Starting from scratch for the umpteenth time...An introduction.

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Hi everyone!
I’m not really “new” to the community. But it’s been a long time since I actually participated and I’m kind of sick of feeling like crap. So here we go. If you don’t feel like reading this whole thing, tl:dr is at the bottom.

A little about myself... I’m 28 and I’ve been trying to lose extra weight since I was probably 11 years old. I’ve always been kind of big. Not huge but noticeably Amazon-like compared to the other kids. Taller and more developed. I was always active though. I was on swim team through high school and did track and cross country for 3 years. Once I hit College, my activity went from 100% to 0%. I got used to sleeping in til noon and eating like it was my job. My freshman 15 was more like a freshman 45.

Fast forward to today at 260 lbs. I have yo-yo’ed constantly for probably 7 years. Losing weight and gaining it all back. My best run was 2 years ago. I got hooked up with a trainer and lost 70 lbs. I lifted every single day. Did hard cardio. Everything. Dripping in sweat every single day. Life was peachy. I was 30 lbs within my goal weight. Then I just stopped. No particular reason. Just all of a sudden got depressed and fell back into my old habits of sleeping all day and eating all night.

I figured it was time to find a therapist to talk to about my depression. After months of therapy, I’m ready for a go around again. I can’t keep doing this to myself. I can’t blame anyone or anything but myself for the choices I’ve made in life. I don’t have the funds anymore for a trainer but I’ve been able to lose about 15 lbs in the past 3 weeks. Just looking for a support group, I guess, of strangers that won’t judge me. Or can help monitor my progress so that I won’t feel entirely alone. Maybe you’ve been going through the same stuff and wanna talk about it? I’m a good listener.

Tl;dr: Yo-yo dieter tired of screwing around and wants to get down to business.