trekkiebeth

A lot of my attitude right now is because I'm so emotional. A year and a half ago I weighed 134. It's been awful to feel so out of control as I got heavier and heavier. I've worked out on and off that whole time, but it's been difficult to be consistent with it. Plus I've always had severe self esteem issues connected with…

Thank you for all the replies! A lot of different things were said, so I'll just say a couple things. Of course I'm not expecting instant results. That would mean I expect to drop several pounds in 2 weeks. What I was expecting was to not gain so much. I eat the amount of calories MFP recommends for me (1,260), plus most…

Yep, I always weigh myself in the morning after I go to the bathroom and before I eat, without any clothes.

I forgot to add that I'm shooting for 30 minutes on my exercise bike 5 days a week, and I'm planning on increasing it to 45 minutes over time. I guess I can see why losing weight would take a lot more time than I wanted. It was just really discouraging to see that I actually gained weight the first week.

I haven't drunk anything but water all week, and I've been having plenty of it. I track my sodium in my food diary and all week it's been well below the limit.

I'm definitely eating enough because I'm always within 100 calories of my goal. I eat all healthy food, and a lot of what I buy is organic. Here's a typical day: Breakfast: 1 packet of organic oatmeal with Rice Dream Snack: banana Lunch: Sandwich: organic wheat bread, 1 slice of cheese, turkey lunch meat, 1 tbsp Grapeseed…

Thanks everyone! I'll stop worrying about it and just keep it up and give it more time.

My fitness/health twitter is confidentlybeth. Feel free to add me! That goes for everyone here. :)

I didn't know that so many people would question my boyfriend's honesty. If most men lie to their girlfriends/wives about it, then I have to assume that most women don't want their boyfriends/husbands to tell them the truth. He knows that I want to know the truth, and I believe that he's honest with me. To everyone who…

This really surprises me. I would have thought that most women would want their man to be honest with them if they sincerely wanted to know if they were overweight or if a certain outfit looked good on them. I wouldn't want my boyfriend to tell me I look great in something if it was actually very unflattering. I would just…

Thanks for the replies! I've already decided that I definitely want to lose weight. I want to get down to 130 pounds. I was really close to that a little over a year ago, but I gained a bunch of weight after I got together with my boyfriend. The reason I'm asking if I look overweight is that I get really depressed about my…

I could understand how it might be guilt or jealousy when it comes from other girls. What I don't get is when guys tell me that I don't need to lose any weight. They go on and on about how perfect stick-thin girls on TV are and they call anyone on TV fat if they weigh more than 120 pounds, and then they go and tell me I…

Thanks everyone! I know I shouldn't let my weight determine my self-worth. It's just hard because I see so much on TV, in movies, on the internet, and even from people I know that suggests that a woman's worth really is in her looks. It's difficult to ignore such strong messages. I'm going to continue to try to be more…

I'm just under 5'4 and I think my happy weight is probably 125, although I wouldn't mind weighing 120. I haven't weighed myself in about 3 weeks because it was making me too depressed, but last I checked I was 141.

Thanks to everyone for all the encouragement! I know you're all right. I just need to try to eat well and exercise and concentrate on enjoying life. I know that all the worrying will be wasted time. It's really difficult because of all the pressure, but I need to find a way to get over it. Thanks to all of you for your…

That's a huge compliment because I have always loved those paintings! Thank you!

These calculators are confusing to me. I weigh about 141 right now. My goal is 125, but my boyfriend and several friends say that I look great at my current weight and I don't have to lose anything if I don't want to. I don't feel fat right now; I just feel like I'm not thin enough to wear a bikini. That site says that my…

david1956 - Yes, you explained that very well. Thank you!

I changed my settings after reading all your replies, so now I'll be able to track my sodium intake. Hopefully that will help me make sure I don't have too much, and I'll continue to drink lots of water. I've also decided to take a break from stepping on the scale for at least two weeks so that I stop stressing so much.

Do you have to exercise for an hour and a half to burn that many calories? I exercised for 30 minutes today and the machines at the gym said I only burned 300 calories! I don't think I could handle more than 45 minutes a day unless I was doing something like hiking. :(

Yeah, I guess it's safe to assume that if I keep it up it will stop hurting eventually. Thanks!

My realistic goal weight is 125. My dream weight is 115-119. Goal Weight: 1) Feel more comfortable in my own skin 2) Look good in cute clothes 3) Be less shy 4) Be more confident during sex 5) Don't hide from cameras 6) Wear shorts 7) Wear a moderately sexy costume on Halloween Dream weight: 8) Wear a bikini to the beach…

This is a good point. Even though I'm obviously a bit chubby, there are plenty of girls who are bigger than me and I always make sure I don't say anything to imply that I'm chubby around them. To be honest, it only makes sense that since I want to lose some weight, I wouldn't want to be the same size as girls who are…

Unfortunately that probably describes a lot of people since the societally ideal body type can only be reached by most people through unhealthy extremist measures.

Yikes. If someone is actually super skinny and think that they're fat, does that qualify as delusional?

I'm usually at or over my fat, protein, and fiber goal (according to the site.) 1,220 is the calorie goal the site set for me. I definitely spend my days just sitting, unless I'm working out.

Yeah, I drink a lot of water. I almost always get to at least 8 cups.

Thanks everyone! And I will still be getting some exercise, just not as much as I am now. I'll be going on a long, challenging hike almost every Saturday, and I'll be riding my bike to and from school 4 days a week. It's only a 10 minute ride, but that adds up to 20 minutes a day, plus more if I need to go to the store. So…

I'm hoping that the weekend hikes and riding my bike to school (only a 10 minute ride) will help. At least I'll be getting some activity.