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There are many reasons that people want to lose weight. Personally, my reasons are:
1) health reasons
2) I want to look & feel good about myself
3) I want to wear clothes without feeling self-conscious
In my family, there is a history of diabetes, and I've seen firsthand what it's like to live with it-- watching what you eat, constantly checking blood pressure, insulin shots, and the effects of diabetes, and it is not a pretty sight. Not to mention I can't imagine injecting myself, ever. So me losing weight would be beneficial as I age. I'm only 19, and I've got the energy, will-power, and time to really kick-start my weight loss. I'd like to think that I'm setting myself up for success and a happy life if I lose it sooner than later. Everyone but my brother and I smoke cigarettes. I smoke hookah, which is tobacco, but without the nicotine, and it has different flavors. I shouldn't smoke hookah, but I only do it occasionally, not like, a couple times a week or anything. I don't drink, seeing as I'm underage, even though I know plenty of people younger than me who do drink. I don't drink soda, it's mostly water for me, so I think that these facts have had me on the road to my goal for a while already. Since I've managed to stay away from stuff that a lot of people my age do, I think that sticking to exercising and eating well won't be too hard.
I want to wear shorts and a tank top and not be looked at in a way that tells me people don't approve, and think that I should change. That shouldn't bother me, the what-other-people-think thing, but it does. Most of my weight is from my hips and below, and I don't want people staring at my ass and how disproportionate I am. I would like to be able to put on a pair of pants or shorts without having a gap in the back only because I had to go up a size to fit the clothes around my bigger bottom half. I don't have much of a stomach, a bit of a lower stomach, which I'm working on, but it's my lower half that I hate, and if it were safe and I wouldn't feel a thing, I'd take a chainsaw to my butt and thighs and trim that fat right off! I want to be able to walk by people that were part of my past, and show them just what they're missing out on. I feel like my weight holds me back from doing a lot of things I imagine myself doing, or want to do and try.
I admit, I'm mostly doing it for the physical reasons, but I do keep it in the back of my mind, that if I lose this weight, it will benefit me in the long run. I also think about how I will be happy in my own skin when I start to lose weight and reach my goal. I won't be looking in mirrors trying on clothes and saying to myself, "ugh you look disgusting in this, you can't buy it", instead I'll smile and like how I look, and I'll exude confidence, which is appealing to everyone.
Diet Calendar Entries for 25 June 2010:
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1663 kcal
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Fat: 71.69g | Prot: 65.51g | Carb: 191.27g.
Breakfast: Orange Juice, Scrambled Egg, Hash Brown (from Frozen), Beef Pastrami (Cured). Lunch: Classic Yellow Mustard, Hotdog Buns, Hot Dogs. Dinner: Light Italian Dressing, Organic Mixed Baby Greens Salad. Snacks/Other: Whole Milk, Water (Bottled), Vanilla Ice Cream Drumstick. more...
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2003 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Standing - 10 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 50 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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