I'm a newbie/emotional eater and already succeeding...

DahnaLane

Hiya!
I finally got started, and 1 week in - I am finding the site to be a great tool in my weight loss. Now to just get the fitness part going too...

So here's the short version of my story:

Many of my girlfriends have been on this site for months, each having their own success... and they tried to get me participating.

But I kept saying, "when I am ready"... but I did create my profile at that time.

Flash forward 4/5 months, and finally after hitting bottom (emotional eating due to a rape 3 years ago/will blog about this later) I woke up smiling, ready to be happy in life, and able to put down the food.

So I logged on 1 week ago, grabbed my Atkins books (being hypoglycemic, this is best for me) and I reset my goals and getting started on My Fitness Pal.

I would love to connect with other emotional eaters... we really need the support & forgiveness...:flowerforyou:
And anyone else who could use a smile in their day. :happy:

Cheers to you!
Dahna

helenbeee

Dahna
so glad you are here and welcome to the community. You will find great support from many members of the MFP. The amazing thing is that you will find you are not alone many of us have external reasons why we over ate ourselves into obesity or unhealthy lifestyles. Im really sorry that you had to suffer at the hands of someone elses selfish actions and it affected you so badly. But you dont want to become your own worst abuser like I did. For 17 years I abused myself my eating and drinking anything virtually all day long. I had so much self loathing I hated myself and tried to obliterate who I was. I was killing myself with food. I started here in January and have dealt with many issues both emotional and physical. I cried for many days when I realised I had done the worst damage to my body. I am now filled with love for myself and my body I respect myself I nurture and take care of my body as if it were a child. It rewards me with health and happiness. I hope that you too will find health and happiness here. Good Luck

iwannawearatutu

Definitely an emotional eater, though not from the same sort of trauma as you've suffered. For me a large portion of it is a combo of the worst case of Seasonal Affective Disorder I've ever heard of (so bad it's like I'm two different people, summer me vs. winter me) and various issues associated with having Asperger's Syndrome... I don't get hunger signals reliably, so by the time I realize I'm hungry I'm RAVENOUS and eat really stupid crap. So when I'm concentrating on eating right, I eat low carb/high protein to try to prevent that.

I could ramble on all day about my relationship with food and my journey towards a healthier lifestyle (couldn't we all?) but I will leave it at that... and also WELCOME!!! I'm sure you will love it here, it is a great site with very helpful tools and a wonderful community.

jesshasredhair

You're the best!!! I can't wait to see your successes. Let's do this together!!!@ xo