I've (25F) had such huge problems with anxiety my whole life and I'm so frustrated that now at 25 I'm only just realizing how much of a vicious cycle it has been in my life. I feel anxious about going outside so I don't get out to exercise and food is my main comfort so I overeat, and then I gain weight and become more afraid to go outside because I'm so self conscious and I eat more to feel better, etc... you get the drill.
I've never held down a stable job because of it until the job I'm in now (have been here for 10 months, only maxed out at 3 months with the only 2 other jobs I've ever had) and my vitals have always been surprisingly normal, even bordering on good even though I'm medically obese and I've never had any doctors really tell me I need to make serious lifestyle changes. I've been given anxiety meds and that's it.
I've decided now that I'm sick of being overweight and feeling like garbage all the time and I want to be better for myself, for my ability to do my job, and for my partner and family. So I started counting calories last week and wow, I cannot believe how much I used to eat. I'm not getting ahead of myself, I expect to screw up sometimes, in fact i know i will, but i can't believe the sheer amount i ate before. The amount of calories just in a subway sub that i thought was the HEALTHY option??? And I've discovered i don't actually need to eat all that much to feel full, i just need to drink more water. These are all such obvious revelations and i feel so stupid for not figuring it all out sooner.
Anyway I want to thank both this sub and progresspics for helping me kick my own A into G. I know it's not going to be easy, I know I'm going to slip up sometimes, but I truly feel for the first time in my life I can actually do this and I look forward to being able to post here in the future when I hit my first goal of being "overweight" rather than obese.
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