Wits end with my weight - advice please

[worriergirl]

Hi everyone, I’m feeling absolutely awful and would like some advice and a hand hold really as I’m just so fed up.

I’ve been struggling with my weight since the age of 11 I’ve been on every diet under the sun since then. I’m currently at my heaviest and it’s making me feel terrible about myself I have lost all confidence and self esteem (which I never really had anyways but I now feel worse)

I can’t seem to stick to a diet at all , you name it I’ve tried it. It always ends up with me stuffing my face with everything in sight. Last night I had a real talking to myself and said today was a fresh start and tonight I’m sat feeling awful as I messed up today again. I can’t seem to help myself , I am addicted to food

I’ve been considering weight loss injections but I’m terrified of side affects as I suffer with health anxiety.

im fed up now I really am I have about 4 stone to lose. Why is it the hardest thing in the world??? I really cannot live like this much longer

does anyone have any advice?

Have a go at the weight loss injections. I've lost 4 1/2 stone over the last year and honestly I can't tell you the difference it's made to my life. There were some side-effects and I think being part of an online community or having a friend in real life who's doing the same is worth a lot. The people I know who've packed it in haven't had any support. There are tons and tons of people here who will support you! What I found was that when I had a side-effect I had to work out what caused it so I had one glass of wine and had terrible acid reflux. I ate late at night and I had bad indigestion. What I found out was that it stopped me wanting alcohol and sugar. It made me feel full Really quickly. It made me feel full for much longer than normal so for instance if I ate at 3 pm I wouldn't want to eat for the rest of the day. It also stopped me thinking about food all the time. Recently I found some notes where I had started diets and it almost made me cry. I knew the diet wouldn't work. I'd be thinking about food all the time and that's completely gone now.

Give yourself a break, sign up for it and either start a thread in the injections section or join in. Be really honest with people about your weight and any potential side-effects and you will get tons of help.

Honestly, a WLI will address the issues you describe. I’ve been taking Mounjaro, and it’s been working well for me. I’d think about working on managing your health anxiety so that you could think about trying the injections.

Thanks @healthybychristmasI’m so glad the injections worked for you. If you don’t mind me asking which Injections are you on?

Mounjaro is the best as it works in more than 1 way, and wasn't developed primarily for T2 diabetes. If the smallest dose (2.5mg) helps you enough, then you never need to increase your dose. Otherwise increasing dosage until you get to one that works for you is best. You can stop on whatever works best for you (you will know).
WLI are a tool, not an answer. You can make them work for you