Let's get the stats out of the way first. - 28F - SW: 284lbs/129kg, 5"11'/179cm - GW: 160-175lbs/75-80kg - Current pic: http://imgur.com/a/5Vhh4wq. Really wanted to do this for accountability.
I have been steadily gaining weight for the last 10 years. Really find myself struggling with a lot of bad habits (binging, skipping meals, eating mostly junkfood, eating massive portions, emotional eating, not drinking enough, not excercising).
I always do really well for the first 3 weeks, then my period starts. This is where I continue to get stuck. I get really intense cravings around my period, I will literally dream of food and can't stop thinking about it during the day. It's like this black void inside me, and it won't stop. Even after I have just eaten, I'll get hunger pangs. I can eat my body weight in food on days like that. If I don't have anything in the house, I'll go out and get it. Normally I can distract myself easily enough, get a healthy snack, go out for a walk, sip water. It doesn't work on my period.
So it goes really well for 3 weeks, I lose weight, period hits, I eat anything and everything, cheat day turns into a cheat week, why would I start again because it's going to fail again in 3 weeks, gain weight, get annoyed with myself, kick myself into gear, and repeat. It's been like this for years. I've seen dieticians, doctors, but I never get useful advice. My therapist was really helpful, because a lot of my eating problems are rooted in emotional issues, which allows me to eat somewhat healthily before my period.
I'm at a loss. I want to be healthy. I want to kick these bad habits to the curb. I want to excercise, I found out I love to run, but with all this added weight, it's such a strain on my body. My asthma has gotten worse because of it. I feel stuck.
My partner is also overweight. He lost a lot of weight before I met him, and he's gained it all back over the years. He has the same problems with eating as I do, which doesn't help either because it feels like you're responsible for two people at the same time, and I imagine he feels the same. I don't know how to get to a place where I can seperate my progress from his.
Any advice would be so much appreciated.
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