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Hello everyone!

I am glad to come upon this forum during my search for a weight loss support.

I am a 33 years old Middle Eastern woman, I have been struggling with obesity since I've been 22 years old. I was quite active when I was young and I always maintained a good weight for my height, I was full of life and I had so many admirers growing up and entering my 20's. However I had a hormones disorder which I was treating and because of it I have put on 15lbs and I couldn't get rid of it, which caused me depression, I locked myself in my room and did not want to see anyone, years has passed and my weight gained more and more and after 5 years of my depression I started to go out, try to accept myself, try to do something about, it was very hard and until this day I feel it is hard.

5 years ago I went on a diet through a dietitian program starting weight was 281lbs and lost about 46lbs in 4 months which was a wonderful feeling at that time, the diet was very restricted and became very boring with time, I was hoping the doctor would change it for me but he decided that I should continue with the same menu every single day for another month, just being sick with the same food every single day it discouraged me to continue so I quit the program and have put on more weight than I ever been through the past 5 years I reached 297lbs.

I lived with that weight feeling depressed, I don't eat much, I don't snack I only eat 3 meals a day and still manage to gain weight. I am a photographer and I work 8 straight hours with just a break of 20 mins means every few hours and it still did not make me loss weight.

I went to Japan in May for work and stayed there for about 20 days, I remember walking for hours and eating Japanese food helped me loss few pounds, I did not buy any soft drinks or sweets or anything during my trip and when I have returned back home I realized that I have lost at least 8lbs, that itself did motivate me to continue. I have changed my whole diet, I've started counting calories which helped me reduce the portion of the meals I used to consume on daily basis, the first month I have dropped 11lbs and now entering the second month and I have lost 22lbs, the road to my weight goal is still very long but I am willing to continue and change my life to a better one, so I am hoping to find all the support I need from everyone who going through the same phase.

Thank you so much for your time :)

- May77

Hi and welcome to 3FC.

Good luck with your goals.

Hugs
Michelle

Thank you hun :)

You're welcome :D

Welcome to the site. That does sound like a very challenging situation but you're definitely headed in the right direction. The site is really fantastic for support through all the ups and downs and filled with people who have been exactly where you are today. I love the inspirational pictures, they always helped me out when I was having a rough day. Best of luck.

Welcome to 3FC, may77!

It sounds like the last several years have been quite a struggle for you and I am so pleased to hear you say that you're winning against depression, and starting to accept yourself more. I wish you continued success with that!

Your weight loss is off to a wonderful start; sounds like you have a system that works well for you! Hope to see you around the forums in the future!

Jura

Welcome to 3FC and good luck with your goals

Hello and welcome to 3FC. Good luck to you in your journey and in reaching all your goals.

Thank you everyone for the kind and warm welcome to 3FC forum :)