I can't believe how much I weigh

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I feel so upset. I weighed myself this morning and I weigh nearly 11 stone (don't know what that is in pounds). I can't believe it. I have never been that heavy before. I used to be 8 stone (which is rather underweight for my figure), then went up to 9 stone, which is about right for me. But to be nearly 11 stone is not right at all.

I was eating quite a lot, but I have cut back a lot, so I thought I'd lose a few pounds in the last couple of months, not put it on. I don't really eat that much really. I try to eat healthy foods, but I still need substantial meals (I only have 2 meals a day). I don't really have a big appetite, so I don't really eat between meals. OK I drink coke nearly every day but I have done for years. I have cut back on that though.

I don't even look fat, but knowing I weigh nearly 11 stone still makes me feel uncomfortable.
I do struggle to motivate myself to exercise, because of being a bit Agoraphobic I don't like walking far, but when I do walk I walk fast, and I have an active job. After work I am so hungry, that I crave something sweet, so I sometimes treat myself to a bar of chocolate, but surely that's OK if you've been working hard all day and your stomach feels hollow and needs some sugar?
That's another thing, I get gastric when too hungry, due to high acid reflux. I become unwell when I let myself get too hungry. Any food agrees with me fine, but hunger doesn't.

I feel so depressed now, as I've always been the slim type. My height is only 5"6 (I don't know what that is in centimetres), and I know people think that is oh-so tall, it isn't really tall.

The only thing you need to worry about is calories. You can lose weight without exercise, you just monitor your calorie intake.

At 5'6" and 11 stone (that's about 154 pounds), you're just barely overweight.

You might try a web site like Myfitnesspal where you track everything you eat every day. Might be good to get that weight under control now because as women unfortunately we tend to lose muscle and gain fat as we age and our metabolism slows down.

You might see what happens when you cut out the Coke. I did that a long time ago. I quit drinking all sodas and I lost 20 pounds without even trying.

Start reading labels for fat content, if it's in the red don't touch it. Switch out your chocolate for dark chocolate, milk chocolate is way more fatty. Try to cut down on milk/red meat cause it's basically just fatty and bulk food.

Also, if you want chocolate - try the Alpro soya chocolate milk it's really tasty and hardly as fatty as real choco milk. All the main supermarkets sell it. I do this and make chocolate banana smoothies out of it or fruit icecream.

Avoid oils in food as it's fatty, try to eat more potatoes/rice/lentils with veg, the natural carbs will fill you up for energy but hardly put weight on you as it's plant food. Veg/fruit is so important and it hardly puts weight on you. Eat loads of fruit to satisfy your sweet cravings, I eat ridiculous amounts of fruit every day. I've lost so much weight jumping over to a veggie diet by doing next to no exercise and just eating really well. I ride my bike once a day for like an hour but not very fast or far but a little exercise will do you wonders. I recommend you get some veg soups in but stay away from white bread as it's fatty.

Also stop weighing yourself because it puts you in a constant cycle of "need to lose weight" and then you get depressed and start binging again. Just don't bother with them.

Drink loads of water every day to bring the water weight down.

Also here this common sense is quite refreshing as a reminder of what to do. Like this guy says don't have a cheat day.