20 or under years old.

hey guys! so im 19. I weight 220 and 5'7'' although my friends say that I look about 30 or 40 lbs lighter then that. Im tired of feeling the way I do. I really just want help outside of my school and circle of friends and want a new beginning. I was once at 150 and thought that that was a perfect weight for me but due to poor decisions in my life i ended up rapidly gaining weight my first year of college and now I really want to make a difference. I hope you all will be willing to consider helping me out as well. You all seem so positive and nice! Hope all is well and hope to talk to you sometime soon!
 
also Katie. I would love to talk to you cause it sounds like we are kind of in a similar position... so if you ever want to talk im or something. ~ greeneyedbluez14 ~ my names jackie. Hope all is well!
 
It's been a while since I've been on here. Just thought I'd say hey.

I kinda got off track from my good eating habits. But I'm getting back on track. I've made myself drink only water now. Which was hard at first because I love sweet tea. hah. But I decided I was drinking too much and now I only drink water. Which is a good start, I suppose.

I'm not sure of my current weight. i haven't weighed myself in ages. Last time I checked I was about 156 or so.
 
Wow, I had no idea there were so many younger people here!
I'm sixteen years old[and eight months!].
Despite being overweight, I'm fairly healthy, and i'm on the journey to dropping all this unwanted body fat!
My dream job is to be a personal trainer, someday i'd like to pursue it.

Hope everyone is doing well :]
 
I am 19, 20 in less then a month. I weight 177 pounds (Yicks), 5'4'', and I REALLY want to lose weight. I gained weight in my high school year, and want to get rid of it for good. My goal for the time being is to lose 20 pounds by Feb 19th. (My 5th anniversary with my high school sweet heart) Eventually I want to slim down to 125ish. I REALLY want to be a size 6 MAX. I am getting a gym membership in Jan and then I need to force myself to buy healthy things. It's just hard cause my boyfriend wants to gain weight, and I can't stop myself from eating the goodies. I think for motivation I'm going to buy a sexy dress and hang it on the wall.
 
casanova said:
Wow, I had no idea there were so many younger people here!
I'm sixteen years old[and eight months!].
Despite being overweight, I'm fairly healthy, and i'm on the journey to dropping all this unwanted body fat!
My dream job is to be a personal trainer, someday i'd like to pursue it.

Hope everyone is doing well :]
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thats awesome, once you lose the weight you will feel like you can do anything you can put your mind to... good luck!
 
Can't hurt to try

Hi. I'm 18, and I just completed my first semester in college.

I'm 5'6 and I was around 140 to 150 all through high school but I never felt bad about the way I looked. I was captain of the tennis team and I played on the bball team as well. I had a lot of muscle mass and I was a comfortable size 6.

I grew up in southern california where it's usually warm and sunny and now I go to college in norcal where you can wear a sweatshirt everyday. I guess maybe I didn't notice how much weight I was putting on until it kinda got out of control because I got in the habit of dressing in loose fitting clothes.

My sleeping schedule is all messed up because I'm always up studying. I end up having really irregular meal times and binge eating when I'm stressed. Plus, I still eat like I play sports... but I don't. I've just gotten used to being able to eat whatever I want and having my weight be stable because I used to play sports everyday. And now that all I do is sit.. in class, in the library, at my desk.. I think I have to start watching what I eat.

I got back to socal a couple days ago. And my family can't believe how much weight I've gained. I'm 165 now and I think I've lost a lot of muscle mass in the last 5 months too because I haven't worked out once.

I want to go back to 140 by the time I come back for summer break.

that's 25 pounds... and I have no idea how I'm going to do it.

I'm planning to go back to running two miles three times a week but I'm so out of shape right now, I can't bring myself to go to the gym because I feel so frustrated that I let my weight get so out of hand.

Any support or help would be appreciated. I don't like feeling like I have no control over my body.
 
I'm an 18 year old male (height: 6'2). When I was 14 and had just finished my freshman year of high school I weighed in at 320lbs. By the start of my senior year I was down to 200 lbs. I've kept the weight off for the last year and a half.

I'm looking to offer advice and inspiration.
 
Sampson said:
I'm an 18 year old male (height: 6'2). When I was 14 and had just finished my freshman year of high school I weighed in at 320lbs. By the start of my senior year I was down to 200 lbs. I've kept the weight off for the last year and a half.

I'm looking to offer advice and inspiration.
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awesome and welcome!

Do you happen to have any pics of before and after?
 
hey guys!! i'm 19, a student and female :) im like 147lbs at the moment and 5ft 6... so i'm looking to get down to like 120lbs!! it would really boost my self esteem, since at the mo i feel like an elephant!! :eek:( im really bad at staying on track though, so i'm looking for a diet buddy!! preferably someone with MSN!! PM me if you're on a similar sort of plan to weight watchers... ;) id love someone to share tips with etc :)
 
im 18 years old, im in my senior year of high school. right now i weigh about 295, people say i carry me weight realy well, i dont look like what i weigh and i can do most things thin people my age can do, except for run due to my asthma. my main reason for loosing weight is health, but i would also liek to get a girlfriend, and it aint happening right now, oh yea and i like living and i want to live long :)
 
Hello all,

I am an 18 year old college freshman. Currently I am about 5'1 and 131.5 pounds. It is my hope to get down to around 114 within a few months (about 4?). I am in no "rush" and want to do this the right way. My ultimate goal is to be all around a more healthy person. This is going to be my year that I am giving to myself. I can't wait!
 
