I'm Em.
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I am 17 f and am the fattest in my year, I know for most teenagers being thinner is just a part of anxiety and hormones however I have been told by doctors that if I don't start losing weight soon I am going to have to deal with several health problems when I am older like heart attacks and diabeties. I have been given diet plans by doctors but I just can't stick to them, it's starting to affect my confidence because people are so judgemental. I need a way to convince the rest if my body that it is a time for a change. I need diets that are easy and effective. Because it is not just my physical health that it will be affecting, please help. Thanks (link)
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I went through exactly what you\'re going through. Dieting is incredibly hard, but it\'s not supposed to be a \'diet\'. It should be a lifestyle change. A healthy diet is something you live with forever, not a temporary thing to lose weight. Diets are hard, but they aren\'t impossible. You CAN keep to healthy eating and exercise but you don\'t.
This is how I lost weight, but honestly, I think everyone makes this journey in their own way.
1. I stopped looking at healthy food as a \"diet\". I stopped trying to starve myself or eat only particular foods because it wasn\'t about a quick or short term change, I wanted to lose weight and keep it off.
2. I researched. I looked up so many tips about food and exercise and compared them with other websites for the best answer. This helped me understand that with my height, weight and level of exercise, I needed to consume a certain amount of calories every day from food. If I ate more, I had to work out. If I ate less, my body would store the fat it was consuming because it thought I was starving (starvation mode).
3. I started to remove bad food from my house and life. This was hard because I lived with my mum and siblings, so I had to use a lot of self control not to eat the food like chocolates and chips that they wanted in the house. When I was out, I would pick the healthier option or wait until I got home to make something better than fatty or fried food. Instead of ordering a pasta like my friends at dinner, I\'d order a vegetarian salad .
4. I ate regularly. I started forcing myself to stick to the breakfast-snack-lunch-snack-dinner cycle. When I ate a meal, I used portion control (always a small plate to make sure I didn\'t over eat) and wouldn\'t eat until my next food session. My snacks were healthy (fruit, nuts..etc). It takes a lot of control at first to do this, but once you\'re on a habit it\'s easier and you\'ll notice you aren\'t as hungry.
5. I started exercising. At first I was walking my dog but one day I decided to go for a run. I figured that it didn\'t matter how big I was and if people saw me running, because at least I was doing something about my weight. It turns out that I love running. At first I could only run for a minute then walked the rest of the way, but now I run for 15-20 minutes. Dieting is 70% of weightloss, but exercising will help you burn that fat faster than just eating well.
6. I counted calories. I lost a lot of weight without doing this for a long time, but after a while I gave it a try. It really opened my eyes to how many calories are in the things we eat and that a donut or a can of coke really isn\'t worth it when you see how sugary and fatty they are.
7. I substituted. Over the years I learned more and more about food and you would be surprised how many healthy alternatives there are. Instead of full cream milk, I drink skim milk. Instead of white sugar, I use raw sugar. Instead of soft drink, I go for tea or water with lemon. Instead of lollies, I eat berries or apples for a sugary hit. You might really want a fatty snack, but if you eat an apple instead of a bag of lollies, you\'ll feel full afterwards.
I can\'t do strict diet plans, it\'s just not me. But once I understood what was healthy food, what wasn\'t, and used a little willpower to change my food habits, it was easy. I still eat a bad meal or sweets now and then, but only rarely, which is how your diet should always be. Exercise was harder than food, but the results over time were amazing. I never thought I would have a small stomach! That\'s from cardio (running/walking) and ab exercises.
Good luck with your journey, but remember that you CAN lose weight, the only person stopping you is you.
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Thank you so much and I hope I can just keep it up.
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