Need Help! Friends for motivation and accountability?

Hello,

Im not new to MFP, been lurking for years with maybe one serious attempt at counting calories (a very long time ago) with some success. I created a new account today as i wanted to be more involved in the community as a form of making friends for support and motivation but didn't want real life friends, that i was connected with on here, knowing about some of my personal struggles with my weight.

I have struggled with binge eating for many many years and yoyo'ed on probably, every single diet known to man, over the last decade. I have educated myself so much over the years, (due to my career and personal interests), in nutrition and weight loss and am fully aware that calories in vs calories out is a basic science that can assist anyone in achieving their weight or nutritional goals. The problem for me is actually carrying that out. I have many excuses for not wanting to count calories, one being that i cook every meal from scratch and weighing every ingredient and portioning out after is so time consuming and difficult to do it makes the experience less enjoyable. My second problem is that i have no self control when it come to sugar (in the form of cakes, biscuits, chocolate, cereal etc) I'm am continuously craving sweet foods in large amounts and although i tend not to keep cakes, biscuits and chocolate in the house, if there ever is i will find it and consume the entire box/pack in one sitting - (Because if i eat one then i will want 2 and if i eat 2 then i may as well eat the entire box and start again fresh tomorrow). If we have no cakes, biscuits chocolate then i will make weetabix with honey and raisins to get my sugar fix -it can be up to 8 weetabix biscuits at a time. So being able to eat 'anything i want' as long as it fits my calorie goal, is not restrictive enough for me.


I am trying to overcome these issues, as i cannot spend the rest of my life battling with my weight and or on a very restrictive diet that limits entire food groups. I have been reading a lot about mindful eating and about ways to reduce sugar cravings and also ways in which i can motivate myself to achieve my goals.

So i really want to meet people that might be similar to me in the ways above, have similar goals and/ or that can help motivate me and hopefully i can help motivate them towards reaching our goals together - Anyone that is trying to lose weight and feels that they will get motivation from doing it with someone else. Also I'm 29, have been trying to reach my goal weight since i was 20 years old and i DO NOT want to spend my 30s doing the same thing. Im about 175lbs at present (Highest weight was 220lbs, i lost most of the weight with Slimming World over about 9months then have stayed the same since then) i have a goal of 150lbs and I'm 5ft 7, Im a mum of 2small children and i also work part time doing 13hours shifts 2 days a week! I am also open to any advice or help in overcoming some of the struggles I've mentioned above!!