Taking a break from MFP for a while?
ellioc2
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I had the appointment with the dietician this morning and that’s what she recommended for right now. And of course, I’m on the forums... so much for taking a break. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think the constant reinforcement of this food has x calories and that has a lot and look oh my god you’re 200 calories from your goal is contributing to disordered eating. On the other hand, I’m like what good would it do? I can still read nutrition labels and can pretty accurately guesstimate what I’m eating. I also don’t want to get complacent with my weight loss, but I don’t want to be disordered and unhappy. It’s just tough having so many conflicting voices in my head
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I had the appointment with the dietician this morning and that’s what she recommended for right now. And of course, I’m on the forums... so much for taking a break. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think the constant reinforcement of this food has x calories and that has a lot and look oh my god you’re 200 calories from your goal is contributing to disordered eating. On the other hand, I’m like what good would it do? I can still read nutrition labels and can pretty accurately guesstimate what I’m eating. I also don’t want to get complacent with my weight loss, but I don’t want to be disordered and unhappy. It’s just tough having so many conflicting voices in my head
You have clearly shown disordered thoughts about all of this so listening to your dietitian, who is coming at it from an outside perspective, is the voice you should be listening to.
And again, I really do believe that you should also seek out a therapist as well. We would all like to see you get better!17 -
I had the appointment with the dietician this morning and that’s what she recommended for right now. And of course, I’m on the forums... so much for taking a break. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think the constant reinforcement of this food has x calories and that has a lot and look oh my god you’re 200 calories from your goal is contributing to disordered eating. On the other hand, I’m like what good would it do? I can still read nutrition labels and can pretty accurately guesstimate what I’m eating. I also don’t want to get complacent with my weight loss, but I don’t want to be disordered and unhappy. It’s just tough having so many conflicting voices in my head
I think if you are seeing a professional then it will work better if you follow their advice.
This sort of thing is what you should talk to a therapist about.14 -
I had the appointment with the dietician this morning and that’s what she recommended for right now. And of course, I’m on the forums... so much for taking a break. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think the constant reinforcement of this food has x calories and that has a lot and look oh my god you’re 200 calories from your goal is contributing to disordered eating. On the other hand, I’m like what good would it do? I can still read nutrition labels and can pretty accurately guesstimate what I’m eating. I also don’t want to get complacent with my weight loss, but I don’t want to be disordered and unhappy. It’s just tough having so many conflicting voices in my head
What does she want you to do right now? Maintain? Lose more slowly? No weight loss goals at the moment?
Has she also been trained in disordered thinking around food?
I see the forums and the food log and two very separate things. If logging is damaging your mental state, by all means stop. If you find the forums distressing that would be for a different reason.0 -
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kshama2001 wrote: »I had the appointment with the dietician this morning and that’s what she recommended for right now. And of course, I’m on the forums... so much for taking a break. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think the constant reinforcement of this food has x calories and that has a lot and look oh my god you’re 200 calories from your goal is contributing to disordered eating. On the other hand, I’m like what good would it do? I can still read nutrition labels and can pretty accurately guesstimate what I’m eating. I also don’t want to get complacent with my weight loss, but I don’t want to be disordered and unhappy. It’s just tough having so many conflicting voices in my head
What does she want you to do right now? Maintain? Lose more slowly? No weight loss goals at the moment?
Has she also been trained in disordered thinking around food?
I see the forums and the food log and two very separate things. If logging is damaging your mental state, by all means stop. If you find the forums distressing that would be for a different reason.
She wants me to put weight loss on the back burner (not forget it entirely) but wait until my body image and relationship with food has normalized. She recommended (not at first) eating 2000 calories for my age, height and activity level which just sounds insanely high for me. I think I need to be at around 1600 or lower for weight loss
These are conflicting. Can you not see that?
And I agree with your dietician. Your disordered thinking surrounding food and body image needs to be dealt with first. You're on a very slippery slope and the advice you were given is sound.
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kshama2001 wrote: »I had the appointment with the dietician this morning and that’s what she recommended for right now. And of course, I’m on the forums... so much for taking a break. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think the constant reinforcement of this food has x calories and that has a lot and look oh my god you’re 200 calories from your goal is contributing to disordered eating. On the other hand, I’m like what good would it do? I can still read nutrition labels and can pretty accurately guesstimate what I’m eating. I also don’t want to get complacent with my weight loss, but I don’t want to be disordered and unhappy. It’s just tough having so many conflicting voices in my head
What does she want you to do right now? Maintain? Lose more slowly? No weight loss goals at the moment?
Has she also been trained in disordered thinking around food?
I see the forums and the food log and two very separate things. If logging is damaging your mental state, by all means stop. If you find the forums distressing that would be for a different reason.
She wants me to put weight loss on the back burner (not forget it entirely) but wait until my body image and relationship with food has normalized. She recommended (not at first) eating 2000 calories for my age, height and activity level which just sounds insanely high for me. I think I need to be at around 1600 or lower for weight loss
I’m glad your dietitian is challenging your thought processes on food. Considering the unhealthy path that your posts show you going down, I think you know that what your brain says you need is NOT what you should do.
Please continue to see this dietitian, and keep working with your therapist.4 -
@ellioc2 it sounds like you are close to a breakthrough due to the hard questions you are asking. Keep asking and the answers will come to your mind hopefully.
After 40 years of yo yoing weight and wrecking my health I took weight/calorie concerns off of the table in 2014 at the age of 63 and since have just worked on eating to improve my health markers. 4 years later my health markers AND weight numbers are better than in decades without focusing on calories.
