Anxiety Dreams linked to weight loss journey

Booboo78
Booboo78 Posts: 169 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Oh dear.....last night I shared a tandoori takeaway with my other-half (we're both on MFP together, but thought we would treat ourselves - we haven't had a takeaway since sometime before July). Goes without saying that I will eat less today, and hit the gym tomorrow morning.

Ended up having this bizarre dream in which my Mum told me how ashamed she is to have a daughter that looks like me, is embarrassed about how I look, how my thighs look unnaturally big and that I should do something about them, and that no-one else in the family looks as awful as I do! :noway:

I know my Mum :heart: :heart: me really and would never say anything as cruel as that, in fact she is supportive of my weight loss goals (she's in a slimming club herself, a different one, but at maintenance stage).

I do think the dream was mostly my subconscious - my Mum representing a part of me - plus guilt and self-criticism over the very one-off takeaway!

Has anyone else had any strange dreams linked to eating and weight loss?

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  • Booboo78
    Booboo78 Posts: 169 Member
    Another recurring dream I have is usually when I've done my weigh-in and found I've lost weight....I have dreams in which I gorge myself completely and stuff my face with pizzas, ice-cream, pints of Guinness, etc....but in the dream I'm telling myself that I'm not supposed to be doing this!

    Similar to smokers who have quit, but have dreams in which they are still smoking.
  • ChelseaRW
    ChelseaRW Posts: 366 Member
    No dreams about weight loss ....but you did an amazing job of analyzing your own dream! No dream expert here, but you definitely workout you own feelings in them, and the ability to recognize the meanings is really cool!
  • Helice
    Helice Posts: 1,075 Member
    I know its not the same and i wish i could be of more help
    ,
    but i had a dream a couple of nights ago where i was stuffing my face with all the food i craved, but havent been able to eat in real life because il get fat lol.
    First time there has ever been food in one of my dreams, ever.
    But i did feel guilty in the dream, one one hand i was like i shouldnt be eating these foods.. on the other hand i was like im pretty sure this is a dream, so i should be ok.. but what if its not a dream..
    I woke up starving fancying these foods lol.

    Iv had alot of dreams where people tell me how ugly i am and stuff.
    But its never comments linked to my weight, just my features.
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