I miss the way I used to eat....And I feel worse now then I

Thanks for all the feedback guys and girls. I think what I'm gonna do is take a week off of MFP and just try out something new. Eat what I want ONLY when I know I'm hungry and still excercise and see how much I gain. Sound like a good idea? Feel free to friend me if you wanna follow my story.

Yes please try that. you won't gain on the amounts you'll probably eat since you're going to stick to healthy food. Fuel your body. Fuel your runs.

Razor - I've quickly scanned your profile and some of the comments.

I agree as others have noticed that you have lost heaps of weight in a short period of time.

I also notice how young you are - 19 years old!

Seriously dude, you need to EAT. I am not talking junk food but healthy, nutritious, wholesome food.

You are at the perfect age (if you are in good health otherwise) to start some serious strength training. Your goal is to grow some serious muscles and (by including other exercise) keep up your fitness too.

At your age, you can easily become a lean, mean burning machine. Plenty of muscle requires plenty of fuel. That includes wholesome hamburgers, steak, chicken, eggs, anything you desire. If you have a look at a serious bodybuilder's diet (assuming they are not in a "cutting" phase) they even include plenty of carbs to fuel their workouts - I'm talking heaps and heaps of food to grow.

So you should not really have to miss food at all.

PS - Disclaimer - I'm a dude in the mid 40s who was lean in his 20s but through inactivity put on a great deal of weight in his 30s and early 40s, its only now that I am seriously getting back into it and have grown to absolutely love strength training (and exercise in general). I do understand what it means to MISS food but I reckon things are very different in your circumstances as a young 19 year old man.

If you're not happy with other areas of your life, focus on other areas of your life. Read a little about feng shui and intentions or try out a site like MindBloom.com where you grow a virtual tree by logging actions, each branch representing a different area of life--make that your daily obsession instead. You can still come back to MFP and meet all your goals, but recognizing that you're unhappy and you want to do something to change is responsible and remarkable and means you'll more likely be successful.

Should open your food diary, so we can help you and see what your eating. Sounds like your just starving yourself and not eating.

I my self was at 220 as of may 23 2011. I am at 179 and almost took me a year to drop about the same weight as you. Lost very little muscle. Guessing a lot of your weight loss might be muscle due to lack of food.

I don't mean to post three in a row, but one last suggestion (and I hope I'm being helpful) is to expand your food repertoire. I went grocery shopping today after work and was able to come home to a meal of cottage cheese with strawberries and blackberries in a multigrain tortilla. Yuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmm. If that doesn't work for you, the other wrap I had today was a multigrain tortilla with spinach and artichoke hommus, carrots and avocado. Both were exciting and if you get the portions right, filling and healthy. Instead of fish, try cooking tofu in a little buffalo sauce. Another recent favorite was making a deviled egg with laughing cow cheese and spices. Mushrooms sauteed in lemon are AWESOME. Try different kinds of nuts and beans, greek yogurt, and don't forget salsa--so few calories, such big taste. Find a way to make food something you look forward to and make your entire family jealous of what you're eating.

One word comes to mind: therapy. ((hugs)) Don't be so hard on yourself! :flowerforyou:

I was a very depressed person BEFORE I started dieting. I thought that if I looked good I would magically feel better about myself, and to tell you all the truth I feel worse now then I ever have. I'm so stressed, and my body always acts negitively when junk food enters my system. My family and friends all sit around eating whatever they want and I'm stuck eating a 4oz peice of fish and a salad. It's killing me. And no they won't join me on this diet, I don't have that kind of family. And now I'm stuck with feeling like this because if I start eating like I did I will feel so guilty and feel even worse.

I think thats what the other MFP member was talking about. You may have emotional issues that need to be addressed, losing weight isn't going to matter if you haven't addressed the real issues. If you feel very deprived with your eating do what some do on here and have a cheat day where you don't log, sort of like a vacation from your dieting.

Some of you are missing the point. I miss eating things I ate before I lost the weight. For example (and since it's Easter and I'm missing out on all of my favorite things) jelly beans,marshmallow peeps, cookies, brownies, Pizza, wings, hamburgers ect. Yes it's ok it eat in moderation but, for example, a moderation for peeps is like 1 peep. That would make me miss them even more. And I already do plan ahead. Sometimes I plan up to a week ahead and follow that plan verbatim.

