I need to lose so much weight. Also need fetching down off my anxious perch

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I ballooned after the birth of my first DD (now 7.5) have yo-yo’ed since.

I’m a classic comfort/binge eater who has awful, awful periods of health anxiety.

I currently have my 10 year old step daughter, 7 year old DD1, 20 month old DD2 and 3 month old DD3. I feel like all I do is cook, clean and look after the DC’s. DD1’s homeschooling has meant that any flexibility we once had was gone as far as going out for some exercise was concerned.

I’ve always cooked healthy meals but my portions will be way out and once the kids are in bed, myself and OH eat loads of crap and I eat it mindlessly through the day too.

I’ve recently had issues with visual disturbances, headaches etc, optician can’t see anything a miss. I even had a hospital grade scan done that didn’t show any abnormalities.

Nothing scares me more than my children being left without a mother. I really need to get my arse into gear for them.

I had gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes during my last pregnancy. I’ve got a BP monitor to check it at home. It’s mostly in the normal bracket with a couple of readings in the normal/high bracket.

I’ve also noticed slight horizontal ridges in all of my fingernails (Beau’s lines) which have really stressed me out. Apparently they can happen thanks to low temperatures (which we had a month or so ago which would make sense) but also thanks to heart attacks. I’m now worried I’ve had a heart attack and not realised and that there’s a massive one waiting around the corner for me

Sick of being so worried and can attribute most of my worries to my weight and eating/exercise habits.
Sorry for the ramble, I feel better for getting it all out.

Good you feel better for getting it out. Sounds like you have so much going on!

Come join us on the 16:8 thread...we can help!

16/8 - 2021 thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/fasting_diet/4124232-16-8-2021-thread

Emotional eating makes it a tough one.

I am similar. I just read Loose Weight feel Great by Ranjan Chatterjee - shocking title, but a really sensible book. He doesn't give you a method, but the principles of weight loss. The other one that's good and deals specifically with emotional eating is The Last Diet by Sharoo Izadi - again, terrible name because it's not a diet book, it's a book about how to loose weight if you are emotionally attached to food.

I'd do some thinking and reading before you decide what to do, because if you have an emotional relationship with food you need to think about how you'll manage that.

It is doable - good luck OP. I am on a similar mission.