Hey guys, I been lurking a for a couple of days and to be honest I really like the attitudes of the members here, much more supportive than my P.E. Teachers or classmates. At the moment I am 16 years old, 5'10 and weigh 220 lbs. I really want to lose weight because I want to live longer, healthier and put in more work for my school's soccer team. Being overweight really is hard for me I guess, i mean my life isn't hard I have terrible pace but I can still outsprint or hold out more than a lot of skinnier people. I get a load of ridicule in school because of my weight I don't understand why, today I made a huge arguement in class, everyone was looking and the teacher had to talk to me and him. Thw kid was in my government class and doing our trial work and I asked him what he got for one answer and he gave it but with lots of attitude calling me muffin top and when I told him to lay off me stop acting rude he started talking more about my weight and my asian heritage (im mixed with Filipino and Spainard) saying I eat dog and many many more hurtful things. I couldn't handle it anymore I told him off and he exploded he stood up infront of everyone telling me to "SHUT THE FCK UP, SHUT THE FCK UP" all those gangbanger kids from around the area were praising him even though they were overweight yet they were laughing. He got me heated I stood up but my teacher held me down. We had our talks with the teacher, she said I was not known for acting up and said he was getting mad because of his family issues but still it really hurt me and I had to tell him how tired I was about his constant ridicule. Instead of him just saying he'll stop he just exploded and screamed at me asking for a fight but I don't really believe in violence I just don't think he should keep insulting me for no reason, he always softly slaps my face when I say something he doesn't agree with and comments on how my cheeks jiggle. It really makes me angry and I can't even tell on him because he has a pass to rage because he's "known to have anger issues" on the school records so they just send him out for a talk then he comes back talking non stop sh*t.
Anyway I'm sorry for that but it has gotten me heated the whole day but I guess I'll talk about goals. My best mile time on the track is 10:58 which is pretty bad but my stamina is just plain weak I have been constantly jogging/running trying to match that pace and honestly my drive isn't the same. On the soccer field I can jog, sprint, jump for 45 minutes straight because I guess I have fun with it and don't really notice the tiredness until I stop to sit down on the bench and drink my water. I also lack arm muscle, it looks really bad with my belly and small skinny arms. My calves however are huge, I'm always sprinting on the field and it has grown to be really big and hard without flexing. But really my main goals are to lose the weight under 190 while secondary is to get built over the summer. I know it's a challenge but I feel like once I get finished with the constant speech work for school I'll have more time. My local gym is only open til 9 PM but I'm home at 5PM and I'm not including the homework and reading I have to do. I only spend 2 hours each day on the weekends using the treadmill and weights. The park field is in repair til June so I have nowhere local to kick the ball around and run. I would run in my neighborhood but it's really dangerous, even though I been living here for most of my life the gang problems and constant laughs from classmates locally really turn it off for me. I'll be looking to this thread for tips and advice, thanks everyone!