I’m almost 18 stone 🙁😮😢

[WizardinTraining]

I’ve never been the slimmest but it’s really crept on over the years and I’ve been in denial about how heavy I’ve got despite feeling uncomfortable, having gone up several dress sizes and now with the weather getting warmer, my legs and underarms chafing 😳

I just find it so hard to control what I eat. I don’t eat that badly - lots of fresh stuff made from scratch - but I’m a dreadful snacker/ boredom eater and I drink too much.

I find it so time-consuming and depressing having to weigh or count or monitor everything but if I try to do it another way - fasting or cutting something out or whatever I just end up feeling deprived. But if I just try to eat sensibly it’s like a pass to have what I want.

I’m 50 and a single parent with a busy job and increasingly needy family - I don’t feel like I’ve got the time or the inclination to diet but I can’t carry on like this.

Me too OP. I don't eat well and snack all the time. I can't get a control of it. What if you get rid of all the unhealthy snacks in the house and replace with fruit. That stops me (until I decide I don't care and go to the shops!)

Me too, although I’ve stopped drinking, but not lost any weight.
I can’t get rid of snacks as the others want them.
One thing I’m trialling is protein powder to see if it stops me snacking.

Keto diet is the only thing that works for me. Or as close to it as I can get in terms of low carbs. Nuts, cheese, grilled chicken as snacks. If I have one crisp, one biscuit, etc, the whole lot is gone in minutes. 9 pack twin bar packets, 6 crisp bags. I have no off switch. I locked snacks in a box for a while but now have banned them from the house. The kids are annoyed but they’ll have to deal with it and I get them ice creams when we go to the park x

My advice is to stop trying to be perfect “on a diet” and make a few changes to begin with. Firstly, cut out booze altogether - it’s a huge factor for weight gain and compounds the health risks from being overweight. Then start meal prepping - have your meals prepared and planned out in advance with protein and vegetables and some carbs. Get into the habit of having the same healthy breakfast every day. Then set a step goal and make sure you meet it. It’s not easy to lose weight, it’s very hard, but then again, being overweight is very hard too. The first few weeks will be the worst, lots of hard work with no visible results - it takes time to lose weight just as it takes time to put it on. Don’t give up on yourself, every time you slip up (and you will) just get back on track. Good luck!

I cut out sugar. And lowered my fat content due to a bad gallbladder. If u have a look on social media about the effects of junk food and how addictive it is. It may help change ur thought process. Part of why my diets always didn’t work was becuase i was still getting those hunger pangs and sugar spikes. I don’t get them anymore. And honestly I don’t ever feel hungry. I fell better all around as well. No more tiredness or non sleeping. Pains gone from my hips. Sugar is really bad for ur body.

so cut that out. And eat healthier and the pounds will drop off. I have been doing this for a month and the other day I had an ice lolly that I used to have and I couldn’t eat it as it was so sweet.