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I knew there had to be a weight loss forum out there someplace, finally I found it! 
I'm a 21 year old female, living on the West Coast. At my highest weight I was about 185 pounds. I wasn't always chubby, when I was younger I was a relatively average weight but then my family moved to a new area, and everything just went down hill from there. The only way I knew how to make myself feel better was to eat, so every time I would get upset I'd head for the cupboard and look for anything chocolate. By the time I was in middle school I was chubby and because of peer pressure and the sheer mean-ness of middle-school aged kids, I stuffed my face practically every night. That continued into highschool where the ostracism continued and I continued to stuff my face until I dropped out of school in sophomore year. After that I lost 50 pounds over the course of a few years and at my lowest ever that I can remember I weighed 136 pounds and was a size 7. Let me say, it is amazing how differently people treat you when you are thinner. It's maddening. It's like you're only considered a person if you weigh less than a certain amount and if you're over that amount, you cease to be a person at all. Which, rather than making me want to be thin, makes me want to run away and hide in the woods so I will never have to deal with people like that ever again or witness them treating other people like they are subhuman because they don't measure up to their standards.
Anyway, I've gone back up to about 150 pounds (I'm 5'6") and wear a tight size 9 and I'd like to get down to about a size 4, however much that may weigh. I just bought the Transfirmer series (all of the videos plus the stepper and the resistence bar) and I love going on walks with my dog. Exercise is not a problem for me, I love to exercise. It's the eating part that is the problem for me, I love to eat too!!!
Anyway just wanted to introduce myself, I haven't even looked at the forums yet (I was so excited to just jump right in), I hope to get to know all of you!
~Amanda
I'm a 21 year old female, living on the West Coast. At my highest weight I was about 185 pounds. I wasn't always chubby, when I was younger I was a relatively average weight but then my family moved to a new area, and everything just went down hill from there. The only way I knew how to make myself feel better was to eat, so every time I would get upset I'd head for the cupboard and look for anything chocolate. By the time I was in middle school I was chubby and because of peer pressure and the sheer mean-ness of middle-school aged kids, I stuffed my face practically every night. That continued into highschool where the ostracism continued and I continued to stuff my face until I dropped out of school in sophomore year. After that I lost 50 pounds over the course of a few years and at my lowest ever that I can remember I weighed 136 pounds and was a size 7. Let me say, it is amazing how differently people treat you when you are thinner. It's maddening. It's like you're only considered a person if you weigh less than a certain amount and if you're over that amount, you cease to be a person at all. Which, rather than making me want to be thin, makes me want to run away and hide in the woods so I will never have to deal with people like that ever again or witness them treating other people like they are subhuman because they don't measure up to their standards.
Anyway, I've gone back up to about 150 pounds (I'm 5'6") and wear a tight size 9 and I'd like to get down to about a size 4, however much that may weigh. I just bought the Transfirmer series (all of the videos plus the stepper and the resistence bar) and I love going on walks with my dog. Exercise is not a problem for me, I love to exercise. It's the eating part that is the problem for me, I love to eat too!!!
Anyway just wanted to introduce myself, I haven't even looked at the forums yet (I was so excited to just jump right in), I hope to get to know all of you!
~Amanda
