1. History with weight loss:
2. History with Calorie Count:
3. Reason for joining this group:
4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests:
And now just go ahead and make that first post!
Earth Mom,
Awesome story. I wonder if you are a friend of Bill W. I am comforted by your story and it gives me hope. The weight loss, depression self pity (me) all goes for me. I am 54 divorced, avid athlete in my 20's and 30's that is how I dealt with the depression. I made the exercise connection early on, that it made me feel better I did not know I was depressed. I did not realize it had to be a way of life and after the kids were born I went down hill. stopped everything. Did go back to school got a Masters yeah; kids are still here 17 and 20. No extended family for support, but I do life, not always on life's terms. Keep posting. Thanks
I thought I introduced myself already, but I am just learning how to use these on line groups so maybe not. I am 54, divorced with two children, one in college and one in senior year of high school. I am trying to loose about 25 lbs. It is a real struggle at this time in my life. Anyway as I posted to Earth Mom, I think my baseline personality is somewhat on the depressive side, but when I started running in my 20's I recognized that I felt better. The exercise thing, I discovered, improved my mental health. I did not realize I would have to do that for the rest of my life. That I would really have to work hard at providing the feel good endorphins flowing After the kids were born, husband travelled, no family in the area, not working, pretty isolated; I stopped exercising. After my second child was born on the recommendation of a therapist I sought psychiatric help. I fought the medication thing for a long time. After a divorce, I began to take it again. There is more but enough said. Most women my age get it and hopefully the young folks already on medication will take comfort. Feeling better and thinking better is alot of work. Here I am at it again and not liking it. 
Hi My name is Karrie. I have been depressive for many many years but was just diagnosed last year as bipolar with major anxiety. I see a therapist and I am on several medications. Im on Depekote ER 500 mg, Cymbalta 120 mg, and Thorozine 200 mg for sleep because I dont sleep well at all. I am 46. The last two years have been very bumpy for me due to memories of my childhood which were very very bad. Im 188 now but I am determined to get down to the 111 the site says I should be. One of my medications though makes me hungry constantly so Im gonna have to fight that. I also recently found out that I am diabetic and am seeing a diatician on Tuesday so that should help also.
Hi everyone, I'm Tamra. I'm 26, married with 2 kids. I live in El Dorado KS. Moved here just over a year ago b/c I was looking for a change of scenery and my husband (boyfriend at the time) was from here so I followed him then we got married. I was born and raised in KCK. I work as a nurses aide in the hospital here, studying for my application to nursing school. I'm applying for the fall 09 semester. I found this site just by chance. I've heard a lot of good things about calorie counting and I want to get healthy so I googled it and found this site. It's just after 4am and I'm surfing the net. I work the night shift and I'm off tonight so that's why I'm still up :) just wanted to say hi.
Hello. I am Mini. I just joined today. I have a back problem and recently moved to a new place with no family or friends here. Kind of lonely. Have been putting on weight for past few months. Now at 138, from 127. My doctor says it might be depression as all my tests are normal, i work out 3-4 times a week and watch what i eat. I have not started taking anti-depressants yet, want to try to connect to people once again and maybe that will help. I need to loose about 10 lbs because the more weight I put on, the worse my back pain gets!
Hi, I am 24 years old and joined cc to help me change my "college-kid" eating habits into healthy eating habits. It is all about education and I was goggling nutritional information and came across cc, so I joined and it has helped me. I struggle with depression and low self esteem. At my smallest I weighed 115lbs, but after the "freshmen fifteen" and lots of beer in college I blew up to 170lbs. Last year, as part of a new year's resolution and plan to improve my self esteem I joined a gym and got a personal trainer, it worked for me I lost 30lbs. But my membership got expensive and I quit for financial reasons. I tried to exercise and keep off the weight but that is hard to do when you eat crappy everyday. I gained 15lbs back. I now am at 155lbs and would like to drop 15-20lbs and be at a healthy weight. I am currently not on any prescriptions for depression. I was on Zoloft, Risperdal, and Trazadone for about a year. I abruptly stopped taking them when I had an unexplained seizure. I stopped all chemical medications and now see a holistic doctor. He recommended that I take supplements and stressed the importance of exercise in treating depression. SO here I am taking supplements and exercising hoping to ease my depression and also help me lose weight.
I've never joined anything like this. I am lonely and need an outlet. I have worked for 22 years in retail. I have had problems with depression as long as I can remember. In August I finally had a breakdown. I ended up being hospitalized twice in one month. Well I feel some better emotionally, but now I am looking at my weight. I am at my highest ever. I really don't want to stay this way. I quit my job for my own sanity and now am very inactive. I was walking a little until I fell down some stairs and sprained my ankle. It is getting better and I will get back out there. I am happily married, 22 years, to a wonderful man. He loves me as I am even though I was about 150 lbs. when we married. I have had a weight problem since I was molested at around age 4. Before then I was a normal weight. I have gained and lost weight several times in my life and always gained it back. I want to lose it once and for all. I have dealt with the past and am ready to move on. Thanks for being here. I really need the support. My plan is to count calories. It is what has worked for me before.
