diet sadness

Does it ever make you SAD that you can't eat whatever you want??? Like tonight - I made banana bread and had one slice - and I'm SO SAD because I just want to eat the entire thing!!! I won't because I'm working on changing those bad habits...but it makes me sad. It makes me sad that I can't wolf down a handful of Reeses PB cups like I used to every Halloween. I miss being able to eat some of these things! Don't get me wrong - I don't miss the pounds and I am feeling better (physically and mentally) but I do really miss eating crap and it makes me sad sometimes. Maybe it's just me. lol

I can relate. Sometimes I feel a little sad that I can never just relax when it comes to food. Birthdays, holidays, and parties are the worst. Everyone else around me can just eat whatever they feel like and how much of it they feel like and I have to count, calculate, and measure everything simply to avoid gaining half a pound from that night alone. (I promise you it's still possible for me to consume that many calories in one day. I've done it before...fairly recently in fact!) My body naturally likes to pack on weight and store fat; I'm convinced that I'm just genetically prone to gaining weight. My body also likes to eat A LOT of food. It takes A LOT of food to make me stuffed. I have to be strict and rigid just to maintain a healthy weight. If I'm truly honest with myself, sometimes I hate that. Sometimes I get sad and angry at the same time watching my friends who just eat whatever they want and however much they want; never have to count, measure, or calculate anything; and somehow manage to always maintain a slim, healthy figure. Sometimes I get jealous and think that's unfair and that I must genetically cursed.

But then I remember that everyone has their own genetic perks and flaws. While those women may have the genetic perk of never having to worry about what they eat, they also have flaws of their own that they have to worry about. And I have perks of my own as well. So I try to focus my genetic perks and make the best of my flaws. I will probably have to count, measure, and calculate food for the rest of my life in order to maintain a healthy weight but I'm okay with that; it's worth the sacrifice. And the fight that I've had to endure to get healthy and now stay healthy has made me strong. I am stronger than I've ever been in my life. I am now physically capable of doing things I never thought I'd be able to do. I am so much more knowledgeable about food and my body than I have ever been. And I am the happiest I have ever been with my body because I know that it's the result of my own hard work!

I totally get your feelings. But when I get sad, I try to focus on the positives. So my advice to you would be to try to do the same.

Aye there's the rub. Whatever anyone says, losing weight is about restriction: whether it's food type or portion size.

No pain, no gain. Or in this case, no pain no loss.

I know exactly how you feel. I too have felt the same way and have fallen off the wagon. I just continue on. It is never a good feeling to really want that extra piece of something and not have it or to have it and not feel good about it either. It is a dilemma. I am face with it almost every day at work with the potato chip lady I work with in the office. It's almost always a struggle. I just work harder at the gym or run some extra miles on my cheat days. Even though I cheated, I feel that at least I tried and balance it with some physical activities. It at least makes me feel better.

Does it ever make you SAD that you can't eat whatever you want??? Like tonight - I made banana bread and had one slice - and I'm SO SAD because I just want to eat the entire thing!!! I won't because I'm working on changing those bad habits...but it makes me sad. It makes me sad that I can't wolf down a handful of Reeses PB cups like I used to every Halloween. I miss being able to eat some of these things! Don't get me wrong - I don't miss the pounds and I am feeling better (physically and mentally) but I do really miss eating crap and it makes me sad sometimes. Maybe it's just me. lol

Yes. Occasionally I would just love to eat a lot of pizza, some Caramello or Rolo, and some mozzarella sticks sound good right about now.

Sometimes, yes, but then again eating whatever I wanted in whatever quantity I wanted didn't end well for me, and pretty much every second person on this site. Also, I do pretty much each whatever I like still, but in a much better balance. I find that if I do let myself have a 'whatever' day, I generally end up feeling sick, fat, and disappointed.

I don't think it's about whether they can eat as much as they want. Take a good look at they. Should they be eating as much as they want?

I know the feeling - FREEZE the banana bread in slices and have one each day.

Out of sight out of mind helps. Wrap it up and put it somewhere you cant readily see it. I cannot have bowls of candy laying around cuz I will feel too tempted to eat it right then. Do that plus remind yourself you can always have more another day. Its not like the world will suddently stop making banana bread or receeses cups. Nothing is off limits forever. I always think well I can have one cookie and still loose weight or I can eat 5 or 6 and gain the weight back. Id rather stick with option 1 and maybe have another treat another day instead of all the treats in one day and blow it.

YES. I want to binge all the time. Food is my best friend. :c