Hey Regarding!
I remember some of the things that were important to me when I was your age: Was Wham! really going to break up? What if I flunked my driver's test, how long would I have to wait before I could try again? I had a big crush on so-and-so and to be with them would be all I needed to be truly happy!
Today those things don't matter anymore, heh. Thank my Lord.
It's good to eat healthy and exercise! I'm proud of you! You're taking care of your body, and you're going to reap the benefits down the road. However, be careful as to why you're doing this.
If you're doing this for other people, it's wrong. If you're doing this to look like someone else that you see all the time on TV, it's wrong. If you're doing this to be sexy for the boys, it's wrong. If you're doing this just because your doctor told you to, then it's wrong.
Do it for yourself, my Friend. You deserve that, you're such a good person! Do this for your Lord God! He deserves it as well, and He will even help you and guide you when He sees that you're doing this for Him. Nobody else should matter - boyfriends, superstars on TV, American Idol, Barbie, doctors, tabloid reporters...nobody. Just God and you. Concentrate on that, put it into your mind.
When I was 300 pounds, I knew that I was in trouble. I began eating just enough to stay alive while spending hours in my gym at home. I dropped weight fast! Whooo!
But I realized that I wasn't doing it for the right reason. I began getting compliments from my friends and family. Suddenly, I noticed a big difference on how people were reacting to me in public. I was getting smiles! Winks! That fed my ambition!
I was doing it for everybody else in the world but for me. But for God. I realized that was wrong, and so I had to reset myself.
You're an important person, a child of God. You are His creation. He loves you more than you can possibly imagine. Do it for Him above all others, and then do it for yourself. Nevermind other people. Work on this shell that God gave you, and give Him all of the glory in the end.
About stretchmarks...go to the store and buy a little bottle of vitamin E capsules. They're squishy with a liquid center. You can pop these or pierce the end. Rub the liquid where you might be noticing stretchmarks.
Bodybuilders do this with their arms and thighs after they work out, because biceps and quads can grow so large that the skin no longer fits around them and begins stretching. They even sell vitamin E in a roll-on like antiperspirant...but it's the same stuff as the liquid inside the capsules.
Don't stop doing good for God! You're on the right path!
