Hello everyone! A little background info: I'm a 17 year old girl who's going to be a senior in high school next year. One of the things I have struggled with my entire life is my weight. I am always borderline between healthy and overweight, and I really just want to get my weight down to healthy for good. I do have a pretty active lifestyle, as I swim and play water polo. I workout everyday. However, I can't seem to lose weight and every year I gain weight. When I was a freshman, I probably weighed around 130 lbs, give or take. Three years later, I weigh about 145 pounds. (I'm 5'4") Granted, I did gain a lot of muscle along the way, and I still have a lot of muscle today. I have a pretty athletic build, with strong shoulders and legs. But the one thing that I can never be satisfied with is my stomach. I feel like I will never look good in a swimsuit like all of my friends. I'm scared because my entire life I've put on weight every year, and I don't want that to continue anymore. At this rate, I'll never stop gaining weight.
My main problem is the way I eat. I'm really looking for some advice to help me eat healthier, because I think my lifestyle is active enough. The problem is, in the summer all my friends want to do is go out to eat at places like Panera, Chipotle, Chick Fil A, Portillos, McDonald's, etc. I go to graduation parties and there's a whole table of dessert. I love to bake and want to make all these indulgent things... I mean, it's summer! For teenagers, a big part of summer is about eating and sleeping and not doing much. And it's so hard for me to turn that down to work out and eat healthy. I know it's worth it, but I actually am upset that I can't just take some days to eat whatever the hell I want.
So does anyone have any advice about staying strong and eating healthy all the time? Is it ok to take splurge days every once in a while? Or eat dessert on some nights?
My main problem is the way I eat. I'm really looking for some advice to help me eat healthier, because I think my lifestyle is active enough. The problem is, in the summer all my friends want to do is go out to eat at places like Panera, Chipotle, Chick Fil A, Portillos, McDonald's, etc. I go to graduation parties and there's a whole table of dessert. I love to bake and want to make all these indulgent things... I mean, it's summer! For teenagers, a big part of summer is about eating and sleeping and not doing much. And it's so hard for me to turn that down to work out and eat healthy. I know it's worth it, but I actually am upset that I can't just take some days to eat whatever the hell I want.
So does anyone have any advice about staying strong and eating healthy all the time? Is it ok to take splurge days every once in a while? Or eat dessert on some nights?
