatively healthy as far as getting all the nutrition I need (they make sure I had fruits and vegetables every day, etc), but they never really put enough of a limit on my junk food. Because of that, I still have trouble controlling myself when it comes to eating. However, a large part of that was that they would always keep junk food in the house: I can say no to junk food in the store, but not in the kitchen. And now that I'm in college, I get to decide what food is in the house (well, dorm whee ), so hopefully that'll help with my eating.
The other reason is that I don't get enough excersize. I've never really been sedentary, but I still don't excersize often enough to maintain a healthy weight. My goal is to get in 30-60 minutes of excersize every single day (cardio every day, weight training 4-5 days a week). This will probably be in the form of running on a treadmill. I much prefer Dance Dance Revolution for cardio, but unfortunately there isn't really room for it in my dorm. :<
Why I don't want to be fat:
So why do I want to lose weight? I'm tired of being "the fat one". That isn't how I want to be judged and remembered. No matter what fat people do, it's the trait that stands out the most to most other people no matter what. I want people to think of me as the nerdy physics major, or the one that's addicted to DDR, or the girl that plays video games, or the girl in jazz band... something that actually describes who I am as a person. I don't want to be the fat girl!
As for eating disorders, don't even worry about me. Seriously. I like food way too much to be anorexic and I like my tooth enamel and esophagus lining too much to be bolemic. 3nodding I'm just gonna stick to the food pyramid as much as I can.
Current weight:
Current mini-goal:
Overall goal:
Starting Stats:
Age: 16
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 190
Jeans size: 13
Shirt size: medium or large
Current Stats:
Age: 17
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 166
Pants size: 11
Shirt size: medium or large
Eventual Goal Stats:
Weight: 120-130 (I'm pretty sure I have big bones (no, really! mad d), so 120 might not even be possible/healthy. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, so for now the goal is 130. 120 would be nice, though. X))
Jeans size: 5-7
Shirt size: small/medium (actually, I can fit into some smalls right now... but I'd like to be able to fit into all of them mad d)
Goals by date (updated as of May 09 ):
TBA
BMI and percentile calculated from here, a BMI calculator for teens.
Weight Record (accurate weighings only)
03/28/07 - 183
07/07/07 - 176
04/27/08 - 166
Daily Code (so I don't have to write it out every time. X) You can use it in your journal if you want, too, I don't mind. biggrin ):
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That's it for now. Feel free to post here if you want. :3
