Hi
I’m from London, I’m a Gay guy in my 30s with a fairly responsible job - and as you may have guessed I want to lose weight and keep it off. For the gory details, I work hard in a desk job and my weight in stone is in the high 20s.
I know all the messages about weight loss and health eating. In fact, I’ve been a Vegetarian for over 20 years so I actually eat fairly well. As a Londoner I walk a lot too so even though I am very overweight, I am fairly fit for my size.
I’ve been on numerous diets over the years and like many of others here I probably have lost my whole weight a number of times over and put it back on with “added benefits”.
My problem is that I can’t lose weight or that I don’t know how to keep healthy. I know it’s a long haul and hard work. The problem is that I am an emotional compulsive eater.
For example, a few years back I lost nearly all my excessive weight. Then a person very close to me got very ill and spent a number of months in hospital. During that period all my bad behaviour came back along with the weight.
And that cycle has been repeated a few times since. I lose the weight but hit some kind of road block – it may be work stress or just my general emotional issues, depression or self-loathing – and I fall back in to the compulsive eating behaviours that I had almost conquered. This includes the occasional binge, secret eating and compulsive grazing.
What I’ll be looking for here is not so much advice on diet or exercise. I can lose weight and know how to do it.
What I am looking for is help and advice in overcoming the compulsion to eat – how do other people cope?
Are there any behaviours that can help you manage the compulsion?
And of course, sometimes I’ll just need someone to talk to, to help me get over the emotional hump I am in.
So, that’s me. I hope to see you on the forums.
Andy
I’m from London, I’m a Gay guy in my 30s with a fairly responsible job - and as you may have guessed I want to lose weight and keep it off. For the gory details, I work hard in a desk job and my weight in stone is in the high 20s.
I know all the messages about weight loss and health eating. In fact, I’ve been a Vegetarian for over 20 years so I actually eat fairly well. As a Londoner I walk a lot too so even though I am very overweight, I am fairly fit for my size.
I’ve been on numerous diets over the years and like many of others here I probably have lost my whole weight a number of times over and put it back on with “added benefits”.
My problem is that I can’t lose weight or that I don’t know how to keep healthy. I know it’s a long haul and hard work. The problem is that I am an emotional compulsive eater.
For example, a few years back I lost nearly all my excessive weight. Then a person very close to me got very ill and spent a number of months in hospital. During that period all my bad behaviour came back along with the weight.
And that cycle has been repeated a few times since. I lose the weight but hit some kind of road block – it may be work stress or just my general emotional issues, depression or self-loathing – and I fall back in to the compulsive eating behaviours that I had almost conquered. This includes the occasional binge, secret eating and compulsive grazing.
What I’ll be looking for here is not so much advice on diet or exercise. I can lose weight and know how to do it.
What I am looking for is help and advice in overcoming the compulsion to eat – how do other people cope?
Are there any behaviours that can help you manage the compulsion?
And of course, sometimes I’ll just need someone to talk to, to help me get over the emotional hump I am in.
So, that’s me. I hope to see you on the forums.
Andy
