Hey!
I'm new to the group and hoping to make a start on having a healthy relationship with food (I'm definitely a comfort eater!) and to try and feel good about myself again! I have made a plan to get to the gym and got some great ideas from the posts i have read already. I'm aiming to make a real effort to post to try give myself some accountability to my eating!
Good luck everyone!
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Welcome Motivatedmumof2.
I think you've hit on two really good points... reading the posts and replies here and making yourself accountable.
All the best!
Hi, Welcome to the group!
I'm also a comfort eater- turning to food when I'm happy, sad, depressed, unwell! I've had an unhealthy relationship with food that at my worst I was subconsciously binging then feeling bad afterwards. I'm only on day 4 of the NHS plan and yesterday I had the dreaded urge to gorge on cookies (which I'd have to go to the shop to buy) so I got up and went to the gym. The urge passed. This was a bit step in the right direction for me.
Good luck on your journey!
Thanks for your reply. Well done you for hitting the gym and not giving into the urge! What a great result!
What a great post, congratulations on this brilliant new start! I'd give one piece of advice which is - make sure you're eating enough when you're trying to lose weight. I thought I was definitely a comfort eater too and would resort to crazy, sobbing binges quite regularly. Turned out that when I was on one of my many (yo-yo) diets I was just...really, really hungry!
That's great Hidden - that you have already identified that your relationship with food has to change. I didn't realise that in over 35 years
Through logging the food I ate and monitoring how / when / why, and in order to maintain weight loss, I had to re-learn some of my past bad behaviours or habits with food. So for example:
Garden Centre trip = cake and coffee
Cinema = Pick n' mix / nachos / popcorn / fizzy drink
Evening in front of the TV = bar of chocolate / bag of crisps
Birthday = non-stop eating for three days!
You get the idea. I know that for me, I have changed a lot of what had become "normal" for me. I have also learned not to plan each trip out of the house to include food. Once upon a time, I'd have included lunch with a trip into town, coffee and cake with a visit to the garden centre.
I now plan or even prepare a meal BEFORE I go out (usually a salad) so that I know exactly what I can eat as soon as I walk into the door... and don't turn to "what I fancy" (usually high calorie carbs that don't keep you full for very long...)
Make a list of the reasons WHY you want to lose weight. Keep it somewhere safe (stuck to the inside of a kitchen cupboard door?) and look at it from time to time, especially when you are raiding the kitchen for treats!
Finally.... alcohol. In my opinion, it's "empty" calories (no nutritional benefit) plus lowers your resolve to stay away from more alcohol or foods that you shouldn't eat. Perhaps try and limit how much you consume and stick to having it only at weekends? I know this may seem that you are being "punished" for trying to lose weight, but we have to try and change a lot if we want this to work for us.
Hi to stay accountable would you like to join our summer challenge? Here is the link to tell you all about it!
Ah, am loving this! Lots of these ideas really strike home with me. I've joined today and I really want to get back on track. I've followed Slimming World in the past, with good success, but the weight crept back on after 18 months. We've had lots of change in the last year with house/job moves, but now things are settling down I want to take back control and reinstate healthy habits. Bring it on!
Great! How about joining the Wednesday Wobble Warriors weigh in tomorrow morning? They're a very friendly lot and will make you very welcome.
Also, once you've planned your meals for tomorrow, find your way to the Daily Diary and post it there. You'll see what everyone else is planning, you can pinch ideas and get useful feedback.
All information in the links that lucigret gave you earlier this evening
Sounds great. Wednesday wobblers sounds good, though I quite like the idea of a Friday weigh in. Will look at any tips going!
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