Need friends for positive ongoing support

BrieGoorts

Yea, I joined awhile ago, and have gained about 13 lbs since. I blame myself completely, I am an emotional eater, and have had the toughest experience that I'm having to deal with lately. And I don't know how to manage my emotional eating, and I don't have any support either on MFP or in my daily life.
The people around me say I look stunning, that I don't need to lose any weight, but that's not how I feel, and them saying stuff like that oddly enough doesn't make me feel better about myself.
I had a friend on MFP here remove me as a friend, yea, I've not been too focused lately, yea I've slid downhill quite badly, but being removed as a friend doesn't exactly help in the support or motivation department.
I need true and honest help and support from people who are or have been in a similar state as me.
I got married in April, of this year, and at the beginning of August of this year my husband walked out on me and our son. I've been left with the struggles that come with supporting my son and I with just my part time income, and coping with all this anger that I have now. I'm feeling lost, and disgusted with people and myself.
I've struggled with my weight for a very long time, and I need to do something good for me, and in turn will be good for my son because it will help me feel better about myself, and hopefully have hope for being fine.
I'd love to be able to find someone in the same town as me to join up with as a workout buddy, but the chances of that are very unlikely.
I'd like to find friends on MFP here that will be supportive for me, chastise me when I obviously slip up when I should have known better, encourage me when I'm having a rough moment, and be excited for me when I succeed with something.
I'm 177lbs, would like to get down to 140lbs, but I know I wont be able to succeed on my own. If anyone else has experienced being emotional eaters, or are struggling with it now themselves, add me as a friend and lets work through this together?
There's all these threads and posts about how supportive the people on MFP are, can I experience that to?

JDNOX

good luck do it for the little man

kouzzzz

Good luck!

mashort07

I've come to realize that the best thing to help you get yourself on track is not to ask yourself "how am I going to lose that much weight?", but to ask yourself "why do I want to lose weight?" I've only been on MFP for 3 weeks and I've lost 16lbs, going from 240lbs to 224lbs. It all started with me making a list of reasons why I want to lose weight. I'm an emotional eater, too. I work at a very stressful desk job (which is why I gained to begin with) and comfort food is an easy way to momentarily escape that feeling of anxiety. But what may be a short-term solution only enhances the problem in the long-term. Not only are you stressed out about your personal problems, but you're disgusted with yourself and the condition you put yourself in. I can promise you one thing, and this coming from someone who's lost a lot of weight in a very short period of time (but still has a little ways to go): you start feeling comfortable in your own skin and everything else falls into place. If you want support, I can't promise you I'll be around all the time to check in, but I'll do my best to be as much a "friend" as this kind of thing allows. You can add me if you so choose. We're all in the same boat.