Well, my name is Melissa. I'm 26 years old. I recently went to the doctor and explained that I was tired of being angry and depressed all the time. Partly to do with all the stress from work and partly to do with my weight. It has always been a struggle, because I've always been the bigger one in my group of friends. My clothes style is jeans and t-shirts, has always been. It;s the most comfortable thing for me AND mainly contains black shirts, I feel as if it hides some of my fat. I don't ...

Well, my name is Melissa. I'm 26 years old. I recently went to the doctor and explained that I was tired of being angry and depressed all the time. Partly to do with all the stress from work and partly to do with my weight. It has always been a struggle, because I've always been the bigger one in my group of friends. My clothes style is jeans and t-shirts, has always been. It;s the most comfortable thing for me AND mainly contains black shirts, I feel as if it hides some of my fat. I don't know. I'm just ready to get rid of it.. I'm 26 years old, I'm ready to get this weight off and feel great about myself. I don't look my weight, but when I reached 270 I nearly died. I've actually stayed at about a size 18 - 20 from high school all the way up to now, and I still am. It's all in my stomach I believe, and I've come to realize I just need to get rid of it. I've recently started taking Phentermine which the doctor gave me to help suppress my appetite. I was skeptical at first, I was like there is no way this is going to work, but it has. I actually eat less than I used to. I now order kids meals if I do eat out. I rarely finish my food so I've started taking smaller portions. There's times that I don't eat (which I know is bad) but, I'm just not hungry. I'm definitely the type of person that needs motivation to push me along. I have a cousin that is willing to go with me to the gym, but he leaves next month on a two month trip. I'm going to have to move myself along and I think that's going to be hard. I would love to lose total about 100 lbs, if I can lose more that would be great. I get discouraged very easily though, so I'm kind of worried about that.