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anyone4tea
anyone4tea Posts: 2 Member
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Hey, My name is Kate, im 25 years old...

Right so I've been 'dieting' for a few years now and its got me nowhere :) im unhappy, unhealthy and most of all hungry!!!! From 17 years old to about 21 I had anorexia, It was horrible and I managed to get through it as much as someone could get through an eating disorder. However I have put on 30kg since then, putting me at 70 kgs. Neither my weight then nor my weight now is healthy for my height (5f3) but most of all its not healthy for me.
It's time for a change.
I am not dieting any more.
I lifestyle-ing!!
I want to enjoy my life, I want to run and dance and be the best I can be.
I don't want to be sick anymore, I don't want to avoid mirrors and I don't want to think there is something wrong with me when i break my 'diet'.
I want to wear THAT dress!!
Hopefully I can post my attempts at a new life as much as possible. But what I want to know now is what was it that made you come here? A photo? A nasty comment? Jealousy? Desperation? For me it is really all of that. But I want it to be for me now. IM BEING SELFISH AND I LIKE IT!
It's my life, it's my body and I want to do right by both. xo

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  • gdogra
    gdogra Posts: 43 Member
    Hi Kate. Its commendable you are trying to get your life back on track :) I think a good, holistic approach of mental, physical and emotional healing would help you a lot, and I am sure you are already on track :) I started because "I" was not happy with how I looked and felt. It should be about YOU and nothing and no one else :) All the best, I wish you wonderful health :)
    Gaurav
  • anyone4tea
    anyone4tea Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks!

    Hoping I can do it for me this time, make it more worthwhile. Thanks for your support!
  • EmmaLouiseClayCHANGEDjk
    EmmaLouiseClayCHANGEDjk Posts: 192
    Hi, you can add me as a friend for support if you like :)

    I came here as I didn't like what I saw in the mirror anymore, simple as. I gained weight AFTER my son was born and I hated it.
  • casey882
    casey882 Posts: 291 Member
    Hi Kate well done for over coming what u have and for havin a good out look on life well done I am on hear coz I'm just not happy with who I had become when I was ur age I was vey fit very active and played lots of sports didn't gain weight coz I was so active then I popped my knee and it didn't happen over nite but over the years I've doubled in size and weight and have just been sitting in front of a tv eating feeling down so eating more which wasn't helping my oldest he is now 19 and he can't remember me fit and heathy only fat he doesn't have an once of fat on him and now he is working I've given him some of my old overhauls and he can't believe that I was his size once lol. When I go to we're I grow up battersea if I bump into any one I no they ether don't no who I am or I get my god I can't believe how big u r now I've got to a stage were I said enuff is enuff I greeting my life back I want to be around for my kids I no my size is down to me no one else is to blame but me its pay back time time to get my life back
  • cindys0417
    cindys0417 Posts: 1,279 Member
    good luck Kate...feel free to add me. I have lost almost 40 lbs (lost 6 lbs before joining MFP) let me know if you have any questions. MFP is great. I would have never lost this weight if it weren't for all the motivating friends. good luck
  • HealthyGinny
    HealthyGinny Posts: 821 Member
    Hey, My name is Kate, im 25 years old...

    Right so I've been 'dieting' for a few years now and its got me nowhere :) im unhappy, unhealthy and most of all hungry!!!! From 17 years old to about 21 I had anorexia, It was horrible and I managed to get through it as much as someone could get through an eating disorder. However I have put on 30kg since then, putting me at 70 kgs. Neither my weight then nor my weight now is healthy for my height (5f3) but most of all its not healthy for me.
    It's time for a change.
    I am not dieting any more.
    I lifestyle-ing!!
    I want to enjoy my life, I want to run and dance and be the best I can be.
    I don't want to be sick anymore, I don't want to avoid mirrors and I don't want to think there is something wrong with me when i break my 'diet'.
    I want to wear THAT dress!!
    Hopefully I can post my attempts at a new life as much as possible. But what I want to know now is what was it that made you come here? A photo? A nasty comment? Jealousy? Desperation? For me it is really all of that. But I want it to be for me now. IM BEING SELFISH AND I LIKE IT!
    It's my life, it's my body and I want to do right by both. xo

    Hi Kate! :)

    Welcome to mfp! You'll see it's a great help, I hope you'll be able to reach your goals with it :))

    I'm Ginny, 24, I live in France and I've struggled with EDs all my life so I see what you mean. I found out since I've been using mfp and roaming the forums that I've reorganized my priorities. I just wanted to lose weight at first, now my number 1 priority is to get healthy, work out and lose weight in the process but slow and steady :)

    The things that made me start my weightloss journey are: my EDs, my body image, the fact that my BMI put me in the "obese" category and not the overweight one like I first thought, shopping for clothes being a nightmare, etc.

    I wish you the best of luck, you can do it! :))

    Add me if you want, I try to be positive and supportive ;)

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