F 5’3” 170lbs
Please help.
I had a baby two years ago. I gained a lot more weight then than I planned to and after the pregnancy was over, was around 170lbs, up from 135 pre-pregnancy.
Then covid happened. I “tried” to lose weight but then the stress eating coping mechanism kicked in in full swing, and I have just hovered around 170 since. I’ll lose weight for a bit and then gain it all back.
I KNOW all the right things to do. I know about macros, IF, don’t pick a diet you can’t live with for your life, counting calories, weighing food, eating filling foods, drinking boatloads of water, etc etc etc. I could tell you how to lose weight with my eyes closed.
I just can’t do it myself. When I count calories, I get into disordered eating habits. I’ll start fresh, tell myself “this is the time!” and start logging my food, weighing myself daily, exercising, etc. and then I go to the grocery store and my lizard brain takes over and I buy a gallon of ice cream. “Not to worry, I’ll work it into my calorie budget” - except then that night lizard brain is back and I eat half the damn thing.
It’s like lizard brain just shuts off the part of me that wants to lose weight and shoves it in a cupboard under the stairs until it gets its full of sweets. “Just don’t buy it then you won’t be tempted!” except lizard brain shuts that off too and normal brain doesn’t come back until I’ve eaten a Twix in the bathroom and hidden the wrapper so my family doesn’t see.
Please help.
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