Can't lose weight! No will power. Give me your secrets.

[FoodIsOnMyMind]

Got on the scales today and I've gone to 13.2st. So since ds 18m ago I've gained nearly a stone. I'm 5ft4

Problem is I have no will power. I'm constantly exhausted 2 under 3.5 and they're a handful, one don't sleep well. So I constantly eat crap food that make me feel good.

Issue I have is years ago I used laxatives as a way to lose weight and lost loads to the point I looked ill. Thankfully when I met dh I stopped through embarrassment but it was hard. It crosses my mind every day to just do it again as its a quick fix. But I know I shouldn't but its a fight with myself.

Today because I'm now so stressed about it I've eaten a cereal bar that's it. I'm so hungry and I just want to delve into chocolate biscuits or whatever is here.

DH always says in being silly when I say I'm fat. He says I'm not he loves me if I was a size 6 or 26

Tbh I don't know what I'm even trying to get at because I know it's my fault. Because I go for the sweet junk constantly. And j know I then get the sugar crash then crave more.

I think the only reason I'm not heavier is I'm on the go all day with the kids. From getting up at 7am I sit down at 10pm. Except dinner time for 20 min.

So I constantly eat crap food that make me feel good
The thing is, it isn’t making you feel good. It gives you a short term boost of energy but then you need another boost, and another, and another, and another….

You would feel far better if you fuelled your body with healthy nutritious food. Eating a cereal bar in a day will definitely have you cracking and heading for the biscuit tin.

In terms of the laxatives, they don’t stop you absorbing calories, all you do is lose water.

www.webmd.com/diet/taking-laxatives-to-lose-weight#1
“they may take laxatives after eating a big meal or binge eating. They think this helps lose weight or will stop them from gaining weight. This is not true. Laxatives don't stop your body from absorbing calories or from gaining weight”

Start by making small healthier changes, ditch the bread & biscuits. Simple carbs trigger sugar cravings in lots of people so if you cut out all the things that trigger the cravings, & fill up on lean protein & healthy fats instead, you may be able to get through the day without a sugar hit.

Do you bake? Do you like bananas?
I can give you a chocolate banana cake recipe that is only 150 calories for a big piece if you like? It isn’t low carb at all but It means I get to eat cake everyday and don’t feel like I’m missing out which means I can resist the biscuit tin.

30g butter -melted
125g S.R flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
50g cocoa powder
1 large egg
2tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
280g mashed ripe bananas
25g dark chocolate broken into small bits-I use the little bars from Aldi that come in a pack of 5

Preheat oven to 160(fan)
line an 9 inch square cake tin with grease proof

Combine flour, bicarb & cocoa powder.
In a separate bowl mash the bananas whilst you melt the butter. Add milk, vanilla, beaten egg & melted butter to the mashed bananas & mix to combine. Add the dry ingredients & mix then stir in half of the chocolate chips/chunks. Pour into tin & sprinkle remaining chocolate on top & bake in centre of oven for 20 mins.
Lift out of the tin with the paper and leave to cool before cutting into 9 squares.
Enjoy!