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Hello Lori!

I'm excited you have chosen to join us here. I am 20, and I

understand what it feels like to just want to enjoy your youth and

not have to worry about weight loss, etc.

I am glad you have chosen to exit from a negative relationship and

focus on your own self development and healing. I wish you the best

of luck on this journey. Just know that it will take time, but time

is contrived in your own head, so if you make it seem short, it will

all be back to " normal " soon enough!

Keep us updated with your progress, I'd love to hear how you are

doing

Kirsten

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> Hi everyone! My name is Lori. I'm 21 years old. I have been

battling with my weight ever since I was 14 years old. In high school

I had an eating disorder on and off. I would go from 120 lbs. to

105lbs in a month then a month later back to 110lbs and so on. I was

very depressed in high school to the point where I was put in the

hospital.I let what everyone was saying about me (which weren't very

nice) and a couple times almost being raped by a friend I knew for

years effect the way I viewed myself.I would think that maybe it was

the way I dressed or that I liked to flirt sometimes or maybe I was

putting out the wrong impression. When I finally graduated I thought

it was over that I wouldn't have an issues with weight anymore and

was I wrong.I started working for at an insurance company which meant

sitting at a desk all day and I got a boyfriend. When I got a

boyfriend I stopped dressing up as much and wearing more shirts and

sweat

> pants.I noticed that I have gained alot of weight one day when

someone took a picture of me.. I couldn't even believe that that was

me and started crying. I went from about 125lbs to 150lbs in 2 and a

half years.I tried everything to try to lose weight

(Curves,fasting,and all kinds of weight loss pills). I started to get

depressed and eating more because things weren't going go good with

my boyfriend and thought it was because all the weight I have gained.

One day I was talking to my cousin and he helped me realize that I

shouldn't let what other people think or act towards me change the

way I view myself. I have since then ended the roller coaster of a

relationship with my boyfriend and decided its time for me. I want to

be healthy and feel pretty again. I'm young and I shouldn't be

holding myself back just because I have gained weight.I'm only going

to be 21 once so I might as well live it up.

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> Lori A.

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