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My calorie intake is low because of the lack of hunger and appetite due too my medication that I'm on for my pcos I'm trying really hard0
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Yes I know its hard and I didn't mean to be brutal but facts are facts. Having said that I'm sure you really want to lose weight so why not try just taking things a day at a time. I don't know how old your children are but could you not get them to help you - make it a game that Mummy is only allowed 1 small packet of crisps a day and if she is naughty and has 3 or 4 packets she has to pay forfeit - just an idea. I know you can do it
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If crisps are a trigger food then I say stay away until you can stop eating them after a single serving. You will learn to do that over time. But it takes time.I think the big problem though is you're not eating enough calories to begin with. I don't think 900 calories a day is realistic, you may be setting yourself up for failure. You shouldn't have to torture yourself to lose weight. Good luck, remember, "slow and steady wins the race." 0
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No it's fine I like brutal lol and my kids are 2 and 8 and I've already told them
If you see me going too the cuboard for junk food then pull me away and grab me a apple hehe she said the other day mum if you eat chocolate I'm going too mske you go on your exercise bike for 2 hours well that's enough for anyone not too
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Thanks farmer pam yeah it's best too
Stay away as I can't just have one once I get that taste that will be it !!! Lol so i would rather not go there it's just the little cravings I get but I keep
Occupied and I just forget about it and move on0 -
Ouch!!! edit - re the 2 hours on bike lol0
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My family and I eat healthy. That said: they are kids and deserve a little treat now and then too. My solutions have been 1. Try to purchase individually packaged items...it slows the feeding frenzy and 2. Stock up on sandwich/snack bags...that way when the chips/cookies come in LARGE quantities you can separate them out immediately so a snack is just that: A SNACK.0
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Pirate Booty!! Quantity and crunch and taste!
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I recognise you have an appetite problem for non-junk but can you think of any particular food [not junk] that you really enjoy and could make more use of to bunk up your calorie intake a tad? I mean a "naked" chicken breast is not the most appetising [bland imo] but when you use them in stews, casseroles, with sauces etc., they become delicious.0
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@candygibbons26 I have also struggled with appetite while taking Metformin. I truly understand how hard it can be to eat with that medication. Thankfully after about 8 weeks my appetite seems to be normalizing once again. I still have off days though where the medication really interferes with eating.
I love chips (crisps for you in the UK) and have them probably once a month or so. I have to actually weigh out the serving and then put the bag away. It works for me, but I realize that we all have those foods that are just easier to avoid. Honestly, the thing that has worked for me the most is looking at my weight loss to this point and realizing that I've worked too hard to let this bag of chips stand in my way now.
Good luck to you. You can do it!
And I completely agree with you--kids need to have foods in moderation. The answer to healthy eating isn't purging your home of less healthy options. I have two young boys myself (5 and 6) and they eat chips and other things that I don't really eat. They are healthy growing boys who are active and at healthy weights. I don't allow them to have as much of things as they want, obviously. I portion them out. So if you want to choose a small bag of fruit snacks for your snack, that's fine. But you get ONE and if you are still hungry, then you should have made a more filling choice. So I am teaching them about which sorts of foods to pick to feel satisfied but I want them to learn about moderation too. I think that's the best approach.0 -
You have you. And, as luck would have it, you're the only one who can get the job done, anyway.candygibbons26 wrote: »Erm just wanted the people out here too keep me strong and keep me motivated as I have no one else too keep me motivated
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That's the thing I'm
Really struggling badly these tablets are awful I literally have no appetite some days and all
I can eat is weetabix then after I feel sick lol yeah I make stews and casseroles for my children I
Sumtimes nibble at it but just ain't got the appetite off it0 -
For it0
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There's been a ton of good advice here. I've lost over 60lbs and I often go over my calorie goals, but what's working for me is 3 steps.
1. Always log it, no matter how bad, no matter how "guilty" you may feel about it. Not logging doesn't undo what you ate, it simply helps you stay ignorant to it.
2. Allow yourself those things you want but just try not to do it super often. For me, this means 1 or 2 days a week I might go over my calorie goals. I know that the other 5 or 6 days a week will make up for it, and I can still feel like I have a "food life".
3. Try not to feel bad or "guilty"..the weight probably took a very long time to put on and might take even longer to take off. Just keep trying and trying, and like anything in life, it'll get easier through practice.0 -
candygibbons26 wrote: »I'm
Eating less than 900 calories a day I use too eat well over 2500 no joke!!
You've having cravings because you aren't eating enough.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
Because they're different people with different nutritional likes, desires, and needs?kommodevaran wrote: »Why do you let your kids eat what you wouldn't want to eat yourself?
This person cracks me up every time.0 -
candygibbons26 wrote: »My calorie intake is low because of the lack of hunger and appetite due too my medication that I'm on for my pcos I'm trying really hard
If you are having cravings you are hungry. You don't lack an appetite.
