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lindsaylee
lindsaylee Posts: 20
edited September 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hello, I am new here... I have been on this site before, but it was a couple of years ago, and then signed up again recently but never logged my food.

So I'm 31, a grad student and have reached 330lbs. My heaviest ever was last summer at 335 pounds, so I am close to where I was. I moved to Vancouver for school almost a year ago, and am actually surprised that i didn't gain more weight because that has been the pattern for every year I've been in school.

I know what my issues are: compulsive over eater, food addict, sore joints and muscles, depression and anxiety, but I am not going to use those as excuse, more of an explanation. I am the cause for this, and I am fully aware of that.

I am also a practicing Buddhist, which by its nature, is pretty much contradictory to the way i have been leading my life in terms of food. If the purpose of life is to make it through the suffering and alleviate it as much as possible, I have not, as yet accomplished that.

So my plan is to watch what I eat, get more active and get in touch with my self and my spirituality. I have no outlined goals, per se... I just know I cannot live like this anymore. I'm unhappy, hugely fat and the simple things in life are now becoming a chore (tying shoes, walking to the store, sleeping, walking up stairs... et cetera)

So here it goes. Here's to a healthier, happier life and loving who I am.

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  • clioandboy
    clioandboy Posts: 963 Member
    Hi there, I am new on here too.

    I found your post very moving, it is excellent that you are addressing your weight, it is very easy to bury your head in the sand but you arent doing that! Bravo! You soon will be tying your shoes up for fun and popping to the shops just coz you can and coz it feels good!!!!

    Good luck may the fourth be with you (shame it is may the 5th!)
  • SwerveMode
    SwerveMode Posts: 1
    was goin on in the hood breh, we reppin out of luxemborg
  • DanOhh
    DanOhh Posts: 1,806 Member
    Welcome to MFP and good luck with your goals.
  • lotter
    lotter Posts: 19 Member
    Hello and welcome from a fellow food addict. You have found a great place, there's loads of support if you want it and logging your food is a great motivational tool. This site makes it much easier than writing it all down.

    You sound very inspiring and have a good perspective on life, good luck, "WE CAN DO IT!!
  • GreenMama
    GreenMama Posts: 2
    Hello! I am also new here. Congratulations for taking this step! Find the strength in yourself to take hold of your life, don't let your mind tell you that you can't do this.
    “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
    Buddha quote
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