I Need To Stop Thinking About Food!
 

I know what you mean. I would think about food all the time too. What's for breakfast, lunch, dinner and whatever else I could eat...fast food stops...Is it really a meal if you are only driving thru? LOL
I still think about food but in a different way. I eat every three hours. I eat on a schedule whether I am hungry or not. Believe it or not, I am usually not hungry. Eating every 3 hours has increased my metabolism. I have now lost 8 pounds and now I am still thinking about food but in a different way.
Marge

Your not alone, when you figure it out, be sure to let me know.

I do!!! We have the same issue!!! :hug:

Alright, that's cool. =]
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Well, just the fact that we are all here in this forum, and reading this post... it tells a lot! ;-)
I've been obsessed with food and dieting for... 10 years. OMG.
And still it's not over, even if I have the impression (illusion?) that I'm getting better.

I've noticed that when I'm not thinking about food, or obsessed about dieting, I simply lose weight. With no effort.
But it's very difficult not to think about it, because your weight is always with you, it's hard to forget something that you feel :-/

But I don't think that keeping myself busy on purpose would help me. Maybe in that very moment, but after that, it's again the same.

The best results I got... are those I achieve when I completely STOP thinking about EVERYTHING related to food and dieting. Which means I'm not checking the mirror any 5 steps... I'm not "controlling" every woman I meet to see if they have gained or lost some kilos... I'm not talking about food or recipes or lunch or dinner - and avoiding people who do that. I try not to put attention on my body. I'm not counting calories. I avoid websites or shows that talks a lot about it.
I know it sounds weird, but when I let everything go, my body knows perfectly the amount of food it needs.

But it's difficult to let yourself go and relax when you don't like yourself.
I should cry out "well, who cares, nevermind!" and relax.
It's a oaradox that the best way of dieting is not dieting at all.

But still I'm here, talking about it.
That's no good.
(and this was my first post)

I'll be the lone voice of dissent here and say that maybe you need to think about food more.



Don't lynch me! I'm new! ;-)



I have found that when I meal plan for the day/week/whatever and *write down* what I'm going to eat, I am much less likely to stray from the menu and binge/overeat on junk. This requires thinking more about food, but results in less mindless eating.

Thoughts?

Trying to plan my whole day's food only makes me anxious when I deviate from the plan. Besides, what if I plan oatmeal for breakfast but wake up and want eggs?

If you're constantly thinking about food, you either aren't feeding yourself enough or you need to examine what you are avoiding thinking about.

i totally understand how you feel!
trying to understand why i eat too much and how to change it, i read as much as i could about it. here is an interesting web page i found that reminds us of alternatives to eating when not really hungry: web4health.info/en/aux/do-instead.htm (i'm a newbie so i can't link, sorry!)
it may seem funny, but when i obsess with eating, i just can't think of anything else to do, so sometimes this helps.

I don't know. Lately, if I plan oatmeal for breakfast and wake up wanting eggs, I just suck it up and eat the oatmeal and have eggs the next day. Then again, I'm on a structured eating plan for a Biggest Loser-type competition at my gym that is pretty restricted. Sure, I can have toast instead of oatmeal, but it's easier to just choose the day before and stick to it.

I sort of enjoy the ritual of the meal planning and preparation. I'm either really regimented or really, um, not. ;-)

If you're eating enough, then I'd say you need to figure out what you're avoiding thinking about. I used to obsess about food and think about it 24/7 until I started therapy with a woman who specializes in eating disorders. She helped me realize that my obsession with food was due to trying NOT to think about it because I was always trying to lose weight along with using food to avoid many things in my life that I didn't want to deal with.