My name is Candice and I live in west Texas. I've been BIG all my life. I had surgery March of last year and I've lost around 100 lbs and then just stopped. I have another 100 lbs I want to loose and skin that needs to be taken off.. I have recently become lost and unbearably depressed. I know I should be happy, I should be working as hard as I can to get out of this stall, but instead I wallow... I cry.. I've gotten so bad that I now know it's true, you can be so depressed that it actually hurts. I live in an area that doesn't have therapists or places for help with things like this. I don't have friends, they've all turned their backs on me...

I'm lost and don't know what to do.

You are not the only one who has felt this way, we all go through this-it's part of the deal! Lot's of adjustments to be made, lots of patience is required, lots of faith is required (in ourselves and in the One who made us and loves us and cares for us daily), lots of tolerance for ourselves (my husband tells me this daily!). I, too, live in a rural area, and it can be very hard without others who have been through our experience. One way to help yourself get through each day is to have a specific focus for that day (ie make a plan and follow it through, no matter how challenging it may be). Build on that for every following day. It is time to blossom!

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Would you be willing to travel to a therapist?