From camilla, Age 17 - 04/29/05 - IP#: 195.8.175.xxx  Click here to reply  
Omg i know this should be on the success stories board but it happened this week so i thought that id write it in on here. Well, i used to weigh 148lbs. This isnt exactly heavy but seen as id been alot smaller than this and put on 22lbs in the space of three months, it just wasnt right for me. Id say to myself "oh ill start my diet tomorrow, after ive just had another slice of my pizza" and then tomorrow would come and id put it off. One day i went into this clothes shop and i tried on a dress id liked for ages. It was my friends birthday and i wanted to look good. I put it on and it was too tight, i nearly split the seam. I kindly asked the 100lbs shop assistant if there was a bigger size and she looked me up and down and said "thats the biggest we do" and walked off. Needless to say i was out of the shop like a flash and from that moment i said to myself that id never put off a diet and that i was actually going to stick to one. The next day i got my mum to buy healthy stuff, limted myself to three chocolate bars a week (it used to three a day) and did an hours worth of dancing five times a week. For example a typical day for me would be: breakfast- a bowl of cereal. dinner: a jacket potato, with tuna and a bit of mayo. tea: smoked haddock, baby potatoes and some veg. drinks: diet coke or water. snack: an apple or chocolate bar on the allowed days. Id come home and stick on some rnb and have a groove in my bedroom. Within two weeks id lost 9lbs and it took me only 5 weeks to lose 22lbs. I am now back to where i was and i feel great. So great that i went into that shop yesterday and tried on a size 10 and it was too big and the shop assistant (yes that one) had to go and get me a size 8. It was weird because she was so nice to me saying "do you want any help" "oh that looks lovely" and i said "no its fine thank you" and i thought to myself "your only being nice to me because im no longer overweight" its sad but its the truth. People do treat you differently and its such a satisfying feeling when you think "you wouldnt have looked twice at me when i was overweight, and now you want to be around me. Thanks but no thanks." When you want to lose weight, DO IT FOR YOURSELF!!! just have faith and persevere and i swaer, you will be looking gorgeous within no time. Keep smiling and get motivatated and remember...you can do it.