Hello, I'd love to be friends, and I'd love support. :)

ZebraBri

Hey everyone! My name is Bri. I am a 19 going-on-20 year old college student about to complete my sophomore year.
And almost a year and a half-ago, I weighed 250 pounds, size 22.
I've been through a lot of emotional hardships growing up. For as long as I could remember, I always have been fat. I remember being teased in pre-school. I also heard rude remarks from my family members, including my own parents at times.....even though they were the ones feeding me terribly. But I digress.
I grew up depressed and suicidal, for a lot of factors, but my weight being one of them. I wasn''t the athletic type, like my smaller, beautiful sisters. I sucked at every sport I tried I preferred watching movies, journaling, and daydreaming. I liked hanging out with people too, but I was always so self-conscious at my appearance, and worried about what people thought of me. I always wanted to make people happy, to give them want they wanted. But nobody wanted to accept me .Nobody. I became more outgoing in high school, letting my true self out a little, but I still felt terribly because of my appearance.
When I graduated high school, I weighed 250 pounds. I decided that I was going to lose weight during college. It all started off fine...be basically changing my eating habits and going to the gym. I would basically just stretch and get on the elliptical for 1 our and 10 minutes. I lost about 55 pounds doing that.
Sadly, it turned into an obsession. I was angry at the way I was treated. I was angry at how hard everything was, and that I allowed myself to get this way. I hated being ugly. I hated feeling that I didn't look different, even after 55 pounds. I developed EDNOS, and though I eventually got help, some thought processes still come in my mind.
I started jogging, adding some strength training exercises, and still trying to eat healthy. I have, in total, lost about 85 pounds, and am now a size 11/12, so far. I have a lot of excess skin, particularly my stomach, which looks like a sagging butt :P And my arms/back. Those still won't seem to go away

I am going to try the intensity program this summer, when school ends. I would like to be a size 10 or 8 by the time summer ends. I just want to be happy with myself, especially when losing weight seems to get harder!

Well, that's me, and I hope we can be friends/support each other!

dawnlinski

Hi ZebraBri, I'm the same as you in the size department and came to MFP for the support too x

aolenick

I would love to be friends! Add me. Support helps! Good luck on your journey

podmya

hi everyone just found out about this app yesterday my friend has lost 30 pounds doing it,im struggling to loose weight ive got an underactive thyroid and what ever I do I cant loose weight,so now im doing mfp xxx

safiaq

Best of luck! please accept me :happy:

ZebraBri

Thanks for the responses! And yes, of course I'll add you all!