Dionysos4 Member

I know I am an alcoholic, I was just wondering if keeping to my diet and including all my drinks within still gave me all of the necessary nutrients.

I want to lose a bit more than 20kgs.

My body is telling me it could take years.

I've screwed up again. Spending St Valentine's Day alone is not very fun. So I got hammered , ate as much I could, and just said 'why bother'. Because really, there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Even if everything goes well for us and we lose the weight we want to lose, we are still alone with no-one to love us.…

Well done on your weight loss thus far!

There are plenty of us on here who are on the same journey as you. We'll all be here for each other.

You won't find help here I assure you. Good Luck though.

so are we all

I'm sorry! I forgot that it was against the rules to mention that you have a problem here.

Okay, thanks

Question out of curiosity: is birth control a source of calories?

When I splurge, it's common for me to eat 5,000 calories in a sitting.

I think that you shouldn't try to change everything in one go. Focus on losing weight or quitting smoking then, once you have one under control, attempt the other. However, feel free to ignore my advice since quitting smoking hardly helped me.

NZ / England

Thanks everyone for your replies. I promise I will try to implement as many of your suggestions as I can.

I can't go vegan, i love red meat!

Most of the jobs I want to do when I am older require health checks so I absolutely cannot allow any health care providers or future employers to know about any addictions, depression, alcoholism, lack of motivation, or anything that is bad.

Oh, I'm sorry. I know I'm not being particularly inspiring. Just frustrated if you understand. Has anyone made light of a similar situation?

Would you like to be my friend?

This is what I can think of off the top of my head. Positives of weight loss: 1. I might not die early from disease 2. I may one day be considered attractive 3. I might spend less money on food

Hello, Dennis! I'm Denis!

I am from Auckland, New Zealand although I currently reside in Durham, England.

Good luck!

I have talked to doctors and dieticians and therapists about some parts of it. They said that I don't need help but rather mental strength although I hadn't told them that I was a former smoker and alcoholic.

No, I can't allow something like depression on my medical record: it would screw me up for life.

I'm from NZ, although I'm currently studying in the UK.

What hope is there to stick to something which is not enjoyable? Surely any meaningful weight loss must be enjoyable, therefore precipitating further permanent weight loss rather than reverting to happy weight gain.

No, the diagnosis doesn't mean much to me. For that matter, I don't even think a terminal diagnosis would change anything - I don't really feel like its happening to me but to someone else.

No, I no longer find exercise enjoyable.

21, Durham