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Tips for emotional eating?

I think I’m developing binge eating disorder or at least for sure emotional eating, I’m pretty overweight for my age but based on my ethnicity and such we are more naturally curvy or plus sized, but regardless for health and trying to slim down or at least be healthier/ more active and eat healthier or less big portions. What are your tips or anything that helps you personally if you struggle with this or even if you don’t any ideas, or anything you have personally looked up online/ learned in therapy etc.

Thanks!! Appreciate it! Super hard to lose weight but I really need to make a change :c before I gain more weight I’m currently 85kg and 5”3 so it’s definitely too high for my frame. Mainly the thighs and also lately my stomach/waist.

#EmotionalEating #eating #BingeEatingDisorder #Mindfulness #Overeating #needtomakeachange #plusiszed #Overweight #Health #Tips #physicalhealth #BodyPositivity #Fitness #loseweight #Motivation #Advice #nutrition

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Dear society, just because someone looks overweight doesn’t mean they instantly have health problems | it’s hard being healthy… I have a lot going on

TW Mentions of fat-shaming, swearing, bugs, some all caps, misgendering, exclusionism #venting
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Seriously, why does this damn society seem to think that just because you look overweight instantly leads to believing they have health problems or the only ones capable of health problems? You can look skinny, or average, or look really healthy (even have a bunch of muscles!) and can - still - have health problems regarding weight or how you eat.

Now I’m remembering someone in 2018 who just came up to me and was very kind and told me their way of how they lost weight. I was just sitting there, minding my own business. I thought that they were being very nice and just giving advice, and now I feel like a fucking fool because it was JUST BECAUSE I LOOKED OVERWEIGHT!

Today, it honestly doesn’t help that when I’m told how I should eat or exercise, I get imposter syndrome all over again. I’m an adult. I already suffer from anxiety and despise this ridiculous judgemental ignorant world. I know I’m overweight. When I’ve had enough of life, I have the urge for comfort food. I know what I’m eating isn’t really that healthy, I admit that, and I’ve always TOLD myself that I should eat healthy, not to look skinnier, but to at least be healthier, and had even made plans to cut out some thing I should eat.…it’s hard. I have a lot of shit going on right now. Does society even understand that?!

I’m already stressed that the weather is already getting warmer here than I like, which means more bugs (flies, gnats) and possibly fleas again, so I’m trying to plan the best way to make this problem not so irritating including doing things that my sister continuously says that I shouldn’t do which also fucking irritates me to max (tying the garbage bags… it keeps the gnats away and I even SAID that I’ll buy more bags for us). Last summer was horrible and I do NOT want it to come. Spring is also about to betray me as well.

I am non-binary and have severe social gender dysphoria and hate being misgendered as a fucking “she”, which means I mostly stay inside all the time because of how painful it is.

I suffer from trust issues because of how much the world is a piece of garbage. “Cringe” this, “snowfl*king” that, “faking” this, seriously. Why.

My sister’s kids are on spring break and their loud footsteps irritate my autism whether or not I like to admit that.. trying to not to seem like I hate them (which I don’t, I love them!!). And all I’m trying to do is to get myself CALM.

Those are just four things. There are many more I can list. So even trying to be healthy is a struggle either because of poor mental health or that I’ve given up at that moment. I want to live… but it’s to eat healthy or exercise because of all of this crap. Does society even understand that?!

#MyAutismIsNotADisorder #Fatshaming #fat #Overweight #Anxiety #SocialAnxiety #ImposterSyndrome #DearSociety #nonbinary #EatingDisorders #EatingIssues #eating #EatingHealthyIsNotEasy #MentalHealth #LGBTQIA #BeingHealthyIsNotEasy #sad #BodyShaming #BodyImage

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I’m proud of myself today!

I did good today. I walked into the town centre with my sister and my nephew, AND walked back, too! Normally, I can only make it one way, so I’m super proud of myself. (Altogether it’s just under 3 miles).

AND, not only did I meet my daily step goal of 6,000… I also walked a further 3,096! I feel so good for it. I am so determined to lose this weight. I need to. I’m going to. I’ve got this! 💪

#ChronicPain #chronicillnesswarrior #POTS #EDS #InterstitialCystitis #Diabetes #DiabetesType2 #NAFLD #LiverDisease #obese #Overweight #Exercise #Walking #Feelinggood #happy

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Who am’I. What do I want? #Anxiety #PTSD #ADHD #Overweight

