Thanks for the kind replies so far! The last time I posted this up on another forum, I got a bunch of replies saying "Virgin = FAIL".
I'm currently on a diet and I've lost close to 44 pounds (I'm 183), though I'm currently not following my diet so closely. I'm also a bit short (5.5). I'm a lot happier with my body now than what I was a year ago, and a lot of clothes fit me better. Another problem that I have is that I'm really negative and paranoid, always afraid that I've said or did something wrong and people (especially girls) will end up hating me or thinking I'm a jerk. I also signed up on a dating site affiliated with this website called "Amateur Match". I've got plenty of messages, but I don't trust it fully, especially since you need to pay to be able to message other people. Can I trust it? Are the messages real? If they are, then I'm becoming more popular that I thought I would.