diet sadness

I totally get it. It seems like the people saying they can eat whatever they want aren't understanding that you WANT more banana bread, so you aren't able to eat all you want. It's one thing to eat whatever you want and another to get to eat it in the portion that you want. If I my husband is eating a lot of something while I enjoy my little portion that fits in my calories, it can be pretty sad to eat mine sooooo sloooowly to "savor" it, so I don't finish a ton sooner than him and feel completely jealous!

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So with you on this!

It's not always that I crave to stuff my face with junk, it's just that at dinner time I feel that husband has more freedom to feast until replete. Whereas I need to measure and count each bite. I feel "cheated" when I can't eat a huge plate of pasta, and he goes back for seconds. :sad:

I think its very sad that people get emotional attachements to food... i also find it sad that more people dont do IIFYM so they can eat cake and reeses sometimes...

it's not about IIFYM really, because it's not that she can't eat cake or is denying herself cake, it's about wanting to eat the whole cake instead of just a slice. A whole large pizza and garlic bread won't ever fit my daily macros (and it contains enough calories for 2 days really), and sometimes I look back with longing to when I was able to eat the whole pizza without feeling guilty. Yes, I can eat a slice of pizza (or two), but pizza and sushi are the two foods that I struggle with moderating.

OP.: well done for not eating the whole cake and good luck with this journey :-)

No, I ate an entire pizza today and was still under my caloric goals.
Sorry short people and women

I used to be able to eat nearly a whole box of twinkies and not gain an ounce. Ah, high as hell metabolism - those were the days. I also can't have 4 cookies and a glass of milk anymore. Just one cookie a day. I am a cookie monster. But you know what? It's ALL good. My metabolism now has the jump start it needed - I weight less than I have in 5 years. I've also learned SO MUCH about food and how my body works and healthy food tastes so delicious. There's no turning back and I don't want too.

You can do it!

I do know what you mean. I used to have nice cheeses and stuff like that in my fridge but I'm putting myself out of temptation's way by not buying it anymore.

However, baking and cooking as a hobby of mine and it's a way of relaxing for me. I've found out though, that it's the action that makes me happy and the happy sighs from fellow eaters, not so much the actual eating. So I've started cooking more things for friends or I'll bake a cake, leave it in the staff room, have one small slice and by the end of the day, it will be gone. I will have had some, which makes me happy, and everybody else will come and be appreciative and that makes me even more happy. Win-win.

I used to be able to eat nearly a whole box of twinkies and not gain an ounce. Ah, high as hell metabolism - those were the days.

When I was 15, I ate hoagies, Tastykakes, and drank Snapple all Summer. I actually lost 15 pounds.

If I tried that today I'd be 30 pounds overweight in a few short months.

I think its very sad that people get emotional attachements to food... i also find it sad that more people dont do IIFYM so they can eat cake and reeses sometimes...

I don't think you're trying to be judgemental here, but I feel a little judged and defensive suddenly. Like I said, I don't think that's your intent, it's my issue, but still. You gotta understand, sometimes there's a reason for unhealthy attachements. Like, say, food never yelled at me, never hit me, and never threw me into a wall 'cause it didn't like my tone. My childhood and my horrendous first marriage were like that, so yeah, I developed bad coping behaviors. Now that I'm mostly mentally healthy, (and free of that *kitten*) I'm tackling that one last bad behavior--treating food like something other than fuel. But this is a habit I've had for almost my entire life. I do well for awhile, I fall off for awhile. It's still really hard sometimes not to use food as an emotional band-aid. Like, if I have a horrendous morning at work, I'll find myself dreading my healthy, homemade lunch, and thinking about running to Taco Time or McDonald's to pick up some happy. It's like a drug, almost.

TL:DR Yeah, sometimes I find it frustrating to realize that I am always, always always gonna have to worry about this. I'll never be able to just eat something without having to think about it and fit it into a food plan, and decide "Am I actually hungry, or am I bored/stressed out/sad/angry and eating to cure that?" for the rest of my life.

I agree with you but weight loss cannot be achieved until you get serious about losing few kilos. You need to stop craving for unhealthy foods and start eating healthy foods. Working out on a regular basis is very important to shed weight in a healthier way.

Sadly, I can identify with you.

Oh boy does it ever! That's the main reason I kept screwing up over and over again ever since march. Because although I can eat what I want in moderation, sometimes I just want to eat until I'm stuffed. I really miss that. That thanksgiving feeling of "I can't eat another bite" and undoing your pants because you're just about to explode. Ahhhh man...those were the days.

Especially with unhealthy food. I can go to Costco and eat a hot dog and drink a diet coke, but I'm not gonna be full. That's the frustrating part. Have what I want and be hungry or eat healthier and be full. That's the big question right there.

That's why cheat days can be good for some people. Eat whatever the hell you want til you're stuffed and get back to calorie counting. I personally can't do cheat days anymore because it would throw me so far off track I would have a hard time finding my way back on the wagon.

Basically...yes I feel sad! Although I can eat what I want, I miss eating til I'm stuffed! I just have to remind myself how good it'll feel to finally be thin

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 eat what I want, but in reasonable portions now... I love pound cake, but now I just have a slice with some fruit rather than half a loaf covered in chocolate sauce and whipped cream. It's all about balance. I get more sad now if I can't work out than I do about eating...

Yes it does. Sometimes I see a day strecthing ahead of me without being able to eat as much as I want and the things I love... no you can't have another biscuit, no you can't get a takeaway, no you can't get a pasty for a snack. It gets me genuinely sad at times. One day I was eating 2 weight watchers yoghurts, and a boots shapers meal for lunch and I looked and felt nearly tearful People say 'Oh but you can still enjoy eating, just learn some healthy, filling recipes, learn to love healthy food' or 'You can, just in moderation- half the amount, eat it with rice not chips' etc etc, but I honestly don't think it will ever be quite the same for me. I genuinely feel sad about this sometimes too, I totally get it. xxxxx

Sad is a strong word but I will say sometimes I dislike the feeling that I'm micromanaging my life and living it based of numbers. I usually get that feeling when I'm doing something that should be relaxing but I'm busy fiddling with numbers and worrying what or how much I need to be eating.

i dont understand the question

Your contribution isn't needed then. Whoopydoo for you that you don't experience this, aren't you wholesome an everything.

All these smug peoplegoing on about how they don't experience this should just go away and stop rubbing it in. It is like someone saying to me 'I have terrible insomnia, it is a nightmare' and me saying 'Oh well, as it happens, I don't get that at all... I sleep soundly and easily for 8 hours every night... you should be like me, then you'd not be an insomniac' the skip away smugly.

I am not rude, little or a hater. I just hate when people write about problems they are having and people come in all smug just to say they don't experience it, like they so perfect. I think that is the real rudeness! But whatever, since you aren't reading this.