I love embroidery, sewing and crafting and I'm determined to get to a healthy weight.
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This Buddy last logged in at 09-01-2012
Birthday: 30-08-1973
This is my story
Hi there!
I've been overweight/fat for most of my life - I can remember my mum taking me out of school in my first week there when I was 5 years old to see a dietician, who told my mum that I shouldn't eat lots of fatty things - but my mum was already making sure that I wasn't eating fatty foods!
Spent childhood being put on diets by mum and dad, including installing locks on the cupboards, fridge and freezer. That didn't stop me from finding keys whenever I could to steal food and secretly binge. I felt sad and lonely from being teased and bullied about my weight at school (which started from day one).
In my teenage years I got down to quite a normal weight but never saw myself as "slim", although looking back now, I was. I yo-yo dieted through my 20s (left home at 18, then very difficult times personally) and my weight steadily increased (mostly through secret eating), especially when I started work in an office.
When I was 28, ten years ago, I reached 17st - and my self-esteem was at an all-time low. I had reached rock bottom, but something "clicked" - I suddenly had the self-belief to properly diet and went on to lose 7st (took about 18 months), which was hard work, especially the last couple of stone, but I kept it off for a further 2 years. I felt amazing, that I was living the dream and I felt really healthy and actually took an interest in my appearance!
However, after various things in personal life and at work, I developed anxiety and depression, and my weight steadily increased (a lot of compulsive secret eating) until I reached 17st again just after this Christmas. I've started eating healthily again and I've just weighed myself - I've lost 4lbs in my first week! (Yay!) Wish me luck!!
