Hello all! I started my weight loss journey around mid-August of this year, and I weighed 287.0 LBS (20-year old male, 6 feet tall). Currently, I weigh 274.0 LBS, which is not at all where I wanted to be over 3 months after my start. I’ve now realized the core issue that I have with weight loss, and why over these past few months I have ultimately failed with each new attempt. I begin each attempt with a fresh mindset, weekly goal in mind, and the “I will do this” attitude. I do well for usually a week, and I will see some results—which excites me. Then, I may fight with my spouse, a new financial difficulty may arise, or maybe even I just become too bored...then I turn to restaurants. Pizza, chicken, soda...everything I shouldn’t eat. I don’t keep pleasure food at my house, but when I am upset by sometimes even minor things, I take comfort in eating. Most recently, as an example, my spouse was very upset about one of her courses, so my first response was to go get a pizza from one of our favorite restaurants. This was of course after I had already eaten for the day, and I even told myself in the moment that I didn’t need to eat it—I knew it was a bad idea. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, I always lose the internal conflict within me when it comes to eating for comfort vs weight loss. It has become a cycle for the past few months where I will diet successfully for a time, then I will relapse back into old habits, then I will find courage again, and so forth. My question is if anyone here has dealt with emotional eating like I have, what was/ is your success story? How did you overcome it? Or, if someone hasn’t necessarily had this same problem, what advice do you have? Thanks all!
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