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cootsmithson says:
howdy folks! (i know you lot don't i?) I'm currently stuffing my face with a magnum lolly.... and that's after a HUGE bowl cornflakes...i binge eat.. if it wasn't for the fact i HATE being sick i think i might be bulimic... got diet pills, but they just make u hyper..then u feel like shit next day. I'm like 5ft8 and 16st...and I hate it! wanna be a size 12. or about 9st 8.. Think the reason i have no self confidence is I'm fat. OMG sorry folks I've waffled on!. (and that's WITH a lolly in my hand/ mouth)
posted Apr 26
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moo says:
Hey Coot
Don't panic, we're all here as a support group for you. At least you can admit to what your weight is on a public forum - I wouldn't do that!
If you're anything like me, you hate the fact that summer's looming and the clothes are getting skimpier - I live in black most of the time!
posted Apr 27
ELLIE says:
I think weight is irrelevant anyway.
It's how you look and feel that matters.
I know somebody that is five one and thirteen stone but she looks great, because she is happy just the way she is.
Unfortunately, not most people have that confidence, I sure don't.
Guys really dig that she's so self-assured, she gets so many more guys drooling over her than I do, it's weird.
I've spoke to loads of my guy friends and they say they don't care about your imperfections, they don't notice them or they like them even, but they do care if you draw attention and whine about them, it's really not attractive in a girl.
Sorry, I'm terrible at going-off topic.
What I meant to say is, self-confidence is the first step, not losing weight.
You are never going to get anywhere if you don't see your own potential.
Ha, I sound like a life coach or something...
posted Apr 27
ELLIE says:
Its not what I eat, it's just the quantity and frequency.
I comfort eat BIGTIME!
I broke up with my boyfriend and have exams.
Not good.
Especially when I want to find a good 'un this time...
I used to be real fat.
I'd eat because I was lonely, but lonely because I would eat.
It was a vicious circle.
but then I got real skinny.
and then I went off the diet and now I'm just well, normal.
So now it's less about weight loss, more about weight control.
I'm nine stone two, and nine stone two is where I want to stay (for the time being at least)
posted Apr 26
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moo says:
You're right Ellie - I really wish that some of the girls your age were more sensible about their attitude to food. We have a huge (bad choice of word) obesity problem in this country, as you know, but equally there's the problem at the other end of the scale with the anorexics. The pressure is there to conform but you sound like you've been there, done that and fortunately come out the other side.
Some people are naturally thin and some not so - there has to be a happy mid-way.
9st 2lb was what I was for years (well, between 8st 12lb - 9st 4lbs) pretty much constant from the age of 16 till after I had my kids - I'd eat what I wanted, never put on more than a pound either way, but in those days I didn't have a car to hand and walked to and from school with the buggy, carried shopping home and generally ran around after them so I got the exercise without really trying.
Then I got a car, went to work, sat at a desk and ate - and the inevitable happened. And the more I put on, the more miserable I was with how I looked, and the more I ate. Like you say, a vicious circle.
I have now decided enough is enough; I have been on the Atkins since start of March and lost about 20lb. I don't consider myself fat as such but I know I could lose another couple of stones and then maybe feel like that's about right. It's working - it takes discipline but the long-term benefits are worth it, along with the raised self esteem. I know I can't be the slip of a girl that I was but I can get healthy (and before anyone tells me, I know all about the bad publicity re Atkins - my opinion is you can have just as many problems through being overweight).
I'd like to join a gym but I want to lose the weight first - the gyms around here seem to be full of super-slim people - just the sort who don't need it! Catch-22 again!
There, that feels better.
posted Apr 26
ELLIE says:
Yeah, I know my ideal weight was eight stone four (I've been up to fourteen stone one and down to seven stone three)
So I am aiming to be at that weight for the start of my A2s.
But not until after my exams, I know better than to diet and study.
After that I have ten blissful weeks of summer in which I can tone up, tan up and get buff :D
posted Apr 26
ELLIE says:
I see some uber fat people at my David Lloyds.
I like it in a strange way, it's 'thin-spiration' of a different sort.
posted Apr 26
mouthlikesmuffins says:
really? i just do my own thing. You'know try random stuff and see if it works. I wish i could take more time to jog around. that could help.
posted Apr 26
moo says:
ALWAYS on a diet - currently the Fatkins which is the best one I've found (for me) but have tried them all at some time or another. :-(
posted Apr 26
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moo says:
How's everyone's diet going? I'm still (sort of) on Atkins but now have a Chinese takeaway every weekend, which doesn't seem to have any adverse effects. Also sneaked a bar of chocolate the other day so I'm either back on the downward slope or temporarily weak-willed! Weight still going down, more gradually than before but lost 2 stone since beginning of March. Still wearing black though...
posted May 13