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Originally Posted by BritChick63
Hi guys, sorry for the depressing title, but that sums up how I feel and what I'm doing to myself right now.
Today I started off with melon with fat free natural yoghurt and a weetabix.
Brilliant!
Lunch was two small turkey salad sandwiches.
Once again brilliant.
Then it just went down hill. Six two finger kitkats, two bags of crisps and a chocolate pudding.
I am doing something like this every single day. Sometimes I don't even get past breakfast without a binge.
Needless to say my weight is on the up, no idea what I weigh right now, but it's probably the heaviest I've ever been. Plan on weighing tomorrow to see what the damage is.
I am 50 and I believe starting the menopause. The mood swings are the biggest problem and I think this is what is leading me to binge, or maybe I'm making excuses.
No idea what I'm asking, just needed to get it out if you know what I mean.
I guess any tips on breaking the destructive habits would be appreciated.
hi brit girl.
I think weight loss success has a lot more going on than just what your eat. You don't say enough for me to be sure but one of the things that think causes these false starts is low seratonin. So read the article in
nutrition wonderland website about
seratonin to get a sense of where i am coming from on this. You will probably need to read it twice but its full of information that if you can take it in will help you in the long run.
Its really late for me right and i should be in bed so i'm getting tired. Otherwise i'd say a lot more. But you will no doubt read my take on these things around the traps if you stay cause i write the same things over and over.
But you can take a look at my blog in the link below for understand about what i'm doing and why its working. Some of it may register with you and some of it may not. Take what you find useful. I do modify somethings a little bit along the way. I always do that. For instance i now eat more protein than at the start and i don't find that too easy.
btw i'm also 50 but not yet at menopause. I have a theory that antidepressants might help with it because i am taking them but my sister is not and she has been going through a rough menopause for a couple of years. My turn might come later but i also remember years ago when i started on Ads that it is helpful for people who get strong PMS.
btw when i'm not on a diet, i just about only eat junk like you described. I don't even want to cook or eat vegetables when i'm in that frame of mind and so i put on weight really quickly when i let myself go.