Welcome to Spark! Use the Getting Started Guide and the Teen Guides linked on your start page to help you get started.
Coach Tanya
MIMZAROTTI 7/15/08 11:46 A
Will Power - it seems so easy to say "just lose weight, just eat healthily" - but in reality its a lot harder. I used to have binges..actually rewrite that..I still have binges..I can go a week maybe two, being extremely healthy..and then one day, maybe im bored, maybe im just hungry, I will binge. I would just walk down to the supermarket and buy bumper packs, sit in front of the tv and eat. The hardest part is getting back up from the binge, knowing that you made a mistake but that there is no point in giving up.
This web site, if you stick to it, is really good. There are so many people with the same goals as you, so many artciles to read, it changes every day so you do not get bored and best of all it helps you. My advice is to use this website as much as you can. I know when your bored on a Sunday afternoon and you just want to sit in front of the TV and eat marshmallows but instead listen to some music, get up and dance, chat online to people, or just see someone in real life. What is really helpful, is if you have someone to do the diet with or to at least help you. You can talk to them in your weak moments and they will persuade you to resist the temptations.
Hopefully everything goes well with you!
Miriam
KAILSSX3 7/15/08 10:00 A
everyone here will help and support you! its a very nice community, mostly because we all have the same goal - to lose weight/become healthier. so welcome!!
some things to improve your eating habbits could be replacing junk food - like chips, cookies, etc, have fruit or veggies. Baby carrots give you that nice crunch just like potato chips, but have vitamins and minerals. add some hummus and you have a pretty nice afternoon snack :) Remember to eat enough, exercise and dont restrict yourself too much because you might be tempted to binge on the "off limit" foods.
good luck with everything!!
AMYKIMIKO 7/14/08 11:57 P
Hey Rach.
You're not alone. I used to have awful eating habits, usually eating half a gallon of ice cream, handful upon handful of Red Vines, granola bars, and leftover Halloween, Easter, and Valentine's Day candy...all of that, every day. Funny thing was, I was at a healthy weight, and until I realized that I was out of control, I didn't do anything about it.
So, I think what finally set my mind was finding something to lose weight for. Not just to be at a healthy weight--I already was, and I looked fine--but to be healthier so I could walk around, run around, and jump around...at anime conventions. I love to cosplay, and now that I have more stamina, I can.
Find something you really, really want to help yourself for. You just need motivation.
RSAL790 7/14/08 10:02 P
Okay so I am new at this whole spark teens thing...I joined about a year ago but never really kept up with it because I assumed weight loss was going to be something easy that i could do alone. But it isn't...so now I've decided to rejoin because i could really use some help and support. I planned to lose weight over a year ago but my eating habits are terrible. I've tried but I seem to lack will power. Help please? -Rach
