♥ I'm just as messed up as you are ♥

CoryIda

I have been very fortunate since I found MFP in September of 2010.

I have shed an entire person worth of weight. I have gone from "morbidly obese" to "athletic" according to my BF %.

That's awesome, and I get a LOT of kudos for my progress.

You know what, though?

What I love most about MFP is that it is okay to be human. I may have lost a ton of weight, I may be fit and healthy physically, but I am a flawed, messed up human being - just like all of you.

The people on here are what make this site amazing. Every. Last. One.

I *love* that MFP is a place I can come and spill my crap on my news feed.

I *love* that I can talk about my self-esteem issues, my struggles with being bipolar, my battle with wanting to self-harm, and even my rebellious gutter-minded posts and pictures lately.

I *love* that my friends - all of whom have added me BY CHOICE, not necessity, are willing to put up with me and support me.

I *love* that my friends, all of whom I have added BY CHOICE, not necessity, know that, no matter what their struggles are - whether they have an ED, are dealing with an injury or family illness or any other crap and drama going on in their life - they have a safe place to share it.

On their wall, via PMs, however they need to.

I *love* MyFitnessPals.

We are all messed up. We are all going to stumble and fall sometimes, no matter what our struggles are. We have, however, an amazing opportunity to give and receive support to the people we choose to have a part of our lives on here.

Lots of ♥ and best of wishes for all of you.

Elizabeth_C34

:hugs:

BigDaddyBRC

Ditto

Jules2Be

SMOOCH!

LovelyLifter

sarah44254

I am thankful I can be myself here. I can whine about school and someone will understand. I can grumble about never ending housework and someone will understand. I can boggle over macro nutrients and someone will understand.

Because my mental health is just as important as my physical health, I am so thankful that I can completely be myself here, get support for like-minded AND different people, and really see (and try) new ways to think and live.

New ways to live is what helped me get to a healthy weight, new ways to think is what is keeping me there.

Thanks MFP - most importantly, all my pals that I've ever spoken with here :drinker:

Allie_71

:flowerforyou:

donnam40

What a lovely post.

jetscreaminagain

WAIT wut? You have problems? Uh oh. I can't have you on my friends list. I heard that friends lists were for people who pretended not to have any issues. That's what I'm doing, after all. Nope, no issues. Nothing's the matter. Its a freakin' dysfunctional family Thanksgiving with Uncle Bob over in the corner sauced off his goard, but we aren't gonna say anything because the way to be healthy is to PRETEND that we're all fine. I'm fine. You're fine. No problems here.

/sarcasm.

Love you. in my own screwed up way.

ryall70

:flowerforyou: Exactly

hoppinfroggin22

So true!!

IamRoJ

:drinker:

AdoraK

:flowerforyou:

parys1

k2quiere

Hold on, you're telling me that we can have and talk about a life outside of fitness/weight loss? Isn't that MFP blasphemy??

Karalopolous

Very true! You have done a great job and made tons of progress, and that's great that you can say that. That's a very mature and fab attitude to have :flowerforyou:

kuregisto

You are glorious.

Wonderful post

giggitygoo

Very sweet post :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

_SusieQ_

Hi, my name is Susie and I have serious issues too. :-)

Love you sweet ginger

lisablueeyes

tageekly

100% agreed. I share things here with my pals that I can't even talk to my closest friends about - there's so much understanding here and it's a healing place as we all change and progress toward a healthier life.

Thanks for reminding us all that there are so many good reasons (and good people) to be here!