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I posted in January, when I decided to do this whole lifestyle change on why I did.  You can look at the here.  But I feel like I need to explain myself better. I have been overweight most of my life and I have not liked my body or myself for a very long time.  Being the fat girl I always felt like I had to try harder to fit in.  That was exhausting.  I felt since I couldn't be the skinniest or prettiest girl in the room I would be the funniest, loudest and have the best shoes.  I think because I was loud, funny, well dressed, bubbly, and talkative people assumed I was happy.  That was the complete opposite. I have gone through phases where I have dieted and exercised since I was in high school.  During this time I may have lost 5-20 pounds but nothing ever changed.  I would still do what I want and eat what I want and if i missed the gym a couple of days in a row, who cared. At the the beginning of this year I was at my lowest point in the self-esteem department.  When Lind

Hi.  I'm Megan and I have an online shopping addiction.  I have been struggling with online shopping for years now.  I was clean for a few months, but I have fallen back into the nasty web of online shopping again! Whew, that felt good to get that out.  I started shopping online with eBay several years ago (speaking of eBay, I need to check to see if I won that item I was bidding on).  I didn't go out of control, after all I was a college kid with a part-time job.  I bought some movies, some Elvis items and a phone case or two.  Then I learned the convenience of shopping online.  I could order sizes that weren't in the store and have them delivered to my door. I still didn't go crazy--that came in the summer of 2012. Like everybody else in the world, I love a good bargain.  I also love Good Morning America.  This got me in large trouble, because once a week the did a segment titled "Deals and Steals".  You better believe this girl was Dealing and Stealin

I wish I had some fun, exciting Spring Break tale to share.  Sadly, I do not. My spring break has been pretty uneventful.  It started off by learning Friday I had failed my portfolio and I had to redo it--by Tuesday morning at 8:00 am.  STRESSFUL times.  I decided not to worry with it until Saturday. So, Friday I went and sang karaoke with some awesome friends.  We pretty much had the place to ourselves, so that means I sang, a lot.  However, I was actually with people that could sing, so I'm sorry I ruined your songs. Lindsey and I.  Down 50 pounds together :) Me and Jonathan, I really honestly LOVE this picture, of myself   I spent the rest of my weekend working on my portfolio, besides the hour I went to Michael's to watch the Walking Dead.  Monday I spent 14 hours in a chair typing.  It was torture....except for the times my sweet dog sat in my lap to help. Such a sweet puppy When I was finally free I went out to eat lunch and shopping with Mom, Marth

 For some reason tonight I have been thinking about the past.  I'm not sure why, maybe because I am about to be 27, or the fact that my 10 year high school reunion is slowly approaching, or maybe because I put a picture on Instagram and my friend comment "Don't tell me that was 10 years ago," and another friend commented "We are old".  Whatever the reason I have been thinking about the past.   While thinking about the past I realized what a spoiled, stuck up, jerk face girl I was in high school.  Granted, I had lots of friends and may have even been considered "popular" but did I really deserve all those friends or popularity.  I'm not sure.   High school was a strange time for me, as I'm sure it was for many of you.  I was coming into my own, trying to decided who I was as a person and who I wanted to be.  I had to find myself, apart from my family and friends.  High school was a time to discover your talents, create yourself in

I started going to the gym on January 3.  It was a chore and there were many other things I would rather do.  Most of those things included eating chocolate and drinking milkshakes.  However, I knew that I needed to change.  I did not like what I saw when I looked in the mirror and I did not like the way I felt.  So, I went to the gym even thought I would have rather sat on my butt, ate chocolate and done nothing. After a while, it started to become fun.  I started looking forward to it. In a month I lost 13.2 pounds.  I was amazed. The thing that has amazed me more than anything else is what I can do now.  I can run, not far but I couldn't even run a little bit before. And I love going to the gym now.  I even had a breakdown last week.  After getting a cortisone shot in my foot and it wasn't getting any better I was beyond upset.  All I could think about was how much I enjoyed running and how I could do they one thing I have come to love because it hurt so bad. Howev