Aside from eating like crap, and overeating at every meal, stress, lack of sleep, and keeping my emotions inside also contributed to weight gain. Eating was my way of dealing with stress, and I wish I'd known that there were other non-food ways to cope. I stayed up late every night and barely got six hours of sleep. I wish I had been better about going to sleep earlier, and feeling comfortable talking to my roommate about being quieter so she wouldn't wake me up every morning.
I never talked to anyone or dealt with all the powerful emotions I was experiencing, and maybe writing in a journal would have helped clear my head and get my feelings out.
Gaining weight in college made me so self-conscious, and I wish I had spoken kinder to myself, and sought out help, because I felt so isolated and alone. I wish I would have reached out to friends about my issues, because now I know that I wasn't the only one going through them.