Need friends who r 40, emotional/binge eaters w/ households that are hard to be nutritious

Feel free to add me. I'm 44 (boohoo!) and have yo-yo'd plenty through out my lifetime. Finally, it's sticking...76 lbs. in 22 months. Still 40 or so to go, but I feel like I got this and this is a lifetime change for me. It is hard to start, but one you're 3 months in or so, it becomes a habit of a lifestyle. I promise you can do it!

I am 52....but 40 in my brain still. We are our worst critics. Don't beat yourself up about this. Just take it one day at a time. This is a great program to be accountable! You all can add me if you wish. I say more the merrier, we all go on this great journey of self discovery! The best way to get something done is to begin.

I'm 40. I have 4 teenagers, a partner and a full time job. My partner constantly eats lollies, and his two girls are the most fussy difficult rubbish eating creatures who ever walked the planet. My fridge and cupboards are FULL of crap I didn't buy.

My story ...
For the last 20 years I've been trying to cut calories, eat low fat, control my portions of food. Eat less (doesn't matter what you eat) and move more and you'll lose weight right? Food completely controlled my life. I'd be fine all day, and then bam. I would eat 2 McDonalds burgers on the way home from work and then cook dinner and eat with the family. I've sat and ate half a caramel mud cake on my own. I have bought 2 pies and a cake from the bakery and ate them. It's frightening the amount of food I've eaten in one sitting.

I personally have never been able to do "just a little bit of this or that within my calories". Restricting those "trigger" foods just causes me to fall apart and instead of having a couple of squares of chocolate I'll eat the whole block, and then a bag of chips and a bowl of icecream. And still gaze into the fridge to see what's there.

The only thing that's stopped it, in 20 years of "I'll start over tomorrow", was cutting out all of the things that caused the problem. As of earlier this year I'm sugar free, I also don't eat grains, pasta, rice, potatoes etc. I eat mainly protein, and foods high in saturated fat. (5% Carbs, 25% Protein, 70% Fat)

I've lost 58.6lbs so far, another 50lbs to go. I haven't fallen off the wagon, or had a binge, in 6 months. I also haven't been hungry. I feel like it's saved my life, I really do. I eat about 1700 cals a day, and this week alone I've lost 7.7lbs. I don't kill myself at the gym, I go horseriding once a week.

As always, I don't deny that some people CAN have "just two squares of chocolate" or save their calories and eat McDonalds for dinner and lose weight. I merely share MY experience, there are those of us who can't do that.

hi im 40 almost 2 and a life long bad eater. Have had trouble with motivation and being active. feel free to add me