The answer is easy, I started taking care of the rest of my health.
Around March of this year I had reached a breaking point for my mental health and decided to do something about it. A combination of depression, anxiety, and adhd meant I was barely functioning day to day, so I bit the bullet and found a psychiatrist. He got me on an antidepressant and a stimulant for the adhd. He also insisted that I start actually taking care of my other known health concerns that I had been neglecting, hypothyroidism and PCOS. So I went to my primary care doctor and an obgyn where I was prescribed synthetic thyroid hormone, birth control, and metformin.
While I wasn't in a place yet where I was ready to focus on my weight, as it turns out balancing my hormones and working on my mental health made some of the weight come off naturally. Never before have I realized how much of an interconnected system our bodies truly are. I feel so much better and the weight isn't even the biggest improvement. Now I can get through a day without feeling like the world is not so slowly killing me.
I'm ready to start tackling my weight and I know it won't all be this easy, but I am finally under 400 lbs again and I have no plans on turning back. I want to feel even better than I do now. I don't want to develop any future medical issues because of my weight. I want to be able to go hiking with my friends without slowing them down. I want to ride a roller coaster. I want to stop worrying if I'm too heavy for that chair. I want to be happy with my weight for the first time in my life. And most importantly, I want to do this not from a place of self hate, but one of self love.
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