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Yes!!!
You are eating to hide your depression, which in turn is making your depression worse, you need to adreess whatever made you depressed in the first place, try counceling.

J.N, Not lost -found wrote:
Yes!!!
You are eating to hide your depression, which in turn is making your depression worse, you need to adreess whatever made you depressed in the first place, try counceling.

Agreed.
I’ve gone through the same thing you have. I was a size 14 in jeans, but I got so pissed at myself that I told my mom I wanted to go to a dietitian as my birthday present. I’m lost over 30 pounds. What got me to realize that I had to do this is because I had complications. I knew that I couldn’t go on crying about my weight & doing nothing about it & I can’t avoid gym in school forever. Start out small. Cut out soda first. Coke Zero taste exactly like coca cola itself. & Move to cutting out greasy fried foods, etc..

^^^ Agreed, but you also meed to adress the reason you over eat, until you resolve that, you will always be fighting against yourself.
Do things that make you happy.
Solve the depression & you won’t need the comfort of food.

:) Oh btw, if this will help you, think of someone eating olive oil strait from the bottle. Yeah. I can’t eat anything fried cause of that image. LOL. You live in the ny area? If you do & if you live close by (to the doc), I can give you the number to my reg. dietitian. & natural shea butter helped my stretchmarks go away
xoxo

What’s shea butter? Is it only available in the US?

No, it’s not. You can get it in the pharmacy :) It’s made from the african shea tree. It feels like soft cocoa butter with a few ittybitty lumps. It’s used as a moisturizer & an anti-inflamitory agent. But it also treats scars, stretchmarks, eczema, burns, rashes, & it gives you UV protection. With cocoa butter, I noticed that even an hour later after applying, I felt extremely greasy & the shave bumps on my leg weren’t soothed. So I bought 100% natural african shea butter. No greasy feeling, shave bumps decreased, & the stretchmarks on my stomach said buhbye :) I also use it on the ends of my hair.

I found the same thing with cocoa butter!
Tried bio oil, all that got rid of was my money!
Im going to have to get some of that.
Thank’s for that :)
I have a few scars from work & from falling out of trees & stuff when i was younger.
I guess the ends of my hair could use some treatment also!

J.N, Not lost -found wrote:
I found the same thing with cocoa butter!
Tried bio oil, all that got rid of was my money!
Im going to have to get some of that.
Thank’s for that :)
I have a few scars from work & from falling out of trees & stuff when i was younger.
I guess the ends of my hair could use some treatment also!

You’re welcome :)

Looks like the poster left, ah well, i got some advice :)
Nice talking to you x_glitter

Oh myyy…..I totally know how you feel!!!!!!!!!!! And wow…You CAN get through this. I know because I did it.
Unfortunately I failed again.
See, I was really REALLY heavy and I lost a good 65 pounds and got incredibly fit and toned too. I kept this up for a good two years, though I was slightly obsessive and still depressed on the inside…This was a year ago. Since then I went through even more trauma and slowwwwwwwly…….I gained 80 pounds and I’m even bigger than I was. It didn’t help that my metabolism was significantly slowed from years of starving myself.
The real root of the problem has to be addressed, and I realize this now.
But I still believe I can lose the weight, the same way I did before. Except to keep it off, you gotta get control of your emotional/psychological state and GET HELP! I’m going to. And I’m gonna stay positive.
It’s really f’ing depressing though….To think that in November last year, I was probably the fittest and tiniest I’ve ever been in my life. And now, about 9-10 months later, I’m 80 pounds heavier and look probably 10 years older than I really am. I thought I’d never get back here. But I have to face reality: I Am! So now what? Begin my journey to true health, fitness, and happiness. It’ll be alright.