Hey, this is my journey thus far, I don't know if it will help or if anyone can relate to it (it is loooooong), but here it is.

I am a 17 year old male from Northern BC, Canada. I've had an... interesting diet history, to say the least. The short version, I have never been extremely obese, but I got to the point of extremely overweight when I said enough is enough. Long version, I have been a little "chunky" since 7th grade, carried it into 8th grade, and things started going way south when I started home schooling in 9th grade (Having a fully stocked fridge and cupboards at your fingertips for most of the day isn't great).

In grade 10, I was 14/15 and was tipping in a little over 200. I have always carried my weight extremely well, and believe me, that wasn't a good thing, and I am now trying to be a cow about that - I think it got to my head more than anything. I only told my weight to my closer friends, and the reaction was usually the same: "Wow, you don't look that at all." I wasn't regularily active, but I could play tennis and hockey very well despite my weight, because I had always been a smallish, active kid when I was young.

Then came grade 11 in 2006/07. Things were kind of crazy in my life during that time, a lot of personal stuff was happening. In the winter I was I think 220, by summer, it was 240.

There is an unlimited amount of words that I can write to tell you how I have struggled with diets before, and I really mean that. Honestly, I have started/stopped so many times that I can't even tell you. I have been on an interesting roller coaster, to say the least. I could start, but only for a couple days, then I would be back to the old habits for a week or two or even three. I still have my old calender (consider it sentimental now) with sporadic circles on it, marking times when I was "going to start" my "diet." I recall all the times I wrote on my whiteboard behind my door, "Starting on xx date, this is what I ate today, this is my goal", only to erase it days later, knowing I just burned it. It is literally overwhelming to reflect on my struggle to stay consistent; it brings a lot of emotions to me to think about it.

It was a weird feeling going into July of 2007, hitting just under 240. All my clothes were too small now, except the new tshirts and suit I had bought. I hated wearing my new clothes, though; I knew they just didn't feel right on me, like I knew I shouldnt be wearing these type of shirts, but I was trying to hide my weight as best I could. I had never felt this way before, the way when I was running bases in baseball with friends, playing a big game of street hockey, even in a "lighter" acticity such as recreational tennis. I felt my weight slowing me down, and I was very self conscious (and still am to this day by nature) about the way I looked. I resorted to black and loose clothing when I was active, and hoodies and sweatshirts a lot of times when I was just hanging out with friends.

I honestly can't tell you what made me make the change; obviously, there is no one single reason... I think everybody probably has a lot of reasons to make a serious change in their life. I don't know what it was or how I kept it going at the start of August; it just felt like another start to the "diet I needed to get on." But for some reason, I just kept going. 232, it read the first week, as compared to the 240 it should have. I knew a little bit about water weight and losing a lot in the first week before obviously, but I sure didn't expect 8 pounds to be missing somewhere.

Then the next week: 227. I really couldn't believe it... more then 10 pounds? I had only done this once before in my life, in grade 8 with my mom when she started her weight watchers plan.

Next week, it was creeping up on 220. I still don't know why I wasn't going on a binge every night like I had for over a year before. I was now very comfortable in my suits, my "new" clothing was just starting to feel too loose on me, and I even busted out some old shirts from years before which were tight, but not with my belly busting out at the front.

I kept on this pace until I had 210, where I was now in a good part of my old clothes and was doing good. I slowed down there, and have been at 205-212 from November-January of 2007/08.

I still can't believe that I lost all that weight. I didn't go all the way back up, but even if I messed up on one day, it took a LOT to get back on, which is why I stayed at just over 205.

So, three days ago, I was back at 205, wondering where I was going. I had recieved a lot of comments about how much I slimmed down, and I was thankful, but I just knew it wasn't enough... not yet. The last 25-30 pounds were killing me, and thats where I stand today.

Thankfully, I was crusing around the WLF forum last week and I am now 100% back on my journey. I am, disgustingly, JUST over 200, I clocked in at 200.2 this morning, and was ready to throw a fit, I want the 190's SO BAD. I have never wanted my goal weight more than I have since last week. I know where I went wrong the last 2-3 months, and I feel on top of the world... I just know I'm going to get there by this summer.

Mad props for anyone who read this, I put on some music, started writing and I just realized I probably wrote way too much and am boring a lot of people right now.

I don't know if I can pass anything on that will be extremely helpful, as I am not the ideal role model for weight loss... when I'm hot, I'm on fire and I lose weight like nobody's business, but sometimes I get flamed out. Anyways, this might sound very odd or obscure, but, you never know, it helps for me. Finding the right motivating factor is big for me... it can be anything, and I have a LOT of them, ranging from certain people, such as athletes I desire to be as good as, looking better in pictures, not having trouble later on in life with the ladyfolk, anything. I really do have a lot. The only thing I might pass on is find yours... doesn't sound very helpful writing it, but its what keeps me going.
 
Monty said:
Hello all,

I am an 18 year old college freshman. Currently I am about 5'1 and 131.5 pounds. It is my hope to get down to around 114 within a few months (about 4?). I am in no "rush" and want to do this the right way. My ultimate goal is to be all around a more healthy person. This is going to be my year that I am giving to myself. I can't wait!
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hey monty we have similar situations i'm 5'1 and around 128.2 (this morning).. i want to get down to 118 if not 115. what are u doing
 
yeah! im now 212 lbs hehehe i cant wait for more weight loss
 
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