Thank you for the suggestion, Danielle, but with my job it's not really possible. I travel an hour each way to work and I leave at 5:30 a.m. M-W-F so I can hit the gym and 6:30 a.m. Tu-Th. I don't get home until after 6, and by then I'm too tired to go anywhere. It seems that my weekends are taken up with laundry, housecleaning, grocery shopping and cooking for the week. I will try to see about having my doctor send me to a nutritionist, though. I've been really good about following Weight Watchers first and now South Beach (at my primary's suggestion), but nothing is happening after 2 years on WW and now 2-1/2 months on SB.
As for the loneliness, it's been with me forever, but sometimes it's just overwhelming. Even though I've lived alone for 33 years, it's only been the last few that have been so difficult. All my friends got married and most had kids. That leaves me out of most of their day-to-day lives.
Anyway, thanks again. I've gotten through this before and I'm optimistic as I can be right now that I'll be able to do it again.
