All consuming

kprimiano

Does anyone else let weight loss consume your daily life? It’s all I think about and end up depressed because I’m not very successful then eat what I shouldn’t. Help 😫

IAmTheGlue

Well, in all loving kindness, I think any type of all consuming obsession about food or weight loss warrants professional help.

I’m guessing you are all or nothing, full steam ahead… I’m perfectly perfect or just trash.

I would go slower. Do one thing sustainable and add from there. Start off literally just tracking what you consume. Add a few more steps. Add some veggies to your meals… Slow down. Your Weight loss plan has to be something you can do forever or you will gain it back.

Hang in there. You don’t burn your house down if your lightbulb burns out. You don’t smash out your windshield if you get a flat tire. You deal with one setback and carry on.

Just keep going. It’s not all or nothing. Just keep going. 💐

StealthyJen

Since I was 12 or 13, yeah, and I’m 47 now. Even when I reached goals and was “thin.” I've tried intuitive eating and I don’t lose weight and that is not acceptable to me. So I keep trying. But I’m reading a book called The Kindness Method, which is about making changes in a different, less punishing way. It has very helpful ideas. In the meantime I’m just focusing on tracking everything. No big ideas about failure or success, just trying to make a daily habit of tracking even if I go way over.

nsk1951

kprimiano wrote: »

Does anyone else let weight loss consume your daily life? It’s all I think about and end up depressed because I’m not very successful then eat what I shouldn’t. Help 😫

I used to be like that also ... back when I had to use willpower to stay away from the foods I decided were the culprit into why I weighed too much. It wasn't me, you see ... it was the all abundant and easily obtainable comfort foods I relished. And when I tried to stay away from those foods, the thought of food was constantly on my mind.

Truth be told, food still takes up too much of my thought process, but now it revolves around thoughts and plans of my grocery shopping list, and what meals I will prepare that will fit into my calorie budget. However, now a days, when I eat some of those comfort foods that used to be the majority of my intake,
I simply log them and don't beat myself up about having had them. Do I still go over calorie sometimes. Yep, I do. Does my weight loss stall sometimes. You betcha it does!! Will I ever stop ... No, Never!