I have a problem with binge/emotional overeating, and have had it most of my life, so I absolutely cannot keep snacks in the house. I have no discipline. I'll graze and eat an entire box of snack cakes in an entire day. I can eat an entire bag of lays potato chips in one day. I'll eat until I feel sick, and then continue to eat. The result is that I feel sluggish and miserable and full. Whenever I try to lose weight, the only time I eat snacks is when I'm in the check out line. I'll get a small candy bar or small bag of chips, and that'll be it for a while. I never buy snack foods in bulk anymore.

One of my friends is doing keto. She's trying to convince me it's the best diet ever. I told her I eat something like 400 grams of carbs a day and I have never had a weight problem; keto is not the absolute only diet that works. I can't stomach eating that much fat. I do much better on a plant based diet. The one thing I agree with the keto people on is the processed carbs. Honestly those are not healthy for anyone regardless of your diet. But at least if I'm not on keto people don't berate me for eating them once in a while. I can't stand the diet police when it comes to crap like that.

Ok, time to really start gaining weight. I have to wear kid's jeans now or else wear a belt with any other pairs. I'm underweight, I'm feeling weak a lot and I have no energy. I wish it were just as easy as eating more but it's not. I don't feel like I deserve to feel good most of the time.

Yes. I think because my DH is unemployed and I'm working FT and I think he is not pulling nearly enough weight and has all sorts of time to move shit around the house and not actually accomplish anything. So whenever he's even around me I just want to pop his head off. We've had to spend most of the time I'm off work together and I just need a really long break from him.

Have you ever been upset on someone else's behalf. RN I have really bad anxiety-mostly about dying and bad health (working on it) and I call my mom to say hi and wanted to talk but she looked upset so I didn't tell her my problems. She told me about how she has lost weight and was really proud. I am proud of her because she worked hard. So, she went out with some relatives who were NOT supportive and bitchy. Like, mean girl bitchy. I forgot my anxiety for a moment and just got pissed, I wanted to call my relative and chew her out. I didn't because I didn't want to make things worse. My anxiety came back later (have to get my meds tomorrow) but for that hour-those feelings I shoved aside and wanted to fight someone.

I am not fat. I'm 5'6" and 125lbs. So why is it that I look tubby & bulbous in pictures? Especially bathing suit pics. Ugh. DH took a pic of me in my bikini the other day because he thought I looked so incredibly cute. (Which I appreciate very much) He sent me a copy of the pic and I just look so doughy and tubby and bulbous. Also, my arms and chest are kind of tan from wearing tank tops and the rest of me is basically a translucent glow in the dark color. I just wish I liked me as much as he does. Maybe I should lift weights or something. Maybe that would help. But I'm so LAZY.

I think my reverse diet is working pretty well. I am up to 1750 calories a day and my weight's up a few lbs but my clothes still fit fine. I do have a ton more energy, so maybe I was just in too much deficit before. I can't recommend doing this enough to anyone who is on bare-bones intake and can't possibly reduce it any more.

A person that made fun of me for being fat when she was a size 0, is now fat. She had previously tagged her H in a photo of a woman that was way bigger than me and told her H that was me. Her H is obese with boobs bigger than mine, he laughs at fat women and talks about how much he loves his skinny wife. She made a post talking about being happy with her size and excusing it. Her ex got with a woman who was a little chunky, and she posted many times criticizing this womans size and comparing their weight. She is so insecure that being skinny was her only positive attribute, now that's gone. She's always been crazy and mean. How the mighty have fallen. Karma.

I've been feeling suicidal the last few months. I don't feel like taking care of my health, not eating like I should, losing weight I shouldn't be losing, not interested in doing anything with anyone....just feeling shit. Last night I had a talk with DH and he says he's worried about my health and I said "What's the point of even being alive?" and he said "I really want you to stay here with me". I instantly started bawling. I don't think I always realize how much of an impact offing myself would have. I think this is the kick in the butt I need to get myself back on track and look into some sort of therapy.

Well, yeah, a reverse diet won't have you losing weight--at least not intentionally. The goal is just to be able to up your daily intake without gaining a lot. You are really at a very low intake and I think if you upped it to closer to 1600 with a little activity (weights too, not just jogging), you'd be so much happier. I would be such a crabass if I only ate 1200 calories a day haha. Also...you may want to stay off the scale. I have found that when I do more weight training, I wear smaller clothes at a higher weight than when I just do cardio.