I am 37 years old, from Taiwan. I came to the US in 1999. My weight has been at 165 lbs since high school. I have this eating behavior that once I start eating, I can't stop. When I am upset or stressed, I tend to eat and eat until I stuff myself so much that I feel sick. I do that from time to time still now. I had trouble buying clothes and shoes in my country and people ( ex co-workers, relatives, friends) always made fun of my weight. I have big calves. I wear size 10 shoes. My nickname was "elephant" at my work back in Taiwan. My older sister weights at 115 lbs. People would tell me that I look much older than her, or we don't look alike. When she was here in the US visiting me, we went shopping. She wears size 0-2. There were times size 2 clothes were too big for her. She had to shop at the Juniors dept. My husband went back to Taiwan visiting my family with me. My mother's friends would say that they hope if we have babies in the future, the babies should look like my husband, not like me. I like living in the US because I don't feel I am that "big". I wear size "M" clothes here. In my country, I can't even fit in a "XL". Vendors would look at me and said I don't have anything big enough for you. Living far away from home, I am ablel to be shielded from all the weight pressure I had back home. But every year I go back to visit my family, I have to go through the whole weight insulting routine again. I am determined this time that I have to do something about my weight. I don't want to be skinny like my sister. But I would like to be a size 6. I currently wear size 10 clothes.