u/Foreign-Mind6864

I struggled for a few years and rapidly gained weight the end of 2025 due to bingeing. When I found out I was pregnant a few months ago, I thought I was doomed after hearing women talking about an insatiable appetite you have to give in to to function.
I was like, damn, if my appetite when bingeing (5k+ cals EASY almost every day) is like this, wtf is it going to be later on? I stopped tracking my food, stopped weighing myself, and just ate what felt good.
At first it wasn’t the healthiest food, but then slowly after knowing I let myself have whatever I want, I started making fast food dupes, to now genuinely wanting nutritious food because it makes me feel good after eating it.

I also don’t stuff myself either, which is impossible prior to pregnancy to not do at each meal then binge later due to shame, and I think it’s because I ACTUALLY let myself have ANYTHING. Now I eat pretty healthy and don’t even crave fast food anymore. I do love a good chick fil a sandwich, but the craving is more once a week-every few weeks than wanting it daily.

My point isn’t to get pregnant to discover this ‘cure’, but maybe the cure all along was to stop mentally restricting, labelling food as good or bad, and beating myself up for eating too much then bingeing later due to shame. After I stopped shaming and downright hating myself for eating ‘badly’, I ended up accidentally solving my bingeing problem. I really hope this helps someone out there. All that I know for a fact is shaming and hating yourself out of BED is not gonna do it. Every time I read through this sub I just wanna give everyone a hug because I can relate too much to how they’re hurting from this stupid disorder. You got this!❤️

What would you choose? It seems like AIO, fitted and cover, prefold and cover, and everything all sound good, so i dont know what to choose. If you had to do it all again, what would you choose? I’m 4 months pregnant and have been told that cloth diapers won’t work and i’ll give up, but so many cloth diaper moms have more pros than cons compared to exclusively disposable moms. No hate just an observation, but from reading experiences, cloth diaper babies seem to have next to no blowouts, less diaper rash, and moms save a bunch in the long run. Help please!

I used to walk a lot + workout at least 3 times a week, but ever since being pregnant, all I want to do is sit on the couch all day. I feel like I've been sedated but it's been three months and the sedation has not worn off whatsoever. No matter how much sleep I get, I'm always tired. I hate hearing people complain about how they're always tired yet do nothing about it, like people I knew growing up with who had it so easy but would complain just to complain.

It's been three months of me moping around the house, I get chores done and keep the house decent + cook, but other than that, I'm mostly on my computer. I feel so unproductive and like those people I grew up with (except none of them were pregnant). Everyone around me is contributing to society while I'm at home doing nothing. I'm trying to learn new skills to be able to make money from home, like bookkeeping, but some days I just want to sleep forever and do nothing.

Is this me turning into a slob and using pregnancy as an excuse, or is this how it is being pregnant? I feel terrible seeing all these other moms, way further along yet running marathons or hitting it hard in the gym, then there's me on the couch. I feel so alone, lazy, disgusting, and useless. Can someone confirm if this is the lazy talking?

I looked around and people said that Sevin doesn't work as well anymore because of ingredient restrictions, 50/50 on the boiling water/dawn dish soap/empty a few foam spray cans into the nest, and I'm really desperate. I'm deathly terrified of wasps, and there's a hole in our backyard that resembles a nest. It's around 50-60f here on the east coast, and we live near the water so our soil is damp.

Apparently that's the perfect place for yellowjacket nests, and my dogs go potty near that hole. They don't have to, but the bigger one does his business there as his designated spot. I don't want him to get swarmed one day (especially when the colony is bigger in the later months) and me not being able to do anything about it.

I don't want to spend $60+ on multiple foam cans and risk getting stung. After a few days of digging, I've seen only 100% positive results with Alpine WSG, where you mix a packet into a gallon of water and spray it around the opening and into it.

Just to be sure, should I dump the whole thing into the hole and drench the opening as well? I really don't want to risk them coming back. If you've used Alpine before, please let me know how well it worked for you too. I also read that they tend to build their nests in the spring, so if that's the only nest and I don't see anymore, we should be good? We did have a paper wasp nest on our porch but we sprayed it with foam and got rid of it pretty easy. The ground nest on the other hand, is a whole other thing. Any advice is appreciated!

I keep going on and off carnivore 100% because of my food addiction to carbs and sugar. Any advice on how to overcome? I love how I feel on carnivore but just need that final push, thanks.

I just recently learned that there's quite a few wasps people mistake for yellowjackets, but there's actually a lot of them that look like yellowjackets but actually aren't. I live on the east coast and was wondering what are the types of other wasps? Thanks!