Hey there I’m nearly 17, and am a pretty unhealthy weight for my age and height , (just over 225 pounds for 5″10 in hieght.) I suppose I’m quite lucky, in that my figure doesn’t make me look so heavy, but I get really down about it, and when I get down , I binge, which doesn’t help. Over the last 2 years I have yo-yo-ed . When my parents split up, I went from 224 pounds to about 210 in a week or so, as I just couldn’t eat. When I got my appitite back, I gained that all back again rather quickly. Earlier this summer my uncle was diagnosed with terminal cancer during the time I was doing my G.C.S.E’s , which caused a lot of stress ,and I began to eat , and eat ,and eat till I got to 230 pounds. I lost half a stone when I went on holiday for a month

during the summer, but have fallen back into my old ways since I came home. I want to change the way I am. I’d like to be about 160 pounds ( 11st 6 lb) , and am going to give myself a realistic time do to so. I do tend to lose weight very quickly when I do lose some, which is good, but I need motivation to eat healthily and excerise, as I do struggle to be motivational about anything. I want to be able to have a family as well, and I know my weight won’t help when that day does come if I stay the way I am, but even that doesn’t seem to motivate me. I’d really appricate some advice, as I do want to make this change, but I don’t know how and where to begin. Thank you .

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I Want to Lose Weight: Where to Begin? [Forum]