Amykins

My story is quite simple.  From the time I was 7 years old, I have been overweight.  This is how I have identified myself for many, many years- and as my weight has ballooned, my self esteem has plummeted.  I am an emotional eater and use food to satisfy not only my depression and anxiety, but to celebrate, to curb boredom, and even as a a way to punish myself at times.  My story is probably similar to any other "addict" in the sense that I've been sexually, emotionally, and physcially abused and I've used eating to cover up the feelings that I have not wanted to deal with.  This has been my undoing and it's time that I make myself a priority and stop sitting on the sidelines of life.