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I've given up alcohol. I'd prefer to eat my calories than drink them. And it decreases my will power in resisting food. I'm surprised by how little I miss it.
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I deliberately look in the mirror because it motivates me to want to change. I get angry that I've let myself go, angry at the fat rolls, and use that anger to push my body in the gym. I know everyone says beauty is on the inside, but I honestly feel more beautiful and sexy the more weight I lose, and I don't think that…
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Anything over my planned calorie limit for the day feels like a cheat day. Last week I got a Chocolate Brownie from TJI Fridays - 1200cals. I know I should be kinder to myself, but I feel so guilty and like a failure. It led to a 2 day binge involving peanut butter, towers of bread, a jar of nutella and a bag of choc chip…
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It's the hardest thing to sit opposite someone who eats a lot and unhealthily. Takes so much inner strength and willpower not to cave, especially if the offer you food. My partner won't make healthy choices just to not tempt me, so I have to learn how to resist temptation. It's soooo hard though, I know how you feel.
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Peanut butter is calorific. 120 calories/1tbs according to MFP. And 1tbs is barely anything. On eating disorder forums there are whole threads devoted to peanut butter, it's a 'fear food' because their malnourished bodies crave it so badly.
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Bahaha. Sweets are the first thing I think about in the morning when I wake up, and the last thing I think above before bed. I would give up sex for the rest of my life if chocolate brownies had 0 calories.
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So many great tips here! Binge eating is my biggest downfall. I can only go about 7 days without screwing it all up. I eat back everything I've lost and then some. I'm so gut-wrenchingly disappointed and ashamed of myself for days . And it's so hard to get back on the horse after a binge. Last Saturday I ate a piece of…
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This is all such good advice, thank you :) I really am addicted to my scales. I can't believed you lost THAT much weight eating bacon every day. I'm going on a mono bacon diet. I feel like I'm punishing myself every day, both by sweating my guts out in the gym, and forcing my body to struggle through the stomach growling…
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I'm really glad someone brought this up, makes me feel less alone. I find my mood is in direct response to my outcomes on the scale. I'm ecstatic when there's a loss, but if there's not I feel really blue. I also just feel generally down from depriving myself. I feel like I'm putting in all the hard work, and not yet…
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Sweat like a pig to look like a fox. You're not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be. Food is not a hobby. Eat for purpose, not for pleasure.
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Am I too attached to the scales? At my gym there are 2 types of scales - the old school ones with the sliders you move across, and an electronic one. I don't know how to measure myself on the old style one, so I use the electronic one. But it was mysteriously gone on Saturday so I asked one of the gym staff to weigh me on…
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Like others have said, I set mini goals only by weight and not by date. I have a carefully constructed list of rewards with strictly no bingeing allowed outside these treats: 65kg 1 bowl of edamame 64kg 6 rice crackers with cheese 63kg 1 chocolate soufflé 62kg 1 McDonald's McChicken meal 61kg 1 KFC popcorn chicken meal…
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I'm really struggling with husband's unsupportiveness of my weight loss efforts. Since we got married I've adopted his overeating and disinterest in exercise and we have both put on a lot of weight. About a month ago something switched in my brain and I decided I had to lose weight. I've joined a gym and currently go about…
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Bump! Are hunger pains normal/just to be accepted when trying to lose weight? I'm exercising and eating healthy to try and get into calorie deficit and I am ravenous ALL the time, 24/7. For 80% of the day I have hunger pains in my stomach. If I cave in and eat they go away. It feels like if I don't experience the hunger…
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I too get super hungry after cardio. I reconcile it by thinking it's my body eating away at my fat stores and that's what I do it for, so I don't cave in to the hunger. Whenever I do I feel like all the hard work I put in to exercising was a waste because I just ate it all back.
