depression and weight gain cycle

[mopeymonique]

I get depressed and turn to food for comfort and to numb me out.  I had lost 40 lbs and was feeling great and then my depression hit again and I gained it all back.  Its such a vicious cycle for me I'm depressed therefore I eat and get more depressed because I'm fat.  I know that when I'm binge eating that its going to catch up with me sooner or latter but I feel helpless in stopping the desire to eat.  

Does anyone else have these issues with food and weight gain from your depression?

I lost the 40 lbs originally by following the food plan of FAA ( Food Addicts Anonymous ) by cutting out all sugar wheat and flour.  After the withdrawal from S/W/F I was crave free. I want desperately  to do this again but can't seem to even get 1 day of abstinence.

I feel if I could just loose this weight my drepression would lift.

It would be encouraging to hear from anyone who also suffers or overcame this vicious cylce.

Nancy, food addict and very depressed.

[lilymoon]

So sorry to hear this,since this has an underlying psychological cause(depression etc) Id try some therapy,if you can learn to deal differently with your depressed moods your problem will be way easier to handle.Lily

[Jaquta]

You could try posting on the weight loss and healthy lifestyle expert forum.  I believe this doctor has a good approach and that is making incremental lifestyle changes.

It sounds like you use food to cope and to sabotage.

You could try checking out shrinkyourself.com.  The doctor use to answer posts on several of the forums here at medhelp.  I would strongly endorse his approach.

I can relate to your problem (but just don't want to go there tonight).
The doctor says that sometimes that yo-yo weight loss is due to relationships.

[Jlawrencej]

I was the same way. Then I started a program called Visalus. You drink two shakes a day and you don't get hungry in between. If u r interested I can send u my link. People lose 30 and 50 pounds and u dont have to excercise. I gotta have some motivation and this is like doing nohing. I just started and already lost 3 lbs. I am sick of being fat and depressed. So I figure if I get some of the weight off I'll feel better about me