Hey and Welcome!

You are off to a great start and you have a very healthy outlook. This is great for someone who is so young!

Onliest thing...you say you're unhappy. You have an opportunity now to learn about how to make yourself healthy for the rest of your life! Conquer this now and you'll be so far ahead of all of your friends who are enjoying their young, fit bodies without the understanding that if they don't do what you will do, then by the time they are 30 they will be fat, wondering what went wrong. While you will be fit and lean forever.

I know that doesn't seem like a lot of consolation now but it will mean more as you get older. You should be happy about this. Doing nothing is what should make you unhappy.

You may well have just saved your own life! If that isn't encouraging, what is?

Were all here to help!

David C

Yeah ive been doing nothing for quite awhile, i noticed its toll on me. Angry at myself and others, depressed, low self esteem, lonely bla bla. Honestly, since ive started my journey on sunday, and making it to friday without a single glass of coke is a hugeeee accomplishment for me.

I had terrible, terrible habits. It involved staying up 3-4 nights in a row playing World of Warcraft(War-Crack as i like to call it), eating all throughout the night (from munchies =x) and killing atleast 1 1/2 two liter cokes a day.

Now ive stopped everything, drinking coke,smoking, and staying up all night(i did last night, but i laid in bed all night unable to get tired =[ it sucked).

Now that im actually doing something to better myself, i feel a little happier. My confidence isnt sky rocketing or anything cause im still pretty fat, but ive noticed my personality has changed for the better.

Take it slow and be easy on yourself. It'll take a while for you sleep rhythms to change. When you stay up at night over a long period of time your sleep rhythms change and adapt to that schedule.

They'll change back in time. It's like Jet Lag. When you can't sleep, keep the lights dim DO NOT Watch TV. Do some light reading.

I used to do a lot of business travel overseas and it can wreak havoc on your rythms.

Remember, with each day lived well, you progress. Do not regret the past. You cannot change it, just learn from it and move forward. Tomorrow will be better than today, today is better than yesterday and yesterday's gone!

David C