Back at it! New to MFP!

Jalyst79

Here I go again.........hopefully not on my own. (Whitesnake inspired this)

A few years ago I lost 71lbs with diet and exercise and pill from my doctor. Too bad I gained that back!

Looking back on my journey, I discovered a lot of things about myself and those around me.

Losing weight changes you and the way people treat you. It can damage some friendships and it can create some new friendship.

I created a group on myspace, back in the day for my friends who were on the weight loss journey with me. The goal was to encourage each other online without being those annoying people who only write about weight loss and diet for the whole world to read. This really upset some of my friends, but I thought I was doing the nice thing to not be that person who talks about weight loss and exercise all the time with those who were not on the bandwagon. (Even though they could join at any time)

I would love to do that again, so that is one of the reasons I joined this website, to be support to those who need and not to have to feel bad for doing good.

My overall goal is just to be able to vent, encourage and support those who are going through the same thing. Along the way, meet new people who are not in my everyday social group.

If any of my friends decide to be my friend on here, please don't get upset when I decide to post something that I am feeling. For way too many years, I kept my feelings bottled up inside me with the fear of not hurting anyone's feelings, but only ended up becoming an emotional eater and beating up myself over everything wrong I did.

So, if anyone is out there looking for new friends, support and to be able to talk about what you are really feeling, shame, guilt, embarassment or pride, joy, etc! Please add me!!! I look forward to meeting many!!!