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I am so sick of thinking about food/weight and feeling guilty

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TreeSmuggler · 22/10/2021 13:49

As the title says. I am so bloody sick of it! Almost every single day, since about 8 years old, I've woken up thinking about how I have to eat healthy today and cut back. Before long I'm eating, and feeling guilty. I end the day vowing to do better tomorrow. I'm now 35 so thats 27 years of thinking about it.

I am just so bloody bored of thinking these same thoughts every single day, with every mouthful. And yet I don't stop!

Although my parents did everything food related "right" (ebf then bf until 2, home cooking, healthy food, slim themselves, etc) I've been over weight since being a foetus. I have lost and gained over the years, going up and down between bmi of 25 and 30.

I'm not looking for diet advice, I know what to do. I just don't do it. I've had the best success with intermittent fasting/5.2 diet, but I don't stick to it. Its not that I'm particularly hungry. I have life/emotional problems of course, who doesn't, but I wouldn't say I'm eating out of distress. I just like eating.

Does anyone else have this one thought playing in their head 24/7 for decades, and if so are you also bored sick of it?

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TangoWhiskyAlphaTango · 22/10/2021 15:10

Fuck yes I wish I had a magic wand. It's habit I know this, I just cannot break the cycle. My body feels like shit because that's what I feed it. My only saving grace is I run so not hugely overweight but I feel awful.

Badgerloco · 23/10/2021 18:43

Same here, I’m not even massively overweight but I waste so much time thinking about it. My friends were shocked when I admitted how many times a day I think about my weight and how much I beat myself up about it. Crazy really! What a waste of time & energy.

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