im a full time college student that has really struggled with my weight....really ever since early childhood. there have been one or two times during my life i actually felt happy with my body and even then at 5 feet (yep, im short) i thought i was still kinda overweight at 105. This actually happened because i got sick and lost a dramatic amount of weight. I'd give anything right now to be even near that weight.

I suppose I gained what they call " the freshman 15", although its gradually gotten even farther than that. when i went to college i was 120 (not horrible, but it gets worse) and now i weigh in at around 140 on a good day. Because im short, everything is excentuated and makes me look bigger than i actually am.

I've seen a lot of encouragement on this site and I really wanted to give this a try.

So if anyone has any suggestions for a college student in anyway or any advice at all I would completely appreciate it. thanks!