Weight gain
whocares2018
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Since November my weight has gone up..and since March I’ve been working from home..up 8 pounds in one month..total since November almost 20 pounds. I got blood work done everything is good, my meds haven’t changed at either. Doctor suggested going from 1500 calories to 1300 calories since I’m still working from home. I’m willing to try that’s for sure. Just curious if anyone has experienced something like this? I will not lie it has broken me down I worked so hard to lose 20 pounds and now I’ve gained it all back 
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Has anyone experienced weight gain after losing weight? Thousands of us.
Half_Size_Me is a pretty good podcast that discusses weight re-gain a lot.
Also, try this thread.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
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psychod787 wrote: »Yup...... intentional....
Why weight loss hard.
The problem is he glosses right over the behavioral aspects of weight loss and jumps right to medication.
Awareness is needed in 4 key areas.
1) Calorie awareness - log or, even better, for a time pre-log your food. Show yourself what you are eating and how much.
2) Physical awareness - hunger is seldom an emergency. It is best controlled but there is no reason to overreact to the sensation. You need calories from food to eat and move. You can create an energy deficit to lose weight but it should be a small deficit. Lose weight in a healthy fashion not a speedy one.
3) Thought awareness - Thoughts that are not helpful can be ignored or disputed. You do not have to give into to cravings just because you have them. You can delay gratification. Food rarely provides comfort or stress relief. In constant excess it makes you more uncomfortable and more stressed. Any reward you get from food is momentary. The rewards from managing your food intake properly last for your entire life.
4) It does not have to be all or nothing awareness. Compromise is what keeps it from being a constant struggle. Any food that can be moderated can be eaten if it fits in the puzzle of calories and overall nutrition. Instead of always saying no say "not yet" or "just this much for now".
Awareness is the first step to habit change. Once habits are changed then autopilot begins to work for you instead of against you.8 -
That's why they call it the #Covid19. It seems half of folks have gained weight during lockdown and the other half are losing weight.1
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I’m just so disappointed in myself..I hope I can lose some weight before I have to head back to work because my work issued shirts don’t fit right now 🙁1
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psychod787 wrote: »Yup...... intentional....
Why weight loss hard.
The problem is he glosses right over the behavioral aspects of weight loss and jumps right to medication.
Awareness is needed in 4 key areas.
1) Calorie awareness - log or, even better, for a time pre-log your food. Show yourself what you are eating and how much.
2) Physical awareness - hunger is seldom an emergency. It is best controlled but there is no reason to overreact to the sensation. You need calories from food to eat and move. You can create an energy deficit to lose weight but it should be a small deficit. Lose weight in a healthy fashion not a speedy one.
3) Thought awareness - Thoughts that are not helpful can be ignored or disputed. You do not have to give into to cravings just because you have them. You can delay gratification. Food rarely provides comfort or stress relief. In constant excess it makes you more uncomfortable and more stressed. Any reward you get from food is momentary. The rewards from managing your food intake properly last for your entire life.
4) It does not have to be all or nothing awareness. Compromise is what keeps it from being a constant struggle. Any food that can be moderated can be eaten if it fits in the puzzle of calories and overall nutrition. Instead of always saying no say "not yet" or "just this much for now".
Awareness is the first step to habit change. Once habits are changed then autopilot begins to work for you instead of against you.
@NovusDies I do not dispute that this video glosses over things. That was the point. It's a short video showing how our brains work. I could have posted an 90 minute lecture on just cravings and how they arise, but MOST people are not going to watch it. Second, i think we have to remember that some people do not have the cognitive restraint that others have. You sir, are one that does. Third, I never will downplay the role in system 3. Behavioral changes have to happen even for medications to be effective. Fourth, I think people who are able to can use system 3 tto help effect system 1 and 2. I think we can use diet to either reinforce learning of habits that are non conducive to our goals or reinforce learning towards our goals. This may help stave off some of the effects of system 1. Fifth, there's NO shame in leveraging medication to help people who may not have the restraint some have.1 -
psychod787 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »Yup...... intentional....
Why weight loss hard.
The problem is he glosses right over the behavioral aspects of weight loss and jumps right to medication.
Awareness is needed in 4 key areas.
1) Calorie awareness - log or, even better, for a time pre-log your food. Show yourself what you are eating and how much.
2) Physical awareness - hunger is seldom an emergency. It is best controlled but there is no reason to overreact to the sensation. You need calories from food to eat and move. You can create an energy deficit to lose weight but it should be a small deficit. Lose weight in a healthy fashion not a speedy one.
3) Thought awareness - Thoughts that are not helpful can be ignored or disputed. You do not have to give into to cravings just because you have them. You can delay gratification. Food rarely provides comfort or stress relief. In constant excess it makes you more uncomfortable and more stressed. Any reward you get from food is momentary. The rewards from managing your food intake properly last for your entire life.
4) It does not have to be all or nothing awareness. Compromise is what keeps it from being a constant struggle. Any food that can be moderated can be eaten if it fits in the puzzle of calories and overall nutrition. Instead of always saying no say "not yet" or "just this much for now".
