[ktw22689]

Hey Everyone:

My name is Katie and I am a 21 year old senior in college. I am currently about 40lbs away from my goal of 125 lbs. I have struggled with my weight my entire life and there have been a few abusive relationships and circumstances that have made things that much more difficult. But I also know that I am very emotional and feel like food is my drug. I know that sounds so cliche but it is true for me and probably many of you. I am actually battling disordered eating and depression and have been for about 10 months now. I feel really alone and misunderstood. I feel like people think I AM at a healthy enough weight for my height and stuff and based on my numbers I am not, and based on looking at me I am not.

I am about 5'2-5'3 and weight around 165 right now. I have always tried to lose weight off an of for about 10 years, but it never was something I stuck to until about Aug 2009. I weighed in at about 195 at that point (although I know I have weighed more off and on before that). I got to about 147 in May 2010, but now am back up to 165...

There are many details that go along with my journey that I would like to share with people I could bond with. I have been a member of a few forums in the past, but never really clicked with anyone. Sometimes it felt like people were so judgmental..or people that had lost weight a certain way thought they knew everything and just acted rude about it. I would really like to find friends to be able to really bond with because at times it feels like no one around me really understands what I am going through.


Happy New Year!! Good Luck to Everyone in their journeys!!!

[DixC Chix]

Hi Katie!

Good for you to stick with the studies. It takes a lot of perservence to get there!! As for the disordered eating and depression, I hope you are seeking professional help with that. There's a separate forum for both issues. Most of the people of these forum are only trying to be helpful and relating what they learned from their mistakes. Given that, there are a lot of different forum that focus on the many ways there are to address weight loss.

As for your thread title ~ I stumbled upon this site recently and it has given me a lot to think about.

http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/

Check it out.

Good Luck to you and welcome!!

[srmb60]

Welcome!

There is such a wide variety of posters here at 3FC. I'm sure you'll find lots of friends to support and encourage you. Read a little every day and post. We're glad you're here.

[ktw22689]

Thanks for replying! Yes I have been seeing a therapist for about 9 months..and I am on medication for depression but am unsure if it is working.

Thanks for your encouraging words. I am trying to keep positive.

[Initiative]

Life is lonely that's why most of us spend our entire lives looking for true love. It has it's ups and downs. But if life wasn't crappy sometimes then the good things wouldn't mean as much. At the time... feeling depressed... it's hard to think of things like that but any kind of reminder of what is important to you can keep you going. I know what you're going through I've had a lot of similar problems. I'm finally getting back into school and trying to peel myself off the pavement. Believe you can do this; I believe you can do this... ^_^

[ktw22689]

Originally Posted by Initiative

Life is lonely that's why most of us spend our entire lives looking for true love. It has it's ups and downs. But if life wasn't crappy sometimes then the good things wouldn't mean as much. At the time... feeling depressed... it's hard to think of things like that but any kind of reminder of what is important to you can keep you going. I know what you're going through I've had a lot of similar problems. I'm finally getting back into school and trying to peel myself off the pavement. Believe you can do this; I believe you can do this... ^_^

Thanks so much I really appreciate what you said