Hi all! I'm new so please bear with me if I start to ramble! First a little about me...I'm 32 years old and I'm like alot of folks out there in the respect that I'm an emotional eater. Happy, sad, doesn't matter I answer it with food. I think I've kind of got a handle on that but I have this other "little" problem that I cannot seem to conquer no matter what I try so I'm looking for suggestions. I self sabotage...alot. Two years ago I went from 300 pounds to 265 pounds and when everyone around me started to ooh and ahh I freaked out and stopped dieting and blew up to 345 pounds. Not only did I gain the old weight back but the old weight invited new friends to the party. So when I hit 345 on a 5 ft 5 1/2 in frame I decided enough was enough and started again the long quest to get healthier. I'm not looking to be a tooth pick...I'd be happy with a size 12 or 14 (right now I'm a size 30). So back to the point I started going down and managed to get to 320 and wham I'm stuck. My problem is, even though I know they mean well, the people around me are starting to focus on the weight loss and I'm starting to freak out. My mom goes on for hours about how good I'm starting to look and can't understand why when I look in the mirror I still see Shamu the whale looking back at me despite the fact that she swears she sees a difference. I have a co-worker that pokes my back every other day or so to see whether or not I feel skinnier (she swears I do). I'm getting all kinds of little coments here and there. Again I know they mean well but enough is enough already. Since moving to an un-inhabited island until I get the weight off is out of the question...I'm looking for suggestions on how to conquer this beast of a problem. I'm really beginning to think there's something wrong with me. Am I the only person in the world that does this? Any advice y'all have would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so very much!!
Toodles2MyTummy