Where'd that come from?

Ever since I got pregnant with Olivia, I've struggled with my weight. Actually, while I was pregnant I weighed less than I did a few months ago. I lost a lot of weight while I was pregnant just because I would get extremely full SO fast. Sometimes I wish I had the same stomach capacity as I did while pregnant (just without the baby inside) HAA! Anyway, I worked HARD to try to lose weight for close to 8 months. I went to the gym every day, ran miles and miles and absolutely NOTHING was happening with my weight. I stayed at a constant weight, not losing or gaining actually. I had no idea what was wrong with me and no one else seemed to know either, including the doctor. He just said my body was extremely stubborn due to the delivery of a child and the following surgeries my body endured shortly after and stress was a KEY factor as to why it was holding onto the weight as well. I think subconsciously I had lost everything that was so dear to my heart, that maybe losing something else such as weight would cause the same empty feeling. I know it sounds like the stupidest thing in the world when I say that, but I really think it's true. When stress is caused within my body, I don't lose weight, I gain...and gain and gain and gain, without even eating anything. It just wasn't fair. I got SOOO mad when I'd see a little skinny girl running around saying they stopped drinking soda and managed to lose 20 pounds in a month. I hardly ever drank soda, didn't eat unhealthy and I was still....stuck. I was incredibly unhappy with myself, but tried not to show it. No one around me ever said anything to me about it, so I hardly realized how bad and unhealthy I looked until when I look at pictures now. I cannot believe I ever allowed myself to get to that point it was awful. The highest I remember weighing in post pregnancy was at 187. I am a very small girl, I'm only 5'2 so that much weight on me looks like i weigh 300 pounds. After the while of working out and attempting to diet and change my lifestyle and nothing was happening, I began to get discouraged. I decided it was my path to be the chubby girl, and it created an extreme sadness within me that I couldn't shake no matter how happy I appeared to be on the outside. Right as I was close to giving it all up and accept my "fate" a great friend of mine started talking about this weight loss crap on facebook. I had tried it all....and nothing worked so I had decided it was just another weight loss ploy that would just be wasting my money. One morning as I woke up, I had this overwhelming feeling that I should try out this product that she had been offering. I had no idea where it came from, but I decided to jump in with her and knowing what I do now, I would NEVER change that decision that I made that cold November morning. Shortly after I began consuming a meal replacement shake, actually a week to be exact, I lost 7 pounds. Just like that gone....I was ECSTATIC. 7 pounds is huge for someone killing themselves at the attempt of weight loss. I am up to 20 pound loss just from these products in 2 1/2 months rather than losing 10 pounds in 8 months. I am at 158 now and I feel incredible, more incredible than I've really ever felt health wise. I am extremely thankful to be where I am at today, and so excited to see where this takes me in my future!