I am a young adult, just out of my teens, and have always been a little bit chubby. I am not really sure how it started out - it was probably just baby fat that never went away, potentially because I always ate too much. Maybe it was my parents fault, maybe it was just unlucky. The point is, I never managed to shed massive amounts of weight until I was in my early teens and doing swimming training intensively twice a week, swimming maybe 1.5 km in each session. (It was great, I actually had abs at this point!) That lasted just over year and having moved countries a few times since then, gone through the death of my father, been bullied at school and having my heart broken in the most spectacular of fashions, I have since put on a lot of fat.
I have now decided that I don't want to spend the rest of my life overweight. I am about 88 kg and a height of 5' 7", making my BMI go well into overweight range, potentially even bordering on obese. To be fair, I think I have quite a big frame and heavy bone and so some of my weight is due to the amount of bone I have. Doctors are never too worried that I'm obese because I don't quite look it, but I am definitely not the healthiest cookie on the planet. Also just a note, I don't have all that much muscle either, so yes, a lot of my 88 kg will come from fat.
My point is, I have made the decision to not want to live unhealthily. I don't want to get married fat. I don't pictures where I can't look at myself. I don't want to have this constant feeling of not being comfortable in my own skin. I don't want to have this massive belly which I feel self conscious about when a guy tries to hold me.
I choose NOT to be overweight, and so I am choosing a healthier lifestyle.
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All this said and done, losing a weight is going to be a battle. It will be hard and I will lose faith. It's already happened - I started weight watchers about a month ago and already this last week I just stopped counting points and ate whatever the heck I wanted. My bad eating habits tend to go hand in hand with stress.
Wish me luck!
I have now decided that I don't want to spend the rest of my life overweight. I am about 88 kg and a height of 5' 7", making my BMI go well into overweight range, potentially even bordering on obese. To be fair, I think I have quite a big frame and heavy bone and so some of my weight is due to the amount of bone I have. Doctors are never too worried that I'm obese because I don't quite look it, but I am definitely not the healthiest cookie on the planet. Also just a note, I don't have all that much muscle either, so yes, a lot of my 88 kg will come from fat.
My point is, I have made the decision to not want to live unhealthily. I don't want to get married fat. I don't pictures where I can't look at myself. I don't want to have this constant feeling of not being comfortable in my own skin. I don't want to have this massive belly which I feel self conscious about when a guy tries to hold me.
I choose NOT to be overweight, and so I am choosing a healthier lifestyle.
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All this said and done, losing a weight is going to be a battle. It will be hard and I will lose faith. It's already happened - I started weight watchers about a month ago and already this last week I just stopped counting points and ate whatever the heck I wanted. My bad eating habits tend to go hand in hand with stress.
Wish me luck!