Hi Olenikrt
What are the supplements you take. I take a B vitamin combinationn and I also take Valerian to help me sleep. I have also heard that 5HTp is good? Even though I have few side effects with the meds I take now I am always keen for more natural remedies so let me know if you find anything helpful. Thanks
Hi my name is Jeanie. I'm 30 years old 5'8 and 158. I also have 3 sons. I have been battling weight gain for the past year. I origianlly join back in June and sucessfully lost about 12 lbs. I was feeling good about myself. Then all of a sudden things went down hill I started feeling crappy and eating more and pretty much thru caution to the wind. Now I'm back to try to loose 30lbs.
I think that I am heavy for my build. Back in the days of college I use to weigh between 125 and 135. Now I'm 158 and I feel every pound. But the good news is I'm 2 pounds lighter than what I was at the beginning of the week.
I think I am going to start things a little slower this time around so I actually stick with things. Anymore it seems if I get the least little bit down, which tends to happen alot lately, I give up all together. So I'm hoping that this time around I can stick with it.
I joined this group to try to help couple with my depression. I was diagnosed as manic depressive. I have taken meds in a really long time. I seem to have managed to couple without it. Although I drive my kids crazy when I'm in the "manic" stage. I dont sleep and I clean and clean and clean some more.
Hi My name is Megan! I'm 24 years old and I live in MN! In high school I was in sports and worked out a lot and was still not the skinny girl in the group. I had a baby 10 months ago and gained a lot of weight during my pregnancy and now I can't get it to come off. I didn't get a chance to work out during my pregnancy because I was bed rested for most of it. I'm 5'1" and I weigh over 200 lbs. I need help. I want to be around for when my son is older! I don't even know where to begin. I've been eating right and working out and still no results! Now I feel myself everyday looking in the mirror at how big I am. I'm just not the same happy person I was in high school. I just want to be happy again! Please help!
Hello! My name is Dana. I am 28 years old and I am severely overweight. I am 5'5 and 206 pounds. This is the most I have ever weighed. I look at myself in the mirror and can't even recognize this person anymore. I was thin in high school and since I had my first child I can't seem to get the weight off. I have been struggling with depression for about five years and I just realized that I have been depressed this whole time and that is the reason why I am overweight. I am an emotional eater. Once I have a feeling ...doesn't really matter which one I eat. I have been trying to control it. But, it is really hard. I have had every issue you can think of and my husband and I have really had a lot of things go wrong since we got married. But, we are finally on the right track. I want to be a great mom and since I have gained so much weight...I can't be that same happy mom anymore. I need help....please help!!!!
Hi my name is Diana........I go by D, but anyway....I'm 31 and so overweight it's not even funny.....
1.History with my weight loss.....I weighed 98 lbs. til I was 20 then in my marriage forgot about me and focused only on him and his needs......lost some drastic weight by divorcin' him........then I gained again with another marriage........lost that too....and now I'm with the PERFECT man and want to be the "perfect" woman for him......so here I am lost the men, but have all the weight still..
2. Never calorie counted, never dieted......I'm very head strong and ALWAYS in control...
so I tell myself, should I say lie to myself that I'm only fat cause I want to be and when I decied I'll lose the weight........so I've decided to do something about it now.......
3.I joined the group to be an encouragement and to be encouraged.....
4. Well about me......I am gettin' married next month......he has two children.20 and 18 boys......I love them all......we want to have children eventually, but only God knows when......we're prayin' it'll be soon. Other than that......I think that's all I've got for now..........
Dana.........I strongly believe it starts with a decision.......a decision to not be depressed.......a decision to be POSITIVE regardless of the situation......a decision to stop being overweight...........do it Dana. Decide today that You will not be overweight and you will not be unhappy and depressed....I believe God had a greater purpose for us.......I mean he sent his Son to die on a cross so that we would be FREE......from sin, guilt, depression, opression, any and all addictions, FREE from ANY and ALL debt. We are our own worst enemy and I believe he has freed us from ourselves so that we could live a GREAT life....not the mediocor life we live or be at a complacent place......we just have to decide to do it. MUCH easier said then done, but if we don't make the decision and start we'll never know.......we'll always be here, in a forum talkin' bout where and how we went wrong........let's do something about it. I decided and I'm doin' it.....for me. Do it Dana.....you can do it.....change your life today.....know that every step we take is either towards or away from our goal...stop walkin' backwards.....
