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[quote=Anonymous]My second child is 2.5 and I’m still carrying weight from the birth/postpartum period. I’m about 20 pounds overweight and about 25 pounds over my pre pregnancy weight. Currently trying to conceive a third and final child.

Before children I was always a healthy weight, though I fluctuated all over the healthy range. Whenever my weight inched too high, I had great success with losing weight with Weight Watchers. But whenever that happened, it always was my top priority to lose the weight.

Well, now losing weight just quite frankly isn’t my top priority. I’ve got two children to raise and a household to maintain. My mental health is a higher priority (I had PPD and staying mental healthy is crucial obviously). Keeping my body fully functional is a higher priority (I had a major injury when my second was an infant that took months to come back from, so I take exercise very seriously).

My eating habits are, frankly, atrocious. I have a huge sweet tooth that I’ve been indulging big time these last 2.5 years. Tons of sweets. My portion size is obscene. I don’t eat nearly enough fruits and veggies.

But Weight Watchers requires the kind of dedication that I just don’t think I have. Counting points, completely revamping my diet overnight, careful shopping and portion control, and just generally summoning the willpower to skip the brownies all seem out of reach. I also don’t need (or want!) to lose 2 pounds a week. Honestly, I’d be happy with 2 pounds a month. But I tend to be a black and white thinker, and so I tend to either be carefully counting and tracking points or eating 10 cookies in a sitting. I’d love to eat like… 2 cookies. But I’m struggling to find moderation. I’m also definitely an emotional eater, and tend to, explicitly or implicitly, say “wow made it through a whole day with a toddler and a preschooler! I deserve cookies!”

I need to find a middle ground here.

I’m not looking for tips - I’m actually looking for an approach or source of information that might work for me. Book, system, blog, website, approach… that I could dive in on. Any suggestions?[/quote]

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