get past the point where you think about food and your diet all the time?
i swear it's all i think about, and i wonder if that is what is making me so hungry all the time too...
I think about food/what I eat a lot, but I also eat a lot (every 2 hours). I concentrate on filling foods (protein/fiber). I hate being hungry and one of my rules when I started this plan was "don't be hungry." Being hungry makes me miserable, no way for me to stick to a plan if I'm miserable all the time.
It's on my head 24/7. I'm always planning and shopping, cutting, dicing, chopping, cooking, cleaning up. Looking at the clock to see when my next meal will be or checking out some nutritional info and the such. And then of course there's the exercise aspect as well. In order for me to lose as much weight as I have I really had to put this front and center.
As far as being hungry - are you really and truly hungry or just munched? What kind of plan are you following? Maybe we can help you tweak it a bit so that you're not hungry. I know for me if I were hungry I couldn't stay on my plan and if I don't stay on my plan, well yeah, you can figure that out. I find eating lots of fiber and low fat proteins and eating every 2 1/2 hours or so helps me to keep from getting too hungry. You said this is your 3rd day. It really does get easier as you go along.
I have been a calorie counter for years, and while I think about my exercise and diet needs a lot-I am well at the point where it is a way of life, and no longer obsessive, as in "trying to figure things out". There is a difference.
I focus on my home, my job, my family...and my diet is only PART of my life, not consuming it. I plan my meals, and journal my food-but honestly, it doesn't take me that long each day.
At only 3 days in the game, you are still in the early phase-it does get more manageable.
well, i did get some ideas here yesterday to tweak
the foods, so as to get more volume and to get more filled up but being so new at this, i swear it's all i think about! i'm hoping that it will be less consuming thoughtwise, once i've been at it a while.
hugs
tracyg
Whether I am trying to lose weight or not, all I ever think about if FOOD. I wake up thinking about it and go to bed thinking about it. You know what I have noticed though? My kids and my husband don't. They think about it only when they are hungry. I wish that was the only time I thought about food!
Me too Lois Lane. No matter where my weight has been over the years, food has always been a big deal in my life. I also realized that other people aren't as obsessed as I am, but everybody's got a quirk about something I guess. Tracyg40- if you didn't think about food too much before you started then maybe you will find a nice balance once you get more used to your new healthy diet. For me though, it's just part of my day. Don't let it discourage you though, getting healthy is well worth the thought you put into it!
When I started, it consumed a good amount of my thoughts... now most things have become automatic. Sure, I think about my new lifestyle a lot, but not in a negative way. Besides, everyone's got one or two topics that play on their mind more than others... *cough*boysandsex*cough* hehe, j/k.
See, it's natural to feel like this at the beginning and worry that you're becoming obsessed.... but think about how you were before. I know that for me at least, I spent the same amount of time planning my binge food or what to make for lunch (unhealthy options), how much I was dreading climbing the stairs to work, hating my body... now I'm more likely to spend that time planning what fruit & veg to buy, which muscles are becoming more toned and what workout I feel like doing!
So maybe you're spending the same amount of time thinking about food, figures and exercise but it's in a newer, positive way...
It's on my head 24/7. I'm always planning and shopping, cutting, dicing, chopping, cooking, cleaning up. Looking at the clock to see when my next meal will be or checking out some nutritional info and the such. And then of course there's the exercise aspect as well. In order for me to lose as much weight as I have I really had to put this front and center.
Same for me. I felt like in order to lose the weight I wanted to lose, I had to just give in and become a little food obsessed. It was a trade-off. I could not focus on diet and stay where I was at or possibly even gain more weight or I could make it a priority and finally be happy with the way I look. The choice I made isn't the one that everyone would make (and there's definitely something to be said for accepting yourself the way you are, I'm not trying to knock that decision, it just wasn't right for me), but I'm very happy with it.
And to be honest, I like it. I love food. I love everything about food. I like thinking about it, I like planning what I am going to eat, I like shopping for food, I like finding new recipes, I like tasting new food, I like preparing food, I like organizing my recipes, I like talking about food, and most of all I like eating it. The only thing I don't like about food is the clean-up. Other people have hobbies they spend a lot of time on (for my SO, it is a computer game) and people rarely question whether those hobbies are healthy. For me, one of my hobbies is food.
And to be honest, I like it. I love food. I love everything about food. I like thinking about it, I like planning what I am going to eat, I like shopping for food, I like finding new recipes, I like tasting new food, I like preparing food, I like organizing my recipes, I like talking about food, and most of all I like eating it. The only thing I don't like about food is the clean-up. Other people have hobbies they spend a lot of time on (for my SO, it is a computer game) and people rarely question whether those hobbies are healthy. For me, one of my hobbies is food.
That's me to a T. Right down to the clean-up. I truly could have written this, word for word. I consider my so called obsession or extreme dedication, a pleasant thing, a good thing. I am enjoying this whole new wayof life of mine immensely.
ok, it's only day 3, but do you ever
but being so new at this, i swear it's all i think about! i'm hoping that it will be less consuming thoughtwise, once i've been at it a while.
