New to the group

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone. I thought I would introduce myself and the reason why

I joined the group. I am 24 and 210lbs. For the last 15 years, I

have been teased about my weight and yet encouraged to eat like a pig

with the many over weight members of my family. My entire life has

been a constant struggle with food. I relate so much to those of you

talking about emotional eating and choosing foods out of happiness,

anger, reward, or punishment. I have tried about 6 different diets

and have seen success with them. Yet, each and every time, I revert

back to my old ways out of pure weakness; family occasions,

unhappiness, peer pressure, or fear. I am sick of it. I want to be

done with it and yet I don't feel I have the support around me. I

have been married for two years to a husband that is not over weight

and looks fantastic even when he eats badly. So frustrating!

I don't want to have kids and teach them these habits and that is my

motivation. I want to have 2 or 3 children one day and that is not

going to happen if I continue on this track.

I have been to Holistic Nutritionists and a Naturopathic Doctor and

the facts are..I know what eating right is, I know how to exercise,

and I know what it takes to have a balanced life (right now at

least)...but I don't do it...I run the other way. I just want to

learn to plant my feet.