Hello From Sunny So Cal!

apugirlyq
apugirlyq Posts: 3
edited October 3 in Introduce Yourself
Hi everyone! I'm Lauren, 24 years old from Southern California! I joined myfitnesspal about fifteen days ago and it's really been helping me look at my food intake and my exercise. My weight has been a challenge especially lately after I started some meds that has a main side effect of increasing appetite. I ended up gaining back all the weight I had worked so hard to lose!! It's been very hard for me to accept my body since I gained all of it back and I feel a lot of guilt about it.

Living in Southern California has always been difficult for a plus sized girl. I'm always told, "You have such a pretty face." And all I can think of is "...as compared to the rest of me?" After my face, the compliments stop.

I'm here because I don't want to be just a pretty face anymore! I have started a medical weight loss program with my local hospital and am prepared to lose the weight slowly and the right way. It's been a bit difficult not seeing immediate results that crash dieting has brought me in the past, but I'm hoping this is how I will be successful in keeping the weight off. I've been taking Phentermine now since Saturday 9/27 and so far, it's been helping curb that feeling of always being hungry.

I would love to add some friends on here for support and motivation! Thanks everyone!
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