A lot of people get confident only after school (and I guess a lot of them wished they were this way in college), but it doesnt matter.

Good academic results will yield results later on and then most people wished they'd done more in school.
After all, it doesnt matter though. You need to lose weight and that's only going to happen if you eat less.
Losing 20lbs in 6-8 weeks is fairly easy, especially given your current weight, so I'd start with that.

If HY's is hemmingways djagreuhveuakieovs.

Also went to London this weekend for st party's day. Should have a couple good stories for the thread from this weekend

i might be falling for multiple girls at the same time. it's an odd feeling, this has never happened before. sure, i've had multiple crushes, but sometimes these both seem like more, partly because i think they both like me back. experiencing those emotions can take a lot of energy when it's just one person, two is even worse. i feel like three is the ideal number.

had a weird night today which is very likely TR-worthy, i'll sleep for a while and then post. also could use some advice

Proper London?

No. Canada London.

Hmm it's hard to explain but I'll do my best. I'm not sure if this is your problem but I was shy, not very talkative, and obviously not flirty or very socially active.

I started talking to random people more often. Didn't even have to be girls. Smile and make small talk with a cashier, small talk with the person behind you on line etc, go to a sports bar and start talking about the game with people at the bar. Anyone can make small talk and unless you are completely clueless about sports that's easy too. Eventually you'll be more outgoing.

Socially observing is good too. Go chill at a bar with your friends or alone and be aware of what's going on around you. I had a VERY outgoing friend so I listened to him interact when I went out and learned from that. He also helped me meet lots of new people.

Losing the weight is definitely great for confidence as well. Everyone would make comments about it and lots of attention from girls you never used to get.

Your family being fat is much more likely to mean they just eat like ****, not that you have some "fat" genotype.

good post.

One thing I think that can seriously help other users is to really not give a ****. What I mean is, don't be afraid of a outcome or result if you say something. I couple that with some other things and it really does help

I was gonna call him out for trying to pass it off as if he were in England. Too bad I'm not in Paris, TX.

goddamit LT5, you better be going out tonight. I'm going to a dry St. Pat's Day party with my dad and his LTR gf but still I'll be trying my damn-dest to have a TR-worthy night.

lmao

nah not going out and getting green tonight as of right now.

but you cant rule anything out

about an hour ago i tried to go to my regular bar to watch the wisconsin game thinking 4 oclock would be early enough to get a seat before those yahoos take over, butnahhhhhhh theres way to many people out. i hate people.

Hy's is Hy's. Didn't know you went to Hemmingway's -- Do you know Charles? I have not been part of the Hemmingway's crowd for years but Charles was there a decade before me and I'm sure he still is.

London is amazing on St Patty's. Western truly is the best school for parties.

Utah is always an option.

oliverpurnellshakehead.gif is incredibly elite

He tried that joke 10 times on something else yesterday, and the fact that he is going back to it today is definitely terrible.

What a load of rubbish.
A) Most guys can not stick to a diet no matter how hard they try. Whilst it true if your diet really is terrible you do need to make some changes most guys cant help but eat to much sugar, salts and fats even if they are trying. Exercise is a lot better solution for most guys. Hit the gym, go for runs, team sports and do it regulary.

earning money wont necessarily make you happy. Whilst having a good well paid job is obv a good thing there are other things you can do to help increase your confidence. Mullen touched on some of these things but basically its getting out there are being more social- dosent always have to be at the bar or partying, you could join a hiking club, sports team, ski group, reading group whatever. You just need to be develop the skills to be able to have fun and talk to anyone and everyone. For myself travelling overseas increased my confidence greatly. The more you can develop these things the better you will do with girls.

Buckyyyyyyyy

Might leave my apartment and see whats going on and do something crazy but that would take drinking all the booze I have. So ill probably just walk around some since I don't like other people.

Ok since i read flaccid and I am drunk....

hwen I go to taco bell I order "tacos" they will say "hard or soft' and I respond flaccid, and laught everytime.

Excercise is much worse than diet for weight loss especially the fatter you are. It is great for maintaining weight and for actually looking better once you are at the right weight but if you go burn 500 calories on a run youre just gonna get about 400 calories hungrier and have to put in lots of time and effort for a tiny defecit. Much easier to just not eat so much. Salt and fat dont really have anything to so with it.

wtf? no, you do BOTH

if you're capable of starving yourself enough to lose weight, you're capable of starving yourself of those supposed 400 calories after you exercise

BOTH, I repeat...BOTH

Starving yourself is stupid.

Do exercise put yourself in a caloric deficit and eat cleaner foods IE lean proteins and good carbs and fats and lots of veggies

you're doing it wrong if you're only eating celery everyday

I agree...when I said starving I meant defecit, not actually starving....to a fat guy who likely has eaten excess his entire life, it basically feels like starving. I was exaggerating