Before covid I was going to the gym most days, swimming and walking and could pretty much eat what I wanted without gaining weight (my diet is pretty good but I have treats too). When covid hit obviously the gym was closed so I cancelled my membership, I’m a single parent so I had dc at home (both with sn’s) so the only exercise I could do was a hours walk a day, I managed not to gain too much and was careful with what I ate.
I then had a terrible time with women’s issues and recently had minor surgery which resulted in me having to rest for a bit, the surgery didn’t go as planned and I was unwell for 2 months (still not 100%), I have been careful with what I eat and have exercised when I can and also started swimming again. Now the kids are home for 6 weeks it’s been hard to exercise. I hate looking at myself in the mirror, my tummy is flabby, my bum is out of shape and I have bad cellulite, no clothes seem to look right on me. I’m not eating loads, a normal day consists of…
Porridge for breakfast
A sandwich or salad for lunch
A packet of low fat crisps as a snack
A cooked evening meal (fish pie, stir fry, occasionally pasta)
A low fat yoghurt
I don’t buy biscuits, cake etc… so these things are a treat say if we go out for the day.
I don’t understand why I’m gaining weight as not much has changed other than not going to the gym. I know once the kids are back at school I can go back to the gym and the pool and hopefully I will lose the weight but right now I feel fat and uncomfortable in my clothes. I am usually a size 10/12 but guessing I’m closer to a 14 as my size 12’s are tight 😭, I know to some it doesn’t seem like much but to me I look awful, my whole body shape has changed from being athletic to looking like my mother.
I’m rubbish at sticking to any kind of diet, I would rather just eat healthy as much as I can without counting anything or logging anything but I need to do something as it’s getting me down 
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Any tips or any good exercise programmes I can do at home? At the moment I walk 5k most days and I have one of those hula hoop things that I do for half an hour in the evening.