Re: Re: new to group and also can't get on chatzy

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So glad you are enjoying the group Eva

Thanks so much, Eva. I've been enjoying reading and really relating toeveryone's posts.>> this is a wonderful supportive group you will love it hereWelcome. > Eva> > > > > Hiya,> > I just joined the group a couple of days ago and have been meaning to> take the time to introduce myself properly. As I still don't have that> much time, I"ll do it on the fly.> > According to legend, I was put on a diet when I was one. I have> horrible, horrible memories of being dragged to Weight Watchers when I> was five and being kept on a diet, then followed by binge periods for> most of my childhood. I thought I was unique and particularly> tortured, but it seems it's just getting worse and becoming almost the> norm. In the 80s in high school I thought size 8 was unbelievably> tiny. Then Ally McBeal came along and you know the rest. > > After I moved to Los Angeles when I turned 18 and was free of anyone> else putting me on a diet, I've avoided them, stumbling even into my> own Intuitive Eating on a few lovely occasions, and then I had a very> notable exception in 1999 when I decided to follow Deepak Chopra based> Ayurveda. I went to a professional in England for intense 'detoxing',> went from 260 lbs to 165 (OK for a few years I hung at 180, the 165> lasted about 3 weeks). Then in 2002 my dad went to jail, I divorced my> husband, my lover dumped me, I traveled to India, got pregnant and> into another odd relationship, and then things went downhill from that> point and my weight is now 325 lbs. As you can see, far more than> before I dieted.> > So now I would be truly terrified to diet again, seeing what it's done> to my body. I'm also really tired of a life devoted to 'weight> management'.> > Anyway, I really have to go now.> > Also, I can't get into the new chat room.> > Love,> > aka Ecstasy> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links> > > > > > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOLLiving. >(http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/> 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)>