Trying to find my old self again

[chub-a-lub]

Hi everyone,

My name is Andrea and I'm 26 years old. I am a mother to a wonderful little boy and am slowly trying to find myself again.

I gained a fair amount of weight during my pregnancy---as I was quite underweight pre-pregnancy. I was put on a diet to help me gain some extra meat during the first trimester and I took it a bit too far, gaining a total of 30 pounds during the first three months (doc recommended about 15), and eventually gaining 60 in the nine months. Three years later and I'm still trying to lose some of the weight.

I have about 20 pounds left to go, but it's a constant struggle. I yo-yo back and forth and my closet is filled with clothing ranging from XS to L. I don't want to be unhealthy and underweight like before, but I also don't want to be as heavy as I am now.

My life revolves food and my weight and I'm glad to have found a forum that I can share my weaknesses and hopefully gain some strength to keep those last 20 off.

 

[Steve]

Welcome to the forum.

My 2 cents:

Your relationship with food needs to be tweaked. Life can't revolve around food. I mean, I eat 7 meals per day and my life doesn't revolve around food!

I'd love to know how you are "dieting." Your approach may be to blame for the yo-yoing.

I look forward to hearing more about you.

 

[chub-a-lub]

I think I eat relatively healthy-----my meals are always fresh fruit, veggies and some sort of fish or broiled chicken. I pre-portion my food into containers to bring to work and for throughout the day, but it gets bad when my husband brings home the junk.

I don't buy any junkfood myself which is how I keep myself at bay from eating it. However, at least once a week he'll buy all sorts of chips, donuts, candy, pizza, or pasta etc and when he goes to bed, I binge eat all that crap. This tends to happen every weekend, and it takes me a good three or four days to get myself back on track.

The cycle starts again once he brings that type of food back into the house. I just have no self-control when that food is around. I can't just eat a few chips or a few pretzels, it's always been all or nothing. Ugh, it's so depressing.