Obesity - Everyone around me is in denial about my weight. They think I am just getting down on myself, but I try to explain that I am almost 100 pounds over weight, and THAT IS obesity. Its not just all in my head. I feel less that human because of my weight. I feel like no matter what I accomplish in life, I will still be that overweight person. I feel inferior to everyone and I avoid being around people as much as possible.

Binge Eating Disorder - I try so hard to restrict my food intake, but somehow always end up over eating. I'll eat an appropriate size portion at lunch, but I am starving by the time I get home, and end up woofing down a bag of chips or other snacks, before I eat dinner. Actually, to be completely honest, even if I am not starving (for example if I have time to get an appropriate snack before I get home), I still end up pigging out before dinner, although not as much so as if I missed the snack. I think it is something about the time of day or habit. It seems simple, to just skip dinner to make up for my binge eating, which I do try and succeed sometimes, but just one question from anyone ("Are you eating dinner?"), and I take it as an invitation to give in and EAT! Hence, my problem with obesity.

Acne - - I am very insecure about my acne. In social situations, at times it incapacitates me because it feels like all people can see is my acne. The irony is I never had an acne problem as a teenager, when it is at least a little more accepted. My acne is a new problem. Of all my problems, I guess this is the least of them, but still troublesome. I mean, I can mask everything else, but even with makeup (which does little to hide my acne because it is so bad), my acne is always present.

Depression - It is very hard for me to even get out of bed in the morning, but I always do. However, I only participate in life the bare minimum and have no motivation to do anything, nor do I enjoy anything, no matter how hard I try or how often I portray that front. This also contributes to my obesity. I don't have the motivation to even live, let alone exercise...Come to think of it, it probably has something to do with my over eating as well...