I get depressed in December/January and my coping strategy is to over indulge in food. This year I bought lots of garlic bread and sausage rolls (amongst other things). I ended up putting on about 5KG.
I am getting back on track with my eating habits this week. I find it’s not so hard to do when I get determined about it.
I am hopeful that if I am more observant and restrictive with what I eat I can lose it in 6 weeks or so
How is your diet doing ?
Yes. @Zoe update please!
@Maccaroni and @StarCrazy
Unfortunately I keep failing. I keep failing and trying again. I decided I won’t meet my friends for 1 year. Socialising triggers my adaptation to the diet. This might help do the trick.
How about both of you? How is the eating habits going?
Why do you think being sociable affects your dieting?
I don’t think you should lock yourself away from your friends. I think that’d be very lonely. Do you feel self conscious about your weight? I definitely have (even recently). You have to remember that good friends will still be friends with you even if you put on weight 
Im doing okay. Being stricter with snacking this week. Had a couple of days where I had some cheese and biscuits but thats a lot better than last week where I was eating it nearly every day.
My health and wellbeing practitioner is trying to get me to eat certain things for my final meal of the day as I have to take my meds with 350 calories and it makes me sleepy. She thinks this is probably why I have put on weight as I’ve treated it like a regular meal while my body can’t really process the food properly when I go to bed. But TBH I’m having issues following what she said. One example of a good meal before bed she said could be yoghurt and and nuts which is fine. But another thing she suggested was to make a a keto quiche and while I would like to do it - it looks far too complicated and long winded for me to actually do. I might try to make an omelette soon as she said eggs would be a good option. I think the idea for the last meal is protein orientated with no meat or carbs.
I just feel really much like a scary creature if I don’t first repent for my binge eating via my tailored diet plan. I wouldn’t feel comfortable around friends therefore
Oh right, so is it like dinner or just a big snack, that last eat session?
Spending time with friends might help distract you from food cravings and might also give you something else to focus on.
Hey Zoe! I’m having trouble sticking to the vegan diet too. But my dads got health problems and wants to try plant based to heal
So i will be getting back on track with plant based diet tommorrow.
Good luck to us both!
Hey @Zoe i just read that visualizing scenarios both positive and negative can help you achieve your goals. Positive to train yourself to do something and negative to be prepared for the worst case scenario. I am finding that visualizing myself not sticking to the vegan diet and not losing weight is giving me drive to stick to it. Also i am visualizing possible meals i will make in the future and eating lots of lentils, beans, fruit and vegies. Hope this helps
I eat mainly vegetarian. I can’t afford meat anymore. I eat instant noodles, apples, salad sandwiches. I don’t have a scale so I check my weightloss on my waist. Still invisible. I think I diet not to put more weight on
I will still go to my support groups perhaps. I can distract myself by studying. I have too much anxiety around friends, and depression, As I withdraw from binge eating. It’s hopefully just a temporary phase the resultant depression.
Aw sweet thankyou
And yes your dad and you both doing the diet ought to make it easier.
How’s it going?
My diet starts tomorrow.
Congratulations @Maccaroni it sounds like there’s some positive effect
Totally agree with the visualisation. You seem to know what you are doing.
I visualise myself healthy and in a summer dress.
If I continue with the binge my kidneys will accelerate their decline.
Yes the variety in foods that sounds a fun thing to visualise :))
But your friends won’t care if you are a little heavier. Losing weight takes time and a lot of effort. I hope you don’t isolate yourself.
As for the other question - when I first started the medication I treated it like a snack but it has to be 350 calories which is the size of a small meal so I find it easier to treat it like a meal anyway.
Yea sometimes loneliness is better than anxiety.
That’s the thing.
Hey Zoe! Its going well, thanks. I started yesterday and the visualization is helping. I think i need to do more of it though. Good luck with your diet!
Thankyou @DNAsaur
I’m glad the visualisation is helping. 
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