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I found some delicious skinny recipes I'd be happy eating for the rest of my life. I make them in bulk so i always have good food in the freezer. I weigh daily but put it in a weight-trending app (Libra) so I can see long-term trends and know when I have to address the up-bumps. Find a way to eat the food you love. I know…

You describe a lot of the symptoms of adhd - trouble concentrating, feeling trapped, tedium, feeling antsy, unmotivated. Adhd brains find it hard to focus on something they're not interested in. Freq breaks help because they provide a dopamine burst. Read 'driven to distraction' by Hallowell to see if it fits you.…

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Start to walk. I found that as I got fitter my attitude to exercise changed. I wanted to walk more. Then I wanted to be stronger so I added some bodyweight exercises into my day. And then I started couch-to-5k because I thought it would be lovely to run some of my walking routes. All of this took years. How you feel will…

This was me. I was pre-d and now I'm not. My a1c is normal. What I did/do: i asked to be put on metformin as i read it can help you tipping over into diabetic (my doc was fine with this). I realised that insulin resistance caused me to experience near uncontrollable cravings if i ate too many carbs - i now limit myself to…

Wow - congratulations!

Beautiful! I wish you a lifetime of happiness together.

I have the same problem and have to use strategies to manage it! Half the time I feel like I'm wrestling an alligator! Some of these might work for you: -No candy or chips in house. If I want them in the evening I have to drive to the store where I then buy 2 modest items (tiny bag of jellybeans kept at checkout and a…

You look wonderful! An inspiration!

I can see a marked difference! Congrats!!!

I find that keeping my carbs lower than 100g a day helps keeps my cravings in check. Even better if I also boost my protein intake. Look up 'insulin resistance' - there might be a medical reason for your cravings.

Your thinking is a problem but you can fix it. Start with what you believe. You believe you can't lose weight probably based on the past. Set a goal to lose a small amount. 1 lb in 1 week. But, make it your goal to do it while eating food you love. If you love pizza then go to the store and figure out which is the lowest…

Mfp is the only app that has worked for me. I can't speak to any recent WW pgms but I joined and dropped out many times over 2 decades without losing weight. I didn't lose significant weight until i joined mfp. I like the flexibility of mfp - I can spend my calories on wine, jellybeans and pizza if I want. Mfp has a free…

I think your weightloss journey will surprise you. It's going to be long and slow so there's time for everything- learning the skills you don't have, adjusting to your changing body and getting used to being treated differently. Focus on the first 5 kilos for now.

Add Nordic walking sticks to your walk. It's easy but you burn more calories and you get an upper body workout too.

You might be trying to do too much at once. Small changes and an eating plan built around food you like will work. And you don't need to exercise to lose weight, you just need to watch your calories. Why don't you leave the exercise until later?

Hi. 49. Lost 20lb in 3 months. Maintained for next 3. Now tackling the rest. Learning as I go. Add me!

I do lower carb mostly. Add me. I'm here for the long haul!!!

Start eating later in the day so you have calories left for night eating. Or skip a meal entirely. Experiment with your macro split - you might find a certain split helps eliminate late night cravings. Extra protein earlier in day seems to make a difference to me, for example.

The problem with eating 'diet' food is that sooner or later you stop dieting. I'm with everyone who is advising you to make an eating plan from food you like.

Look up 'meal prepping' on youtube. You can buy the meal containers cheaply on Amazon. Basically people prep days and days worth of meals in individual containers and leave them in the fridge. An alternative is a slow cooker meal that you can eat over multiple days. I love the Chicken Enchilada slow cooker soup recipe from…

Well your pic is lovely - you don't look as if you have much to lose! If it's not much then a couple of extreme weeks will probably work. If you need more than a couple of weeks to get to goal then it's easier to follow a more forgiving eating plan based around food you like eating.

Sending much sympathy. Keep doing exactly what you're doing. It's working!

Can you save calories for the cravings specifically? Think about the food you love and then try and figure out some snacks around that food. In the beginning I saved a quarter of my allowed calories for evening snacks - popcorn, low calorie crackers with blue cheese and jam, tiny bags of jelly beans, red wine, seasoned…

Try the Libra weight-trending app. It's free. It helps you see the long-term trends on your weight loss journey. As long as your weight trends downwards it will show you when you're going to reach goal weight. Has helped me stay motivated.

I vote for trying intermittent fasting too. I skip breakfast so I have post-dinner calories left for snacking. I experimented with diff snacks to get more bang for my buck! 1/4 cup of seasoned sunflower seeds is 60 calories and it takes ages to shell them! 3T popcorn air-popped with a white cheddar popcorn seasoning.…

There's a terrible push-pull with family because we love them but they can be awful. Its complicated because in other ways they're probably loving. That's what makes this so difficult. It'd be less hurtful from strangers. Sending sympathy.

Accept it will take time to get the weight off. Yes, people will notice but most of them are too polite, thank heavens, to say anything! Start with small steps by logging everything you eat for a while. Then you can look at maybe making breakfast a within-calorie meal. Or if you like fast food look for tips on the forum…

The book Strong Curves is often recommended on mfp. The author has a website too - his name is Bret Contreras - lauded as a glute expert for women. Might be useful?