From Carissa, Age 16 - 08/01/09 - IP#: 98.121.209.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'5", Start: 260 lb, Today: 254 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 140 lb - Im sixteen and have struggled with my weight ever since I was about 5 yrs old. I started dieting when I was in the fourth grade. At first I dieted by myself and then In fifth grade my mom took me to weight watchers with her... I failed. After that My weight kept balloning. In sixth grade I got weighed in gym and was so embarassed my weight was 200 lbs. I felt lyk a failure which caused me to gain more weight. By eighth grade I was 225 lbs so I asked about going to a weightloss place. I lost 14 lbs but gained them back plus more during school wich put me at about 242 and then up and up. At the end of tenth grade I was at 264. Then my mom took me to The Metabolic Weightloss center. She heard this program catered to teens. So we went and my first weight was 260 I had lost 4 lbs in a few weeks before going for my first visit. then I went on the profast program which is a liquid diet. I lost 6.5 lbs on my first weigh in but when my blood work came back my sugar level was really high it was about 31.6 the doctor told me that it was slightly elevated. I didnt realize what that meant So I started the next program the modified profast which added food back. I cheated about two times REALLY BADLY. and payed for it in my weight loss I had gained 1 pound back. I was very saddened and my mom asked the doc about the blood work and thats when I found out that I was pre diabetic mu sugar level of 31.6 was supposed to actually be less than six so it was about five times over wat it was supposed to be I was terrified. I went home and locked myself in my room and cried... I felt helpless. But after that I knew wat I had to do. LOOSE THE WEIGHT!!!!!! So I tried harder so next week is my next weigh in hopefully my work payed off. and also
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