Depression and overeating/indulging

[daughterofanarchy]

Hello all.

Right where do I start? I’m seeking help to start a weight loss routine. Please bear with me as I can’t think straight at the moment.
I’m on my second child and battled pnd with the first (severe) and currently going through it again.

I am obese. I’m so ashamed to admit that but I am. I’m 5’2” and weigh just over 17 stone.

My baby doesn’t leave me alone or nap by herself (sleeps on me) and I find it difficult to get time to prepare myself a healthy meal. Instead I grab the nearest “grab and go” junk thinking it will be quicker and then I can move on to doing my tasks quickly before the baby inevitably kicks off. I’ve ballooned to this awful weight, my stomach hurts from the crap I shovel into my gob.
I’m So fed up With myself. I’ve cut out unhealthy fizzy drinks/ energy drinks but that is as far as I’ve got. Food wise what simple changes can I start making? I should add I don’t eat breakfast lunch and dinner at regular times due to the chaos that is my life. But I’d anyone has any idea for quick simple healthy food is be grateful.

Thank you in advance and apologies if my responses are slow- is taken me an hour to write this as baby kept hitting the screen.

I really feel for you. In terms of simple changes, I'd recommend starting to reduce carbs and sugar as they just make you hungrier. Eating more fat and protein makes you feel fuller and less likely to overeat. There is so much help on the low carb threads so I'd suggest having a look on there. Best of luck - it's so difficult with a young baby.

Stock up your fridge with a selection of healithier snack foods, some cherry tomatoes, cheese, cocktail sausages, cucumber, peppers, a selection of fruit, Pitta bread and hummous. All easy to grab, chuck on a plate and eat with little effort and you can balance the protein/fat/carbs by sight on a plate easily. I rarely ate proper meals for the first few months.

How old is your eldest child daughterofanarchy? Because a toddler would benefit from eating breakfast, lunch and dinner at routines times. So why not try to set a mealtime-basedroutine horse everyone?

As well as it being healthy first eating habits, it's also going to help structure your day, break it down into bits so you can face things mire easily.

Obviously work something out that suits your family best, but an example would be:

7am wake everyone up
7-8am - Breakfast
8am - 12pm "morning activities"
12-1pm - Lunch
1pm - 5pm "afternoon activities"
5-6pm - Dinner
6pm - 7pm "evening winddown activities"
7pm-8pm - Kids bedtime
8pm onwards "grownup time"

Something like this might help more than just your eating habits.

Stop buying unhealthy food. I have done this because I am a binge eater and if it's there I WILL eat it.

I have just put your height and weight into an online calculator which has estimated you should eat around 1600-1700 calories a day to lose weight. Make a meal plan for the week based on this and stick to it. It takes about 20 minutes at the start of each week and and really helps.

Thank you all for your replies. I will look at all your suggestions properly once the baby nods off (if she nods off).

FATEdestiny, my eldest is four and was nursery school - going into reception now. She eats at regular times but she’s the only one in the house that does.

Thank you all for your ideas. I feel so silly having to ask but honestly the simplest of things have been a struggle for me lately. To the point where gathering my thoughts on how to approach this was difficult.
I really appreciate you all taking the time to read through my very poorly written first post and for your very helpful ideas.

Have a bowl of healthy cereal for breakfast, e.g raisin bran with a banana cut into it. Takes the same amount of time as grabbing junk, and will fill you up. Also Greek yoghurt and fruit is simple and delicious.

For dinner have something simple, like a ham sandwich with vegetable sticks. Only takes a couple of minutes to prepare. And some fruit after, e. And orange.

Dinners the hardest one, but if you’ve eaten well all day it won’t matter as much if it’s not perfect. Could you save a treat e.g chocolate bar for dinner so you can look forward to it all day? If money’s not an issue, buy ready meals e.g fish pie and some frozen veg, bung it in the oven and have a treat after. You should lose weight if you eat like this, and don’t snack on top. Have lots of water, and maybe put the radio on/listen to podcasts (passive activity) if you get bored, to stop snacking.

Good luck OP! You are doing an amazing job, don’t forget to care for yourself as well as your DC!

*1st dinner = lunch 🤦‍♀️

Also- get food delivered according to a meal plan you’ve set out, with only a few treats in, so you’re not tempted to buy lots of junk food, and it’s one less job to worry about - order it lying on the sofa with baby and a cup of tea