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From (a$$13, Age 17

Hi, I haven't been on this site for a while, but last year I managed to lose around 10lbs, but then I gave up without meaning to. My friend was going to have a swimming party in December which was the thing that was making me want to do it, but it got cancelled. But I thought to myself, I'll keep going, but I never did. The 10lbs made a huge difference, even though I'm still not perfect. I got under the overweight mark for my height and age, and 4 or 5 people said to me "Have you lost weight?" Which was a fabulous feeling. I also felt more confident in smaller clothes. Anyway, it being the New Year and everything has inspired me to do it this time. No excuses, I need to get to my goal weight, which I don't even know what it is yet! I know I definetly want to lose at least a stone (14lbs) so i am going to aim to do this in 2 months, because if it is healthy to lose about 2lbs a week, then that's 7 weeks, and one extra in case I slip. I think i am going to count calories, as it worked for me last time, and I'm going to try and take up some form of exercising. I thought about swimming, seeing as last year I paid for 12 swimming sessions, to encourage myself to go, and then only went once (lol) and seeing as I've lost 10lbs, I feel better in the swimming costume so... you know. Also, I'll try and persuade my friend to take up some martial arts or something, get my other friend to go for bike rides... And so on. Anyway, the reason i'm telling you all this is because when I was trying to lose weight last year, you were all my inspiration. You were the ones who pushed me to seriously try, and you listened (or read) when I was upset, or not doing well. It felt good to know I'm not the only one who's overweight, and that you're all out there doing it for yourselves. I felt if you could do it, so could I, and I want to thankyou, and ask if maybe, you'll help me again, and I'll try and help you too. :) Sorry about such a long post, or if I've repeated myself :P  (Note: 1 stone (st) equals 14 pounds.)