I'm 5 stone overweight, 3 of those gained in the last 2 years - through a combination of 2 pregnancies in two years (the second of which ended sadly in a 21 week miscarriage), an awful lot of comfort eating, and developing an underactive thyroid. I'm desperate to get some weight off before TTC again, but am a serial yo-yo dieter & feel my eating is now so disordered I've lost sight of what is normal.
Where on earth do I go from here? I'm sure I'd lose weight on slimming world / weight watchers / any other diet plan, but I'm equally sure that I'll gain it back unless I do something to change my general attitude to food and my lifestyle.
I was slim without worrying about it until my late 20s, but I've always had a tendency to binge when stressed, I remember doing it as a child. But I was always active & it was never an issue. The emotional eating seems to be more often these days, and I find it hard to stop them. I'm very happily married with a 2 year old DS, although obviously have been through a major emotional period since losing DS2.
Has anyone been in a similar position and turned things around? How did you do it? I'm terrified of continuing to gain weight & the health implications.