u/Horror_Lie_1663

I’ve been trying to lose weight for the last month and a half. I was doing okay I had started at 154lbs and lost four pounds to get to 149 but I stepped on the scale again today and weighed in at 155. My goal is 135-140 and then lower if I want to once I reach that goal. I’m having a really hard time just figuring out where to even start. I work 12 hour shifts at a factory so I don’t really have the time to go to the gym and work out but I’m moving around constantly while at work. I want to eat healthier and my boyfriend has suggested doing a calorie deficit cause it works for him but I don’t know how to track that accurately. Any type of advice would be greatly appreciated.

I’m so unbelievably tired right now just from everything going on around me. My dentist opened a credit card in my name without explaining it to me which dropped my score by 46 points when I’m trying to get a house soon. My dad who I hadn’t talked to in 7 years now has photos of me in my teens from the time I didn’t talk to him on his desk. My step dad who turned out to be a pedophile and was looking at and hooking up with girls MY AGE has harassed my mother so badly that she had to get a restraining order against him. Everything online is ungodly negative and there’s no way to get away from it other than not going on social media which is hard to do considering it’s my main way of communicating with most people. And on top of all that the stupid insecurity and anxiety I used to have in y relationship has slowly started creeping back in. I’m not jealous like I used to be but o h hod knows why I get so anxious when he goes out with friends for a day. Everything is just so god damn heavy I want it all to stop :(

I’ve been collecting pokemon on and off all my life and hit back into it just a few months before it took off early 2025. I love it for the art if the cards and while buying singles is nice I really really miss being able to just walk into a store and go “man I wanna open some packs” and just be able to buy some for a reasonable price. Even retail is getting expensive now with Walmart marking etbs up to almost 70$ each they should be 50-55 from at least the last few months. The sudden spike is really disheartening cause even though I’m lucky enough to be able to spend 50-60 dollars on an etb every few weeks 70 is too much especially for the people with families and kids they want to open cards with. I just hope it goes kind of back to normal when it comes to product in stores and doesn’t stay this scalper heavy forever