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Q for those who reached goal
At any point in your weight loss, did you ever feel like you couldn't eat
any less without being uncomfortably hungry, but you did anyway? Did you adjust to eating less and not feel hungry any more, or did you get to where you could tolerate being hungry, or did you give up and start eating more again and decide to compensate with more exercise? -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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"DG511" wrote in message ... Luna writes: At any point in your weight loss, did you ever feel like you couldn't eat any less without being uncomfortably hungry, but you did anyway? Did you adjust to eating less and not feel hungry any more, or did you get to where you could tolerate being hungry, or did you give up and start eating more again and decide to compensate with more exercise? Let me put it this way: there were some times when I postponed a meal instead of eating when I was hungry, then ate less than I wanted. A couple of times I went to bed feeling a bit hungry. But never anything major. Sometimes I'd drink herbal tea or go for a walk around the block to get my mind off of it. That didn't always work, in which case I'd have a few pistachios or a teaspoon of peanut butter. I'm glad you brought this up, because real hunger is an issue in weight loss and especially this WOE. A friend of mine has lost 50 pounds just by asking herself if she's really hungry or if she thinks she ought to eat. If she's hungry, she'll eat. But cutting out the idle, time-passing snacks has done wonders for her. She's obese, however, and has over 100 pounds to lose still. I'm not sure reliance on hunger will see her down to goal. A useful concept from WW is that of the zero-point food. It's usually a vegetable with a lot of fiber, and since it carries no points, WW dieters can eat as much of those veggies as they want. That helps them with hunger. I have the point values somewhere around here -- let me know if you want me to track them down and give some examples. I know salsa, lettuce, broccoli, and cauliflower are all zeros. Salsa is not a LC zero though - I know I found most had about 2 carb grams per 2 tblsp (something like that)I would make sure you check the lable befor ehaving a Salsa-fest! |
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Luna wrote in message ...
At any point in your weight loss, did you ever feel like you couldn't eat any less without being uncomfortably hungry, but you did anyway? Did you adjust to eating less and not feel hungry any more, or did you get to where you could tolerate being hungry, or did you give up and start eating more again and decide to compensate with more exercise? Luna, of course, I had to teach myself to live on less food. When I started that phase, yes, I was uncomfortably hungry in the beginning. Very soon into the process though, I was able to identify when my mouth was hungry and when my whole body was hungry. If I was mouth hungry, I either fed my mouth with a cup of tea or looked for the reason why. Do you know that most of the time my mouth hunger came from the fact that I had a funny or bad taste in my mouth. Brushing my teeth turned out to be as satisfying as eating! Other times, I was hungry because I was sad or depressed or bored or even happy. Legitimate emotions, yes, but not reasons to eat. If I was really and truly in need of nourishment between meals, I fed myself a low carb snack in controlled portions. For example, if I was having a serving of leftover storebought roast chicken, I cut up the portion of chicken and put it on a plate before I could eat it. