I used to be beautiful...

[Remorse]

Today last year marks the last time I was beautiful. I was 20 pounds lighter,confident in my healthy lifestlye and now I am a fat lazy 17 yearold getting absolutely nowhere. I am afraid I won't be able to change.

[CroMagna]

Do you want to go on the raw food diet?

[dwixi]

Originally Posted by Remorse

Today last year marks the last time I was beautiful. I was 20 pounds lighter,confident in my healthy lifestlye and now I am a fat lazy 17 yearold getting absolutely nowhere. I am afraid I won't be able to change.

Your only 17 im sure you have time to change.
Why was your mindset different back then?

[LordSappington]

What changed in your life that made you abandon your healthy lifestyle? Resolve that problem and you will most likely lose your weight but also fix a big problem in your life.

[Acting Like Godot]

LOL, looking at the title, I had suspected that the OP was going to be some 70-year-old senior citizen bemoaning the loss of her youth.

[Remorse]

I got lazy. My whole life got devoted to me and me alone. I became a fat lazy couch potato and this is the first time I am admiting it. *sigh* I feel a lot cleaner now. I really need to resolve this.

[marinik]

Originally Posted by Remorse

I got lazy. My whole life got devoted to me and me alone. I became a fat lazy couch potato and this is the first time I am admiting it. *sigh* I feel a lot cleaner now. I really need to resolve this.

I am sorry but you didn't devote anything to "me and me alone"! If you had, you would have taken care of yourself and not let go, given your devotion to eating, laying and not doing anything.

So get up and devote love, time and energy to YOU. Get fit, invest in yourself truly - learn anything: a skill, a foreign language, do some serous studying. Lose that weight and be beautiful in your eyes again. Only if you do a "complete" changeover -mind, body and spirit will you feel really beautiful again and again AND AGAIN your whole life. And it is worth it! I am 50, almost 3 times your age! and radiantly beautiful inside out (and am not a former top model). I took care of myself all the way.

[Scipio]

LOL 20 lbs overweight? I routinely crap out half of that.

[sbdiane]

All 17 year olds are beautiful. It's a shame they are all stuck hanging around with other 17 year olds so they compare themselves to each other and can't see that all of them are beautiful compared to everyone else!

You might try riding your bike to school or walking more to get around. You might lose weight without noticing if it's just the way you get around.

[funchy]

Originally Posted by Scipio

LOL 20 lbs overweight? I routinely crap out half of that.

I am not sure if I should be scared or impressed.

[TonyToneTone]

You're only 17. In less then 3 months you can be back in as good of shape or BETTER then you were last year.

20lbs is nothing.

[marinik]

It is not only the pounds. It is the whole package.

If you don't take care of your mind and soul the most physically beautiful person can feel like the ugliest duckling.

I know I was there at the exact age 17. I thought I was the most unattractive girl in the world and there was a "ton" of guys wanting to date me. My body and face and hair and... were perfect.. but I felt I was boring, uneducated, couldn't hold an intelligent conversation, had no interests.... I felt empty and dull.

So I got up one day and decided it would change. I invested in myself heavily! I read everything that had letters I learned 2 foreign languages (one of them this one I am communicating with you - English) I have 2 university diplomas, 3 postgraduate and one PhD... this is just the mind and today I am considered to be the "light of the party"... a very charming person with a great sense of humor and a lot of knowledge in my fields of interest.

I never intended to blow my own horn just to show that it is all possible. I am not saying that the beauty didn't help! always had the men I wanted. But that is only an added bonus

[Acting Like Godot]

Marinik cheated.

She used the most powerful tool in the universe - the Law of Attraction.

(Pssst. I'm cheating too, haha).

[Andrew Gubb]

Do you need a hug? Here's a hug. *hug*

You will be able to change. Do you need reassurance or a kick in the ass? I'm not sure. This sounds like a cry for attention. I'm happy to give you a bit of contact, dude, but I don't want to validate your pity-parties.

Love yourself as you are, then work to make yourself even better. Look in the mirror and say "ok, this is how it is. It's not inherently bad. It just is". Stop running away from your uglyness - look at it directly and you'll see it isn't so bad or so hopeless. And I'd love you however you looked, just so you know.

