Hey folks.
I'm a 27 year old man, currently 250lbs at 5'10". I'm hoping to lose weight for a couple of reasons -- one being my health, as my stepfather passed away when he was only 37 due to heart complications from his weight, and secondly because I'm gay, and being gay and overweight is incredibly difficult.
I've been working on weight loss for no less than 5 years at this point, and I used to be over 300lbs, but I lost a fair bit simply by cutting out soda and switching from a lot of frozen pre-cooked meals to meals I cook myself, but I've definitely plateaued.
I go to the gym for an hour a day at least four times a week (typically five, as I go during my corporate gym during lunch break at work). I'm not entirely sure if my routine is the best for weight loss necessarily, though.
I've spoken to my therapist about my body image issues a lot over the past couple of years, and after a lot of talk about it, she believes I've got a combination of Binge Eating Disorder and Selective Eating Disorder. To make a long story short about those, I had an extremely poor upbringing in regards to foods, and I physically cannot eat a lot of foods as they will make me gag until I vomit. On top of that, most of the foods I can eat end up being carb/calorie heavy, and I frequently find myself overeating, recognizing that I'm doing it even in the moment, yet continuing to do it while feeling guilty and embarrassed enough to hide the eating from friends/family.
I'm not 100 percent sure what I hope to accomplish in making this post, maybe just getting some sort of support, or even advice on coping and managing my eating. The few friends I've talked to about this simply don't get it and have suggestions like "just force yourself to eat [those foods]", not understanding that I physically *cannot*.
Sorry for the wall of text! Thanks for reading :)
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