Introductions are so hard. I never really know what to say in them. So, please, bare with me
Hello! My name is Megan. I will be 24 (in 3 days!). I have been married for almost 5 years and I am the mother to my beautiful daughter Emma, who is 2 1/2. I am currently residing in Charlotte, NC. I guess those are the basics. If you would like to know anything else, just ask!
As far as back I can remember I have struggled with my weight. But I never seriously did anything about it until my sophomore year in college. However, exercising and dieting quickly turned into anorexia. My weight got dangerously low, worrying everyone including my soon-to-be (at the time) husband. And shortly after our wedding in August of 2004 I was hospitalized for 2 months for my eating disorder.
Being in the hospital helped me tremendously. After that I had developed a much healthier relationship with food and exercise (although I still have a tendency to get obsessive about working out). I more-or-less maintained a much healthier weight for the next two years, until I got pregnant.
After having a beautiful daughter in August of 2006, I was at my all time high of 192. It took a little while to get the ball rolling, but I eventually started losing weight. Slow at first, but then it really picked up in 2008. I was also really focused on getting fit. I had gotten to a near perfect weight and was running, weight lifting, and loving life. However, many things happened last summer that sent me into a depression that, slowly but surely starting putting the weight back on. The antidepressants I was on were making me eat more and lose my motivation to workout. Realizing this, I got off of the antidepressants and decided to change my situation. We moved in January of this year and I decided that I would simply work on changing my state of mind to get myself back to where I was last year with being fit and loving life.
So, that is where I am now. Slowly increasing my weekly exercise, getting back into running, finding new and fun ways to be active, and most importantly, taking back control and learning to love life again. And accepting the fact that all of this has to come through hard work and effort on my part, but that I will be a much better person, wife, and mother because of it!
Well, so much for not knowing what to say!!! For all of those that took the time to read this intro, thank you so much. It feels good to finally talk about some of these things. I hope to become an active and supportive member of these boards.
Finally switching from "lurker" to "poster"
