Health anxiety- weight loss

I think you’re weighing yourself way too much. Get off the scale and just go by how you feel. I usually go by how my clothes fit to determine if I lost or gained weight.

I know you can also get on the scale at different times of day and have lost or gained 5+ lbs.

hi

omg it's like reading about myself, it would take me hours to tell you everything but I will make it as short as I can. I use to weight about 13 stone 4, and a couple of years ago I started losing weight, I didnt change my diet or lifestyle I kept losing more and more this isnt any good for someone with health anxiety , I lost over 2 stone, I still dont know why. whenever I saw someone they went on and on about how much I had lost, which worried me more. I googled constantly and I'm not exaggerating when I say I diagnosed myself with just about every cancer. I was constantly at doctors had numerous tests/scans, took myself to A&E etc etc as I said I could tell you loads but would be impossible to write it all down. if I I had a pain I would google weight loss and pain, if I felt sick I would google sickness and weight loss, if I had diarrhoea I would google that, and it went on and on. still does if I'm honest. anyway I still have no answer as to how i lost all that weight, but I know for a fact worrying about it certainly didnt help and I now know that my anxiety plays a large part of my weight loss. I was weighing myself 2 and 3 times a day and even if I had lost half a pound my anxiety was through the roof and I was nearly hysterical, I calnt begin to tell you how this really affected me mentally. fast forward to now, my anxiety is a tiny bit better and I've since put on over half a stone, I still have my bad days, especially if I feel ill or develop a pain, but I dont weigh myself every day now as I know your weight can fluctuate so much, even in 1 day, sometimes I've been different by a few pounds. this is perfectly normal. so what I will say is you are looking after a baby, decorating, walking etc etc on top of that you're worried. of course you are going to lose weight. it is normal. please try and not worry, I know how you feel and I wouldnt wish it on anyone, its hell. you are absolutely fine, it's your mind playing tricks on you. stop overthinking and enjoy your baby. big hugs xx

postpartum anxiety? i have as well, i too was loosing alot of weight i lost total over 70+ lbs without trying my dr couldnt find out whats wrong, it slowed down now, i had my daughter a yr and a half ago, all this started after having her, i was diagnose with postpartum depression and anxiety, anxiety can cause weightloss

hi

yes I was eating exactly the same, I was weighing myself 2/3 times a day and the scales said different all the time. sometimes I had eaten and weighed less than I had done previously, which obviously freaked me out. omg you sound just like me. I'm telling you now you're putting yourself through to much stress which is adding to your weight loss x

i really hope u feel better because lots of stress can cause weightloss too it was very hard to get out of that mind frame and still when i get back in that mood my apetite will go away