AmandaJane523

Be proud of yourself! Yoga (at home via book or video, not in a class, so you don't feel uncomfortable) is my recommendation. You can go at your own base and will start building muscle slowly.

8 for the user pic, 9 for the picture in the tux (more genuine smile) =)

Go ahead and add me if you'd like. I have the same goal (50 lbs) and am 25 years old.

I'm terrified of going to yoga classes at the gym because I feel like a huge incapable fatty! When my instructor comes from a yoga studio to our office to teach me and several people decades my senior, I feel okay taking a child's pose when there's something I can't manage. But at the gym, I feel embarrassed not doing…

I want that moment I used to take for granted: stretched out on a beach, feeling good about myself, comfortable enough in my skin to fully enjoy the warmth of the sun and the cool breeze, content to be alone, calm. For the time being, I'd settle for any emotion other than panic and denial when considering going to the gym.

Hey there, I'm Amanda. I can relate to a lot of these stories. I was teased a lot, even into college, but not for weight. I was made fun of for having hypertrichosis, which in my case was just downy, fine hair on my face and other places it wasn't "supposed" to be. After ten years of electrolysis (and many more years of…

Trader Joe's has a low fat chocolate bar that is better than regular chocolate and more filling! They also have chocolate covered banana slices that are very reasonable.