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Im 24, ever since I was in school I've been overweight, not tremendously but I definitely was skinny or average. Im 5'10 and my highest weight was 210 in school. Since I graduated, I was determinted to lose weight, I got some exercise equipment, and exercised religiously everyday. I stopped eating red meat along with junk food. I mainly stayed vegatarian with the occasion chicken. I lost a tremendous amount of weight over two years, my lowest weight was 130, and a size 3, sometimes a 1 depending on the pants...I kept up my healthy eating and diet for the next couple of years..and I was sooo happy! As of recently, it all fell apart, I badically stopped exercising, my eating habits are returning to junk food, because I have such cravings, and my weight is going up, Im now at 140..Im devestated. And very fearful that Im going to end up gaining ALL my weight back...I keep telling myself that if I dont eat and start exercising again everything will be fine, I've tried almost every diet pill there is, and nothing seems to be curbing my appetite...:-( I keep telling myself not to eat, but it isnt working:-( Im so upset with myself...I see girls/women that are so thin, and I think I was skinny like that, how the hell am I letting myself gain the weight when I was sooo happy being thin, and now I'm soo miserable.
most woman gain weight because they are very upset inside and sad and lonely. they think back on things and suddenly they start eating like pigs(NOT CALLING YOU ONE!). I remeber being in school and seeing all those skinny girls showing off! and I always thought I was chubby and that was the reason why not many guys liked me then. I barely ate while I was in middle school and when I got to high school, I always sucked in. the thing was, I was only 110-118 lbs and was ashamed of my body. but as for you, I think you should try and hold yourself together and keep telling yourself that you can do it, you can keep yourself thin the way you want! try writing down a schedule of your day or week or so on what you will do. for example, (say you woke up at 7 and went to bed at 10): 7:00am- (breakfast) cereal and juice or milk 7:30am- get ready for work 8:00am- at work 12:00pm- grab a bowl of soup or something healthy and a drink, and treat yourself to a bar 5:00pm- come home and change 5:30pm- (cook supper) chicken breast with salad on side and a drink (water) 6:30pm- clean up supper and change to excercise 7:00pm- excercise 7:45pm- take a small break and get a drink (water) 8:00pm- excercise some more 9:00pm- take shower and dress for bed 9:45pm- get a small snack (some fruit and dairy products) 10:00pm- your ready for bed I do not know if that will help you, but it wouldnt hurt to try. I'm trying to put myself in a schedule to excercise myself!
trust me, its not easy to stop eating with junk food all around. So maybe if you switched your choclate to fruit, and your fatty foods such as red meat and stuff to veg then I suppose it would be alright. remember, the occasional treat is fine, but dont overdo it, and make sure if you arnt eating then you still get your RDA from what you are eating. And you get iron from red meats and green vegetables, so dont completely cut the meat out of your diet
Im a guy, and in my thirties, cant seem to gain or loose weight no matter what I do to my body. so cant relate. but just wanted to comment. you need to be happy inside to be happy outside. sounds like you need something to do like a hobby, sport or sumthin to be part of. also take others input to heart not just your own, im sure you look fine. I hope things work out for you
oh my friggin gosh. im 13 and I weigh the same as you. dont worry about yourself. it friggin bugs me that your so thin at the age of 24! stop being so stupid about your weight
