I feel so selfish posting this but I feel desperate. I'm not good with food and have put on about 2 stone over the last 2 years. Normally when this happens I eventually reach tipping point and join weight watchers (or other) and get my brain in gear to lose weight and feel calm, confident and under control once more.
So now I'm 17 weeks pregnant and starting to panic. Everything I read says I should not diet and should just aim to eat healthily. The problem is that is not how my brain works with food. If I'm not on a diet then I am eating and despite trying to be healthy I have put on at least half a stone already and I can't cope. I really can't be 5 stone heavier once baby comes out.
Hubby tells me not to worry but the fact that I'm not allowed to take control of the situation is really getting me down and I'm starting to get depressed.
To make matters worse I'm also not working at the moment and so have all day available to fill my face as I try to cheer myself up!
Please please can anyone tell me whether it is really so bad to try and lose some of my blubber? To get this into perspective I would follow the ww plan which means I'll be eating loads of fruit and veg, not starving myself, just generally taking control over my diet. I have not intention to get skinny - I normally sit at the upper end of a healthy BMI and am very happy with that. I just can't bear to see my double chins, enormous bingo wings, thunder thighs etc and not be able to fix it!
Is it ok to lose some weight as long as I'm sensible?
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rubyr0se · 04/02/2013 17:10
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