A few months ago my boyfriend of several years left me. Over the course of my relationship with him, I had gained a lot of weight. We were both overweight and eating together just exacerbated things. Towards the end of our relationship, I weighed 160 pounds (and I am 5’2”). Since he left, I have lost 10 pounds and I hope that I continue this slowly and steadily until I am at a healthy weight again.

I am seeing someone new, but he is also a vegetarian, so hopefully we will encourage each other to stick with a better diet.