Sorry, I get on my box and here I go.........I'm just so passionate about changin' that I want everybody to do it to. Anyway, here for ya.......
HI, I'm Justine. I'm 17 and i'm 5'1" and I'm trying hard to get into healthy habits. I wasn't overweight when I was 15 but I was pushing it. I ate very little my sophmore year of highschool and weighed 100 and could fit into size 1 pants. I slowly started gaining weight as I started eating more. I went to 116 and now I'm about 120. I'm get depressed from time to time and just don't feel like doing anything so I gain weight because I just sit around. I want to be healthier and happier. I joined this group because I want support. I'm very shy and have low self-esteem. I have anxiety attacks and I don't like big groups of people. I want to be ok with myself and to really be happy.
Hi, I'm Athena. I'm 22 and 5'10" and I have always had severe self esteem issues and weight problems. I was an obese child with everyone telling me that I had to lose weight. I remember going on diets when I was seven years old. When I hit high school, I was through with being the one that everyone picked on because I was fat. I starved myself and lost 50 pounds. I started out at 230 then ended at 180. No one knew because I would eat dinner with my family but move things around on my plate so it looked like I ate. I ended up gaining 20 pounds back and stayed there until my second year at college where I went on this exercise craze where I exercised at the gym for 4-5 hours a day. I got down to 170. When that phase was over, I got back up to 207 then realized I had to get back down. I starved myself again, drinking only slim fast. I got back down to 170 and stayed there through th summer where I trained with the national rowing team. I was biking to and from practice twice a day (40+ miles total) plus the practices. I was very determined to stay at 170 or less. I ate just enough so I wouldn't pass out at practice. Currently I am at 192 and I want to get back down to 175. I would be happy with that but I really want to be 165. I just don't want to have to be at the gym 4 hours a day and not eat. I know that is the wrong way to do it but it just seems like nothing else is working. I was currently diagnosed with depression but I know I have been depressed for a long time (through middle and high school). I had suicidal thoughts but never told anyone. I am in a loving relationship right now and I am very thankful that my boyfriend understands what I am going through. Even with that, I still get very down on myself because he is very fit (my first boyfriend that is athletic) and I want to be fit too. I have muscular legs and a large frame but I have a lot of fat on my arms, abdomen, and hips. I have what they call "birthing hips". I absolutely hate them. I keep wishing to win the lottery so I can have my hips reduced. I have never had good self esteem. Even when I was 170, I still only saw fat. I cannot tell myself that I am beautiful. I just don't see it. I want to be able to look in the mirror and say I'm beautiful. I don't want to be thin because the world tells me I have to be thin. In fact, thin is not what I want. I want to be fit. I want to have an athletic body. I want people to say, "wow, she is healthy". I hope that doesn't sound silly. I am hoping that being able to talk to others who have this same situation will guide me in taking the correct path to being healthy both physically and psychologically.
Hi everyone! My name is Melissa, I'm 31 and I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I've never been extremely overweight but I started to gain weight in my teens. I turned into a couch potato and developed problems with depression (around the age of 12) and social anxiety (around the age of 16) which led to emotional eating. By the end of university I was maybe 20-30 pounds overweight. I tried to lose it but I really didn't know how to do it. A couple of years ago I decided to try counting calories and joined CC. It worked! I lost those thirty pounds. Unfortunately, I then decided to move cross-country and also considered going back to school so I started in on the emotional/binge eating again and I've gained seven pounds back. So I've joined CC again. I want to lose ten pounds or so in time for my cousin's wedding in July.
Hello Everyone,
I am a new member from India. Joined CC for weight loss. I delivered a baby last year and since then I gained about 12 Kgs. So want to shed that and a little more. I donot feel confident coz of my state. I am not able to play any sport. I had tried joining Gym and reduce eating, did not work. So I am here to give it another shot, with full vigour.
Cheers
Anshu
Original Post by toridl:
Welcome! We would love get to know you, so please tell us a little bit about yourself. You can choose any format you'd like, but most of us here share some or all of the following details:
1. History with weight loss:
2. History with Calorie Count:
3. Reason for joining this group:
4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests:
And now just go ahead and make that first post!
Hi my name is Mary and since January when my weight was 298.3 and today it was 215.2. I have lost 83.1 pounds and have gone from a size 26 to a size 16 . I have Major depression and PTSD. My Husband and Son died within 2 months of each other six years ago. It had been a very hard road. I was suicidal for quite a while. I have had work with my Doctors to overcome this and begin getting on with life. Since losing 83 pounds I no lounger have pain in my knees and trouble getting up off the cough. I still have 50 punds to go and am taking it slow. I live with my step son and his seven boys ages 5 to 21. My son who died was my only child.
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