No willpower :-(

[Geordieminx]

I am overweight, I desperately need to loose the 2 stone, that I have put on since Oct 09.

In this time I must have been on a diet every other month. I start off really well, loose almost a stone in 3-4 weeks then we have a weekend away/celebration/whatever, I fall off the diet wagon and put the weight back on again.

It is making me desperately unhappy, I see pictures of myself and I look like some huge big moon face.

I have tried every diet under the sun, it's just the will power to stick to it that I can't find.

My clothes are uncomfortable, and its getting to a stage where I actually hate myself. My mum is morbidly obese (size 30 Ish) and I am terrified of ending up like that... And I know that if I don't rake action now then eventually I will.

Sorry, I don't actually know what I am asking, but just needed an outlet.

Have you tried Paul McKenna?

No, have seen it talked about on here... How does it work? Is it a cd?

Its a book with a CD. Really helps with willpower.

I have used it in conjunction with calorie counting to help willpower but effective without - lots of fasting moving threads on it - ask there whether they think it would help.

In terms of falling off the wagon, I find it better if I plan to fall off - eg its a celebration, going to cheat and then on Monday will restart etc.

Thanks Luce, although I think that's half the problem. I do think of myself as being pretty, but at the moment because I feel so fat, the prettieness has gone. I don't feel pretty or attractive at all. Ever.

No date in mind, had wanted to loose before holidays and friends' wedding but they are both in the past now

Have shred DVD, so will start that, and will look into Paul McKenna. Don't know whether to try Dukan again or just stick with low fat, low cal diet...

Have you read "Potatoes not Prozac", I've lost 10lbs in a month by virtually eliminating sugar from my diet, am less hungry, feel fuller eating smaller portions and am not stuck in the endless starvation/overeating cycle for the first time in my life. It's a really interesting book which explains how sugar addiction can cause you to overeat and find it imposdible to lose weight. For the first time ever I don't feel like I'm on a diet and honestly don't want to eat sweets, chocolate, coke etc. Only 1.5 stones more to go

PS I got my copy for about £2.50 on Amazon HTH

Ebay not Amazon

Oh Geordie. :( I know exactly how you feel. It's as if you subconciously do everything you can to undo your hard work.

The one thing that has made a difference to me is joining a thread on here. I am on the Nothing Tastes As Good As Being Slim Feels one, and when I have had a few days off, they always pull me back and make me realize it really is worth going back. I have never ever been able to do that without them. Also, I list my food intake at the end of each day, and having that look good and healthy on the screen is something that really spurs me on.

I was in exactly the same position but with 3 stone going off and on for 8 years.

For me the breakthrough was Ian Marber, The Food Doctor.
On the way I read and tried EVERYTHING

Once I had sorted out the sugar rollercoaster I had it cracked, no willpower needed. When I fancy a packet of biscuits I quickly have a snack of protein, carbs and good fats, voila, craving gone.

Frankly it transformed my life, I have NO WILLPOWER, and depending on it meant I was never going to lose weight.