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Current Struggle
christenwypy
Posts: 336 Member
So this last time of beginning the dieting (clean eating lifestyle change) and exercise started I guess about mid March. I found it easy at first. I was so full of chemicals and sugars and bad fats that the empty, clean feeling was welcome.
Now I have not been perfect. A lot of days I have at least one piece of chocolate. Yesterday I had a piece of cheesecake. But I just keep logging everything and it stays under control- so far anyway. I've been losing weight. I see and feel a difference.
But now I find myself feeling pulled back into old patterns. I cannot tell you what triggerrs it. It might be when I have a lot to do and I don't feel like doing it. I'll want to eat as a way to avoid and procrastinate. But maybe I want to eat just to eat. Just to have that stimulation.
I was not hungry today. My son has a stomach bug and maybe I do too because I have no appetite. I usually workout by now and today I have not yet so maybe I just did not work up the appetite yet. But even though my body felt no hunger I found myself agonizing over what to eat. I wanted to pick the perfect thing. I wanted it to be SO GOOD. We have some left over cheesecake. I really wanted a slice with my coffee but I didn't do it. I made a chicken patty sandwich instead, which is a little better.
My son only ate a little of his sandwich. Again, I am not hungry. But I keep looking over at his leftover food and wanting to eat it.
I am not 100% sure but I think this strong pull to devour might come after I eat sugar. This weekend I ate candy at the movie theater (my T.O.M). And if I am not mistaken it is after a fall like that where I ingest large amounts of processed sugar that I find myself in a craving mode. It's like relapsing on a drug and then chasing the high again.
I might do a fast, if I can handle it, for 24 hours to try and detoxify and reset while also breaking the habitual patterns I am feeling pulled back into. I think I need to clean out the cabinets and fridge as well and do a nice food shop to replenish the healthy stuff.
I just thought I'd share in case anyone else is struggling.
Now I have not been perfect. A lot of days I have at least one piece of chocolate. Yesterday I had a piece of cheesecake. But I just keep logging everything and it stays under control- so far anyway. I've been losing weight. I see and feel a difference.
But now I find myself feeling pulled back into old patterns. I cannot tell you what triggerrs it. It might be when I have a lot to do and I don't feel like doing it. I'll want to eat as a way to avoid and procrastinate. But maybe I want to eat just to eat. Just to have that stimulation.
I was not hungry today. My son has a stomach bug and maybe I do too because I have no appetite. I usually workout by now and today I have not yet so maybe I just did not work up the appetite yet. But even though my body felt no hunger I found myself agonizing over what to eat. I wanted to pick the perfect thing. I wanted it to be SO GOOD. We have some left over cheesecake. I really wanted a slice with my coffee but I didn't do it. I made a chicken patty sandwich instead, which is a little better.
My son only ate a little of his sandwich. Again, I am not hungry. But I keep looking over at his leftover food and wanting to eat it.
I am not 100% sure but I think this strong pull to devour might come after I eat sugar. This weekend I ate candy at the movie theater (my T.O.M). And if I am not mistaken it is after a fall like that where I ingest large amounts of processed sugar that I find myself in a craving mode. It's like relapsing on a drug and then chasing the high again.
I might do a fast, if I can handle it, for 24 hours to try and detoxify and reset while also breaking the habitual patterns I am feeling pulled back into. I think I need to clean out the cabinets and fridge as well and do a nice food shop to replenish the healthy stuff.
I just thought I'd share in case anyone else is struggling.
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good luck with your struggle. Just joined this group because right now, at this moment, I want to eat but i dont know why. I may be hungry, may be bored - i need to work out but don't want to do that either. Don't even know what I want to eat - I'm going through a food list 100 miles long and it all sounds good and nothing sounds good : ) Its like this little lazy/fat gremlin in me is stronger than the energetic/skinny gremlin!
I was looking for a food carving app- something where i could log my cravings and the app provide a five minute or ten minute timer - couldn't find exactly what i was looking for but found this group.
I want to know all the times i crave food when I'm not necessarily hungry. I want to track it, understand the urge and try to find maybe at least understand the reason.
As crazy as this sounds I think it has to do with my upbringing. After school everyday was a snack - and then out to play - and then dinner. I think i still want that 3PM snack even know most of the time I'm not hungry and I certainly don't burn the calories i used to when i was playing after school : ) hmmmmmmm- something to think about.................0 -
That makes sense. What you have to do probably is still have the 3pm snack but make it fruit or veggies. When I want something sweet if i eat fruit I feel better but that is IF I can make myself eat the fruit. I don't think I want it because my body is wanting something bad but if I do it anyway I am glad I did. Same with working out. Sometimes my heart is not in it and I half *kitten* it but I am glad i at least half assed it then did nothing at all. I think the key is to just keep trying even when it feel unnatural and even after we mess up.0
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Thanks for the encouragement
-- the fat/lazy gremlin won last night - ate bugles of all things - and not one serving : ) - did not work out....now today i feel crappy so more motivated than ever.
Today's a new day!! Going to make it. And i like your idea about the fruit - i just need to make that the only choice.
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I find chugging ridiculous amounts of water and eating raw almonds to stop me from heading towards sugar or excess fats. Let's face it, the almonds, without delicious salt or sugar, are average tasting at best. So how many of those will you really want to eat? They are the opposite of a binge-worthy food. But.. they keep me full MUCH longer than fruit or vegetables and give me something to do (I eat them one by one in different ways - yep I'm weird).
I can overdo it on fruit, especially the sweet ones.. so if I'm not feeling strong, I stay away from it.0 -
Thanks to ya'll cravings were under control AND i worked out. I did curb my craving with blueberries and a peach....and it did work. I portioned it out as not to overdo it. Next time I will try almonds too. Thanks again for helping me through it!!!0
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I find chugging ridiculous amounts of water and eating raw almonds to stop me from heading towards sugar or excess fats. Let's face it, the almonds, without delicious salt or sugar, are average tasting at best. So how many of those will you really want to eat? They are the opposite of a binge-worthy food. But.. they keep me full MUCH longer than fruit or vegetables and give me something to do (I eat them one by one in different ways - yep I'm weird).
I can overdo it on fruit, especially the sweet ones.. so if I'm not feeling strong, I stay away from it.
I do the almond thing too and sometimes all natural trail mix- no chocolate chips or anything just dried fruit, seeds, etc. I think my problem at the moment is I need to food shop again and replenish!0 -
When I get like that, I try to fight it off for a while. "ooooh...I really want that piece of cake, but I shouldn't because there's no nutritional value and I've been doing so well...but I still want it..." blah, blah, blah. If I can fight the craving off for ONE DAY, then I'm ok. But if I have the same craving for three or four days, I just go ahead and have the whatever-it-is I'm craving. Once I have it, the craving goes away and I can go back to my good-girl routine. I find that this strategy works way better for me than the "replace it" method which I could NEVER get the hang of.
Also, when I have PMS, I've found that I am VERY suggestible. If I'm watching TV, I crave whatever's on that particular commercial. And as soon as there's another commercial, I crave THAT thing. So I just ignore those cravings until the PMS settles out.
It took me a long time to figure out the difference between craving that thing because the TV told me to and craving that thing because it's an actual craving, but just working that out has helped my weight loss a lot, really.0
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