Psyched to FINALLY Be Here!

[Mickey18]

Hi! My name is Mickey18. I'm 18 years old (totally unrelated to the 18 in my username... I just really like the number 18), and since my birthday was just on September 5th, I've been waiting eagerly to be allowed to sign up for this site. Yeah, I'm one of those "sticklers" who follows the rules when it says "must be 18 or older." Sue me.

 

I've already been on the fitness journey for a while, maybe a couple years or so. I lost a lot of the weight I wanted to lose-- I don't know exactly how much that amounted to, because I didn't formally track with the scale or anything like that, I just used what I saw in the mirror for judgment. All through that portion of my journey, I suffered from believing in myths such as "spot-reduction fat loss works," "too much meat is bad/bacon is the devil," "counting calories obsessively is the way to lose weight," and "it doesn't matter if calories are processed or not because they're all the same." I discovered NerdFitness over the summer, tried the Paleo lifestyle, and haven't looked back!

 

Right now, I'm about 2/3rds Paleo. I haven't been able to go full Paleo, and probably won't be able to for a while, because I'm a senior in high school and still live with my parents; they do not live a health-conscious lifestyle, don't "believe" in Paleo, and go so far as to shame and berate me at times when I do things like make my own food or pass over an unhealthy side dish in favor of another ("you're just so picky"/"this is a waste of time"/"you're inconveniencing the rest of the family"). This is making it very hard to stick to my guns, so I hope I'll be able to find some support among this community.

 

I'm looking forward to meeting you all!

[JerseyLightning]

Same here. I also waited until I was 18 to join