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Scared to put on weight
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Can anyone help me please?
I keep getting myself scared of putting on weight and being obsessed with going on the scales. I put on 2 lbs over the weekend and even though I'm still healthy weight I get scared of eventually putting on the total weight I lost over the year.
I'm even scared of eating anything that's not healthy. My Mum keeps trying to get me to eat unhealthy things. She just bought me some maltesers and I'm getting myself stupid over having them.
She's been doing it a lot lately, because she thinks I'm 'too skinny' where I'm clearly not. I think she's purposely trying to get me to eat more unhealthy food so I can put on weight. She says to me that I don't have to eat it but it's in more of a negative tone.
I enjoy eating food and would love to eat 'normal food' but I want to look attractive, and being single makes it worse for me. Putting on pressure to lose/maintain weight and to look good.
I don't know if I even have Obesophobia or not, but does anyone have any suggestions that can help me overcome these fears?
I keep getting myself scared of putting on weight and being obsessed with going on the scales. I put on 2 lbs over the weekend and even though I'm still healthy weight I get scared of eventually putting on the total weight I lost over the year.
I'm even scared of eating anything that's not healthy. My Mum keeps trying to get me to eat unhealthy things. She just bought me some maltesers and I'm getting myself stupid over having them.
She's been doing it a lot lately, because she thinks I'm 'too skinny' where I'm clearly not. I think she's purposely trying to get me to eat more unhealthy food so I can put on weight. She says to me that I don't have to eat it but it's in more of a negative tone.
I enjoy eating food and would love to eat 'normal food' but I want to look attractive, and being single makes it worse for me. Putting on pressure to lose/maintain weight and to look good.
I don't know if I even have Obesophobia or not, but does anyone have any suggestions that can help me overcome these fears?
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Sounds like your struggling at the minute sorry to hear that
Do you think you could chat to your mum about you worries with food, she may ease up if she knew how it is affecting you? Do you have any support in place to support you with your food related problems?
We are here for you if you wanna chat *hug*
Sorry to hear you feel under pressure to look a certain way, doesn't sound very good for you. I know it sounds cheesy but it's whats inside what matters, everyone is beautiful in their own way.
" So I say thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing, thanks for all the joy they're bringing, who can live without it, I ask in all honestly what would life be? Without a song or a dance, what are we? So I say thank you for the music, for giving it to me "
'' It's a beautiful day and I can't stop myself from smiling "
I may look for support somehow. I did meet up with a nutritionist a few weeks ago and her main points were:
My problems I addressed to her were that I was always hungry and I was feeling colder during the evenings.
But I didn't mention to her that I don't want to get into old habits (of eating c**p) and putting back on the weight I lost (over 2 stone).
The most frustrating thing though is living at home because I think my Mum is secretly planning to make me put on weight. It's such a challenge to maintain a healthy diet where there are certain things I'm being made to eat.
Though tonight my mum made me brown pasta with mince which was amazing. And I do my own desert which invloves fruit and greek yoghurt. So today I had an amazing food day.
I think it's a case of taking each day as it comes for me...being bank holiday yesterday my Mum kind of has these random junk food moods on special occasions.