Do you think if I went to see the doctor they would help me or am I just mental?

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Over recent months I have becomme increasingly worried about my eating habits and feel like I really need some guidence to stabalise my eating once and for all.

I am always on some kind of a diet - you name it I've tried it. I'm never happy with my weight and sometimes this results in me going into a sort of binge phase where I punish myself by eating anything and everything in sight. Of course this leaves me feeling crap and onto another diet.

When I'm focused and on track I can be very focused but I'm a creature of habit and will eat the same things day after day if I know I can successfully loose weight by sticking to 3 identical meals. Sometimes I substitute meals for fuit or even skip them completely.

I'm sure most of what I'm saying rings true for lot's of people but I am so sick of the constant yo yo and really want to learn to be healthy and happy.

I've thought of having hypnotherepy to help or going to see a dietician but I can't really afford to waste money on either!

You mention not being able to afford going to see a dietician or hypnotherapist...yet you are doing a lot of 'fad' diets, I presume, which cost a lot of money in the long wrong.

You need to weigh up your options here and think what would be better for you in the long run.

No the fad diets don't really cost anything as I know them all inside out anyway. I did the Cambridge Diet last year which did cost a small fortune but my dh has banned me from ever doing that or the Juice diet ever again.

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My GP practise will refer you to the practice nurse for weight loss management

Why don't you call up upir practoce and ask?

Apols for appalling spelling and grammar!

What is your height and weight?

What I am getting at is, are you at a healthy weight and so this is a problem in your mind, or are you overweight so you are having trouble shifting the weight.

In terms of stabilising eating habits, I'd suggest something like atkins (BIWI's thread) or dukan to lose the weight and then having a long stabilising phase where you work out how much carbs you can eating without gaining.

What works for me is being careful in week, long term but eating more at weekends.

I'm 5ft 5inches and currently weight just under 11 stone. I guess clinically I'm just overweight but not massively. The problem is 80% in my head.

I would like to shift a stone but I have been fighting with it for ages now!

I lost weight years go after the dc's and maintained at 10 stone for about 4 years. I did that by being good during the week and eating what I wanted at the weekends. I promised myself if I could get back down there I'd be content and happy (whereas before when I was there I was always trying to loose a bit more).

I've thought about doing dukan or aitkins but it's too limited for me and I don't think I could stick to it with any success. The reason Cambridge worked is because you don't have to think about what food to eat - it is all provided for you. I'd struggle to think of meals on dukan or aitkins as I am a bit of a carb freak

Well there is your answer; if you want to continue to be a carb freak you will continue to be slightly overweight. If you want to be happy with your body etc then you will have to deal with the carb addiction. Personal choice.

Cambridge isn't sustainable as it isn't real food and by following if you will not have solved your eating issues. Both dukan and atkins have stabilisation phases where you add extra carbs and work out how much you can eat without gaining.