Anxiety over my weight

I don't mean to sound like I'm picking myself apart, but I am very overweight and I just don't know how to lose it anymore. When I was young and in my teens I was really about normal. In my late 20s and early 30s is when it started creeping up. I have to take psyche meds and I think they are partly to blame, a lot of them can cause weight gain. When I was 35 I went to weight watchers and lost 50 pounds and I felt great that I did that. But around 5 years later the weight is creeping up on me again. Then I got motivated to diet and exercise and I lost 30 pounds when I was 40. My 40s have been very rough on me and when I'm really stressed I tend to go for the junk food. Well now I'm about to turn 50 and I feel like a human blimp. I hate it, but I'm also tired of trying to eat tons of salads and watching the point value of what I eat and all that. I don't know how people like Madonna stay in shape all the time, I like to exercise but I don't want to spend more than an hour a day exercising. I like to walk a lot around my neighborhood and town a lot, however I've recently developed this condition where I have some arthritis in my left knee where my knee starts to hurt when I walk for a long time. I don't want to develop diabetes or anything, this just seems like a constant battle and I don't like being this fat chick. I have 2 sisters who are thin and I don't like being the heavy one. I don't know how to permanently keep the weight off, I have clothes in all these different sizes. I won't give out my weight, but if I was a normal weight I would wear a size 12, now I wear a size 18, bleeehhhh. And I'm getting a gut. Okay, sorry for the rant. Any advice?????

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Breaking the lose gain lose gain cycle is hard, but it’s is like anything else that requires conscious effort and thought to make better choices and to do that is through behavioral modification, a different relationship with food, daily commitment and time.

I have my own methods for maintaining my weight now, my method probably won’t work for many. I did however adopt daily exercise in some form that helps anxiety, keeps depression at bay and the added weight management.

I turn 53 next month, it is hard to get weight off without truly exhausting a little more calorie restriction than I want to, and while a normal hormonally functional woman can lose weight twice as fast as I can now, you can lose it and maintain it. Find a weight loss/weight community (I did 8 years ago and still talk to friends on that platform), find free apps, any kind of tool that speaks to you that can help you achieve your goals and moreover make life long changes to keep it off. My thoughts are find something sustainable and that you’ll stick to. Health Unlocked has a community here if you want to try that out here as well.

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Thank you. Yes, when you get older your metabolism changes, doesn't it? I still think these psyche meds I take are partly to blame.

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My metabolism declined as soon as I hit menopause last year. And your meds truly may be not helping your cause. I know things like Seroquel and Mirtzapine cause metabolic changes so I’m sure others do too. May be worth researching your med, it may help to see what your up against. 🌺💜

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Yes, I take some Seroquel to help me sleep at night!!! Thanks again.☺

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Go to the forum on this site called "Weight Loss NHS". Those people are AMAZING. They have tons of good advice.

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It's good to let your feelings out. My mom has the same issue (sorry mom) in that she has tried numerous diets without much success.

Just remember that weight doesn't make a person; it's what's in your heart and soul that does.🙂

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Is a modified keto diet like the Atkins diet???