Why I need to lose the weight...

It isn't profound. It's quite simple. I'll feel better...inside and out. I want my confidence back. My weight is a weight that keeps me from sailing to my true potential. It holds me back, pulls me under, forces me down. I want to be free of that and happy with me again. I used to know that feeling...of freedom. I used to have those days when nothing could get me down. Even when I have those days now - those good days - the heaviness of my body keeps me from being able to feel fully elated. I want to feel confident again in knowing that I do have control over this and the decisions I make about food and exercise but food especially. I want to have the will to have the power to not eat mindlessly or emotionally.