How do you NOT think about food???

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  • Jamie2007
    Jamie2007 Posts: 169
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    PLAN, PLAN, PLAN!!!

    Yesterday I spent the entire day logging my food for the entire week and then prepping it and labeling it. Now I don't need to think about it. I read my journal and I grab and go!!
  • love22step
    love22step Posts: 1,103 Member
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    You're in charge of your mind and your thoughts. If you don't want to think about food, keep your mind busy thinking about other things. I often get involved in projects and forget to eat. When I run, I, sometimes, start thinking I want to stop and walk. I could dwell on that thought, and I would probably stop and walk. However, I CHOOSE to think of other things. I may think about how much progress I've made, plan the rest of my day, appreciate my surroundings, pray for friends and family members, etc.

    If you're a Christian, the best advice is to ask and allow the Holy Spirit to direct your thoughts. "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you." Philippians 4:8-9

    Best wishes for your success! You CAN do this. :flowerforyou:
  • NeverGivesUp
    NeverGivesUp Posts: 960 Member
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    I drink a lot of tea throughout the day. Warm liquids help. Exercise helps me get my mind off of food too. I also fast every day till 5pm so I can have a nice big dinner. That way I get that empty feeling (I never wake up hungry) and I get really full and satisfied for dinner. I did a lot of experimentation to get to this point . through this journey I have vowed to keep it to things I can do for life. If you are obsessing about food then you cannot keep it up for life. Find something you can. What works for you is different than what works for other. Experimenting is a pain but it is necessary. Good luck.
  • haroon_awan
    haroon_awan Posts: 1,208 Member
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    Eat healthy foods until you are full up!
  • KristyHumphrey
    KristyHumphrey Posts: 248 Member
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    i think its virtually impossible to not obsess when you are logging your food all day!
  • teacherperson23
    teacherperson23 Posts: 1 Member
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    I read an interesting book called The Philosopher's Diet. In it, he recommends thinking about food, even planning vacations around it!

    But the thing he said was to focus on good food. Don't focus on Cheetos and Oreos. Dream about gourmet cheese and organic flour crackers. Roasts that take all day. Things that take you two hours to prepare. If you do, you start to savor food instead of just mindlessly filling your mouth with empty, convenient calories. Food is a treat. Food is tasty. But when food is also healthy and nutritious and comes in the right amounts for our bodies, then we have control over it, and not the other way around.

    I'm brand-new to this site today, so I don't have weight-loss numbers to back up my statements. But I don't see any reason not to focus on healthy, good food, to get excited about it, to find new recipes and try them out. I'm still dreaming of a roasted cauliflower risotto I saw in a magazine!
  • sumuwin
    sumuwin Posts: 8
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    i think less about it when i eat healthy.
  • _Tay_
    _Tay_ Posts: 95
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    Food porn.


    HA yes!
  • lucywantstoloseit
    lucywantstoloseit Posts: 26
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    I think it's very difficult, because when you're changing your lifestyle/diet you are constantly thinking about what you eat etc. It's easy to see how people get obsessive. But the way I look at it is that I am thinking about food that will make my body healthy, and that's a good thing :)
  • SafioraLinnea
    SafioraLinnea Posts: 628 Member
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    I don't think about food. I think about exercise and physical activity. The back of my mind bellows "you haven't gone for a run today" or "you haven't lifted today yet, what are you doing?" "Its 10pm and you still haven't logged those jumping jacks"

    All consuming thoughts about food aren't my problem: nagging thoughts of exercise are.
  • jennifer2846
    jennifer2846 Posts: 2
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    This is a great question, and you are not alone. I have recently (5 months ago) reached my goal weight plus a few lbs more just to give myself some cushion. I learned that losing weight does not mean that you lose your apetite. I thank God for the gym. I find myself having to go on my off day sometimes.

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