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900 calories a day. unless there is some medical reason you haven't mentioned, why?0
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I
Just done that hi135 0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
More likely, they'll simply be incapable of exercising moderation and discretion in a world that you can't bubble wrap for them because they never developed those abilities.Optimistical1 wrote: »Your kids will grow in to adults with the same problems if you keep them in the house. Purge them along with the rest of the unhealthy tempting stuff from your house completely. Keep freshly washed and portioned apple slices, grapes, celery&peanut butter, etc....for your kids to snack on instead of crisps. They may temporarily get mad at you, but when they grow up to become adults that do not struggle as much with unhealthy food cravings as the rest of the population, they will thank you for it later.
Even if a child falls prey to illnesses caused by overconsumption of processed food later due to poor personal choices, that child probably won't develop Type 2 diabetes, NAFLD, and obesity from a bad diet starting in childhood. Which will probably translate to a longer, healthier life regardless.
Also a child raised eating fresh produce will associate fresh produce with food. A child raised eating out of a box might not.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
More likely, they'll simply be incapable of exercising moderation and discretion in a world that you can't bubble wrap for them because they never developed those abilities.Optimistical1 wrote: »Your kids will grow in to adults with the same problems if you keep them in the house. Purge them along with the rest of the unhealthy tempting stuff from your house completely. Keep freshly washed and portioned apple slices, grapes, celery&peanut butter, etc....for your kids to snack on instead of crisps. They may temporarily get mad at you, but when they grow up to become adults that do not struggle as much with unhealthy food cravings as the rest of the population, they will thank you for it later.
Even if a child falls prey to illnesses caused by overconsumption of processed food later due to poor personal choices, that child probably won't develop Type 2 diabetes, NAFLD, and obesity from a bad diet starting in childhood. Which will probably translate to a longer, healthier life regardless.
And my kids won't develop Type 2 diabetes, NAFLD, and obesity from a bad diet starting in childhood, despite having access to chips, cookies, and Dr Pepper.
They know I got gigantic by making poor food choices. They know I got slim by making better ones. They actually know what those choices were and why they were effective. They've seen the effect of eating a lot of lean meat and grilled vegetables, but also eating ice cream and peach cobbler and corn chips.
Compared to a kid who's only dealt with celery and apples, I'm going to say my kids are better prepared to live in a world that will offer them more than celery and apples. (No, I don't literally mean only celery and apples, I'm using the examples from the post to which I responded.) Maybe they'll mess up anyway but, as with finances, it won't be because I hid from them how the real world works.
Because the only options are "only fresh produce" and "only food from a box," amirite?Also a child raised eating fresh produce will associate fresh produce with food. A child raised eating out of a box might not.
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Why do people always get into summin wen
No need the question was about myself not my kids or anyone else's kids!!!0 -
candygibbons26 wrote: »Why do people always get into summin wen
No need the question was about myself not my kids or anyone else's kids!!!
Because once a conversation starts, sometimes it goes beyond where it began.0 -
You wrote, "But I don't want too touch them my kids eat them around me and so much temptation !!!!"candygibbons26 wrote: »Why do people always get into summin wen
No need the question was about myself not my kids or anyone else's kids!!!
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Yeah but the question was still
About me no need too get into it about kids if I wanted opinion about kids I would of asked how do I stop myself getting temptation from my kids0 -
shadowfax_c11 wrote: »Your calorie intake is way too low. Have some crisps.
half bag or the whole bag?
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candygibbons26 wrote: »Yeah but the question was still
About me no need too get into it about kids if I wanted opinion about kids I would of asked how do I stop myself getting temptation from my kids
You did ask that: You said that "my kids eat them around me and so much temptation." You then asked for help in how to manage it. One solution (not necessarily the best one) is to not let foods into your home (and the diets of your children) if you consider them inappropriate for your goals and your own health.0 -
eccentric88 wrote: »
Didn't finish reading so someone may have already suggested this--buy a single serving bag?0 -
More likely, they'll simply be incapable of exercising moderation and discretion in a world that you can't bubble wrap for them because they never developed those abilities.Optimistical1 wrote: »
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I politely disagree. If they develop a taste for healthy foods as kids, they will carry those healthy habits into their adulthood.
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I realize it's not the main topic of the post, but I can agree with both Optimistical's and Deguello Tex's statements here.
I have a 2-year-old who prefers apple slices and broccoli over french fries and potato chips because that's what he's used to and because he likes to have what mom and dad are having. Do I (and to a greater extent, his grandparents) give him treats like juice and chocolate bars sometimes--you bet! But it's not a part of his regular diet because I want to give him better options. Childhood obesity is a major problem (even within my own family), but it doesn't have to be all or nothing. The goal is to help him make better choices than I made.0 -
Yes. And he can't really make choices unless he has options in different categories. "I choose the apple over the Oreo" would be a choice. "What's an Oreo?," not so much of a choice.missblondi2u wrote: »The goal is to help him make better choices than I made.
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