40 yrs of failed dieting behind me, including Atkins, ZC, c/c and I am trying again. Because giving up isn't an option. If I eat what I like I gain half a stone a month.

I know what to eat and find lc hf delicious BUT my only problem is, when I get the urge to binge on carbage I just seem to give in to myself without much of a fight. This sabotages my efforts and I sink into a slump of self-loathing.

I now weigh 150lb more than when I started dieting. Owing to being nearly 60, the weight has made me almost immobile. Walking or even standing is so uncomfortable, even painful, that I am put off doing anything but lay or sit. I have to do something. I have no choice.

I've read all the books about emotional eating etc, and yes, that is me, but how can I train myself to stop.

If anyone has any good tips or tricks I can play on myself, any strategies that work to stop a person from bingeing when she gets the urge, I'd like to hear them.

Leigh.

in the UK