I gain weight by eating healthy????????????

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  • CynthiasChoice
    CynthiasChoice Posts: 1,047 Member
    Thanks for your insight, CattOfTheGarage, but I do disagree with part of your statement - that "You need to cut out all sugar" is nonsense. Saying it's nonsense for everyone is just as incorrect as saying it's necessary for everyone.

    There are people using this site who have a history of being at a normal-ish weight, and who seek to stay healthy and increase their health. I wonder if it's mostly these people who react so strongly to the statements they believe are "sugar myths."

    At the other end of the spectrum, there are people who use this site because they need to lose a great deal of weight. Perhaps they have been unhealthy for a very long time due to their lack of personal where-with-all to make themselves act like normal-weight people around food. They are bewildered and even demoralized by their evident lack of self control. I don't believe it's this population that takes on the role of the sugar myth buster.

    As for myself, upon realizing through experimentation that I was "addicted" to sugar, my natural inclination was to tell other people struggling with self control, "You could try cutting out all sugar!" like I did and see if you find relief from cravings that way. So, in my early days (2010 -2011) on this site, I made some statements about sugar that caused firestorms and I felt rather injured from it.

    The posts might well have said, "No, you're fat because you're stupid, not because sugar is hijacking your willpower."

    We all need to find the answers that are uniquely true for us, and many of us find it helpful to share our stories, hoping for a compassionate ear or helpful suggestions. So wouldn't it be great if we could all just humbly offer our ideas to each other rather than smugly insisting on them? None of us is omnicient, and last time I checked, God wasn't commenting on these forums.
  • CynthiasChoice
    CynthiasChoice Posts: 1,047 Member
    Since my last post was so long, I ended up editing out the part where I said I cut out ADDed sugar for a period of time. And the absoluteness of it is what helps me. The all or nothing mentality is absolutely necessary for me for a period of time. Will I ever make exceptions? Sure, Christmas day I had an ounce of panettone. I struggled with cravings for a few days afterwards, so not sure it was worth it. Haven't had added sugar since. I also haven't had uncontrollable cravings since.

    The all or nothing mentality is saving me, not derailing me. I don't know how long this period of abstinence needs to continue, but I'm not mourning the loss of treats in my life. Not at all. I'm celebrating my freedom from cravings, the likes of which only some have experienced and know anything at all about.

    I've never been addicted to alcohol or drugs, so I can't make a comparison. What I do know is that I've been unable to control my cravings for sugar in the past and it has had major impacts on my health, mobility, family relationships, job, friendships and self esteem. It feels like unable, not unwilling. I'm only one person and can speak only for myself. But this struggle between being willing but unable seems to indicate an addiction of sorts. I don't know why that needs to upset anyone but me, my family, friends, employer and doctor.

    It certainly shouldn't upset the MFP community. Why would anyone want to shake a finger at someone who's having success in a healthy way? And what would inspire anyone to accuse me of being weak and stupid because my inner wisdom doesn't work for them? Not compassion. Not helpfulness.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    It certainly shouldn't upset the MFP community. Why would anyone want to shake a finger at someone who's having success in a healthy way? And what would inspire anyone to accuse me of being weak and stupid because my inner wisdom doesn't work for them? Not compassion. Not helpfulness.

    And nobody will be upset if you say "cutting added sugar helped me". People get upset when somebody says "everyone MUST cut added sugar". They're very different statements.

    I'm still waiting for the opening post that says the former. It always seems to be the latter until challenged, and then the complaints start.
  • JayZ1488
    JayZ1488 Posts: 258 Member
    MuT not be eating healthy
  • JayZ1488
    JayZ1488 Posts: 258 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    kq1981 wrote: »
    When you skip meals your body stores anything it can as fat incase its being starved again.
    Google, why I'm not losing weight when I eat less. There's hundreds of articles

    aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/

    We're do you live?
  • DietPrada
    DietPrada Posts: 1,171 Member
    Your weight on the scales does not reflect what you did yesterday. More like what you did 2 weeks ago. Your weight will fluctuate up and down daily and has little to do with what you ate in the last 24 hours. You're drawing conclusions based on faulty data.
  • JayZ1488
    JayZ1488 Posts: 258 Member
    edited February 2017
    Stop over eating
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    I understand that weight is fluid. I do not understand my weight. I skip breakfast and lunch almost everyday, which helps with the weight loss. Two days ago i ate only grilled vegetables at dinner time and nothing else. I weighed 128.7. Yesterday i didn't eat breakfast or lunch but i did eat a bunch of cookies, Doritos, peanut butter, three pieces of pizza, and some cake. For some reason, i only weighed 128.2. Today, i ate a large ceaser salad for lunch and a tiny bit of chinese food for dinner and some wheat thins. For some reason i ended up weighing 129.4????

    ^^^The OP:

    @annabellechipps
    First Visit: February 19
    Most Recent: February 19
    Posts: 1.

    OP has not returned.

    Hope this thread helped others though.
  • rollerjog
    rollerjog Posts: 154 Member
    healthy food or not your gaining weight because you mite be in a surplus
  • MissBecca145
    MissBecca145 Posts: 149 Member
    Shoot, I'd love it if my weight only varied 1.2lbs in a day. Mine can vary up to 5lbs.

    Chill Winstaaaan. Give it time.
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