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bluesheeponahill
bluesheeponahill Posts: 169 Member
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Hi all, I started MFP back in 2018 when I was at my heaviest. I was depressed sad and sought so much food as comfortable. I hated it. I yo-yo dieted a lot and nothing worked. in the end, for me Intermittent fasting was the game changer. I lost over 15kg with this, and I felt so good, more energy, more clothes options etc, I was happy and I didn't feel the need to reach for food.

Along came COVID, I fell into depression being home and trying to home school my 2 kids. It was hard. I gained 5kgs over the course of 2 years, and recently I fell pregnant but lost the baby to a chromosomal issue. Within a month I put on another 5kg in emotional eating. I made a very hard decision not to try again, the loss was very hard on my emotional well-being.

it's been 3 months since my loss and I do not want to get back to my heaviest again, I was ok with the small weight gain over COVID, but now I'm up to 10kgs, I'm now 15kgs from my goal weight, not 5kgs from goal weight before COVID.

With my mindset back in a better place, I am here again to lost those pesky 15kgs. Really needing a lot of reassurance this is possible to do! I'm up one dress size, and would like to get back down again so I'm not buying new clothes a size up again, I would love to fit comfortably back in my best weight clothes.

I am surely not alone in my weight lapse? I'll be doing intermittent fasting and focusing on a high protein diet in mornings so I don't load up on too many Carbs due to my PCOS.

Does anyone have good tips for those first few weeks? I keep reminding myself I may feel hungry those first few days and drink heaps of water!

TIA

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  • tvsloan9438
    tvsloan9438 Posts: 11 Member
    I am having to reduce my weight for fertility treatment, I need to reduce my BMI from 35 to 30. My husband and I have been trying for 2 years with no success. So I have to lose 2st or 13kgs. It’s so hard and I too am an emotional eater and it can get really hard at times! You are not alone! I too would like to hear some tips! I’m just trying to eat more whole foods now, and maybe a few veggie meals a week.
  • bluesheeponahill
    bluesheeponahill Posts: 169 Member
    @tvsloan9438 I hear you! I've done the FS route, and #2 was a result of one cycle! We'd been trying for 4.5 years. Under going any FS treatment is hard, so I relate completely. I've really found delaying my breakfast to 10-11am and having that instead of a snack helpful. My morning consists of just 2 flat white coffee and tea to tide me over. doing this shaves of, easily 200-300 calories that I would have consumed otherwise. I do enjoy my weekend breakfasts out with the family, so I don't always delay breakfast, but it helps! :) my BMI is 30 atm, but I was at a BMI of 35 at one point! I also found not eating after 7pm, water only, worked a treat too It's what I am aiming for at the moment. Logging in everything I eat works too!

    I've also tried portion control so for example, I weigh out my dinners, and ensure that its no more than 250g-300g per meal. Mind you there's exceptions to the rules, like salads, you need more to fill up. but just making dinners no more than 300g has been a good trick for me. I went with this after looking at the sizes for various microwaved meals.

    Good luck with the last 13kgs. You have absolutely got this. :)

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