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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 hope you don't feel too despondent about the weight management aspects upon which you sre working.

    Maybe, pick one thing per week you would like to do more healthily, or one thing oer week you would like to learn how to cook.  Keep having a go at that until it becomes your new habit or skill.  It can be too overwhelming if you are trying to change / learn too many things all at the same time.

    In my GP Practice if people need support with their weight management they are sometimes referred to an NHS approved programme for free (or with a discount).  In our NHS area their are 4 tiers of such weight management programmes.  Similarly, there are programmes to support people to avoid Type 2 Diabetes.  Some programmes are in person and others are online by Zoom or a similar online platform.  (I don't know if you have perhaps discussed anything like that with your GP).

    It is good that you love food (that is an important life skill), but I totally support you that you don't want to spend a fortune.

    This week, I am going to try this Vegan Chickpea Store Cupboard Curry for 2 portions.  (I am going to substitute a teaspoon of ground coriander for the fresh coriander - as I am not going to the shop for one ingredient I don't have.  Also, I won't buy a lime to use a 1/4 when I have one of those bottles of lemon juice in the fridge - I will use a couple of teaspoons of that instead of lime).  I know I have the other ingredients in the kitchen cupboard / freezer.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/storecupboard_curry_38647

    It looks likely cheaper and healthier than a supermarket Ready Meal or Takeaway (I think some people would call it a "Fake-away" which needs to have a better terminology - as that sounds "less than" but I think the recipe looks promising and could be "better than" so perhaps "Best-away" sounds more enticing!).

    What about you, is there something healthy you plan to experiment with cooking this week - which is new to you cooking / eating?

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  • I hope you don't feel too despondent about the weight management aspects upon which you sre working.

    Maybe, pick one thing per week you would like to do more healthily, or one thing oer week you would like to learn how to cook.  Keep having a go at that until it becomes your new habit or skill.  It can be too overwhelming if you are trying to change / learn too many things all at the same time.

    In my GP Practice if people need support with their weight management they are sometimes referred to an NHS approved programme for free (or with a discount).  In our NHS area their are 4 tiers of such weight management programmes.  Similarly, there are programmes to support people to avoid Type 2 Diabetes.  Some programmes are in person and others are online by Zoom or a similar online platform.  (I don't know if you have perhaps discussed anything like that with your GP).

    It is good that you love food (that is an important life skill), but I totally support you that you don't want to spend a fortune.

    This week, I am going to try this Vegan Chickpea Store Cupboard Curry for 2 portions.  (I am going to substitute a teaspoon of ground coriander for the fresh coriander - as I am not going to the shop for one ingredient I don't have.  Also, I won't buy a lime to use a 1/4 when I have one of those bottles of lemon juice in the fridge - I will use a couple of teaspoons of that instead of lime).  I know I have the other ingredients in the kitchen cupboard / freezer.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/storecupboard_curry_38647

    It looks likely cheaper and healthier than a supermarket Ready Meal or Takeaway (I think some people would call it a "Fake-away" which needs to have a better terminology - as that sounds "less than" but I think the recipe looks promising and could be "better than" so perhaps "Best-away" sounds more enticing!).

    What about you, is there something healthy you plan to experiment with cooking this week - which is new to you cooking / eating?

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