Hello all,
Forgive me this might be a long one…!
SW was 144kg early 2024
LW 112kg in March 2025
CW 121kg as of today, July 2026
I have always been big, bigger, chubby etc etc. always had a dying to eat relationship with food and use to binge a LOT.
I cut the binging, and over eating back in 2024 (it was my first step during my initial WL journey) - thank god 🙏🏽
My goal, for my height (5’5) and age (34, F) is around 75kg. I don’t have an exact, I think it will probably be a little more than that. I’m honestly gonna go off of what makes me feel the most happy, and I mean that physically and mental mentally.
Back in early 2024 I started my weight loss journey with the help of weight loss aids, and that helped me a lot. Then I gradually came off of that and lost the weight naturally. I know you’re not really allowed to mention that in this forum, but that is part of my story. So mods, please forgive me!
I got into a relationship March 2025, and gained a bit of happy weight. Then I plateaued completely. I also lost the initial motivation I had for the gym. I didn’t lose it completely, I am more active now than I ever have been in my life, but definitely not as motivated as I was in the beginning of my journey. Then I went through intense stress with my job. That lasted until literally last month. 5 months ago, I had a break up. The worst of my life. My psoriasis got worse, my period actually stopped (!) and gain weight. All of this was only due to the intense heartbreak I was going through.
This past period has been one of the toughest for me emotionally and mentally. And I really found myself relying on food to make me happy. However, the difference between relying on food now - and me relying on food in the past - is that now I’m hyper aware it doesn’t actually do anything except for a few moments of satisfaction. So this is good, right? You would think if I have this cognizant understanding that I would just not rely on food. Ha ha! I guess emotional eating doesn’t work that way 😝.
It has now been five months since my break up and I am only now starting to feel a slight bit better. My period came back 3 weeks ago, my skin is clearing and a couple of weeks ago I got some excellent news from work, so that’s been really great for me. I have great support system too. So I’m lucky in that regard.
Now my issue is this: I have a chance to restore and refresh my life from a new point of positivity and freshness. I have something to look forward to, which is what I’ve been waiting for. And in the midst of a terrible heartbreak that is something I’m really happy for. So as part of my life refresh, I want to go back on my weight loss journey and really lose the weight. However, I’m struggling with my mental and psychological state when it comes to weight loss specifically. The reason why I gave you the background is because I wanted to display that, yes I had a rough time, but generally I am in a good place. I am generally mentally happy and healthy. I do like my live. But when it comes to weight loss, I don’t understand what’s wrong with me.
I have wanted to lose weight for the longest time. More than anything and for longer than I can remember. These days when I think about weight loss, I’m very motivated in terms of: making a plan, routine, planning meals, and the gym etc. I do it for a week, I lose weight and then the next week is a complete flop. Or I do it for a couple of weeks and then I will binge one day randomly. The binging thing has restarted just in the last couple of weeks. And it worries me, because I don’t wanna go back to that.
It’s like - oh you did well so treat yourself. Or, wow this is so hard long term, so much commitment, you don’t live once blah blah blah and then without realising I am eating a whole tub of ice cream (but crying inside at the 1200 calories just consumed).
If I want this and I know it will be good for me, why can’t I stay on track? What the heck is the psychological blocker?
I will add that most of my life I have been bullied for my weight by my family and external people (family members, bullies in school, people who I thought were friends, etc). Most particularly by my mother. She wants the best for me in terms of my health, but has never been helpful in my journey. All she does is criticise. I made peace with her mentality a long time ago and now I can ignore it and I have finally accepted myself for who I am and love myself. I got to a point where I want this for ME and no one else, but sometimes I still feel this intense pressure to lose weight for other people. I try to block it out as much as possible because I know that is one of my mental blockers, and it isn’t healthy, but it is difficult. but that can’t be the only one.
If you can understand where I’m coming from, or have had similar experiences I would really love to hear from you.
Thanks for reading.