Daily mail article on diets what if.....

onmyown70

You are like me and you are all three: an emotional eater, a feaster and don't get full?! I'd like to hear your thoughts (it was taken from the English daily mail so my source isn't a great one :-) )

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2888742/The-REAL-reason-New-Year-diets-fail-Scientists-reveal-key-staying-slim-knowing-feaster-craver-emotional-eater.html

Sued0nim

It's excuses and has no bearing on what you need to do to lose weight

You need to commit and eat at a calorie defecit

No complicated theories. Just that!

williams969

rabbitjb wrote: »

It's excuses and has no bearing on what you need to do to lose weight

You need to commit and eat at a calorie defecit

No complicated theories. Just that!

^^This. I'm all three of those descriptions--emotional eater, feaster, and craver. As soon as I got brutally honest with myself and cut the excuses and buckled down, I could stick with my deficit, portion out "treats" I craved appropriately, and lose the weight.

JoanaMHill

I'm not from the UK, but even I know not to take The Daily Mail seriously, especially when it comes to "science." As others have said, those are just excuses. I would describe myself as all three as well, and I've still managed to lose weight when I focus and cut the pity party. Barring medical conditions (which should be diagnosed by a doctor) you're perfectly capable of eating at a calorie deficit to lose weight, even if it doesn't come off as fast as you want/were hoping.

missiontofitness

The DailyMail is a highly respected and revered news publication, which contains highly trained and knowledgable professionals who are experts in the field of medicine and weight loss.

Really though; I wouldn't take that article too seriously!

yarwell

"The findings will be aired in a three-part Horizon programme, starting on BBC2 on January 12." - be interesting to see what they come up with.

Sued0nim

missiontofitness wrote: »

The DailyMail is a highly respected and revered news publication, which contains highly trained and knowledgable professionals who are experts in the field of medicine and weight loss.

Really though; I wouldn't take that article too seriously!

Bwahahahaaaa...good one

missiontofitness

rabbitjb wrote: »

missiontofitness wrote: »

The DailyMail is a highly respected and revered news publication, which contains highly trained and knowledgable professionals who are experts in the field of medicine and weight loss.

Really though; I wouldn't take that article too seriously!

Bwahahahaaaa...good one

Haha, thank you!
It was so painful to write out that sentence, though...

onmyown70

I know the daily mail is obviously the reference point for all nutritional info... Ha but I do think, getting to the route of why one person eats too much allows them to work out trigger times and points to put an action plan on place.

I think discipline comes in waves for me, if I rely solely on discipline, I can't cope when stressed, upset, hormonal, tired from lack of sleep with kiddies- maybe excuses, but sure make it a lot harder for me. Years ago vanity would motivate me but that's not enough.

For me it is psychological too- it's helpful to chat on here, and it is encouraging when one reminds one self- just eat less! However, when eating has become a learned response, to many moods and situations, I have to seek out other ways to let off steam etc. it's also amazing ow other people respond to one being disciplined...!


I am also interested as it's becoming apparent there isn't a one size fits all. Ofcourse if we eat less improvements will be seen, but there are various methods for doing this. My husband for example needs four slices of bread every day, he doesn't eat too much of it. He loses weight by eating one biscuit instead of two. Me? I prefer not to have biscuits as I'm not tempted by then until I start eating them, and a key for me seems to be piling up plates of veg

onmyown70

i will be interested in watching the horizon programme though !

langurmonkey

It did seem like a reasonable bit of psychology. I am definitely in the feaster category, I can eat the whole house full of food especially after a few drinks, so I think knowing a few tricks to mitigate that impulse is good. And I don't identify with the other two categories at all, so that at least (for me) gives it a bit of predictive power. With a lot of this type of thing you can read yourself into all of the categories, so it's useful that there is a bit of a split in this case. It's a shame that a high protein diet is the most expensive!

onmyown70

Indeed langur monkey, although hoping you like eggs, always a good option!

I do think being self aware is so important.

amusedmonkey

rabbitjb wrote: »

It's excuses and has no bearing on what you need to do to lose weight

You need to commit and eat at a calorie defecit

No complicated theories. Just that!

I would have to disagree. Knowing what makes your eating habits tick is one of the most important things for sustainable weight loss. It's not as simplistic as the article makes it look, but the idea behind it is quite accurate. Not recognizing eating patterns could lead people to follow a strategy that is wrong for them, making them quit prematurely because they're making it unnecessarily hard on themselves.

Long term weight loss is at least 50% mental games if not more.. without knowing the foods that keep you full you are likely to binge or quit due to hunger. Without knowing your triggers and planning for them accordingly, you are likely to overeat. Without knowing what makes you eat when not hungry, you won't have the tools to manipulate the situation...etc

When someone, for example, realizes they like to eat food in big quantities, it's not an excuse, it's a fact, and recognizing it helps devise strategies to combat it, such as adding more vegetables and soup to their meals to make them look big within the same calorie budget.

A personal example, and one of many modifications and strategies I had to put together, I recognized that my appetite is greatest between 14:00 and 18:00, after which it tapers off considerably, and that I tend to constantly nibble around during that time, even if not hungry. What I did:
- I eat my most filling foods at 14:00.
- I moved all the high calorie things to the back of the fridge and always have vegetables in front, because I noticed I tend to nibble on whatever is easiest to grab without distinction.
- I consume the highest calorie foods that I feel like eating that day after 18:00, because it's much easier to stop.

Why make things hard when they can be made easier just for the sake of "no excuses" mentality?

HeySwoleSister

Ah, the Daily Fail. Their consistency is at least comforting.