Arwhite1865 Member

I'm 22. Add me if you want. :)

Congratulations! You're looking great! And I'm loving your confidence. That disgusting "person" is not worth your time/energy/emotions. Keep it up!

22-year-old female - 1640 calories/day.

Awww...how sweet lol. I'm 22 and don't have any kids myself, but this still brought a huge smile to my face. Congrats!

Congrats! :)

That is too much of a blanket statement. Sure, being called "stupid" when you're in the middle of an argument every so often may not be abuse, but that isn't what the OP is describing here. She is describing being called "stupid" and being both verbally and physically degraded on a regular basis, which is abuse. Huh? I…

I'd love to have some new friend and provide support. Feel free to add me! :)

I'm 22 also and, overall, have a little less than 80 pounds to lose. I really don't have a short-term goal because I've decided to just take it week-by-week. Honestly, I'm grateful for any loss! lol. Feel free to add me if you want. :)

Lol! Cute.

Wow! Look how big of a difference there is just in your January-April pictures! Amazing!

Good point, but student loans are not as clear cut as that. The nature of student loans means that people who took out student loans and now cannot find a job to pay them back as a result of the economic crisis did not know that that would be the case until they graduated and tried to find a job. Student loans are awarded…

Agreed. I don't understand why people are coming in here talking about how they worked their way through college and were able to pay off their loans. That's great for them and that's the way people intend to pay off their loans, but times are different now. The problem today is that new grads cannot find the jobs to pay…

I don't understand why you would take exception when I was not speaking about you or anyone in particular. Is it not true that college-aged people are receiving the country in a much worse condition than their parents received it? The economy does ebb and flow, but there are hardly any points in this country's history when…

I never claimed that Australians don't drive a lot. My point was that as America is a very large country - larger than Australia - we drive further distances to get places than do people in smaller countries, hence the reason that gas prices are such a big issue here. You may consider our gas prices a bargain, but we do…

That's a generalization about more than 300 million people and not a very fair one! Everything is relative. 1). Higher education in Australia is far cheaper than higher education in America. The cost of American higher education is the second highest in the world, and that's public education I'm talking about. Private…

I feel you are are simplifying people's arguments. Firstly, you can't compare the housing crisis to student loan debt. People who accept student loans do not accept them having no idea how they are going to pay them back. Student loans are unique because the education for which the student loans are paying is the means by…

You keep talking about how you had "TWO" jobs. That's all fine and good for you, and I never claimed that you had it easy, but my whole point was that young people today, who typically have little-to-no work experience, are 1) having problems finding jobs in the first place, so many couldn't work their way through college…

Good points.

If graduates could find decent-paying work, they could pay off their loans. The problem is that, unlike when you went to college (and higher education was also less expense during your time), current economic conditions mean that many new grads are having to settle for working at Starbucks. I might also add that if you've…

It's not that simple when it comes to higher education. Student loans are awarded specifically because most people can't afford higher education - the logic being that once students graduate, they will then be able to afford to pay off the loans. That makes sense, but kids who've gone through the years completing their…

Wow, amazing job! I'm the same height as you and around the same weight, so this is very motivational. Thanks for sharing!

As I said, I agree (in principle) with your original point about the fairness of forgiving student loan debt when others have had to pay off theirs in the past (albeit it was likely in much better economic times and when higher education was not so expensive). My point was that just because someone cannot afford to pay off…

This is one of the best transformations I've seen yet, even though you said you're not done. Amazing!

Wow! Very inspirational! :)

That's unfair. Many people who've graduated within the last few years can't find a job to take that route or to even begin paying off their loans. Additionally, many kids enroll in college with the expectation that they will be able to get a job upon graduation because that's what we've always been told, only to find out…

It's not always that kids are sedentary/not active enough. Sometimes kids just consume too many (low quality) calories to make up for it, even if they are active on the ideal level. I've had weight issues since I was 8 and it was purely a problem with food. My brother and I (twins) were very active as kids. I was a…

I'm 22 going on 23. Feel free to add me. :)

Chicago, Ilinois - USA!

Wow! Congrats! You must be so proud of yourself. And I'm loving that dress in your last pic!

I'm new here myself (well, new to posting and everything), but any of you can add me if you want! :)