[marinik]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Marinik cheated.

She used the most powerful tool in the universe - the Law of Attraction.

(Pssst. I'm cheating too, haha).

OK I admit I did used and still use LOA. So what!? I got what I wanted! If cheating with LOA is what it takes to get what you want then call me the biggest CHEAT of all

[NexusOfCompletion]

Change is inevitable and unavoidable. You are young and have every moment to make proactive change in your life. Defeat is only when you stop trying, so don't give up. Just by posting on this forum shows that you want to make change. Now the hardest part is ACTING and not just thinking about acting. You must actually make the change you want in your life and not sit passively.

[The Cloud]

Originally Posted by Remorse

Today last year marks the last time I was beautiful. I was 20 pounds lighter,confident in my healthy lifestlye and now I am a fat lazy 17 yearold getting absolutely nowhere. I am afraid I won't be able to change.

If you hate who you are, who you are will hate you . You can try to change, but if you're never satisfied then it's all kind of pointless, isn't it?

[TonyToneTone]

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.

Start affirming this and seeing the things you like about yourself and this will naturally cause you to go and take action on your situation.

[Xanafax]

I am a fat lazy 17 year old too!

Although that is all going to change this coming year. I recommend the gym, a change in diet and the LoA it's working for me!

[RRR]

Build a life that you find truly beautiful, fascinating, inspiring, and meaningful. Wake up every morning inspired by the beauty, signficance, meaning, and value of your life. When you have a reason to lose weight you will lose weight. This isn't an illogical situation, you were in control of yourself the entire time and still are. Find the reason to lose weight that satisfies you. Without a reason why should you put in the effort? Find your purpose. Find your purpose. Find your purpose.

I really do feel for you. At 17 when I was in high school I had no reason to lose weight. I was 5'8'' 240 lbs, massively obese, big ol' man titties, tight size 42 pants, long greasy hair hung over my bloodshot eyes, my rancid breath spewed hate towards any who dared interact with me, I was the definition of sexxxy. I was mean, bored, and massively depressed. My life was a train wreck. I didn't want to be popular, I had no plans to help the world, I had no plans to do anything, I hated exercise, I loved crap food, I was depressed, I was forced to go to a school where I hated the classes, the teachers, the students, and myself. There was little reason to do much of anything, much less care about my weight enough to change it. I cared enough to yell at myself for it and use it as justification to gain more weight. I grew up in a suburb where there was nothing to do, no one was inspired, everyone was shallow, and life seemed cold, meaningless, and painful. I had no visions of being Einstein, I had no visions of mattering at all, things like weight were just playing into the game of the suburb, just playing the game of meaninglessness. Eventually I've found through self-education that there are things beyond what I have been raised with. There are humans of great value and importance. We all have the potential to be such a person. Knowing that is what inspires me to be healthy. Knowing that is my reason to get out of bed. Knowing that is why I gave up on my slow decay.

Find a purpose to give your life more meaning. The great people throughout history haven't been concerned with trivial things as a little extra adipose tissue. What does the great person inside you have to say about health? What does your Einstein, Hippocrates, Gandhi, or Jefferson have to suggest to you? If you are going to make an impact on this world we want you to keep yourself healthy and on the path to making that impact for as long as possible. If you are going to be fairly neutral or potentially destructive we want you fat, meaningless, lazy, and unimportant. Step up all of your life. Become someone important. Find your purpose.

Do we remember that Einstein had a spare tire? Do we care? Is a life devoted to the adoration of your physical beauty worth living? What happens when you age? What happens if you are in an accident, require surgery, get a disease, or get stretch marks? You are young. Even if you lose the weight and become physically beautiful in most cases it is not going to last, certainly not at the level you have now. Time is not kind to physical beauty.

Figure out why you decided to become fat. Figure out why you don't want to be fat.

[lifetimelearner]

Originally Posted by Remorse

Today last year marks the last time I was beautiful. I was 20 pounds lighter,confident in my healthy lifestlye and now I am a fat lazy 17 yearold getting absolutely nowhere. I am afraid I won't be able to change.

and you still are damn't