That is the 2 questions that I’m the most clueless about.
During my entire life, my parents and most of the people around me focus exclusively on my weight and the way I look. Who I’m? The fat one, the lazy one, my mom obsession and failure. What do I want: loose weight.
My questioning never had chance to go further.
The results: at 8 at was on suppressing appetit pills ( back on time it was nothing else than amphetamines) and can’t remember a day without comments on my weight, what I ate, my lack of will etc… I saw numerous tuoes of medical staff, even a « psychologist » who ask me questions for 15 minutes and concludey that if I’m continuing like that, I will be dead at 55! I was 15. Locked for a day in an hospital specializes on overweight child, when my mom told me that we were going to do some shopping.
The result: going from a litle bit of overweight as child to morbid obesity as adult.
That condition my entire life. I have no self esteem, never be able to build a relationship, develop numerous desorder and mental problems.
And each time I was going to see a doctor, regardless of the condition I made the appointment for, the verdict was always the same: loose weight, stopp eating, go on diet, and that will solve the issue.
I suffer from intermediary thalassemia that most of doctors don’t even know. I’m suffering from constant anemia with fatigue, pain, nausea etc… but they will never take it in consideration.
I’m not sick, I’m a fat lazzy women.
But for 2 years now, I found a great family doctor that never bring-up my weigt on « table ». As per my blood sugar and my blood pressure are normal and my cholesterol non existent (way below markers!), she has no concern and help me to focus on my mental health. I also start to see an hypnotherapist, and that also help me.
But now that I starting to get out of a life of weight loss obsession, I realize that I have no idea of who am I and what I want.
I think, that I took for granted that I will died young and that will be the end of my problems, and now I 45, I’m lost. I’m living day to day but I’m not able to project myself. When I’m applying for a new position, the question I hate the most is « where are you seeing you in 5 years ». Gosh, I can’t picture myself in 3 months!
I know that is crazy, but most of the time I can’t even answer simple questions on myself. When someone is asking me about my dreams, my long term projets, what do I like or what I would do if I won lottery, I’m clueless. It’s just make me panick. I go for common answer that people can rely to, but inside, I’m only empty. And that for all aspects of my life.

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Is staying #Overweight a way to protect myself?

I just had this idea that maybe I overeat not only to satisfy cravings but also as a way of not getting #abused again? Is this possible?

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Why am I overeating when I am anxious!? I cannot lose weight and this is seriously not helping. HELP #Anxiety #bingeating #Overweight

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What’s the point?

I am distraught.

I have been doing EVERYTHING right. I’ve cut down my carbs, I’m eating more protein and vegetables. I’m cycling and I’m going for walks... I brought my HBA1C down to 59 from 78.

And yet... I’ve put on nearly two stone. I’ve gone from just over 16stone... To just under 18stone. (About 20lbs).

I feel sick to my stomach and I can’t stop crying.

What’s the point in trying if there are never any results? 😞 I’m so close to just giving up.

#chronicillnesswarrior #Diabetes #Overweight #Obesity #gainingweight #weight #Scales #Upset #depressed #pleasehelpme

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Good morning! #Fibromyaliga #Exercise #Overweight

Good morning, hope everyone has a great Friday. How does everyone cope with their fibromyalgia pain while exercising? Or the day after? I'm trying to lose weight cause I'm at risk of developing more problems and have to slim down some. I try to walk or do small exercises everyday. Yesterday I went on a bike ride and this morning I'm miserable and in terrible pain.

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Finding Care In a Covid world

I had a health care adventure that spanned 700 miles and seven doctors, weeks of worry and ended with scary surgery. It was incredibly difficult to find care in a world fearing #COVID19 . How would you feel having a doctor stare at a bleeding painful monster mass growing between your legs and say something like it looks serious but they can’t take care of it. So I would stay up all night stressing and worrying, wondering what horrible thing my vagina has brewed up. Maybe my vagina is even ground zero for the next deadly virus??? What IS IT??? Seven doctors to get a biopsy. Then delayed lab results because your weird body isn’t as exciting as Covid. Delayed biopsy results because my weird angry rubbery tissue is sent to a Mayo lab. I find out it’s a rare benign tumor! It’s papillary adenoma, they say! Whatever it is my entire bottom half is completely unhappy. 4 infections in 3 months with 5 different antibiotics. Even my cervix is angry and inflamed. So surgery but there’s no hospital. No anesthesia. I used melatonin and ibuprofen for my office surgery. More labs to wait for. The Dr missed part of the tumor! No wonder. I had two ladies working between my shaking legs. One holds the tumor while the other one cuts it out. My muscle spacisity from cerebral palsy makes it hard to relax and spread my legs. I have to do this surgery again.

I think what made it hard to get care is
1. I have #CerebralPalsy
2. I am #Overweight
3. #WomensHealth is often neglected

It’s hard to work down there, I know. I think it makes drs uncomfortable. I’m scared we get lost in corona world. I guess I was expecting cerebral palsy would be the only time I would be neglected in life. I didn’t expect that it was the beginning of a life of being neglected. I’m really struggling with fears of people trying to hurt me. It’s my instinctive first response. That ordeal was truly horrors. I feel like I need more than 6 feet separation. People broke my heart. That was the scariest thing ever. How close it is to no care at all. SCARY!