I've never thought of the
BMI chart being very accurate.
I am still a teenager, hence the "16" <-my age. (Creative I know) I would be lying if I said that I wasn't worrying about it that much. I have been because of a lot of pressures in my life; my mom is constantly saying to herself "I'm
fat and ugly." and "I have to lose some weight before we go on our vacation." Sometimes I just can't get away from her constant negativeness. Then there is the media that I look at maybe too much for my own good, mostly magazines because I'm studying to become a fashion designer and I want to see the latest designs. Lastly, my boyfriend, it's not him saying it but being with him makes me want to get healthier. Since he is in the military he is in such great shape and I want to be too. Pressure, Pressure, Pressure....I'm like a compressed gas tank.
I have been eating healthier than I did before and it has made a subtle difference. The thing is I've never eating that badly to begin with because my mom is the best cook in the world (imo). We barely ever go out to eat unless it is a special occasion. In the last year we've gone maybe 10 times or less. The problem with her being a good cook is she loves sweets, pasta, and rice the best. So that stuff is around me a lot but since I've been trying to get her to understand that I don't want to chow on that stuff she actually has been buying veggies! It's definitely been positive towards my
weight loss.
I learned early about eating right because I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia last year. My doctor put me on a
diet of Low Carb, High Protein and I lost a substantial amount of weight because it was around the time I joined my schools swim team. I was at 125lbs and during those two months of swim season I lost 6lbs and was at 118lbs. Ever since being diagnosed with this condition I now know I was out of shape (though it may have been hereditary). I always thought that I was skinny and that I would never have health problems but boy was I wrong. Everyone, not just those who are deemed overweight, should be watching their weight and more importantly their health!
My heart palpitations that were possibly caused by my hypoglycemia have virtual stopped since I started doing daily exercise. Instead of spending my time mostly reading and on the computer I prefer to go on bike rides and on a little thing I call "walk runs". Not all good has happened though, recently there has been unexplainable (to me) complications, I've passed out once and I often get very dizzy when standing up too quickly in the morning (thats probably normal). Since those things have happened I've limited my exercise to about every other day (30min) instead of everyday (30 min) like I was doing.
...oops...I wrote you a story. I'll work on being more straight to the point next time. ^_^
