Lifelong attempts to lose weight have failed. I'm giving it another shot.
My name is Amira. I'm a 22 year old college student currently at 295 lbs. I was raised in a family of overweight people constantly surrounding me. My mother was obsessed with fad diets as she went from a size 2 in her 20's to a size 22 after having kids. As a kid I was pressured a lot to lose weight but was never taught…