[thisisnotatest]

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[Carrie3146]

Welcome! I can totally relate to your post, and I'm so glad we've both found this place. I'm new too, but it's been so warm and welcoming and supportive. I hope it will be for you too.

I also had a big change in my left about 16-17 years ago, and I didn't realize at the time how much if affected me. I mean, I DID in some ways, but I thought I was dealing with it. Now that I look back, I can see that I've been hanging around with my head in the sand too. Putting things off, saying I'd get around to them some time. I finally just got disgusted and fed up.

You know what though?! Tomorrow DID come! It's here, and the future can be lots better and happier! Congratulations on making the start!

Carol

[auntie g]

Yep, tomorrow never comes, but today is a new day, and it's not too late to start living better! Good luck on your journey! (And btw, great screen name!)

[BlzMaxGnrCCJkMly]

taking care of yourself is the most important thing! way to go!

[djay]

Originally Posted by thisisnotatest

I am finally ready to really focus on myself.
Over the last 14 (yikes) years I have really let myself go. Oh, I guess it was a combination of things that started with bad break-up that I probably never really let go of.

I have struggled with my weight all my life. Looking back though, i would kill to be the weight I was 15 years ago. I am also beginning to realize that my weight struggles when I was younger were really my mothers weight struggles being pushed on me (its always the mother, isnt it) Unfortunately those early weight struggles have manifested from mere teenage insecurities to real adult social and health hazards!

I don't know where all of those years went, or how I could possibly have kept my head buried in the sand for so long. I always had the best of intentions, focusing on what I would do tomorrow, but tomorrow never came.

I'm done being in denial, I want to be happy, have fun, and get rid of this 60 pounds that has been dragging me down.

No time like right now! Welcome! I'm new here too! lets work on this together.
I can't count the times I went on one last binge because I was gonna start a diet the next day. Then the next day comes and I feel so guilty, that my resolve is shattered. No more tomorrows...It starts now!