GemBino
Silver Member
Hi All
Here I am again.
I’m on Day 3 of Lipotrim TFR and I’ll be doing Lipotrim until October 15th - 7 weeks TFR followed by the Lipotrim refeed and I’m hoping to lose 1st 7lb / 2st in that time.
A little bit of background......
I’ve been on and off Cambridge Diet and Lipotrim over the past year and I’ve gradually got my weight down from 15st 12lb to 11st 9lb (I’m 5’ 4” and 30 years of age).
I gained a significant amount of weight in 2017 due to an episode of poor mental health and consequently ate my emotions and became trapped in the vicious circle of Overeating > Feeling Guilty > Low Self Esteem > Overeating > Feeling Helpless..... I still cannot believe I let things spiral out of control in the way that they did, but I cannot dwell on that! My medication also didn’t help as, whilst I am aware that I was putting the food in my mouth - the medication was definitely a contributing factor of my manic overeating behaviour.
Upon reflection, I was in complete denial, I felt so hopeless and trapped - I hid myself away at home and binged my way into oblivion. I look back and I feel as though I don’t even know who that person was. I realise now that everything had caught up with me and I was struggling to cope. I felt so ungrateful as I have a wonderful husband, lovely family and friends, a lovely home and a job I love - this just made me feel even more guilt as I couldn’t justify the way I was feeling and I realise now that giving myself such a hard time over something which, at the time I could not control, only made everything so much worse. Isolating myself also didn’t help! At all.
I’ve never been completely “happy” with my figure which makes me feel sad in itself as we’re more than our weight / dress size - we are humans with our own attributes, which is what those around us love us for - not the number on the scales. Rather than scrutinising myself in the mirror and putting myself down, I’m learning to focus on the positives so I can get myself back to a healthy mind and body.
I’ve learnt a lot this last year and I hope sharing my experience will comfort others who may have experienced something similar.
Gem xxxx
Here I am again.
I’m on Day 3 of Lipotrim TFR and I’ll be doing Lipotrim until October 15th - 7 weeks TFR followed by the Lipotrim refeed and I’m hoping to lose 1st 7lb / 2st in that time.
A little bit of background......
I’ve been on and off Cambridge Diet and Lipotrim over the past year and I’ve gradually got my weight down from 15st 12lb to 11st 9lb (I’m 5’ 4” and 30 years of age).
I gained a significant amount of weight in 2017 due to an episode of poor mental health and consequently ate my emotions and became trapped in the vicious circle of Overeating > Feeling Guilty > Low Self Esteem > Overeating > Feeling Helpless..... I still cannot believe I let things spiral out of control in the way that they did, but I cannot dwell on that! My medication also didn’t help as, whilst I am aware that I was putting the food in my mouth - the medication was definitely a contributing factor of my manic overeating behaviour.
Upon reflection, I was in complete denial, I felt so hopeless and trapped - I hid myself away at home and binged my way into oblivion. I look back and I feel as though I don’t even know who that person was. I realise now that everything had caught up with me and I was struggling to cope. I felt so ungrateful as I have a wonderful husband, lovely family and friends, a lovely home and a job I love - this just made me feel even more guilt as I couldn’t justify the way I was feeling and I realise now that giving myself such a hard time over something which, at the time I could not control, only made everything so much worse. Isolating myself also didn’t help! At all.
I’ve never been completely “happy” with my figure which makes me feel sad in itself as we’re more than our weight / dress size - we are humans with our own attributes, which is what those around us love us for - not the number on the scales. Rather than scrutinising myself in the mirror and putting myself down, I’m learning to focus on the positives so I can get myself back to a healthy mind and body.
I’ve learnt a lot this last year and I hope sharing my experience will comfort others who may have experienced something similar.
Gem xxxx
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