Junk food Junkie

jennylee

jennylee

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Hi folks, I'm a 26 year old formerly slim mother of two. I weigh 108kg, which i think is somewhere around 220- 230lbs. I have started going to the gym but after a recent flu I'm finding it really hard to get back into getting up at 5am to go (thats the only time I have available to go to the gym). I have some serious junk food issues and start each day with good intentions but usually end up eating crap by lunch time and pigging out all afternoon. I struggle with motivation and get depressed by my failures. I'm sick of living this way and desperately want to change. I'm hoping that by joining this forum, I will find inspiration and encouragement to succeed.

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Jennylee
 
Hey jennylee, welcome back!


What is your overall diet like in the morning? Do you eat breakfast everyday?
 
Thanks! I always eat a good breakfast, weetbix, rolled oats, that kind of thing. But I eat terribly during the day. I've been to Overeaters Anonymous in the past but I didn't really find it helpful. I get cravings and find them very intense and hard to resist. I have a really good understanding of nutrition and before I had children I was actually studying to become a nutritionist. My problem is definately psychological. Im trying out some visualisation exercises to keep me on track, so we'll see how that goes.
 
Have you figured out why you eat based on your emotions? Are there certain things that trigger your cravings? I'm by no means an expert in emotional eating, but I know that it can be one of the most difficult aspects of weight loss.
 
I had years of long term debilitating depression and even though I'm mostly fine now, I think that what was once daily emotional eating is now just a habit. It's become so engrained in my lifestyle that I struggle to change it. I often try to analyse why I'm eating, but there no longer seems to be a trigger, it's eating for the sake of eating.

On that note, I'm proud to say that I'm doing really great today. I seems silly saying that when it's only 1.15pm but that's pretty good for me. Usually by now I'd be desperate for fried chicken or icecream. But today I feel strong and I plan to have an orange and a low fat yoghurt at 3pm. Yay me!
 
Hey! I used to weigh 145kg and was like you, a big overeater. The problem for me was i had problems getting full. What ive learned many people start out to hardcore and go from a high volume of junk food to almost no food at all. This in so many cases ends up in that you after a few days or weeks just go into the wall and cant take it anymore, your so hungry and you quit and go back to old rutines.

What i would suggest is so start out with switching the food and not so much thinking about the volume. I havent lived in US for long so not an expert on what you can buy at the supermarket here yet, but i assume you have the same options as in Sweden. Chickenbreast, cottage chesee (1% fat) Quark (1% fat), sallads in all diffrent kinds, dark bread with no added suger or sirap. Low fat cheese, ham, milk with 0.1% fat, pure meat, seafood, dark rice or boiled potato. This list can go on forever but you get my point. Even if you eat alot it's atleast from products with alot less kcal. Make sure to always have this kind of food home and get it to a rutine buying it. Even if you overeat it's atleast from products with alot less kcal and even so the kcal wont get that high.
 
I think what Adam said above is good advice. Try not to make extreme changes all at once. Switching up the foods that you buy and not worrying so much about the overall volume is one strategy. Allowing yourself the junk, but just slowly weaning yourself off of it is another strategy. You have to try different things and see what works for you. It's very important to try not to have an 'all or nothing' attitude... Putting too much pressure on yourself to eat perfectly is just not realistic.
 
Hmmm, good point. I'm going to take your advice Adam, after all, eating the same volume of healthy food is still lower in kcal than my usual intake. I'm doing an hour at the gym in the mornings too and I'm finding this is really increasing my appetite and I'm tired. I'm going to try to focus more on eating healthy food instead of counting calories. When that becomes easier I can think about calories at a later date. Thanks guys!
 
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