I just am having such a hard time with weight loss and have tried quite a few different things. Please let me know if this isn’t allowed or if I’m missing steps for posting. I’m not used to making actual posts on reddit. In order to save on time (I’m a preschool teacher and nap time is almost over), I’m just going to list out the things I’m having trouble with and the things I have already tried.
So let’s start with the bad: I have a hard time tracking my food due to it being recipes I made myself or got from family and I have to eat family style (together as a group) with very young children, so their food is very high carb/high calorie and VERY processed. I tried bringing my own food to work, but we have to put food on our plates and at least pretend to eat with the kids during lunch time and I end up picking at (if not just eating) the food and then go eat what I brought during my break. I have a horrible peanut and tree nut allergy, which a lot of healthy foods want tree nuts. I also get an itchy throat from a lot of raw fruits and vegetables (something that was not present during childhood and I used to really enjoy eating them). I eat meat in every meal and am a huge pasta/rice fiend. I tried cutting out pasta and rice, but the meals were so unfulfilling that I found myself snacking A LOT to try and satisfy my cravings, so now I’m back to rice and am only doing whole wheat/veggies/no yolk egg noodles. I have really bad anxiety when it comes to going to the gym on my own and my husband isn’t very reliable for going with me, so if he doesn’t go, I end up not going (and he doesn’t really like going). Both my husband and I are big on fast food, especially when I haven’t gone grocery shopping in a while, as I am the only one who cooks in the household.
If it sounds like I’m making excuses, I’m terribly sorry. It isn’t that I haven’t tried, it’s just these are the things I’ve noticed I’ve had problems with.
Now for the things I have done in the past: MFP on and off, buying healthier foods (which mostly end up rotting cause I don’t know how to cook with them/can’t eat them fast enough), trying to go to the gym three times a week (starting again in first Monday of oct, but I only know how to use the stationary bike), going for morning walks (lasted about a week cause gotta be up super early for work), giving myself a tangible goal (lost nearly 20lb for my wedding dress, but recently gained almost all of it back), writing a food diary, removing pasta and rice from my diet (got really depressed and started snacking tons), intermittent fasting (16-8 and then 20-4 but it caused a lot of depression and anxiety episodes so I stopped), limiting fast food to maybe once or twice a week (gonna try this one again. It’s hard to get husband on board though).
I think that’s everything. I’m currently in therapy trying to deal with my depression and anxiety, which I’m hoping will help a lot. I just have a really hard time keeping on it and self motivating. I just get overwhelmed and while my husband wants to support me, I need him to be on board with this as well or I’m just gonna fall off and join him with all his junk food again. I feel like I’m taking a big step in admitting that I’m doing a horrible job trying to lose weight. I’m really sorry if this just sounds like I’m whining or making excuses.
I want to start over and make sure I do it right this time. So please, if any of you can help direct me or give me baby steps to follow, or just help me find that motivation. I’ve been lurking on here for a while, trying to use the success stories as motivation, but I’ve been too afraid to ask for help. I just don’t know what to do anymore.
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