I HAVE to be healthy... I WANT to be.

[ennobot]

Well I guess I should start out by saying 'hello, my name is _____', as that seems to be where the good place to start is, but maybe I should start by saying why I am here.



Date of tests: 10/26/07
All Lab tests were: OK (except as written below)
Cholesterol: 201
HDL: 40
LDL: 131 (should be lower than 121)
Triglycerides: 149
Interpretations: Good

Comments/Recommendations: Please, diet & Exercise. Watch your cholesterol

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I'm 22 years old (April 29, 1985)
I am 5'8" (female if you must know)
I'm also 190lbs (and hate that my boobs are 40D-40DD... but that is besides the point).

I haven't been to the doctors in years, the last time I went was when I was sick for no reason, I went to the hospital, I had 4 vials of blood drawn and cried the entire time. I haven't had good experiences with doctors, especially with my weight... as when I was a child one of my doctors called my mom into the room, to the side of the room and said in a voice loud enough for me to hear clearly that I was extremly overweight. So yes, diet has been more or less my enemy, and I think the thought of loosing weight has been for me to spite that doctor (that I don't even remember their name now). I've never actually gotten any news, or it kindly with 'please', but my recent doctor visit, especially when I was talking to my new, very nice doctor about my families medical problems (and his look of worry), I feel that I do need to take control over this.

It'd be a good idea right?

My family has heart problems, diabetes on both sides, gout, high cholesterol... and other things that aren't genetic. Basically I'm probably a ticking time bomb. Yes?

Now I have tried diets before... but I've never stuck to them at all, it never really was anything that stuck, and I could never follow them because I was ashamed of what people would think if I told them 'no... sorry... I'm on a diet.' I get easily embarassed. Geeze, now I'm rambling.

Anyways, I range from between 185-190lbs consistantly, it doesn't matter what I eat or what I do (I've gone weeks eatting whatever I want and my own workout was going up and down stairs because I'm at school and my weight stayed the same... I don't know what that says). So needless to say I don't have a diet plan save for the fact that I don't eat red meat, or pig (I'm a pseudo vegetarian... all about the poutry and seafood).

I also don't have a workout plan. I have a red octane DDR mat, and 4 DDR games as well as Kinetic with Eye Toy (for the PS2). For once I'm really serious about this, it is less of loosing weight to look good, and more loosing weight to be healthy and not be afraid that my sometimes excessive thirst is the first step on the unreturnable road of diabetes.

What I am here for is help, and support, and maybe some suggestive diet plans... something that has worked for other people.

Should I decide on a set weight? Should I not even bother with it (the set weight)? Should I take vitamins? Should I implement more that DDR... let me just say I hate to walk. There is nothing that annoys me more when people say 'hey... you should go on a walk.' I bore of it in a moments, and I think that is my main weakness, that I bore of things, or I see that beautiful pint of Phish Food icecream.


Thank you much


Oh yes, my name is Essee, or Enno[bot], whichever you'd rather call me...

[abrannan]

Welcome Essee, glad to have you here.

First off, there is nothing (or should be nothing) embarrassing about wanting to take care of yourself, and that's really where you need to start in all of this: Loving yourself enough to really commit to losing the weight and not letting *anything* stand in your way. Having said that, just by taking the steps to post here, you're well on your way.

As for your questions, having a weight goal can be a good, motivating thing. It lets you know where you are going. Knowing where you started is also good. Sometimes, it's good to look back and say, "Well, I've still got 25 lbs left to go, but I've already lost 20 lbs, so I can do it."

I would take a basic, daily multivitamin. It can help make sure you're getting all the proper nutrients that you might not be tracking. And that's really the only supplement I endorse. I'm not a big fan of diet pills in any form.

As for other exercise, walking is okay, but really doesn't do enough in my opinion. Check out the posting I made about "Interesting reading regarding how to exercise". Replace walking with some sprinting up stairs, and I mean, full out, as fast as you can go, and you can shorten your exercise duration.

Anyway, that's my two cents. Stick around, read the posts, and ask questions and we'll help you out as much as we can.

[dsingle]

hello im trying to lose weight also and if you ever need some encouraging words or just somone to talk to feel free to message me i may be only 15 but i like to help people so if you need anything just give me a holler