Maybe experiment and try to make some of the foods you like but in a healthier way. I have found some recipes that I'm enjoying of foods I liked and actually finding them better then the original. One is homemade chicken nuggets, I loved chicken nuggets but I've learned how to make them homemade and healthier and they are great since I don't feel like im depriving myself. Try some of the stuff at Skinnytaste.com, the food is awesome on there.

Don't treat it as a diet, because its not. Its a lifestyle change. I have lost a good amount of weight (72lbs in total) before MFP(35) and with MFP(37).

I treat myself to pizza, the odd ice cream and so on. Don't deprive yourself. Moderation is key and it can be done.

Some of you are missing the point. I miss eating things I ate before I lost the weight. For example (and since it's Easter and I'm missing out on all of my favorite things) jelly beans,marshmallow peeps, cookies, brownies, Pizza, wings, hamburgers ect. Yes it's ok it eat in moderation but, for example, a moderation for peeps is like 1 peep. That would make me miss them even more. And I already do plan ahead. Sometimes I plan up to a week ahead and follow that plan verbatim.

Maybe experiment and try to make some of the foods you like but in a healthier way. I have found some recipes that I'm enjoying of foods I liked and actually finding them better then the original. One is homemade chicken nuggets, I loved chicken nuggets but I've learned how to make them homemade and healthier and they are great since I don't feel like im depriving myself. Try some of the stuff at Skinnytaste.com, the food is awesome on there.

Again - you are missing these foods because of some other issue. Otherwise, a couple of peeps or two slices of pizza or whatever would BE enough, do you see? Don't give up. You can do this, and you can feel good inside and out, and live a happy healthy life, I promise. (Can you tell I am a mom?? )

I started dieting and working out vigoriously about 3 months ago. I lost about 60 pounds and I went from a size 38 waist to a size 32. I went from somewhere around 220lbs to weighing about 171lbs. At first I was all gung-ho about making this lifestyle change. I was confident and loved getting complimented. Now...I just miss the way I used to eat. I miss all my favorite candy, and I know the response will be, "it's ok in moderation once every two weeks" or something like that, but that...that will just make me feel worse. I miss not having to worry about my calorie intake. I miss being able to be like, "yeah sure I'll have a burger," or "yes I would love some pizza." I figured by this time I would love the way I look, and I do, but is it really worth it? Nothing has changed in my personal life and it's making me so depressed and confused. I feel worse now, than I did when I was fat. What should I do?

I eat what I want and when I have to many calories I work out more. I love food and am depressed when I cut foods I like as well

Decades ago I lost alot of weight and I understand what you are feeling. Maybe I am projecting my experience into your situation but in my case those feeling you expressed stemmed from all of the emotional things that came up as a thinner person that did not exist when I was heavier. I did not realize until I lost the weight how I had used it as a crutch to protect me. If someone didn't like me it was because they didn't like fat people - not because they didn't like the real me. If anything went wrong in my life or relationships I always had a solid built in excuse to explain it away. I enjoyed eating and I was worth splurging on myself. Losing weight stripped that away and I had to face the uncomfortable fact that maybe I had contributed to some of my own problems. As a fit trim and attractive woman I realized if someone didn't like me or I didn't get a job my appearance was not the reason. It made me want to run back to the fat me. Instead I slowly faced my fears and then I saw my life change. Losing weight turned out to be the easy part. Changing my life was far more difficult. I have no idea what your situation is but I can tell you that life is wonderful on the otherside. In closing, the definition of insanity is sometimes described as doing the same things repeatedly and expecting different results. If you are unhappy with your life - regaining 60 pounds willl not make you magically enjoy it. It will just put you into an earlier grave. No matter how destructive the people are who surround you the world will be diminished by your early departure and I sure that there are people who would be devasted by your absence. Don't be afraid to face your fears and claim the wonderful life that is waitng for you.

I will NEVER miss the way I use to eat...because now that I'm seeing positive changes in my body..I will NEVER miss the way I use to look.

Eat junk= look like junk
Eat good=feel and look good