I'm not new to lurking these boards, but new to posting so here goes:
My entire life was spent on the thin side. I'm tall and have a quick metabolism, so I ate pretty much whatever I wanted and didn't worry about weight. My only weight worries were out of vanity and consisted of me wanting to go from thin to thinner.
When I got married, that all changed. Depression and IBS hit, and I started binge eating to self-medicate. Fast forward a few months and suddenly I was forty-five pounds heavier.
Well, here I am, a girl who was used to being thin no matter what, and I sort of panicked. I had no idea how to lose weight beyond my "from thin to thinner" routine which was considerably easy. I got discouraged when I couldn't tell a big difference in two weeks.
Finally, I bucked down enough to lose thirty pounds....I've gotten better control of my depression and IBS...and then I moved across the country for a few months.
The depression came back with a vengeance for a short while as did the IBS on account of my anxiety. Finally, though, I've calmed down and have had a bit of an "Ah-ha!" moment that's spanned the last few days and I'm ready to really buckle down and make the changes necessary to lose this last fifteen pounds.
I'm basically ready to stop letting food control me. I have already learned to love working out, and I'm ready to love it even more. I'm ready to finally feel like "me" again...I can't feel like "me" at this weight because I'm not confident. So many times I was ready to "settle" at my current weight because it's "healthy" BMI wise (though as close to "unhealthy" as you can get while still being in the "healthy" range).
But no more of any of that! I'm making some big changes in my life mentally and spiritually and decided that I deserve to make the physical changes
to feel like "me" again as well! I'm really, really stoked on this weight loss for the first time. It seems not only possible, but exciting. And so here I go.
I'm perfectly happy to meet other people to encourage and who can encourage me. I want all of us to succeed because I think everyone deserves to be confident with themselves! I'm excited to succeed and to no longer be controlled by food and binging urges.
So that's me!
Ready to make this my LAST "attempt" :D
good luck on your journey and be sure to keep us posted 
