new member, dealing with hormones. hi!

  • Hi I'm back trying to lose weight again. I've gained like 5 pounds a year until last year
    I gained 20. I've been doing 50-70 hour weeks in hair school and
    working at a burger place (5guys) and I'm super tired but I'm gonna
    Be temporarily done with school march 2nd. I think my weight gain was a
    Combination of eating my free employee meals 6 days a week (burger and fries
    Add up to almost 1000 calories). My schedule has been killer for almost two years
    I think it finally caught up with me :/
    So right now I'm counting calories trying to stay under 1300 and I'm taking
    A once daily multivitamin with 5htp and "b stress complex" which is like an
    Herbal supplement.
    I just quit birth control which I think is partially my culprit. I gained a lot of weight in the last four months and I'm having weird sudden fatigue weight gain
    And dry skin and hot flashes. Its really weird but I think I'm gonna even myself
    Out by never taking birth control again and eating clean healthy food. I have
    Weird cravings too that I think are emotional so I'm meditating and doing yoga to help.
    I'm at my highest weight ever. Its kinda sad I feel really crappy about mysself
    I've been in a bad situation and a bad state of mind
    For the last year. But now I have a new apartment a new awesome boyfriend
    And I'm ready to take care of myself instead of taking care of everything else!

    So hi everyone
  • Best of luck as you get started, and welcome! Wow, being healthy would be hard with free 5guys food being dangled in front of you almost everyday! LOL. Are there any free healthier meals you could get while working?
  • Welcome and good luck on your journey!!!
  • Welcome and good luck! xx