I've always been overweight. No matter what I did nothing would help, including dieting and exercising. I finally went to a doctor that listened instead of brushing me off, and he put me on a diet and tested my blood and put me on some meds. It was the first time in my life I started losing weight--great.

But this diet is hard, really hard. I've been absolutely miserable since I started it (3 months ago). I was depressed before but since I started this diet it's been ten times worse. And I don't think the diet is doing me any favors mentally either, as far as dieting and my relationship with food goes. It's made me feel nothing but guilt anymore for any little thing I put into my mouth whether I'm "allowed" to eat it or not. I don't want to go into specifics, but I'm worried that I'll never be able to eat anything again without berating myself over it. I hate the fact that I'll hate myself for eating a bowl of cheerios or even a piece of fruit (sugar/carbs=bad). I know that's not a good thing.

Half the reason why it's been so hard is because my palate is so limited. I'm a very picky eater and I've had the worst time trying to find foods that I like on this diet without success.

All of it has made me so depressed....I don't know how to tell my doctor that it just might not be for me. Because unless I maintain everything as a "lifestyle change" I'll just gain everything back that I lose anyway, and I know I can't do this forever.

I feel like such a failure. How do I tell my doctor that I just can't do it anymore? I tried telling him I was depressed last time I saw him, but he didn't listen well and brushed off my attempts at trying to say that this diet isn't working for me. He told me to eat more protein to feel better, because that's what's supposed to perk me up when I'm so low-carb. Haven't been successful at that either.

What would you do?