Feeling like a failure!

[Mumbez]

I am a serial yo yo dieter.! I am noe extremely fed up and mad at myself. I do not really want to pay to go to a slimming class so I am hoping people on here will help keep my focused. I actually now weigh more than when I was pregnant with my first son. I really do not want to get any bigger, I am scared that I will get diabetes as I had it when I was pregnant both times. I just don't really know where to start!

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

Hello, Mumbez, and welcome to the forum 😊

The chances are it's the diet failing you, not the other way around. I'm going to give you a couple of things to read that could give you a new direction. The title of the first one won't apply to you but do read it as the content will, given you're a serial dieter. The second underpins the first.

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This welcome pack explains how the forum works and how to find your way around healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh... Please take your time reading it so you get the best out of your time here.

I recommend joining a weekly weigh in on the day of your choice.

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and you are using a photo, and possibly a username, that identifies you could be shared without your knowledge or consent.

Wishing you every success in reaching your goals 😊

[RedUnicorn]

Welcome! Well done for joining the forum. I too am a serial

Yo-yo dieter but am sticking at it this time by changing habits rather than seeing it as a ‘diet’ for a temporary period. I’m on a slow downward journey and have a similar amount to lose. Pick a day to weigh in and keep coming back would be my advice.

Definitely use the forum on bad days as well as good, people here are very supportive.

Good luck!

[PandQs Maintainer 3st 7lbs]

Hi Mumbez, I’m a yo yo dieter that had given up wanting to try again because I always ended up bigger. Then I had umbilical hernia that consultant wouldn’t accept me on list for surgery unless I brought my BMI down. Reluctantly trying again. -then a revelation, watching series of YouTube videos “The Skinny on Obesity” episodes 2 and 4 in particular. Realised that previous low fat high carb diets of baked potatoes, bagels, had messed me up. Now a LCHF convert, loving my food, not counting calories, feeling full, not craving between meals and best of all, losing weight. Reading about LCHF or watching those videos might be a good starting point for you. Best of luck!

[PandQs Maintainer 3st 7lbs]

P.s. over 3 stone lighter and hernia no longer requires to be fixed by surgery. Win win !

[Mumbez in reply to PandQs]

Wow well done! Thankyou I a m going to try again it is start day tomorrow!

[PandQs Maintainer 3st 7lbs in reply to Mumbez]

If you haven't tried LCHF before it may be a revelation to you as it was to me. Worth reading up about and plenty of support here every day of the week (and no weekly subs to pay, at a time of day to suit you )