Success Story of a College Kid! [Pics included]

So I've seen all these marvelous stories on the success stories board and I was like hey why not add mine that is in the making!
So let me tell you about myself, my name is Meaghan, I'm a college senior (Graduating in May woo-hoo!) and throughout my college career, i've been depressed, sick, and on a mission! Here is my story :

So in August of 2008, I got accepted into my wonderful university in NC of Winston-Salem State University, at the age of 17, I was one of the youngest ones there going into a completely change of environment I was excited but scared at the same time. Weighing about 190 entering into college.




I met my roomate and she was pretty cool and very religous ( nothing is wrong with that! ) except for the fact that I don't know how she will react when she finds out im a lesbian


That lowkey stressed me out & when im stressed I eat. I still do to this day, but I need to handle that asap. Classes were going good, social life was good, but then Christmas of 2008 hit, and things got crazy. Two days after christmas, I thought it would be right and fair to my parents that I was honest and true to them and tell them that I am a lesbian.

That took things for a complete 180 turn. My parents sent me back to school , we barely talked, the put me out on my own, they said I was a disgrace to the family..and I knew they would be upset but to the extentt that they took it too...stressed me out and put me into a depression...I ate and ate and ate till I couldn't eat anymore.

I became bullimic , that didn't seem to work because I saw that I was gaining on lbs. I became and avid avid purger to where I had to go to counseling twice a week. I tried to committ suicide, but was too punk to do. My friends took me to therapy sessions and they helped abit..but still in the back of my mind that I had failed my family and that i was a "disgrace" to my family...made me feel so low. Like I had no purpose on this planet.



With counseling and the help of my friends who came and go, I somewhat got over the incident with my parents but then the breakup with my first girlfriend of 2 years occured wich put me back in the same hole where I started in 2009.

I did'nt want to go to class, i still did go though. I ate and ate at and ate and blew up to this, eventhough I was smiling, there was so much hurt and pain that got dolled up for nothing and went back to my room after these pics -->




i stopped going to counseling and between 2008 to 2010, I gained 60 + lbs.

I had a long talk with myself, telling myself I don't deserve this torture to my body. So I got on the okay foot and
changed my diet and focused on me.....I lost about 25 lbs . I was smiling again, happy to go to class, feeling good.

Nothing could dull my shine!


Until this hit me...another breakup...back to square one...again...
& finding lumps in my stomach , which were tumors that grow inside my stomach ,that the docs said was called, lipoma, and said that they have a high risk of becoming cancerous, if I don't get them cut out. They don't know why they form, so that's why it's considered cosmetics surgery and my insurance doesn't cover cosmetic surgery. So basically its an arm and a leg...& then school was crazy, I just gave up. I failed all my classes one semester so it pushed me back to graduating now in May.

Added on stress much?! & as I say when im stressed I eat....



and this is the result 2 years later (labor day 2012) :






So I finally got my head together and decide this is the last time. I may have a disorder that can slay me, but in the mean time I can change it, I can fight against it.

So I kicked it into gear and got to work..on myself, getting my light back & this is the result...





I still have a long go but my success story to me is knowing the obstacles I have faced and learning them and becoming the woman I am today. I'm focusing on me, my schooling, and my future.