Hi
This is my first post and hoping you may be able to help me with some questions. I'm 44 with 2 kids and have felt like a slave to food all my life - I have reached the point that I am so demoralised about trying to lose weight once again . Over the years I have lost over 35 stone at least yet never been a healthy weight , I have never even maintained the same weight for over 3 weeks. I seem to have cycles of serious restrictive dieting( vlcd/ Atkins) , do great however once I break out I eat compulsively for months until all the weight and more is back. I am now at an all time high of over 16stone ( BMI 40). I have tried for months to get back to some kind of weight loss programme - I rarely last more than a day or two- I have no willpower whats so ever . I cannot even eat normally -despite good intentions every day I can hardly last eating healthy until 1pm- gorging on bars of chocolate, sweets , crisps, complete rubbish - the weight just keeps piling on week by week. I now also have health problems related to my weight( high blood pressure & arthritis) . I am really concerned for where I'm heading . I have considered WLS many times have always talked myself out of it( telling myself to cop on ..eat less etc) but it hasn't worked in 38 years so I really feel the only person I'm fooling is myself . I'm have an appt to discuss possible gastric sleeve shortly and would really appreciate people's views on whether it would work for me?? I'm terrified that my " addiction " "compulsion" to eat crap will still exist after surgery . Does anyone have a similar story that was successful. I really feel being overweight has ruled so many decisions all my life and I don't know where to turn
Thanks for all views -honesty appreciated
This is my first post and hoping you may be able to help me with some questions. I'm 44 with 2 kids and have felt like a slave to food all my life - I have reached the point that I am so demoralised about trying to lose weight once again . Over the years I have lost over 35 stone at least yet never been a healthy weight , I have never even maintained the same weight for over 3 weeks. I seem to have cycles of serious restrictive dieting( vlcd/ Atkins) , do great however once I break out I eat compulsively for months until all the weight and more is back. I am now at an all time high of over 16stone ( BMI 40). I have tried for months to get back to some kind of weight loss programme - I rarely last more than a day or two- I have no willpower whats so ever . I cannot even eat normally -despite good intentions every day I can hardly last eating healthy until 1pm- gorging on bars of chocolate, sweets , crisps, complete rubbish - the weight just keeps piling on week by week. I now also have health problems related to my weight( high blood pressure & arthritis) . I am really concerned for where I'm heading . I have considered WLS many times have always talked myself out of it( telling myself to cop on ..eat less etc) but it hasn't worked in 38 years so I really feel the only person I'm fooling is myself . I'm have an appt to discuss possible gastric sleeve shortly and would really appreciate people's views on whether it would work for me?? I'm terrified that my " addiction " "compulsion" to eat crap will still exist after surgery . Does anyone have a similar story that was successful. I really feel being overweight has ruled so many decisions all my life and I don't know where to turn
Thanks for all views -honesty appreciated