5'7", 16st 3lb, with no willpower. HELP

[magsi]

O.k, so I am fed-up with my waining willpower. I am a yo-yo dieter and have been for a few years. I will go from 16, down to 14st about 3 times a year....and so bloody on. How do you break out of this cycle? and stop becoming a reluctant wearer of 'Evans' clothes.

I have three kids, 6 and under. Not a particularly close marriage, been married about 6 years, do all the things a SAHM does every day. The Atkins works really well for me and I seem o.k, leaving carbs alone. I just want to eat normal, healthy, portions of food, and most of all, NOT STUFF MY FACE EVERY NIGHT WITH CRAP!!

I have started walking at night, just pacing the pavements which has worked well for me in the past, when the kids are in bed.

I am wondering if I may be a bit depressed, wondering if the problem goes deeper?, who knows. Tell me that I am not alone in the lack of Willpower.

you are not alone.

it is worth looking into depression, and someone suggested to me yesterday that my depression might be a sympton of a thyroid problem.

I have started walking at night too, it is peaceful and I can walk at a faster pace without the LOs!

I am on my 2nd day of sticking to my diet (afternoons - toast - and evenings - wine and any crap that comes my way - are my worst times), I am following Rosemary Conley GI jeans diet.

Take 1 day at a time and good luck.

goto the doctors and talk it through first could be the not perticually close marriage maybe not enough love and support there

and as we all know when nopt happy get into a tendancy of comfort eating

maybe check out with gp and have blood tests and maybe ask about depression rule all this out first

then if things are not happy at home maybe see if you abnd dp can sort things out to make you ahppier as happy people seem to have the motivation

buy an outfit you would love to wear and work yourself into that outfit you can do plenty of exercise throughout day i ahve bought exercise ball and do sit ups in day then i have some step exerciser that i use for 20 mins makes you feel so much better

drink lots of water with lemon slices as lemon speeds up motabilism and water makes you feel full

Thanks guys, have hopped over to the other thread, maybe mass-support is what I need.