Awareness is the first step to habit change. Once habits are changed then autopilot begins to work for you instead of against you.
@NovusDies I do not dispute that this video glosses over things. That was the point. It's a short video showing how our brains work. I could have posted an 90 minute lecture on just cravings and how they arise, but MOST people are not going to watch it. Second, i think we have to remember that some people do not have the cognitive restraint that others have. You sir, are one that does. Third, I never will downplay the role in system 3. Behavioral changes have to happen even for medications to be effective. Fourth, I think people who are able to can use system 3 tto help effect system 1 and 2. I think we can use diet to either reinforce learning of habits that are non conducive to our goals or reinforce learning towards our goals. This may help stave off some of the effects of system 1. Fifth, there's NO shame in leveraging medication to help people who may not have the restraint some have.
No reason to be defensive. I am not arguing with you. I am extending the point. The video does a good job explaining the core of the problem. It would been better if he would have summed up both non surgical treatment options.2 -
psychod787 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »Yup...... intentional....
Why weight loss hard.
The problem is he glosses right over the behavioral aspects of weight loss and jumps right to medication.
Awareness is needed in 4 key areas.
1) Calorie awareness - log or, even better, for a time pre-log your food. Show yourself what you are eating and how much.
2) Physical awareness - hunger is seldom an emergency. It is best controlled but there is no reason to overreact to the sensation. You need calories from food to eat and move. You can create an energy deficit to lose weight but it should be a small deficit. Lose weight in a healthy fashion not a speedy one.
3) Thought awareness - Thoughts that are not helpful can be ignored or disputed. You do not have to give into to cravings just because you have them. You can delay gratification. Food rarely provides comfort or stress relief. In constant excess it makes you more uncomfortable and more stressed. Any reward you get from food is momentary. The rewards from managing your food intake properly last for your entire life.
4) It does not have to be all or nothing awareness. Compromise is what keeps it from being a constant struggle. Any food that can be moderated can be eaten if it fits in the puzzle of calories and overall nutrition. Instead of always saying no say "not yet" or "just this much for now".
Awareness is the first step to habit change. Once habits are changed then autopilot begins to work for you instead of against you.
@NovusDies I do not dispute that this video glosses over things. That was the point. It's a short video showing how our brains work. I could have posted an 90 minute lecture on just cravings and how they arise, but MOST people are not going to watch it. Second, i think we have to remember that some people do not have the cognitive restraint that others have. You sir, are one that does. Third, I never will downplay the role in system 3. Behavioral changes have to happen even for medications to be effective. Fourth, I think people who are able to can use system 3 tto help effect system 1 and 2. I think we can use diet to either reinforce learning of habits that are non conducive to our goals or reinforce learning towards our goals. This may help stave off some of the effects of system 1. Fifth, there's NO shame in leveraging medication to help people who may not have the restraint some have.
There is one other point of interest though. I only have cognitive restraint THIS time and it is only because I became aware that most of my old thinking was fallible. It is not just the food issue that can make weight loss hard it is the new programming we, or at least I, have received that weight loss should be fast and/or it requires deprivation and hunger or it is not working. One of the older methods of weight loss had the simple rule that if you took a bite and the food tasted good immediately spit it out.
Once I allowed myself to be open to being wrong it changed my world. Weight loss became easier. It has hard days but it also has normal days and happy days.3 -
psychod787 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »Yup...... intentional....
Why weight loss hard.
The problem is he glosses right over the behavioral aspects of weight loss and jumps right to medication.
Awareness is needed in 4 key areas.
1) Calorie awareness - log or, even better, for a time pre-log your food. Show yourself what you are eating and how much.
2) Physical awareness - hunger is seldom an emergency. It is best controlled but there is no reason to overreact to the sensation. You need calories from food to eat and move. You can create an energy deficit to lose weight but it should be a small deficit. Lose weight in a healthy fashion not a speedy one.
3) Thought awareness - Thoughts that are not helpful can be ignored or disputed. You do not have to give into to cravings just because you have them. You can delay gratification. Food rarely provides comfort or stress relief. In constant excess it makes you more uncomfortable and more stressed. Any reward you get from food is momentary. The rewards from managing your food intake properly last for your entire life.
4) It does not have to be all or nothing awareness. Compromise is what keeps it from being a constant struggle. Any food that can be moderated can be eaten if it fits in the puzzle of calories and overall nutrition. Instead of always saying no say "not yet" or "just this much for now".
Awareness is the first step to habit change. Once habits are changed then autopilot begins to work for you instead of against you.
@NovusDies I do not dispute that this video glosses over things. That was the point. It's a short video showing how our brains work. I could have posted an 90 minute lecture on just cravings and how they arise, but MOST people are not going to watch it. Second, i think we have to remember that some people do not have the cognitive restraint that others have. You sir, are one that does. Third, I never will downplay the role in system 3. Behavioral changes have to happen even for medications to be effective. Fourth, I think people who are able to can use system 3 tto help effect system 1 and 2. I think we can use diet to either reinforce learning of habits that are non conducive to our goals or reinforce learning towards our goals. This may help stave off some of the effects of system 1. Fifth, there's NO shame in leveraging medication to help people who may not have the restraint some have.
