Does anyone feel LESS happy during his/her weight loss

newheavensearth

Is it possible that your binging covered an issue that you're now dealing with, and that's the cause of your sadness? When I was heavier I felt really upset with myself and anyone who treated me badly because of my weight. I binged to cover those feelings, and felt temporarily better. Now I deal with my feelings, so in a sense I feel sadness, anger, and disappointment more often. Another source of unhappiness is not reaching goals yet or not achieving certain expectations.

delgrand

Thanks everybody for sharing information, tips and experiences

I am not currently depressed. I don't think I qualify for being depressed. But I used to laugh more and enjoy silly things and activities( for example playing paper scissors rock with my nephew !). But maybe I feel sad. I don't feel tired or deprived from certain food type.

I was not sad before I decided to lose weight. I am not trying to lose weight to feel happy. I was a very happy person. Did I use binging to cover other stuff? I don't know the answer to this but I did not have any major stresses.
There is something that satisfies me when I eat 8 slices of my favorite Pizza at a time or 5 pieces of a delicious cake that I like. It is not that I don't eat those anymore, but eating 8 slices of what I find extremely delicious is more satisfying than eating just one or two. I also used to binge after a hard day at work and it gave me instant relief. Eating too much food made me happy.

Need2Exerc1se

delgrand wrote: »

Thanks everybody for sharing information, tips and experiences

I am not currently depressed. I don't think I qualify for being depressed. But I used to laugh more and enjoy silly things and activities( for example playing paper scissors rock with my nephew !). But maybe I feel sad. I don't feel tired or deprived from certain food type.

I was not sad before I decided to lose weight. I am not trying to lose weight to feel happy. I was a very happy person. Did I use binging to cover other stuff? I don't know the answer to this but I did not have any major stresses.
There is something that satisfies me when I eat 8 slices of my favorite Pizza at a time or 5 pieces of a delicious cake that I like. It is not that I don't eat those anymore, but eating 8 slices of what I find extremely delicious is more satisfying than eating just one or two. I also used to binge after a hard day at work and it gave me instant relief. Eating too much food made me happy.

Overeating triggers the release of endorphins.

Francl27

Love eating, always loved eating, eating out has always been something I've loved (and not to have grilled chicken and steamed veggies, thank you very much), so yeah, those last few years have definitely not been as happy for me.

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

i was a happy person fat, and am even happier now.

find what makes you happy.

i love to cook and bake. So... i cook and bake to my hearts content when i have people here to eat it all or send it home with! lol

I do that too. My husband call those my 'baking binges' when I end up going overboard on desserts when we have people over. I can just have a piece and send the rest home with my friend who can apparently eat over 3000 calories a day and not gain weight. Win/win.

Honestly though I changed my lifestyle completely when I lost the weight, and it's been over 4 years now so it's a bit blurred. Really can't tell honestly if I'm happier now, and obviously things have changed in 4 years that really aren't weight-related either...

But yes I definitely miss being able to just eat what I want without feeling bad. Being more aware of how many calories are in things and how many calories I burn in a day have NOT made me happy and I can't afford to waste any calories on treats unless I walk 10,000 steps, and even then, I end up hungry half the time if I do.

I suppose we all get happiness from different things, and for me it's always been food, so obviously when you take that away, it's going to change things...