Weight gain, lack of interest in anything & cant stop eating

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NC

As the tile says. I currently weigh my heaviest ever, aside from pregnancy. I love exercising (walking/running (more jogging LOL)/swimming) but at the moment work is so busy I dont have the time for any of this.

I love food. The overeating is making me ill with bowel-related problems.

I had a fantastic figure, it was the best thing about me tbh but I have ruined it and continue to do so. I KNOW i am doing this but still I do not stop. The attraction of food is just too much to say no.

I dont want to go out. I dont want to go to the office (currently doing half office and half WAH). I dont want anyone to see me this size. I have the holiday of a lifetime planned for March next year, so I have a goal to aim for I need to lose 2-3 stone. Why, oh why can I just not make a start on losing ? I desperately want to but it's always 'I'll start tomorrow just after I have had my last cake' type of thing. Tomorrow never comes. The last cake is never the last one.

Please someone help me or offer me some guidance.

Hi, just seen your post and wonder if you were able to achieve your weight loss for your holiday? I'm in a similar situation, since being in my 30s I've put on 4 stone and I feel huge and uncomfortable, don't feel like me. The weight gain plagues me each day and always think to myself, I need to loose weight but can never seem to keep consistent so never really see any results. I walk and swim a lot so that's my main source of exercise but can also be lazy where I just don't have the energy to do anything. Really wanting to lose the weight for good this year as want to have a baby so need to loose the extra pounds, otherwise I'll be the size of a house and can imagine it'll be a nightmare to get rid of. I've had some difficult times so feel like that's caused me to gain weight as I stress eat & just struggle to get the motivation to do something about it. One minute I care, the next I don't think I'm too bad, so conflicting mental states.

Have you tried doing things that help your head to start with? Trying to address the stress or find something else to do when stressed other than eat. Whether that’s a stress ball or a small thing that you do?

I find being organised with meal and exercise plans helps and having healthy snacks. DH likes lots of tangerines and small bags of popcorn helps. We don’t have junk food in the house and get some exercise in before work each day so we start the day right. Even if it’s a walking working in front of the tv.

With motivation what works for you for other aspects of your life?

I know this is a post from a few months back but I completely sympathise. I’m the heaviest I’ve been almost ever, I lost 24lbs in lockdown and regained it. I used to love working in the office but most of my nice office clothes don’t fit so when I’m in I’m wearing legging / over sized shirt and not dress / skirt. Over eating also causes me problems as I have a pancreas disease and need to limit my fat content, over Christmas I was waking every morning in so much pain, but then still ate loads. I’m back in the diet zone now, and hoping by Easter I’m a fair bit lighter as that will help with how I feel about myself for sure. Good luck, hope you’re feeling better about yourself now

Hi all, just replying to peoples messages...planning meals for the week and not having junk in the house is definitely something we're doing now the holidays are over. I want to follow a low carb diet and will be incorporating exercise into my daily routine, I use a really good free workout app called FitOn which I'd recommend, great selection of workouts, you can select the intensity, duration etc to suit your needs and they also provide programmes to follow too. It's just getting into that proactive mindset and just getting things done, but already feeling positive about things and determined. I've also started back on ozempic which is an injection you take that takes away your hungry and stops you from eating loads. I did it for a few weeks last year and lost 8lbs so back on it and know it'll help lots! Determined to loose a decent amount of weight this year and fast.