Hello My name is David Hylton, and I am someone who has struggled with weight my entire life. I will start with my journey from the beginning. Throughout Middle School and High School I was not what you would call a popular person, I had some "friends" but was not popular. This is where my struggle for food began. It was in High School where my eating really escalated! When I would be bored, down, a bit depressed I would turn to food for comfort, when I would go to Baseball practice (I played in local leagues until I was 18) I acted as if nothing was wrong!
So once I graduated High School I went to community college and my struggle for food still remained. With all the hard working I was doing, and all the stress that occurred with my classes I, again would turn to food as a comfort. So as I am writing this I am realizing that all throughout my life I have always seen food as a scapegoat when I am going through tough times in my life. So I finished up at Bucks County Community College around 2010-2011, it was at this time I went to Desales University for a real struggle for me. I transferred to Desales and was officially a junior and in the beginning of my junior year I decided to join a gym and start a workout program with the personal trainer I had. I was working out 3-4 days a week, for a hour and a half each day, and by the end of the spring semester I lost close to 50 pounds, I went from 322 to around 272. So at this point I was on such a high, I was feeling great, fitting into clothes I have not been able to in years and so trim. In the spring semester at Desales I was really struggling with my grades, because Desales is a private school and that was a first for me. It turned out that I was flunked out of Desales, which really devastated me. Also, it was at this time I was involved in my first relationship with went total south after two months. So, when you look at these two things, this made me go back to my dependence on food again. It was the first time I ever had flunked and failed at anything. So I sadly put all the weight back on. I felt horrible. After flunking out of Desales I went to Penn State Lehigh Valley, and I went here for a year. After this I transferred to Kutztown, which is where I am at now. The first couple of months was just like all the other schools I have been at. Difficult classes, not many friends and lots of stress. After a while I started to find some friends and I made a promise that I would start getting into shape and by the end of March I was working out about 3 days a week and getting back into shape! So from March- August I went from 322 to 285. To accomplish this I walked as much as I could, sometimes up to 4 miles in the Summer! I stopped drinking soda, and switched to water and was feeling the happiest I have ever felt! But unfortunately I had another setback. In the fall semester, I had some falling out with people who I thought were friends and loads of stress with my classes led me to go back to food for comfort agin which led me to gain a good chunk of the weight back. But the reason I am doing this blog is detailing how I am getting back on track. This is just another setback, I am getting back on track to get back to how I was. I am so determined to lose this weight! Now I have such an amazing support system in my friends and my amazing girlfriend who I love dearly!
