Re-Introducing myself, feeling kind of down but hopeful

I've been on here for a while, but I've kinda gotten out of logging everything and signing in, thus I am re-introducing myself! I'm Amanda, I'm 22 years old and I got a little disordered with my eating and got off track. I couldn't track everything I put into my mouth because I felt like ALL I was thinking about ALL the time was food. Whether I was at work, or at home, or out with friends or family. I have anxiety and OCD and that just is asking for something to go wrong when I add calorie counting into the mix. I went from 178 to 139 in a little over a year just with portion control and the weekly "cheat day." However, I got out of portion control about 7 months ago. Nonetheless, I've gained weight. No surprise there.

I got back on the scale recently and I weighed 154. I immediately freaked out and started back on controlling portion sizes. In about three days I was down to 150. I'm guessing most of that was water. I don't eat badly, I just have a tendency to overeat.

I cut out a lot of my bad habits and have stuck to those goals as far as eating more vegetables, no pop (haven't drank it in I don't know how long, I only drink water), and I workout every day religiously without fail, except Fridays because I figure I need one day to chill, right? So, even with all those changes I still put on weight when I didn't portion control like I should. Obviously, I know. I just feel like I've let myself down. I'm kinda in a bad way right now and a lot of stress is coming into my life, I was recently married, my husband had to go back to his country, and I'm moving countries soon and so I feel like it's even more important I get myself together.

I'm looking to come on here more often and try to just be apart of a healthy community once again. I'm 5'3", 150lb (a few days ago I checked, might be up again since last night, kinda went overboard with food since I got a little emotional. Emotional eater alert, lol) I have PCOS and my first goal weight is 135. My ultimate goal is to be 120, but god only knows if I'll ever see that number, haha. Thanks for reading if you got this far!

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  • missmegan831
    missmegan831 Posts: 824 Member
    WELL FIRST OFF... CONGRATS ON THE MARRIAGE GIRLFRIEND!!! I am glad you are back at things, and life gets in the way sometimes the most important part is that you are seeing what is causing the weight gains and are able to correct them... just take it day by day and don't get discouraged or get down on yourself if you slip up, just shake it off and start again... when you move, new foods an a new environment will be a challenge i am sure so focus on your mental health as well and remember that you are more than a number . (((HUGS)))