All of u ladies r doing a great job! Keep up the great work! All of my life I've been skinny. I weighed btwn 106-120lbs. I gave weight while being pregnant, but lost it fairly quick afterward. In 2002 my dr put me on a med that made me constantly hungry. It caused me to gain 60lbs in 8mons. I felt horrible about the way I looked n when other ppl said things to me sbout my weight gain. I grew out of all of my clothes. I had my daughter in 2004 n then weighed 175lbs after. I had my son in 2007 n weighed 175lbs after. I moved to a small town in Michigan in 2002 n the ppl made fun of my weight. Feeling so bad I just gsined more. I moved back to Florida in 2009. Btwn 2007-2012 I got to 220lbs. In just a month that summer I went from 213 to 220lbs. I was horrified at what I saw in the mirror. Bc of another med I was on it caused me insomnia. So my dr put me on a med to help me w sleep n anxiety. It caused me to lose my appetite, but it also helped my anxiety n depression. Didn't help me w the insomnia though. My dr kept me on it for what it was helping me w n raised my dose. The loss of appetite lasted a yr. I lost weight very quickly n was healthy. I made sure I at least ate something at least once a day even if I wasn't hungry. Now I have a small, but ok appetite. Over the past 20mons I've lost around 5lbs a mon, sometimes more n sometimes less. I now weigh 134lbs. My goal is 120lbs. I use this goal bc I based it off the BMI chart n it says the healthiest weight for me is 120lbs. I've got 14lbs to go. Any of u struggling out there, u can do it. I've been there. I tried dieting n failed bc I felt hungry all the time. Now I don't. I also have changed to eating very healthy food. No more fast food, junk food, buffets, etc. That's a once in a great while treat. Strange that some meds we r put on make us gain or lose weight as side effects. It was the cause of my gain n weight loss. I stopped taking the med that made me gain when I gained 60lbs. Then I couldn't take it off n kept gaining bc I was depression eating. I also believe the med I'm on now keeps me from depression eating bc it controls the depression I had n my anxiety. I wish u all the best of luck. The best advice I can give now is don't give up. I gave up for 10yrs. Now w determination I'll be at my goal weight by my 2yr weight loss journey. My goal is 100lbs n I'm 14lbs away. I'm so proud. I love the compliments I get from everyone now. It makes me feel even better n makes me stay on track. The worst part of that 10yrs was when grown adults made fun of me for being overweight, calling me fat n rude names n laughing for no reason. Also the encouragement I got when I moved back to Florida helped even though I still gained for 3 more yrs. I have great friends, great kids, n a great man that I met in 2011 that love me no matter what I weigh. They mean the most to me bc of their loving support.
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Okay, Weighing In....
I've been on the weight loss support site for a month and found this thread this morning. I've weighed in today and met my first mini goal. I'm down 25 lbs to 219 lb!! 
many more to go but I'm working on it
