Need a Pep Talk

[Guest guest]

Okay folks. I'm living in a new city and besides my roommates, I only know a

handful of people. My therapist recommended that I try online dating both

because I need to meet people and because I'm coming out of a difficult romantic

situation and in the words of the therapist I 'need a confidence boost.'

I was supposed to go for dinner with this guy tonight, but I ended up canceling.

Even though there's a photo of me on the dating site and I did say that I'm a

full figured gal, I'm still so nervous that any dates I have will be

disappointed with how I look.

So it's a Saturday night in for me, catching up on the TV I've missed this week.

There are these chicken fingers that I want for dinner and I keep thinking that

if I could just eat them I'd feel so much better. I know in actuality that if I

continue eating healthfully I'll feel better about my body and that will help

with the confidence issues. But in the meantime, I feel bad about myself and I'm

still having trouble finding something comforting that I can use instead of

food.

Trying to lose weight, and being in a place where I don't have many friends and

not being able to be with the guy I want to be with - it just feels like too

much.