Best of success.7 -
kshama2001 wrote: »I had the appointment with the dietician this morning and that’s what she recommended for right now. And of course, I’m on the forums... so much for taking a break. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think the constant reinforcement of this food has x calories and that has a lot and look oh my god you’re 200 calories from your goal is contributing to disordered eating. On the other hand, I’m like what good would it do? I can still read nutrition labels and can pretty accurately guesstimate what I’m eating. I also don’t want to get complacent with my weight loss, but I don’t want to be disordered and unhappy. It’s just tough having so many conflicting voices in my head
What does she want you to do right now? Maintain? Lose more slowly? No weight loss goals at the moment?
Has she also been trained in disordered thinking around food?
I see the forums and the food log and two very separate things. If logging is damaging your mental state, by all means stop. If you find the forums distressing that would be for a different reason.
She wants me to put weight loss on the back burner (not forget it entirely) but wait until my body image and relationship with food has normalized. She recommended (not at first) eating 2000 calories for my age, height and activity level which just sounds insanely high for me. I think I need to be at around 1600 or lower for weight loss
If I recall correctly, you are around my height, 5'7", younger and more active than I am, so yes, you will lose weight on 2000 calories. 1600 calories would be if you were completely sedentary.
You won't lose 2.5 pounds per week on 2000 calories, but that was too fast for you anyway.6 -
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kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »I had the appointment with the dietician this morning and that’s what she recommended for right now. And of course, I’m on the forums... so much for taking a break. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think the constant reinforcement of this food has x calories and that has a lot and look oh my god you’re 200 calories from your goal is contributing to disordered eating. On the other hand, I’m like what good would it do? I can still read nutrition labels and can pretty accurately guesstimate what I’m eating. I also don’t want to get complacent with my weight loss, but I don’t want to be disordered and unhappy. It’s just tough having so many conflicting voices in my head
What does she want you to do right now? Maintain? Lose more slowly? No weight loss goals at the moment?
Has she also been trained in disordered thinking around food?
I see the forums and the food log and two very separate things. If logging is damaging your mental state, by all means stop. If you find the forums distressing that would be for a different reason.
She wants me to put weight loss on the back burner (not forget it entirely) but wait until my body image and relationship with food has normalized. She recommended (not at first) eating 2000 calories for my age, height and activity level which just sounds insanely high for me. I think I need to be at around 1600 or lower for weight loss
If I recall correctly, you are around my height, 5'7", younger and more active than I am, so yes, you will lose weight on 2000 calories. 1600 calories would be if you were completely sedentary.
You won't lose 2.5 pounds per week on 2000 calories, but that was too fast for you anyway.
I’m 5’6” and my thyroid is pretty *kitten* (I have Hashimoto’s). It’s way easier for me to gain than to lose.
I have Hashimoto's as well. Although a little trickier to manage than 'regular' hypothyroidism, the key is in being properly medicated. Once that is achieved, losing weight is not significantly different than for anyone else.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »I had the appointment with the dietician this morning and that’s what she recommended for right now. And of course, I’m on the forums... so much for taking a break. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think the constant reinforcement of this food has x calories and that has a lot and look oh my god you’re 200 calories from your goal is contributing to disordered eating. On the other hand, I’m like what good would it do? I can still read nutrition labels and can pretty accurately guesstimate what I’m eating. I also don’t want to get complacent with my weight loss, but I don’t want to be disordered and unhappy. It’s just tough having so many conflicting voices in my head
What does she want you to do right now? Maintain? Lose more slowly? No weight loss goals at the moment?
Has she also been trained in disordered thinking around food?
I see the forums and the food log and two very separate things. If logging is damaging your mental state, by all means stop. If you find the forums distressing that would be for a different reason.
She wants me to put weight loss on the back burner (not forget it entirely) but wait until my body image and relationship with food has normalized. She recommended (not at first) eating 2000 calories for my age, height and activity level which just sounds insanely high for me. I think I need to be at around 1600 or lower for weight loss
If I recall correctly, you are around my height, 5'7", younger and more active than I am, so yes, you will lose weight on 2000 calories. 1600 calories would be if you were completely sedentary.
You won't lose 2.5 pounds per week on 2000 calories, but that was too fast for you anyway.
I’m 5’6” and my thyroid is pretty *kitten* (I have Hashimoto’s). It’s way easier for me to gain than to lose.
I have Hashimoto's as well. Although a little trickier to manage than 'regular' hypothyroidism, the key is in being properly medicated. Once that is achieved, losing weight is not significantly different than for anyone else.
This. I also have Hashimoto’s, and when I had my RMR lab-tested, it was actually *highed* than expected.
As long as it’s properly medicated, hypothyroid people have no metabolic differences from other people. Certainly not an excuse to restrict intake further.2 -
Yep, I'm chiming in on the hypothyroid thing.
I get tested regularly, I'm medicated properly and I actually eat at a much higher calorie level than my age, height, weight and activity levels would indicate.
As far as taking a break - it may work better and it may not.
When I first started calorie counting and logging food on this site I hit a point where I was thinking about it obsessively (it felt like to me) and so I tried taking a break for a while too. I kept on losing weight, but I had a lot of weight to lose. I didn't even have a body-weight scale. Weighing myself also felt anxiety-producing.
I spent some time really thinking about it and I came back with a renewed interest in nutrition and fitness. That is a better way for me to approach this than strictly the numbers. The whole thing is a process of figuring what works best and how to implement a plan.
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