New to the Site but on a 9 Day Streak!

marinadairy

Hi everyone! I figured now, early on, is a good time to be active on the forums because this looks like a great community!

Here's a little bit about myself:

When I was 13 going on 14 years old at 108 pounds, 5 ft, I was diagnosed with depression and was put on two medications at the time: Prozac and Seroquel. I didn't know much about antidepressants at the time; I just wanted to get better. In a few months, my school pants started getting tighter. When I was 15 going on 16, two years later, I was 180 lbs. Later on that year, I was about 200. When I found this out, in just two years gaining 100 lbs, I spoke with my doctor and she said that Seroquel makes you appetite increase. Also, whenever I gained more weight, I got even more depressed and ate my feelings. So I was taken off Seroquel and replaced it with a different medication.

When I was 18 to 19, I was going back and forth between 200 and 230 lbs because depression kept coming back. Now that I am 20, almost two weeks ago, when I went to the doctors' on June 6th, I was 231 lbs. I knew I had to do something.

I realized that I could die younger than I need to. Diabetes and strokes run in my family and being overweight is also in my family. When i hear my grandfather talk about his smoking habit saying, "If I would have known I would live this long, I would have taken better care of myself when I was younger," makes me understand that I do have to power now.

Before, when I tried to lose weight in the past, it was harder to do it because I wasn't in the right mindset. I wanted to loose weight so I can prove to everyone who called me fat or laughed at me to stop. Now, "fat" isn't an insult to me. But, for me to be at this weight is not good because I can barely do what I did at 13 now. I can't ice skate and roller blade without my feet hurting from the weight on my body pushing down, I can't go on a roller coaster without worrying if the seat will fit me or not, I can't even walk up the hills at school without looking like I am going to pass out.

So for now, my goal is 180 lbs in a short term goal but for a long term goal, I wanna be 120 lbs.

Just by logging in what I eat everyday in the app and trying to go for a walk when I can has already helped me a lot. I am now down to 227 lbs as of Friday, 7 days after my first weigh in, when I went to the doctor's for my physical.

Looks like I wrote a lot but I hope that I can get help here when I need it and help out as well!

tarcotti

Looks like a lot of people here struggled with depression and had weight gain was a result. Myself included of course. Its really awesome that you are here and taking a first step. And you've lost 7 lbs so far, way to go!!

I know what you mean about logging what you eat everyday; it really does make all the difference. I used to "eat healthy" and not log anything. And I still went over on calories by a LOT. I also have to measure everything to make sure I'm doing that part right. What I thought was 1/2 cup for the longest time wasn't accurate at all!