losing weight

[bobdeb]

help!! I need ot lose weight, I keep piling it on, I have put on 3 stone is 1 year. I am currently taking prozac though the doctor says that weight gain is not a side effect with these!! So why am I getting bigger and bigger!!! All my clothes are too small and I am going to a relatives wedding in July all they will see is a weeble coming downwards them...............

[Catso]

When I changed my job, last July, I changed nothing else, but put on about 1� stone in 2 months - it was frightening. Still stuck with it, if not a bit more by now.

[Ethel]

It's true the prozac is not known for weight gain, but depression certainly is.

Does this ring any bells with you?

Comfort eating
Less active - everything seems a lot of bother
Erratic eating - not three proper meals a day
Alcohol - are you drinking more?

This is the sort of thing that leads to weight gain.

[aed]

i've been overweight for 15years, i am now convinced my doctor was right, if you eat to much you get fat, it,s that simple,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Catso]

I wondered how long the 'you're eating too much' answer would take!

[james_m246]

Like Ethel said depression can lead to being less active, I have it myself. Just make sure you burn off atleast the same amount of calories your taking in.

p.s.Obviously this isn't necessarily the problem but its the most likely one.

[angeldraws]

It sounds like you may be bothered by what other people think of your weight. I say - just be happy with yourself - how you look doesn't reflect the kind of person you are inside. You could possibly try having counselling and learn to value yourself just as you are, rather than listen to negative comments from people who clearly have no understanding of depression and its effects on the human body. Hope it goes well.