Hello I am new to the forum and was hoping I could get some advice. I am 23 years old 5 feet 9 inches tall and weigh about 255 pounds. I desperately want to loose weight but I cant even diet for two days. If I don't drink pop for about 2 days I will get headaches. And when I try to diet I feel like I am going through withdrawal. One of the biggest problems I have is buying large amounts of food and pigging out. Then afterwards I feel terrible and disgusted with myself. So I throw it all out. I do this like a few times a week. I spend like 40 dollars each time. Eating is like a hobby for me. I eat even when I am not hungry. Sometimes at work I will be thinking about what I am going to eat afterwards and it makes me excited. It is really embarrassing but I don't know what to do. My doctor said I have a higher than normal sugar level and I have to loose weight. I would have to loose like 70 pounds to be at a healthy weight. Can someone please help me out with some advice or tips. I would really appreciate it.
I eat tons of fruit - it might be worth you trying that. At least it is healthy and sweet so it might distract you away from things that would be bad for you.
I used to drink lots of pop too - but drink a lot less now. What I did was I worked out how much water I should be drinking and I filled bottles with that much water each day. I put them overnight in the fridge. Then the next day - I have the rule that I can still drink some pop but I cannot have much (only an odd mouthful) until I have had my full allocation of water. I imagine that you will not be nearly as keen to drink pop if you have had 3 litres of water already that day. I found it much easier to cut down like this that to stop drinking pop fully "cold turkey".
I found it much easier to lose weight once I started exercising. I now wear a pedometer and do a lot of walking. It may not seem an exciting form of exercise but it was something that I could manage and I was a lot bigger than you are. It is also free so that is good too.
