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Alright so I'm 17 years old, and a female. I am over weight, (... About 220 lbs...) and I loooove to eat. But I never seem to feel full...

Let me explain. No matter what I eat, small meal or huge, mainly meats and veggies or junk food, I can never satisfy my stomach! You see, maybe I'll feel full for a minute or two, but then a hunger comes back. I can feel my stomach is extremely full, like when I take in a big breath? But It's like there's this hunger on top of it... I don't know. But to sum it up, I'm always hungry, so I eat a lot. And it scares me!

I'm trying, on and off, to lose weight. Atkin's always seems to work for me. (I love meat.) And I'll do Jillian Michaels work-outs too, and I do good! For a while... I always fail a few weeks in because I eat and eat, and eventually I just give up and eat junk. I hate it, and I always feel ashamed of myself. But it's embarassing too because on my mother's side of the family, basically everyone's skinny. And they judge people's looks and size. I feel outcast because at their family gatherings, the girls my age have a tiny bit of food and are full. And I have this huge plate and I'm still hungry after. I sometimes have to sneak and hide food just to get by.

It's humiliating, and I want it to stop. I want to live a better life, a happier one. So, can someone help me out?

Here are some other weird stuff about me that might help: I am always tired, at night it takes me an hour or more to fall asleep and I wake up frequently, I get chronic head aches, I get hot easily and I sweat a looot, I crave lots of sugar, I consume a lot of salt everyday and... I'm kinda like a camel. (XD) I'll drink a lot of water at one time, and then not for a while, so on. That's about all I can think of. Please help me, people! I want to change, but with my stomach it's way too stressful and challenging. Anything will do. Thanks for your time. :]

It's good that you're looking for help and wanting to change! You'll get a lot of health benefit from it, you won't feel tired all the time or constantly hungry. Once you get on the right track! I've struggled with my weight as well, I started losing weight last year and still am, I should be at my goal by next summer.

First off, don't do diets. I've done many and I always fail because I feel restricted. And I hate being told what not to eat. lol. I wasn't as heavy as you but I was overweight, about 60 pounds over my ideal body weight for my height, I'm very tall.

Anyways, what you want to do, is plan your meal and count your calorie intake. You should join Calorie Count, it helps with this sort of thing, it's easy and free! In order to lose weight you need to consume less calories than you burn. For instance, if you've ever read the nutrition facts on the lable of any bagged or canned food. It will say "based on a 2,000-2,500 calorie diet." One pound is equal to 3,000 calories. If you want to lose weight you'll need to eat about 1,500 to 1,800 and do some brisk exercise. Don't push yourself to hired.

Also, don't look at it as all or nothing. If you slip up, it's ok we're only human. Drink some water and start keep at it tomorrow.

Your constant cravings for sugar and or salty things because you've been eating it for so long that your body has become addicted to it. Believe it or not people can get addicted to food. Especially sweets. Ever heard of comfort foods, like chocolate or ice cream? They refer to these foods as comfort foods, because sugary foods release endorphins which give you a happy feeling. So that's why in movies you mostly see girls eat ice cream after a bad break up, which is a bit ironic since they're usually always skinny.

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(Rating: 5) o-o Wooow, it sounds like you know what you're talking about! Your advice was excellent. You didn't beat around the bush. xD;; I'm glad there's someone who can relate.

I have a slight problem with counting calories. You see I'll just eat like, 2 packs of Kraft macarroni noodles without the cheese, (I'll get extremely full while eating it, but get hungry 10 minutes later and finish it off) which have a tooon of calories, and then make up for it by eating a lot of carrots, and then later say "Screw it, I've already had a lot of calories, I'll just start again tomorrow." and eat a ton of Oreo cookies and feel terrible about myself. ;A; That's why I like certain diets like Atkins, because they have easy rules to follow. So, I'm kinda the opposite of you... xD;; They tell you flat out what not to do, so my brain can't go through loop holes, or fudge the numbers. So, are there any tips you have so I can cope with weaning off the sugar and fat? It's so hard, I'm sure you understand.

But anyways, thank you. :33
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