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Psychologist?
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Iliketeaagain · 19/08/2020 14:36
I'm absolutely fed up with my weight and planning on doing 1:1 diet to get a big chunk of weight loss.
I've done it before, and I know it works, but I put a lot back on again over the last 5 years or so.
Covid has been the Eyeopener for me - increased likelihood of dying if you are obese and I really want things to stick this time.
Has anyone used a psychologist / therapist along side diet & exercise to sustain their weight loss? There is a clinical psychologist near me who I have thought about making contact with. I wonder if I did that, it i would have a longer lasting effect.
Anyone have any advice for me?
Thanks
Peridot1 · 19/08/2020 16:46
I’m seeing a counsellor at the moment - well via FaceTime at the moment. I didn’t start specifically about weight issues but it was one of the things that was causing me to be depressed.
I think it’s helping. She has definitely made me see how hard I am on myself. And how bloody tired I am of dieting.
It’s not a miracle fix but I’m trying not to be hard on myself. I tend to have to think I have to follow a plan to perfection and if I don’t I feel a failure. So I’m now just sort of doing 16-8 but not stressing too much about it.
Iliketeaagain · 20/08/2020 16:40
Thank you for sharing that. I think I will message the psychologist to find out more and see how that goes.
CarterBeatsTheDevil · 20/08/2020 17:14
I have had therapy for just over a year (it is ongoing) and it is the therapy that has got me to a place where I am able to lose weight. I'm not biting my nails anymore either. I have a long way to go on self-care but I needed the therapy to learn to value myself and to see losing weight as a wonderful thing to do for myself and my health, rather than a penance that I deserved for being disgusting. Not everyone who is overweight is an emotional eater but if you are I think therapy is a must.
CarterBeatsTheDevil · 20/08/2020 17:15
I didn't go to her for weight issues, but it turns out that everything I did go to her for is connected to them...
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