I'm looking for some advice from people who are on/have completed their weight-loss journey.
I (30s f) am currently 300lbs. I started trying to lose weight Oct 2022 and have not succeeded. I work with a personal trainer 3x a week. We have 1 hour sessions focused mostly on weights with some treadmill walking for 10 min to warm up and occasional 5-10 min sessions on a spin bike. I also now have a treadmill at home (recent purchase) and am trying to walk for at least 10-30 min per day (work/life commitments depending).
Before Oct 2022 I took no exercise (bar a 5 min walk to work each way). I ate 1800-2000 calories per day Mon - Fri and probably 3000-4000 calories per day Sat and Sun.
I now eat 1400-1600 calories per day Mon-Fri and 1600-2000 calories Sat and Sun - I really struggle at the weekends to keep my calorie intake low. I'm following NHS advice on the amount of carb/protein/etc per meal. I weigh all my ingredients and I use an NHS recommended calorie calculator for food that doesn't come with calorie information on the nutritional label.
I don't feel able to reduce my calories more than what I am already doing. Even with protein-rich meals I am hungry all the time and never feel full. Also, when I tried in the past all that happens is I keep it up for max 14 days and then I start binge eating. The binge eating cycle then lasts for weeks before I can rein it back in.
I had thought by eating less calories than I used to do and by taking more exercise I would start to slowly lose weight. But this isn't happening.
Does anyone have any advice on how I can actually kick-start my weight loss? Do I just need to cut calories further and try to fight off the binging? I'm getting really disheartened that I'm not losing any weight. I'm trying not to quit this time but in the past when I've tried losing weight it's happened much quicker in the beginning. I am older now though (30s not 20s).
Any advice would be welcome.
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