I have fluctuated with my weight since I was a teenager. I was always a very active child. I was a competitive athlete starting at the early age of 6 and was always in 2-3 sports at a time. I was always the team captain and excelled academically. But, my junior year in high school, I guess, you could say this was my "rebellious" period. I decided I was over all of the sports and wanted to actually enjoy being a kid in school before I went away to college. I can't really say I rebelled, seeing how my parents were fully supportive. My coaches were the ones that actually acted more disappointed and turned their backs on me once I made my decision. But, that is small town politics for you. It reflected poorly on them that their team captain of three sports was calling it quits without injury or warning. Well, after a lifetime of intense training and excessive calorie burning, I never watched what I ate or was concerned with my appetite. I was always hungry because I was always doing something physical. Well, when you stop that there is no way to keep up with the type of conditioning they put you through at the school I went to. I would walk miles before and after school try to keep the weight from piling on, but I gained what you would think would be the "freshman15" I would gain my first year in college from excessive drinking and poor food choices, but this was only Christmas break of my junior year of high school. Not to mention my appetite was ravenous! It may have been just as it was before I stopped playing sports, but I had become more aware of it and starting to form an unhealthy relationship with food that I had never had before. I had always thought of food as fuel, something to keep me from not passing out, making sure I was strong and got better at my skills. So, I would eat until my body told me it didn't need anything else. Now, it's telling me the same thing, but I am not doing nearly as much as I use to and I can't fit in my clothes, I have to actually b