The story is so common it’s ridiculous. I’ve lost and gained weight for my entire life since puberty. I consider a healthy weight for me to be about 155 and I haven’t seen that weight since before I had my children. Four children later, one pandemic and a lot of stress and anxiety and I’m living at 175.
I’ve done it all: keto, pills, starvation, fasting. I don’t like group exercise, but I do like hiking in the woods with my dog. I have a gym in my basement that’s very nice...I avoid it.
I’ve started tracking again on LoseIt. I’m very capable of maintaining this weight at around 14 to 1600 cal. I know my anxiety makes me eat, as distress. And I am in a dual degree grad program, and work a full-time healthcare/administrative job. I have a lovely husband and 4 kids - none of which have weight problems thank goodness. However I can’t eat the way they eat. And I’m thinking I can’t drink alcohol either, because it’s just empty calories that I don’t need. The calorie restriction I will need to do sounds miserable.
I just feel hopeless about trying again.
TL:DR I’m trying to lose 20 pounds and I feel hopeless that I’m here again. The hard work it will take seems overwhelming.
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