649lbs and 3790 calories

jayjay_90

spagano8888 wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

I get it, I do. But to get to 600 pounds, there is a significant disconnect in your brain between a normal amount of food and an obsessive, anxiety based behavior. Just give it some thought.

I also culpulsively eat. I eat and I don't stop, even when full. I don't know why I do it.

Not going to mention much cause I think you've gotten some great advice from the folks above me but I couldn't help but notice this.

It will be important for your long term success to start thinking about why you're compelled to eat when you're not hungry. If possible, having someone to talk to about it (a therapist, if possible) or even just to start keeping a journal of your thoughts will help you gain clarity and ultimately help you stop that behaviour.

You're off to a great start by beginning to log and I wish you all the best of luck going forward! Emotional and compulsive eating is something that affects many and it's no walk in the park, that's for sure.

avskk

cmriverside wrote: »

there is a significant disconnect in your brain between a normal amount of food and an obsessive, anxiety based behavior. Just give it some thought.

This gave me a total illumination moment regarding my own food issues and behaviors. "Obsessive, anxiety-based behavior" is such an accurate and useful description, and it's a way for me to think about my behaviors in the moment that I think might help me stop them -- at least sometimes. It's a new tool in the kit. Thank you.

rileysowner

I have not read the whole thread, but when you get to weighing 300 or more, the data for calorie burns gets fuzzy. This is primarily because calorie burn information is based on putting a person in a room where all food intake and energy expenditure is carefully controlled allowing for actual measuring of the energy expenditure of the individual. They did many such measurements of many people and from the data developed the charts we have now based on the averages measured based on sex, age, height, weight, and the like. Thus, since there would be less people over 300 pounds, and maybe none in these studies over 400, the data is largely an extrapolation of what has been gathered from smaller people. Thus, it may or may not be accurate.

With the amount you have to lose, I am thinking 2000-2500 would be more than adequate, and you would lose fast. Since you have a lot of fat to lose, losing faster is not going to be an issue right now as you can burn a higher maximum of fat in a day than people who have less fat to lose. I would tend to go with the numbers you have gotten from professionals at this point largely to get yourself used to eating what would be a normal amount of food to likely support your body when you lose weight. If you want to go up to 3700 you will likely still lose, but it won't prepare you significantly for what you new normal will be.

cmriverside

avskk wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

there is a significant disconnect in your brain between a normal amount of food and an obsessive, anxiety based behavior. Just give it some thought.

This gave me a total illumination moment regarding my own food issues and behaviors. "Obsessive, anxiety-based behavior" is such an accurate and useful description, and it's a way for me to think about my behaviors in the moment that I think might help me stop them -- at least sometimes. It's a new tool in the kit. Thank you.

You're welcome. Someone mentioned journaling above. When I was going through my weight loss and trying to get a grip on what happened, I would journal about my food compulsions.

• What was going on just before?
• What did I tell myself about that event that caused fear/reaction?
• What did I eat?
• How did that food make me feel afterward?
• How could I better handle that emotion?

If it's a relationship problem, there's a lot of books and online resources. If it's money/finances, same. If it's loneliness, boredom, anger, fatigue - there are better solutions!

If it's actual hunger, maybe my calories are set too low or I'm eating too many carbs.