I'm 15st 4lb - that's 215 pounds. 5'3" female with a very small frame. I "should" weigh around 120 pounds, although my own goal is closer to 140 pounds. I'm 51 years old, in perimenopause.
I've been No S'ing on and off for about a year. I have a history of compulsive/binge eating, which is invariably triggered by conventional dieting. When I stick to No S and get rid of diet thoughts, I do well in that I don't binge. However, it seems that every few weeks I panic about how overweight I am, and especially worry because of my age, and those diet thoughts creep back in and I decide to go on a diet. This leads to a diet/binge cycle end result is a couple of pounds heavier than when I started and I come back to No S. Then the cycle starts again.
I've recorded my weight over the last year and have pretty much maintained for the last 12 months.
Now to the point. My GP is very concerned about my weight, my blood pressure is high, I have knee problems caused by obesity, and although I don't have diabetes according to recent bloodwork, I'm probably pre-diabetic. My doctor wants me to reduce my weight by about 10 pounds in the next two months, otherwise I will need to go on blood pressure medication. Also my knee problem is really restricting my mobility, some days I can hardly walk, so I've had very little exercise this past few months.
I don't think I can lose that much weight in two months on No S. But I clearly do need to lose weight.
I'm feeling very stuck and scared.
Does anyone have any thoughts, advice, ideas about this?
Sorry it's such a long post!
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