MarketMaster
New member
Hi everyone,
I'm new here and glad I made it. Wonderfully supportive and kind people from the posts I've been reading.
I'm 36 and from New York - struggled with weight issues my entire life. From the fat kid in pre-school to the obese H.S. grad at 360 lbs.
In my early 20's, I finally had enough and went on an extreme starvation diet for about a year; losing 100lbs. Of course, I now had excess skin that depressed me even further.
At 25, I went and had several surgeries to remove the excess skin on my chest, sides of my chest, stomach, love handles, lower back and liposuction on my arms and legs. This was about a year and a half worth of surgeries that, when completed, completely changed my life. I was now down under 200lbs for the first time since probably 7th grade.
Having the obsessive behavioral issues I dealt with, I was still not satisfied and continued on in starvation mode until I reached a sickening 157 lbs. At 6ft tall, I was like a twig - obsessed with the scale and what size clothing I fit in. Never in my life had I been able to shop at regular stores for clothing or had women approach me to get to know me. I thought I was in heaven. But I was so weak, my face was drawn, my shirts were hanging off me like they do in the closet on a hanger. At this point I knew I had to make a change again or I would soon end up in the hospital.
I went to the library and read as much as I could about nutrition and slowly put back on the 30lbs I needed at the time - I managed to maintain a healthy 190 for about 5 years.
At 30 yrs old, I lost my job at a company I was with for years, due to cutbacks in the department I was in. This was a lot for me to handle, as I poured my soul into my work and helped add millions to the company's bottom line. Yet they had no problem letting myself and several other people go to keep their budget floating.
I wound up moving on to better things by starting my own company but I went back to compulsive overeating to ease the new stresses associated with that and over the past 6 years, put on a massive amount of weight again.
Sorry this became so long... my intentions were to introduce myself and give the abbreviated version of my battles with food.
Nice to meet you all, I hope learn as much as possible and contribute my knowledge to this fine forum.
See ya round
I'm new here and glad I made it. Wonderfully supportive and kind people from the posts I've been reading.
I'm 36 and from New York - struggled with weight issues my entire life. From the fat kid in pre-school to the obese H.S. grad at 360 lbs.
In my early 20's, I finally had enough and went on an extreme starvation diet for about a year; losing 100lbs. Of course, I now had excess skin that depressed me even further.
At 25, I went and had several surgeries to remove the excess skin on my chest, sides of my chest, stomach, love handles, lower back and liposuction on my arms and legs. This was about a year and a half worth of surgeries that, when completed, completely changed my life. I was now down under 200lbs for the first time since probably 7th grade.
Having the obsessive behavioral issues I dealt with, I was still not satisfied and continued on in starvation mode until I reached a sickening 157 lbs. At 6ft tall, I was like a twig - obsessed with the scale and what size clothing I fit in. Never in my life had I been able to shop at regular stores for clothing or had women approach me to get to know me. I thought I was in heaven. But I was so weak, my face was drawn, my shirts were hanging off me like they do in the closet on a hanger. At this point I knew I had to make a change again or I would soon end up in the hospital.
I went to the library and read as much as I could about nutrition and slowly put back on the 30lbs I needed at the time - I managed to maintain a healthy 190 for about 5 years.
At 30 yrs old, I lost my job at a company I was with for years, due to cutbacks in the department I was in. This was a lot for me to handle, as I poured my soul into my work and helped add millions to the company's bottom line. Yet they had no problem letting myself and several other people go to keep their budget floating.
I wound up moving on to better things by starting my own company but I went back to compulsive overeating to ease the new stresses associated with that and over the past 6 years, put on a massive amount of weight again.
Sorry this became so long... my intentions were to introduce myself and give the abbreviated version of my battles with food.
Nice to meet you all, I hope learn as much as possible and contribute my knowledge to this fine forum.
See ya round
