Food addict here, do you exercise to be able to eat more?
jsr0928
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I am a food addict...no doubt about it. Whenever I am told I can't have food, I obsess... I found out that we are supposed to eat our exercise calories to help out body lose weight and to prevent starvation mode.
Does anyone else find themselves exercising more just so they can eat more? (even if it is healthy food)
Does anyone else find themselves exercising more just so they can eat more? (even if it is healthy food)
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Yep, I try to exercise everyday so I can afford to eat more without worrying.0
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Absolutely. I'm a food addict too. I know what you mean!0
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Yes and I'm not ashamed of it either, I
knowing that I earned that extra snack or treat or whatever :happy: 0 -
Yes and I'm not ashamed of it either, I knowing that I earned that extra snack or treat or whatever :happy:
Me too!0 -
I love food and won't apologize for it. I exercise because I enjoy it, and because I know it's good for me, but I DO love the fact that I get to eat more.0
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Absolutely, many times I have to earn my dinner :ohwell:0
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I do! Sometimes I just really want pizza and beer!0
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Over here!
In the last few weeks of my half-marathon training, though, I was actually burning so much that I couldn't even eat it all back. I finally hit the wall of my food addiction; try to make me eat more than 2300 calories and I feel absolutely sick to my stomach. The only exception was the day of my race, when I burned 1820 calories and very nearly ate all of them back because I actually was so ravenous. So I had a 3100 calorie day...and was still at a 600 calorie deficit from maintenance. Insane.0 -
I am in that same boat! Not on a regular basis, but the last week for sure! Today I have something like 350 calories left and its only 2pm! Gonna have to do some serious working out after the grandbabies get picked up just to have a normal dinner! Very frustrated with myself today!0
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Absolutely! If I could be satisfied on the number of calories I need for a deficit, I wouldn't exercise at all! But I'm not...so I must...0
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Yes! I try to eat the best nutrition possible, but I am never going to be one of those people that "forgets" to eat. It ain't happening. I do love exercising though...always have. Even when I was at my biggest I was still very active...so I remind myself often that nutrition is paramount and key to losing fat and gaining muscle.0
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Yes! I'm happy to work for food.0
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Hell yes.
Without a doubt.
I'm also a calorie banker and look at the week rather than the day.0 -
Absolutely, many times I have to earn my dinner :ohwell:
Ditto! :laugh:0 -
Um, absolutely.0
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:drinker: guilty!0
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I can't say I do it most time just to eat...but sure on those days that you know you going out to eat or different functions....YES....get my total burn on!! That's what this lifestyle is about being pro-active....0
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OH Heck YES! On days I cannot work out due to time constraints I am an unhappy eater!
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Heck yeah! On a regular basis! My friends tease me about being addicted to working out, but I have to in order to eat the way I want to. As a short woman (just under 5 feet), I don't get a large calorie allowance, even on maintenance. I know I'm going to end up eating a lot whether I work out or not, so I push myself harder to make up for it. As an added benefit, I get great muscles and cardio endurance. Win-win!0
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Yes I do too or sometimes I over eat during the day and then go to the gym to work it off and as Im burning calories I say to myself slice of pizza burned or theres 1 - 100 caorie pack and so on :drinker: :laugh:0
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Abso-flippin-LOOTLY!! :laugh: Why else would I get on such a bizarre-looking machine as an elliptical and perform the unnatural act of moving my legs like pistons until I can't breathe??0
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I work hard during the week for my cheat meals on the weekends haha!0
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Absolutely, many times I have to earn my dinner :ohwell:
way funny!! i agree.. it happens to me all the time.. thank god for zumba!!! or i would starve for dinner 0 -
YES I AM - REALLY BAD!! SOMETIMES I OVERDO IT TOO MUCH, I'M NOT A SPRING CHICKEN ANYMORE, AND I'M EXERCISING MY BUNS OFF, OVER EXERTING MYSELF, SO I CAN HAVE WHAT I WANT.0
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I'm a food-addict and a binge eater, but this site has helped me at least control my eating so I don't continuously gain weight. I definitely exercise to eat more. Whatever your motivation for exercising is, it's a good thing.....0
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You betcha! I love food. Food is fuel that allows me to challenge my body.
The best part about it is you get a positive feedback loop: the more you exercise, the more you can eat, which gives you more energy, which makes you want to exercise more, all of which increases your metabolism which allows you to eat even more. :drinker:0 -
I want the body only working out can provide. That being said, when the epic battle that is my internal monologue starts going back and forth (workout! No don't! No, do!), eating another meal is a BIG motivator to win the battle. You have to find what works to get your as/s moving. That's all there is to it.0
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Yep!0
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Oh heck yes!!! I'd feel like I was starving if I couldn't eat my exercise calories.0
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OOOOOOOH YES! I also exercise to make up for what I already ate.
But I think it is great, I wish it had been explain to me years ago I could do this. :mad:0
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