New Here, Looking for Support / Friends

Hi everyone!

I’m new here, I’m turning 43 tomorrow and I’m currently at my highest weight ever. I am 5’0” and 189.6 lbs. I suffer from a few health conditions (most of which I’m fairly certain would go away if I lost the extra weight). This weight has caused day to day issues as well. Things like climbing stairs and bending over to tie my shoes have become next to impossible. Speaking of shoes, I love shoes but I can’t wear cute shoes like I used to because of the swelling in my ankles (doctors have put me through a battery of tests for this and all have confirmed that it will probably subside with weight loss). Clothes shopping leads to nothing but upset when it used to be fun because nothing fits. I’m so sick of being overweight and having things in my life be limited because of my weight. Worse than just needing to change my lifestyle, I know that I suffer from food addiction. I eat mindlessly, out of boredom, out of stress, out of emotion, or sometimes for no reason at all, even if I’m not hungry. It’s a rough problem to deal with, but I know I need to because during my last visit my doctor said to me very matter of factly “you need to lose this weight, it’s affecting your health now”. I’m just hoping to find some inspiration and support here.