My weight loss journey thus far - Page 3

TheToast

United States4808 Posts

June 14 2012 18:40 GMT

#41

On June 13 2012 06:13 rotinegg wrote:
oh god im a relatively skinny person and that macaroni box + jalapeno chips + macaroni box + ketchup bbq salad dressing sounds delicious

I was with him up to the mac + jalepeño chips. But mixing ketchup, bbq, and salad dressing with the cheese from the mac is just completely disgusting lol. Eating that for 3 meals a day is extremely crazy.

But in some strange way, I do sort of understand. Sometimes you just get into weird eating habbits and certain foods can really get associated with certain emotional states within your mind. Combined with the fact that our brains are hard-wired to crave fat, calories, and salt; I can totally understand this wierd craving.

Nibbler89

884 Posts

June 14 2012 19:08 GMT

#42

First wanted to say not trying to be offensive honestly curious about what it's like from a big person's perspective.

So for me, I'm pretty skinny guy 5'8" 120-130 but I love to eat large amounts of junk food occasionally too and I'm not immune to gaining weight. However when I do see I'm putting on pounds,I diet by, during meals I just eat until I no longer feel "hungry" anymore. As in that sort feeling in your stomach of hunger is when you eat. As soon as you don't feel that anymore you pack up what you have left and save it for later when you do feel hungry. In this way you end up eating a bunch of smaller meals throughout the day. I guess basically just eat only when you are hungry and until you no longer feel hungry instead of until you are "full" or "stuffed".

Now my question is since obviously this isn't that simple for a lot of people is it just that bigger people keep feeling hungry longer while eating? If so is it because you are used to eating larger portions and therefore still feel hungry? Or is it just a control issue with being able to stop when you no longer feel hungry? Also make sure you are making the distinction between no longer having the pang in your stomach of hunger vs being physically able to eat more/ not being quite satisfied yet.

Since I'm pretty small it doesn't take that much before I no longer feel that feeling of hunger, and I just think to myself "the food will taste better later when I'm actually hungry again" to stop myself from over eating. Which makes it pretty easy for me to maintain my weight. (I wasn't always skinny either, middle school and early high school I was pretty fat,mostly from soda)
I realize you mentioned that control was an issue but do you think if you were able to get over that hurdle this way of dieting would be realistic for you or does it just not work that way? In my experience if you stick with it over time you'll find even when you do binge you feel stuffed more sooner. I'm just wondering how different it is, if at all, for bigger people.

I think part of why NA is so obese in comparison to a lot of other parts of the world, is that in NA a lot people eat till they are "stuffed" and outside NA a lot of people just eat till they are no longer hungry(smaller portions) barring special occasions.

rotinegg

United States1719 Posts

June 14 2012 19:45 GMT

#43

^^ i used to be a bit overweight so i think i may be able to offer some insight, although i may be completely off base cuz i was never actually that big... 5'11" 190 ish? small bones so quite a bit of weight for me. anyway, what you said about control is right i guess, when i saw unfinished food i was like 'im not hungry anymore but eating that tasty food now will make me sooo satisfied' and it did, so i ate til i was so stuffed i couldnt eat anymore. i stopped doing that when i graduated college and started living alone. i cooked most of my meals and after months of eating small portions, i no longer can eat that much. ill still get binge cravings when im out eating with my friends but itll take me less to feel 'satisfied' compared to back then.

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

June 14 2012 19:52 GMT

#44

Holy shit dude you were huge. Good luck. I've never known what that's like. I've always been skinny as hell even when I took working out more seriously than I do now. You've come a long way. All I can say is that you've done an amazing job considering the circumstances.

TLDR I used to do a lot of drugs. What helped me go from blissfully high to sober in 24 hours was completely cutting myself off from that world. The friends, the lifestyle- everything into a card board box and tossed to the street. You can't have it that easy. Every time you buy a pack of gum or drive down the road there's giant fucking signs that say BUY ME I'M DELICIOUS! ONLY 1400 CALORIES PER SERVING!

That's gotta be rough. That's how I'm going to feel when I finally smoke my last cigarette and kick this gross addiction.

I don't know how this post is supposed to help. I want you to understand though that I think you've done a hell of a lot for yourself and not everyone can do what you've done. You've actually earned a part of the special label of fortitude and determination everyone slaps around on failures and average people.

Good work. Keep it up. You should be fucking proud of yourself.
Edit: Oh yeah spoiler alert- yeah life sucks get over it. eventually you actually will get over it and not miss things as much. Who knows when but it's partly like storming away from your girlfriend when you're pissed over something stupid then laughing at yourself and letting it go. Sometimes the only thing holding you back with want of a thing is yourself.

Xenocryst

United States521 Posts

June 18 2012 06:30 GMT

#45

BTW I hate running and about a year i was slightly overweight (180 pounds) and i coudlnt do running but when i tried bike running i was actually ok with it. you can maintian it much longer with a lot less pain and its still a great workout, give it a try

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