Ready to be happy again!
Hey everybody! My name is Danielle, and I'm ready to be happy again. I'm tipping the scales at 218 right now, which is the heaviest I've ever been. I work as a massage therapist and eat fairly healthy, but my portion control is out of whack and I don't exercise very much at all. I've been a member of Weight Watchers for a while with my Mom, but have been having trouble with my motivation, primarily because she's not giving it much effort (I don't know for certain, but I'd say she weighs somewhere around 250-260), and maybe also because at 26, I'm the youngest member in a group who average in the 50s age-wise.
I've had weight and self-image issues since high school, when I weighed a healthy 140, but always felt fat because at 5'6" and a curvy size 8, I seemed enormous compared to my 5'2", size 2 friends. I stayed fairly active through college, but stared putting on weight my junior year because of stress and minor depression (my beloved paternal Grandma and two uncles died within a 16 month frame). Now that most of my old friends have moved away from my hometown and/or gotten married, I'm wanting to move to the big city of Portland in a year or so, once money is saved up. I feel like if I was healthier and weighed less, I could make a brand new start of my life, meet new people, and have the confidence to leap out of this rut I've been in the past few years.
I love to chat, as you no doubt can tell, and look forward to any advice or questions you all have for me. Thanks for listening, and here's hoping my journey will be a successful one!
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I understand wanting to make fresh beginnings! I hope you find the support you'd like here and good luck with your journey! You can do it!! 
You'll find lots of support here, so jump in and get involved! Be sure to check out the 20-Somethings under Support Groups. Also, Chicks Up For a Challenge is another hopping place, also under Support Groups. Good luck!
