How I gained 50 lbs while writing a novel and lost 50 lbs editing it

WARNING! - This is not a pretty story, but it does have a happy ending, but the happy ending was a long time coming. 

First and foremost, I would like to say that no one - absolutely no one is responsible for the fact that I gained nearly 5 lbs per month for almost a year in 2012. Even if I had moved in with a boyfriend who turned out to be a controlling emotionally abusive alcoholic, it is not his fault.

I repeat. It is only a HUGE coincidence that started rapidly gaining weight when I mo...