MummyRivett's Journal, 29 August 2015

What I do everyday..write down a less than 1200 calorie food plan, have all the food available, try not to give into episodes of self pity, work out 3 times a week..Walk a minimum of 3.1 miles everyday. Stay involved in volunteer work with someone worse off than I am. Recognize life can be difficult...especially when I choose to. You are not alone honey. Lots of help and friendship here. Write down your food no matter what. Pick a sensible food plan. I have a good one if you are interested. 

Mummy, I can relate! I am like that and a binge eater..I will do so well then all of a sudden I am craving all kinds of comfort food and if it is a bad day, i cave...what helps me get in line is like Dianne mentions..menu to follow so you know what you are going to eat and nothing else...I am doing that and I eliminated as much processed food as I can....i find that triggers the binge eating and comfort cravings...when you know you can't handle 'it' anymore...make a protein shake or eat a hard boiled egg..protein helps! keep on trying..i lost a lot of weight and gained most of it back but I am not giving up...just keep trying ....good luck and keep us posted! 

Thank you both, I do a lot of volunteering and keep busy, you are right about walking and writing down food. really grateful for your support. x 

I find for me the way to get back on track is to log every calorie. We are all with you. 

There will always be things in our life that we have very little control over e.g. illness, death in the family, work stress etc. It's so easy for us to reach for food, alcohol etc. to help us through the bad patches in our lives. I find that regular exercise does help, but sometimes it's difficult to know how to start. I also find that logging my calories and exercise for the day is helping me to understand myself better. I hope things get better for you. 

Log everything, ask yourself before you put food in your mouth "do I really want this " . If the answer is no, put it back and walk away. If the answer is yes, eat it,and enjoy it. Do not beat yourself up about giving in to cravings if you really want them. I find if I deny any food it becomes more tempting, whilst if I tell myself I can eat it if I really want to it becomes less appealing. Another tip is chewing gum - can't eat food while chewing gum! Hope this helps.  

Thank you everyone, I've had a good weekend and am well on my way. I'm using the NHS Weight Loss Plan: http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Documents/WEIGHT-LOSS-PACK/all-weeks.pdf along with my diet plate. I have kept to having a protein related breakfast and that seems to fill my up I'm drinking hot water throughout the day too. 

I was kind of doing the same, but instead of opening the fridge and eating sweets, we threw all our sugar, cakes. biscuits and anything unhealthy in the bin and went shopping, We replaced all with lots of fruit & vegetables, no fat milk, sweetener etc and it really felt good. So now when I feel like comfort eating I grab a piece of fruit instead of the bad stuff. Thant was 5 weeks ago when I weighed 116 kg, I'm now down to 105 kg. Still a long way to my target, but trust me if I can do it, so can you. Good luck :-)