Not sure if title sums it up or not. Basically, I'm almost 30 and I've struggled with my weight my whole life. In the last 10 years I've yo-yo'd between roughly 190 - 250 at least twelve times, no exaggeration. I'll lose the weight, immediately creep up and put it back on. Lose it, immediately start back up. The longest I've stayed at a steady weight was maybe ten months or so at around 200. Otherwise I'm either going up or going down.
Currently sitting at 225 and have been going down five pounds, up ten, down seven, up ten, down three, up eight, etc etc etc for a while now. I'm at the point where I don't believe I'll ever keep the weight off so even trying to lose it is tough because it feels hopeless. I've also got a baby due (well, my wife does) in a couple of months and have been working on a ton of projects in prep for that, etc so the stress is high and spare time is low anyway.
I eat poorly because I feel a compulsion to eat poorly. I overeat because I don't feel "right" if I don't, even though the way it makes me feel in the end is shit. I know that it's 99% mental at this point and I cannot figure out how to break the cycle. I've sort of looked at Noom because they say they use psychology... but I don't think that's necessarily enough for me. I feel like I need some kind of therapy or OA or something to really address what's going on but don't even know where to start.
Have any of you successfully used therapy or a mental program to get to the root of your overeating issues and overcome them? If so, do you have any pointers as far as what to look for in a therapist, what approaches to take, etc?
I'm at a breaking point here. Like, I either fix this or just give up right now and I feel like I owe it to my future son (and current daughter, and wife, and even myself) to be a better version of me. I feel so powerless over this and I just want to give up. I need more tools to fight with because willpower, determination, and motivation have been exhausted entirely.
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