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Weight Loss and Depression

AmyLR94

Hi Wave tone1 it’s been a while since I posted but I thought I would post now since I need your help and support.

I’ve been fed up with my weight and I wanted to make a change. So on the 28th of March I started this coaching with a woman call Liv from LivWell. Everything is great, you can eat the things you love and she concentrates on Cals, Fat, Carbs & Protein. I felt like this was a great fit for me (being autistic), but today I was speaking to my mum and brother and even though they are supporting me they are also worried and told me to be careful.

With LivWell you sign up on the website, answer all these questions. You then speak to a member of the team to understand everything etc.
You pay £30 fee to start as well as £120 for a month. I thought this was a great deal, but after speaking with my mum and brother (who has done something similar) I now have doubts…

I can’t cancel my subscription until I have done 4 months (it says in the contract), so I’m stuck with them for another 3 months. But just working out the ingredients I bought and a protein powder I bought, I have already spent £222.04 SobSob.

All I want to do is lose weight so bad SobSob and even though Liv is understanding and she has chosen foods that I would like, I just feel depressed right now. I was fine when I started but now I feel like I will have no money to get ingredients for some of the meals SobSob.

I just don’t know what to do anymore, I love food but I also don’t want to spend a fortune. But I just don’t understand how to lose weight it’s just confusing to my autistic brain especially when it comes to cooking. I’m 30 for christs sake and I can’t do the simpler adult things SobSob x

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  • I cannot advise you about the contract situation you find yourself tackling (but Citizens Advice might be able to ask their duty Solicitor about how reasonable the contract terms are in your circumstances).

    At the very least, I think you ought to explain to Liv that you need guidance suitable for a limited income budget.  If I were in your situation, I would take my time to compose a carefully worded email and send the message that way (rather than saying it in a face to face conversation). 

    There are a couple of reasons for this.  It is good to have such an important dialogue "on the record", rather than having to rely upon a good conversation on the day plus everyone remembering the content further into the future.  In writing also gives you the opportunity (if you want it) to first work on refining a draft version with someone you trust in the real World - before you send it to your provider.

    You particularly mentioned frustration when it comes to cooking - you are unlikely to be alone in this (whether Autistic or not) so the programme you have signed up to should expect that quite a proportion of their Clients would require motivation, education and support in that skillset area.  Maybe that could be something to tactfully raise in the second paragraph of your email to them.  Try and help them to better understand your current cookery skill level and aspirations to progress forwards.

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  • I cannot advise you about the contract situation you find yourself tackling (but Citizens Advice might be able to ask their duty Solicitor about how reasonable the contract terms are in your circumstances).

    At the very least, I think you ought to explain to Liv that you need guidance suitable for a limited income budget.  If I were in your situation, I would take my time to compose a carefully worded email and send the message that way (rather than saying it in a face to face conversation). 

    There are a couple of reasons for this.  It is good to have such an important dialogue "on the record", rather than having to rely upon a good conversation on the day plus everyone remembering the content further into the future.  In writing also gives you the opportunity (if you want it) to first work on refining a draft version with someone you trust in the real World - before you send it to your provider.

    You particularly mentioned frustration when it comes to cooking - you are unlikely to be alone in this (whether Autistic or not) so the programme you have signed up to should expect that quite a proportion of their Clients would require motivation, education and support in that skillset area.  Maybe that could be something to tactfully raise in the second paragraph of your email to them.  Try and help them to better understand your current cookery skill level and aspirations to progress forwards.

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