Teen weight loss stories - how i lost my 101 pounds!

by heather covey
(houston tx harris)

well it started in the 9th grade, my freshman year of high school. i walked in and every girl there was little and cute and had those cute name brand clothing i couldn't fit in. At this time i weighed 240 pounds. Everyday i would get picked on by someone calling me fat. it killed me inside but i still hid it by eating.

when my summer came i decided to lose some weight. i used no diet plans and no pills, just my own techniques. When my doctor had told me i could have diabetes everything changed, even me. i decided it was time for a new me. over the summer i did what i could and i lost 40 pounds on 2 months. i was happy o go back to school, but i was still 200 pounds and still very big for my height which is 5 ft.

So during school i counted calories portioned my meals and took lunch to school. over the school time i lost 60 pounds. everyone noticed and it felt amazing. then that led me to 180. still i wasn't happy. i stopped eating healthy and exercising and gained 10 pounds. i cried when i had to be weighed at school. i started walking and eating right again. i gradually started to lose weight but then i came to a plateau. i could not lose any more weight for a month or so. it really disappointed me as i was trying my hardest, but i never gave up.

Finally my summer again came around. this time i knew i had to go back to school with the clothes i wanted to wear and look nice. i did everything over the summer to lose the weight. After 3 months of trying so hard i lost another 41 pounds. I had lost a total of 101 pounds. i went from being a couch potato to being an athletic person, i cant go a day with out exercise :]today i am at my lowest weight of 139. my goal weight all in all is to be a healthy 127. i only have 12 more pounds to go. if i did this anyone can. it took me a good 14 months or so to lose my weight but it was all worth it :]