Completely sick of food.

Whole grain long grain brown rice is healthy. I mix it with no-salt added black beans and low sodium salsa. I love it and it is healthy!

*bump* because i feel the same way

You mentioned Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes are very good for you and a dash of cinnamon makes them yummy , also I eat 1 (1 inch square of dark chocolate a day) its only 25 calories and helps my cravings for sweets and its great for your Heart

Well, to your benefit, being sick of feeling guilty should trigger just the opposite...guiltless eating. Obviously, within moderation, but you should never feel bad about eating any kind of food. The guilt truly does provide stress which does hinder weight loss, as you're saying it has already. Unless you can learn to love all foods for their benefits, even the "bad" ones, you're gonna go crazy. It's natural to want foods. Who doesn't? Have some potato, rice, or bread to indulge that part of you that does want it. My only suggestion is to not go overboard once you have that piece. You'll feel better knowing that you're not having to completely subtract it from your life.

I am sorry you are going through this right now! I tried a million times over 8 years to "not eat" all the things that are "bad" when I was trying to lose weight but I failed every time. I finally figured out that I can enjoy most thing... in moderation. I can't cut out whole grain carbs or sugar for more then 2 weeks at a time. Everyone is losing weight a different way but my way of thinking and my experiences show me is that I WILL NOT live my life without carbs and chocolate so I need to find a balance. Good luck, cheer up & I hope you find the balance that works for you!

Then don't...i mean seriously. If you are portion controlling your food, regular food in minimal amounts is fine...it is the fact that we tend to just keep stuffing our mouths with full flavor...full fat regular food that has gotten us where we are.
I change recipes so it's healthier, i don't remove the food completely from my life. the you gotta be able to enjoy life, but at the same time you gotta realize the old ways are the best for you. Learning substitutions and what not for food you normally good lets you eat the food you want.

This is you controlling your food...not your food controlling you...so...take back the control. Other wise you aren't gonna last for much longer.

Next to nothing ?? over 30lbs is great :flowerforyou:
try surfing some low calorie recipes
on google

Sounds like you need to remind yourself that carbs, fat, sodium and all that are *not* the enemies! It's when you go overboard that's the problem. A bowl of oatmeal is full of carbs, but it's pretty darn good for you! Now, eating only oatmeal would be bad, or eating 5 servings at once would be bad... but oatmeal by itself is perfectly healthy. There are healthy carbs, healthy fat, and even healthy amounts of sodium and sugars. Simple sugars (fruit, milk sugars) are great to eat right after hardcore cardio workouts to restore glycogen levels.

Don't make it more complicated than it is - try to eat a well balanced diet that has healthy carbs, healthy fats and enough protein. If you minimize the processed food you eat, and don't eat any one food type in excess, that should take care of the rest.

Just think, if you ate only apples all day and go over your calories, you would still gain weight (and probably have a bad stomach!!). Everything in moderation.

It sounds like you need to reprogram your food relationship. The goal is not just to loose weight, but to create a lifestyle that will help you maintain it, and you won't be able to do that if you see the nasties in every food.

Some foods have a lot of carbs. Great! Carbs are essential for proper brain function! Carbs are a good source of quick energy, athletes will eat higher carbs for a day or two before a big event to make sure they have that energy available to them. You need, in general, about half your calorie intake from carbs. And there are tons of healthy carbs out there: fruits, veggies, whole grains, brown rice, etc. And even some refined carbs are ok (we just can't manage to switch to whole wheat pasta!) in moderation. Just look for carbs that are loaded with nutrients.

Our body NEEDS sodium to survive. Without it, cells swell with water and burst. There is a point where it is too much, but a salty treat every now and then won't hurt you.

Fat is also an essential part of our diet. Some vital nutrients (vitamins A, D, and E most notably) are fat soluble, meaning they won't dissolve without fat and we can't metabolize them. Fat is also critical for growth of brain and nervous system (mostly this applies to kids who are still developing, but even adults are creating new pathways and need fat to do this). It is also a good insulator against injury and cold. We need some fat on our bodies, although I know we don't want a lot. Fats also come along with most foods that have protein, another essential nutrient for muscle growth, as well as iron and other minerals.


Retrain the way you think about food. Sugar, fat, sodium, carbs, etc are all okay (and even good) in small amounts. You can't deprive yourself of it all. For one thing, you put yourself at risk of loosing control and absolutely binging. But more importantly, you need to eat a healthful, well-rounded diet. Yes, switch to skim milk and lean meats (93% lean ground beef is really no worse for you than chicken!), have sweets only occasionally, and in general go for low sodium choices. But don't make yourself neurotic about it. That's no more healthy than eating all the garbage you want to avoid.

You don't know the whole of it. All nutrients are good as long as you choose the right kinds. For carbs, it should be complex (green leaf vegetables, whole grains, and sweet potato and others) For fat (peanuts, almonds, olive oil and avocados. Also from fatty fish and other nuts) And protein (from whey protein, chicken, fish and other white meats and Lean 90% or more ground beef)
From looking at your diary, you can start by ditching the cereal. Especially that one, it's full of sugar.

This is supposed to be a healthy lifestyle - not a diet. Everything in moderation. Potatoes, rice and bread are not "bad" foods. Yes, they are high in carbs, but that doesn't make them bad. I have a slice of toast or an english muffin every morning with my egg. I work it in. I can't do it with every meal, mind you, but this isn't about deprivation, it's about healthy living. If you continue to deprive yourself and treat this like a diet, you'll just end up going overboard on things you consider "bad." (example, your rice and chili day)

One thing I find that helps when I'm getting sick of food is to plan a menu ahead of time. That way, I've already done the work and am not trying to figure it out when I'm hungry... because when I'm hungry EVERYTHING "bad" looks good. :noway: If I already know I'm having a grilled chicken salad for dinner, all I have to do is go fix it. (it also helps to cut down on the grocery bill because you know what you need and aren't just buying stuff willy nilly) . Another way is to cook up a big batch of something good and healthy. That way, all you have to do is nuke yourself a serving! (better yet - cook up a few big batches of something healthy, break it down into individual portions and freeze it). A little planning can go a long way.

Hang in there!

Sounds like you have a similarly emotional relationship with food as I do. Once of the reasons I joined MFP was because just being around food, and thinking about eating it (but never actually doing it) was enough to make me feel like I had cheated. I'd come home from a party or whatever determined to cut down the next day because I'd "blown it" today. My husband would have to calm me down and take me through, to remind me of what I had *actually* eaten, as opposed to what I'd seen/ craved/ wanted. In actual fact, my intake was never very great - but I'd feel guilty just *thinking* about food, as if that was enough to make me fat. (Bear in mind I have never actually been overweight in my life)

So - it's crazy and it sucks, and I do sympathise. My best advice is to eat everything in moderation which yes, means that if you had bread for lunch today, maybe stick with lean protein and veg for dinner, and follow up with some fruit for a healthy carb. Hope this helps. I had bread at lunch too and have just had a dinner of salad and poached turkey.