I'm currently a final year nutrition student so I know the theory behind healthy weight loss but I'm having some serious difficulty putting it into practice! My main issues are emotional eating and late night binges which then lead to the usual feelings of regret and self loathing followed by promises to myself that I won't do it again. And yet I do - time and time again. I've started to wonder if I just don't have the mental strength to control my eating and reach my goal weight but I have so many reasons to do this and I'm finding the comments from everyone on this site to be really motivating so I still have hope for myself!

During high school I was a competitive swimmer and played netball at a representative level so I was always very active and didn't have a weight problem but I have never been comfortable with my body/size, possibly due to being taller (I'm almost 6') and thus just generally bigger than my friends. When I started university I put on a lot of weight and now it just won't seem to budge. My aim is to reach my goal weight by next may when I'll graduate and then move to london for my big overseas experience. I've always been shy and very self concious and although I know weight loss won't change this entirely it will definately make me happier and feel much better about myself so fingers crossed I can really do this.