Overweight and heartbroken about it

[OhGingleBells]

Have always had a complex relationship with my body and food and spent my teenage years restricting my diet to stay thin.

Weighed myself today (at the vet - still in the habit of no scales allowed at home) and am over 10 stone 7. At 5 foot 4 this slides me just into overweight. Obviously as an adult in my 20s I don’t expect to be as thin as I used to be but it seems really extreme and I feel disgusting

However, I’m still wearing a size 8 with some size 6 stuff too and only the occasional 10.

I’m not at all muscular so it is literally just extra fat. I do plenty of exercise, drink loads of water and eat fairly healthily.

Obviously the answer is to diet but I’m scared of spiralling out of control and ending up back where I used to be. I can’t really stay this weight either as I have had issues with my joints and I’m sure that being heavy will make them worse.

I feel so sluggish and lethargic and looking in the mirror is so depressing that I’m struggling with the motivation to do things. I feel like I’m carting such lot of weight around that it’s so much effort to do anything and my body doesn’t really feel like I have the same control over it as when I was lighter. Equally, if I restrict my diet to try and get back to a healthy weight I’m worried I’ll feel even more tired and ill from not eating as much.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

The scales at the vet are probably broken or miscalibrated.

I'm 5'4 and 9.5 stone and wear size 14-16 clothes.

If you are in size 6-8 you are NOT overweight.

Talk to friends and family or your GP about your worries. And ignore the broken scales.

You aren't overweight, at that weight, you sound like a healthy normal adult female. 🙂

Food is there to give you energy to live your life. If you feel a bit sluggish increase your fruit & veg, drink plenty of water and try to get some sunshine every day. But there is no need to diet.

I've got really discouraged on a few diets now and decided to avoid scales and just go on dress size/ how I good I feel. I am a 14-16. If I was a 12 I'd be happy, a 10 and I would be ecstatic - so I think your sizing is waaaay more important than a number on the scales. Try and stick to that. If you feel yourself creeping into dress sizes you're not happy with, then you can address it in a healthy way. It may be a bit more exercise or just cutting out processed food, something simple but healthy rather than restrictive.

I’m 5’4 and 10 stone and I’m a large size 10. There is no way you’re 10st7 and a size 6-8.

Wow! Lots of replies two months after posting! How random! Have tried other scales now and still weigh around 10 and a half stone and still wearing a 6/8. 🤷🏻‍♀️

A sibling mentioned that they are also surprisingly heavy for their size so maybe there is some genetic thing going on?

Thank you for all your replies.