I'm a 33 year old female and was around 115 my entire life even after having kids. I never had a problem with my weight. I had even quit smoking and several years ago and gained 15 pounds the first six months and had gone away on their own by the 12th month with no effort on my part. .
Fast forward to 2019 and my husband of 10 years just walked out with no explanation I was on my own and devastated. Single mother with kids. Then the pandemic happened and I got laid off for 6months and then contracted Covid and because we all tested positive at different times we I needed up being quarantined for a total of 6 weeks. I noticed my oldest had gained a lot of weight. Only doing online school and not being able to do sports, etc because he was in the at risk category.
It wasn't until I came out after having covid at the beginning of this year that my friends saw me and absolutely shamed me on how did I let myself and my kids get like this and omg I almost didn't recognize you, etc. We hadn't really eaten anything different than what we had before just more of it and we couldn't really go out and do anything.. Just stay at home on a computer working from home.I had also started smoking cigarettes again during that time due to stress. Everyone says it helps you lose weight and when you quit you gain weight but that's not how my body worked.
My son went to the pediatrician for a follow up after covid and referred us to a weight loss specialist who said my son had fatty liver disease. She told me to use the MyPlate thing. I got weighed at my doctor and I'm a hair under 5'5 and weight 158. I was devastated. What happened? How did I not realize we were gaining so much? How did I suddenly put on weight after years of never worrying about it. How was I so stupid to think Oh my son is eating a lot because he's 14 and is about to hit a growth spurt? How do I help my son?
I can't cook well but I do it. I know little about nutrition and get confused when I read bout diets there are so many and macros this and protein that. I made some of the meals his specialist suggested and he straight up won't eat them and will literally starve till the next meal.
I don't know how to help him or myself. I've never been to a gym or worked out or anything and when we tried going for a walk we were both winded. He is 5'6 and 245. He was 165 before the lock down. I just don't know what to do or how to help or where to start and a friend of mine told me to come here. Please help me. Anything you could say would be helpful.
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