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Mentally Ill and need support/Paleo

slheddlesten
slheddlesten Posts: 41 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello All! I am a mentally Ill mother (read my profile) and in need of friends to help me stay on track. I have started this way of eating 2 weeks ago. However, I was reading about it several months before that when I heard of a story close to mine.
I counted calories, had all the diet books, went to the gym every spare second I could, had a personal trainer for 2 years, went to the doctors, had 2 nutritionists and I continued to gain weight. I kept getting sicker (mentally and emotionally) with each passing year. I tossed in the towel several times.
All I kept hearing when I reached out for help was you need to lose weight (like I didnt know that) and go on a diet. The more I read about dieting and healthy eating the more confused I was. There was so much conflicting advise. Until I realized I was SET UP for failure right from the very start and it started with the word DIET. Here is how the word should be classified as=deceptive. The first thing you think when you hear the word diet is deprivation (hungry). I didnt know at the time but now I understand my health issues actually told me what I needed to do.
By adapting this way of eating I seen results for the first time in nearly 20 years. I was not bloated anymore, my stomach didnt hurt anymore. When I eat I can actually do it until I am full. My blood sugars have stabilized and diebetes is no longer lingering over my head. I now have the energy to do myself some good.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope some of you will add me.

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