Looking for support & advice.
This is going to be a super vulnerable post for me and my first post on Reddit. I am 36 years old, just over 5 feet and I’m currently 211 pounds. I have struggled with my weight my entire teenage and adult life, thankfully not developing any eating disorders. I am finally in my dream relationship, we’ve been together over a year now and we want to be parents in the future. My partner is turning 53 next month and we have known each other for years. He’s my best friend. He says we are both not in shape to be parents yet and he said he won’t agree to have a child with me unless we both lose weight.
I try to eat well and get exercise - I walk quite a lot for my job luckily. But I have a bad habit of getting a venti Starbucks dirty chai and a chocolate cookie almost daily. I used to drink Coke Zero everyday but I stopped drinking it aside from the odd special occasion. I hardly drink alcohol but I do find myself needing chocolate most and chips sometimes (these are my partners weakness).
My weight has had me emotionally down lately. It just feels like the finish line to losing weight is so unattainable for some reason. I find myself always feeling tired and dreading walks which really sucks.
Any tips for me on how to get started to get this stubborn weight off? I have an Oura ring that I got as a Christmas gift this year and I love the statistics it provides. I’m just nervous I’m running out of time to lose the weight in order to successfully get pregnant and have a healthy pregnancy.