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Happy May Monday... I saw that but feel *meh* This is more an emotional *meh* than a physical one. I do physically feel better from being sick for a week. My appetite is back so I'm starting to gain again. Hopefully I can stop that and take advantage of the loss from being sick.
Previously everyone said to maybe take a diet break. So being sick made me have that break. It's weird is I noticed while I started to feel better I found I started picking on food more to have a sense of "doing" if that makes sense. It was like part of my to do list. Breakfast, snack, lunch, etc... It was like I was trying to get through my whole days meal and complete it ever before it was dinner time. I really need to figure out what my brain is doing mental with food. I think there really is something more than just me over eating.
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842 kcal
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Fat: 42.04g | Prot: 42.38g | Carbs: 72.40g.
Breakfast: Orange Juice. Lunch: Coffee with Cream. Dinner: Sinigang. Snacks/Other: America's Choice Natural Walnuts, Kirkland Signature Roasted Seasoned Seaweed, Meijer Brazil Nuts, Eda-Zen Toasted Edamame. more...
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Every time I feel the desire to eat (in the absence of legitimate physical hunger) I always try to dissect the situation: am I bored? Am I upset/angry/ agitated? Am I tired/fatigued? Am I lonely? The thing about eating is it signals a cascade of feel-good chemicals, so anyone of these feelings can be misinterpreted as “hunger”, producing the desire to eat - but what you’re really craving is the release of the happy molecules (serotonin mostly, with a little sprinkle of dopamine.) This is an especially hard habit to break (using food to fulfill non-physical hungers) because the reward (happy molecules) are SO powerful. It can be done, but it takes time (it took me about 3 years). Food for thought. This community will support you no matter what
10 May 22 by member: are1981
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@allegra I also do that. Consider why I want to eat but honestly in the end something overcomes me and I eat anyway even after I know I’m not hungry. It’s that thing in need to get control over.
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Food is a nice stimulant that I overuse at times. I think for me exercise is one of the things that help and of course dealing with the root problem but htat is not always that easy or quick
11 May 22 by member: liv001
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I understand that all too well. Food provides instant gratification and release! Understanding the process (cue/behavior/reward) is what helped me get a better handle on it, but every person is different.
11 May 22 by member: are1981
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@liv I think for me it’s a sense of doing. I can’t sit still so when I have nothing to do I eat/ nibble here nibble there to have a sense of doing without really doing anything. It’s weird I know. I just gotta figure out how to change that.
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Glad you have fully recovered. I am sure you have heard it many times before. It takes a lifestyle change to make a permanent change. For me, it took an off the chart lab work result, and the Dr. urgent note to loose weight or else (on med) as a wake-up call for me to seriously focus in my health. Nowadays, I spend more time to plan my daily, and weekly meals than eating. You can definitely reach your goal, one meal at a time 👍.
13 May 22 by member: Just150s
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@Just. Thank you. Yes I agree it is a lifestyle change. And admit I had it for a long time then something happened. I don’t know what but after I hit 50 I just started eating more and poorly.
I also caught myself losing weight last year then like challenge my weight loss by eating to see what would make it go up. I didn’t do it on purpose but it was a thought in the back of my mind. I lost 10-15 pounds and was very good with my diet then I’d eat something unhealthy or more than I should and notice no gain so I’d do it again. It was like I self sabotage. ((😏))
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I hear you. I "treat" myself once in a while just to see if I still enjoy eating. Yup. Budget your calories daily and weekly. And leave room for "treat", so you don't feel like you're depriving yourself.
13 May 22 by member: Just150s
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