Seeking Self Confidence....halfway there

  • Hi, I'm Rebecca. I'm 34 (okay, 33 for another week) and I live in Florida. I have a lot to lose, over 100 pounds. I've been off and on diets for what seems like an eternity. I currently weigh 247 pounds, and want to get down to about 140. I've had lots of issues with depression and self esteem in the past, and am tired of living that life. I've gotten my depression issues controlled (yay medication!) and have made great strides in my self-confidence, though I'll be the first to admit I have a ways to go. I need to get my physical issues dealt with. Since a recent therapeutic breakthrough, I've undergone a sea change in my eating, and controlling my eating and losing this weight no longer seems like a lost cause. In fact, I feel quite optimistic about it.

    I don't plan on following a diet so much as simply listening to my body and feeding it well. My overall diet is generally healthy. I plan on keeping portion sizes in check, and not binging the way I used to (I haven't since my breakthrough, and haven't wanted to). I've never really been able to stick with tracking, though I've tried. It makes me obsessive, and I'm tired of that relationship with food and eating.

    In the end, I want to be the person that my hairdresser thinks I am--self confident and fabulous. I'm halfway there now. I want to be all the way there.
  • Good luck on your journey! I can relate so much to the depression and self confidence issues! Keep pushing forward and remidning yourself you're doing this because you LOVE your body and want to make it better!!! Congrats on your new journey!!! We GOT this!
  • Welcome and good luck on your journey!
  • I feel ya on the depression, anxiety and self confidence. I don't know if it's my food choices, exercise or vitamins but I have been avoiding my usual episodes. Think it's a combo of all. I never want to feel like I did before this, that's so much motivation to keep me going. I am so glad I have figured all this out since meds r out of the question for me. I hope u find what I have found, even feel so much more confident, don't feel like everyone is judging me now. Heck if they r I just don't feel bothered by it. Well welcome to 3fc