Doctors and weight loss help

[weightonmymind]

Help!
I recently received a message from the doctors saying as my bmi was high I was entitled to help with weight loss. So I filled in the form online to say yes please (bmi is 35).
The doctor replied today saying they have received a message from the weight loss service to say they can’t accept me to their program due to an historic eating disorder.
Im mid 40s now, the aforementioned eating disorder was in my teen years.

Had anyone experienced this. What did you do next? I understand their position but I’m gutted if I’ve no chance of getting help with this.
The weight gain is affecting my all round health and life and I really don’t know what to do. (Am exercising with regularly walks and swims but just can’t stop eating too much snacks).

Thankyou.

bumping for the weekend users…

So sorry you're going through this @weightonmymind. I never asked the GP for advice (though they did nag me) and I have a massive binge eating problem. I did try to diet but just couldn't, I had dieted very successfully in the past but I'd run out of energy and just put more and more weight on. the only thing that helped me was Overeaters Anonymous oa.org/. It's basically like Alcoholics Anonymous but for food. All meetings are volunteer run and there aren't any fees - it isn't profit making. There's Zoom meetings, face to face meetings - all sorts. Please feel free to DM me if you want to chat