I’ve always been the chubby kid, growing up in a Mexican household all your family wants to do is feed and feed and feed you. And I let them. From my youngest photos and memories I was bigger than anyone else at my school, I don’t mean terribly huge but I was different.
Around age 12 I started playing basketball. That was when I noticed a significant weight loss happened. At the time I still saw my self as the heaviest I had ever been. Oh how I wish I looked like that now
After I turned 15 I stopped playing. I was starting high school and simply had no time. With the beginning of that stressful time in my life + the only daily exercise in my life gone I quickly put on the pounds. I think I went somewhere from 160-170, to 200
A year later I was put on birth control for the first time and an anti-diabetic medication. Before being put on these medication I weighed in at 227. About a month or two in them I dropped to 219. I was ecstatic! But then my doctor chose to take me off of the anti diabetic medication (as she mainly used it for as a preventative medication I don’t actually have type two diabetes) and I saw my weight go up back to around 220-225.
That leads me to where I am today, that was about 2-3 years ago. I haven’t weighed myself since, my mom won’t let me saying it’s damaging. So I have no clue where I am right now.
I’ve always kinda counted my calories but not really. I’ve decided to start doing it for reals but the only problem is it can be a bit tricky. When I’m not the one in my house buying the food or cooking it I feel as if I have no right to complain for a healthier meal. It’s not like I eat terrible I don’t, I try to eat healthy and eat less than I have but again it’s a bit tricky when I’m underage and can’t completely focus on my own food. And on top of that I’d love a good scale yet my mom won’t get one (I don’t have a job at this time, I’d like to focus on school)
I’ve recently started going to the gym, about 2-3 weeks ago. I mainly do cardio. Treadmill, bike, stair master, the rowing machine. I feel like it’s making a difference?? I mean my stomach (under all the fat I still have) feels a bit tight and hard, which has to be good right?? But even with all these efforts I don’t have a scale I can use to track if I’m gaining or losing weight which would be so helpful in my journey.
If anyone has any tips on anything that could possibly help my journey along? Whether it be with exercise or food tracking it would be so greatly appreciated as I’ll take all the help I can get! Or advice I’d love some encouraging words as well
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