Picking myself up by the bootstraps

FarEastTexan

Hello, my name is Jessica and I signed up almost 2 weeks ago. I've been checking out the forum and I love all the awesome support and motivation y'all give! I'd love to add some friends and get/give some of that, so here's a little about me:

I'm a small town girl from Texas, but I've been living in Singapore for over 3 years now. I've been slowly gaining weight since I got here, but over the past few months I've gained almost 20 lbs. No job + expensive city = depressing days sitting on the couch eating to fill my day. So about 6 weeks ago I finally decided I'd had enough of feeling bad about myself and started exercising. I didn't see any weight loss, but I definitely felt better (like a fog had lifted). When I decided to do something about how I eat I found this site and have already learned so much in such a short period. Just want to say thank you to everyone who posts success stories and yummy recipes; it's helped me so much.