There is one other point of interest though. I only have cognitive restraint THIS time and it is only because I became aware that most of my old thinking was fallible. It is not just the food issue that can make weight loss hard it is the new programming we, or at least I, have received that weight loss should be fast and/or it requires deprivation and hunger or it is not working. One of the older methods of weight loss had the simple rule that if you took a bite and the food tasted good immediately spit it out.
Once I allowed myself to be open to being wrong it changed my world. Weight loss became easier. It has hard days but it also has normal days and happy days.
No defensiveness here my friend. I have just been delving into human biological psychology. This is all in the hope that by learning what makes people think and act, I will be able to argue more logically and spot fallacies in thinking. I just want folks to know that if they fail, it not always a weakness. That we have biological forces that push back hard when some people attempt to lose weight. That the cravings, wants, and drive they feel is not mental , that it has a brain driven survival backing. I am sure that having some flexibility in your thinking has helped you, but there are others that have to have a rigid structure. That of they need surgery, medicine, and or therapy to help, it does not mean they are weak.1 -
psychod787 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »Yup...... intentional....
Why weight loss hard.
The problem is he glosses right over the behavioral aspects of weight loss and jumps right to medication.
Awareness is needed in 4 key areas.
1) Calorie awareness - log or, even better, for a time pre-log your food. Show yourself what you are eating and how much.
2) Physical awareness - hunger is seldom an emergency. It is best controlled but there is no reason to overreact to the sensation. You need calories from food to eat and move. You can create an energy deficit to lose weight but it should be a small deficit. Lose weight in a healthy fashion not a speedy one.
3) Thought awareness - Thoughts that are not helpful can be ignored or disputed. You do not have to give into to cravings just because you have them. You can delay gratification. Food rarely provides comfort or stress relief. In constant excess it makes you more uncomfortable and more stressed. Any reward you get from food is momentary. The rewards from managing your food intake properly last for your entire life.
4) It does not have to be all or nothing awareness. Compromise is what keeps it from being a constant struggle. Any food that can be moderated can be eaten if it fits in the puzzle of calories and overall nutrition. Instead of always saying no say "not yet" or "just this much for now".
Awareness is the first step to habit change. Once habits are changed then autopilot begins to work for you instead of against you.
@NovusDies I do not dispute that this video glosses over things. That was the point. It's a short video showing how our brains work. I could have posted an 90 minute lecture on just cravings and how they arise, but MOST people are not going to watch it. Second, i think we have to remember that some people do not have the cognitive restraint that others have. You sir, are one that does. Third, I never will downplay the role in system 3. Behavioral changes have to happen even for medications to be effective. Fourth, I think people who are able to can use system 3 tto help effect system 1 and 2. I think we can use diet to either reinforce learning of habits that are non conducive to our goals or reinforce learning towards our goals. This may help stave off some of the effects of system 1. Fifth, there's NO shame in leveraging medication to help people who may not have the restraint some have.
There is one other point of interest though. I only have cognitive restraint THIS time and it is only because I became aware that most of my old thinking was fallible. It is not just the food issue that can make weight loss hard it is the new programming we, or at least I, have received that weight loss should be fast and/or it requires deprivation and hunger or it is not working. One of the older methods of weight loss had the simple rule that if you took a bite and the food tasted good immediately spit it out.
Once I allowed myself to be open to being wrong it changed my world. Weight loss became easier. It has hard days but it also has normal days and happy days.
No defensiveness here my friend. I have just been delving into human biological psychology. This is all in the hope that by learning what makes people think and act, I will be able to argue more logically and spot fallacies in thinking. I just want folks to know that if they fail, it not always a weakness. That we have biological forces that push back hard when some people attempt to lose weight. That the cravings, wants, and drive they feel is not mental , that it has a brain driven survival backing. I am sure that having some flexibility in your thinking has helped you, but there are others that have to have a rigid structure. That of they need surgery, medicine, and or therapy to help, it does not mean they are weak.
@psychod787
Been studying some things along the same line. I agree that there are biological urges towards gaining and away from losing. I think these start to lose their hold over you with awareness. Some people will get more stuck than others. Had I seen a therapist many years ago I might have not spent so much time spinning my wheels. I eventually fell over backwards into the right mindset. What has been irritating for me in my studies is that I have used the tools instinctively to other areas of my life but failed to use them, until recently, to weight loss.
Awareness is the first best step I believe. We know we have other biological urges but because they would not always be appropriate in society we are able to allow them to pass without action. Food is trickier because we have to eat and in a single meal it makes no difference if we eat more than we should. It is only doing it over and over again that is the problem but we have a bad habit of always focusing on dramatic changes and failing to fully appreciate the gradual ones. It is why we also have so many threads from people complaining that they can't visually appreciate their progress after a few weeks or x amount of weight loss.2
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