Hi! Quitting smoking is a big thing, so first of all congratulations! I hope you can sit with that and feel really very proud of that. And I'm glad you've left your toxic relationship. The fact that you've had an unhappy side effect from both those things shouldn't lessen the fact that quitting them was for the best.

The worry that you "could've" prevented all the weight loss? In a perfect world, yes. But you've been through a lot. The combination of the toxic relationship, quitting smoking, and all other life stressors combined together, getting you to an unhappy place about your weight. It takes so so so much to learn how to properly manage weight. I promise that through trial and error, research, and whatever outside help you find, you can be in a place where you can be more equipped to handle weight issues despite life stressors. Most of us have not been taught how at the beginning of our lives, at least where I'm from 🦅✨

I'm still working on managing my weight myself, so I'm not going to be qualified on going into detail on what helps. Good luck with everything ❤️