Always thinking about food
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tatumlohse1
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is it normal that I'm always thinking about food...? I always am planning my meals way ahead and I feel like I'm constantly craving sweets and baked good. I just can't stop thinking about food!! I'm not even hungry all of the time, but I know if I gave in to all those treats I could eat them all up no problem. I have been eating clean for a couple weeks (feel off the wagon on the weekends a few times) but other than that I think I'm doing pretty well. I'm new to myfitnesspal and I'm trying to lose those last 5-10 pounds... But it's hard when I feel like I could eat all of the time! Does anyone else have this problem?
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Marry a chef, like me.0
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Yes, I share these issues with you. I obsess about food sometimes, it's clearly my addiction. It's certainly a tough one to break. The support on this site is very helpful!0
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tatumlohse1 wrote: »is it normal that I'm always thinking about food...? I always am planning my meals way ahead and I feel like I'm constantly craving sweets and baked good. I just can't stop thinking about food!! I'm not even hungry all of the time, but I know if I gave in to all those treats I could eat them all up no problem. I have been eating clean for a couple weeks (feel off the wagon on the weekends a few times) but other than that I think I'm doing pretty well. I'm new to myfitnesspal and I'm trying to lose those last 5-10 pounds... But it's hard when I feel like I could eat all of the time! Does anyone else have this problem?
I use to have that it was very bad!until i found things to distract me more that i like to do like playing video games , drawing and taking walks:) these have helped me very much.. Sometimes i give into the food a day or 2 but most of the time iam distracted to even eat..0 -
I totally understand I could all day long probably would if it weren't for my job. I constantly have to keep busy on weekends or find something else to put my mind on.0
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I have the same issue. What I find kind of helps is chewing mint gum kind of prevents me from fixation on food. Mint kind of ruins other foods0
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I obsess about food when I start restricting or cutting things out.
If you're planning your meals/days ahead, why not plan a treat or two into your day?0 -
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Thank you all for the replies! You guys are all so helpful.0
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I love food and my husband cooks delicious dinners. I think about yummy food all the time. I even look forward to my snacks of snap peas and hummus. All food is delicious and I want it all, all the time. I struggle but I just try to eat smaller portions and continue going to the gym. Also, alcohol.0
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I obsess about food when I start restricting or cutting things out.
If you're planning your meals/days ahead, why not plan a treat or two into your day?
During the weekdays I plan my whole days worth of meals in advance, the night before, that way I know where I can fit in my "treats" . Funny thing is there are times I don't eat everything I log (just sometimes too busy or not hungry) and I wind up having to delete them: this makes room for others things I may decide I want later or if I still am not very hungry just gives me a bigger calorie deficit!
Today is a perfect example.
My husband told me yesterday he wanted to go to a baseball game tonight.
It's 50cent hot dog night (every Friday is) and I always get 2 hot dogs and 1 large diet soda.
Knowing this, I plugged that info into my log under "dinner". From there I just adjusted the rest of my day's
food/calories to allow me to still get my hot dogs and yet still remain under calories!
Also I am about to delete my afternoon snack info because although it's time for my afternoon snack, I'm not even hungry!
So maybe try pre-planning.
You may find that if you allow yourself "treats" you don't want them as much or aren't as hungry in general.
Good luck!
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I always think about food. I just used to eat it instead. I guess this is better.0
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I did the same thing when I tried eating 6 small meals throughout the day. I was always hungry. I switched to 4 and it worked a lot better for me. Also agree with pre-logging and fitting in treats when you can. It just makes it more sustainable and if you fit treats in you avoid binging when you fall off the wagon.0
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Try to eat satiating foods like cooked spinach, chard, kale and eat onions or other vegetables with meat or eggs.0
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I grew up in poverty. So yeah I think about food a lot. And I get really obsessive if I try to give up eating foods I enjoy. Some small piece of my brain starts worrying about running out of food. I keep cookies and ice cream and chocolate on hand and I allow myself some of that every day. Because of this I have not yet had any binges(loss of control) in the past 61 days I have been using MFP. No cheat meals or cheat days either. I had 1100 calories worth of pizza a few nights ago for dinner. Wasn't a cheat though. It fit in my calories and I still lost another half pound since then.0
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Me too. I use my mental obsession to plan out my week of deliciousness, which assures that all of my whims fit into my calories.0
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I love food. I could marry it.0
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..and sometimes it is just in the nature of ( can't say dieting on here ...lol) ... being hungry from cutting calories.0
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Marry a chef, like me.
My first husband was a chef and somehow I did all the cooking, except for large holiday gatherings.
I think about food all the time. Often dream about it too. I once frantically searched a dream kitchen for something low carb to eat and the only thing I could find was two lousy cucumber slices. I ate them.
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