I'm from the uk,I'm 5 ft 7 and I weigh 11 st 3 (157lbs ish) I'm not obese, but I have extra fat on my stomach and hips! Basically I used to be about 9 st 7 lbs, but I've had downs lately and I've piled the weight back on. I feel so uncomfortable, as if I have a brick in my stomach, my face is as round as a balloon, but I still have no incentive to loose weight. I'm so down, I'm in tears now, I have the urge to go the gym but come to it and I get scared and won't go. I have a huge addiction to chocolate, and I'm permanently hungry, which overrides and over powers all my will to loose weight. I like fruit but it never appeals when there is chocolate there. I have a wedding in 3 weeks and I really want to loose weight, but even still that is no incentive!

I just need help to get me going, how I can get into it, after the first month I can usually stick to it, but it's that initial start I can't do this time!

I'm so down about it I'm worried, my mum offers to help where she can, but when I get upset she just can't understand why I don't just diet, she gets frustrated as to why I can get upset but do nothing about it, she doesn't understand how hard I'm finding it this time, because I'm so down!

I'm no expert or anything but, its not all about the exercise. And if you love chocolate, fine eat it, but don't be scared of going to gym.. there are people probably in the same position as you in the gym! (losing weight)

Also, the only weight you could lose in 3 weeks (for the wedding) is like... no more than a stone at the very most.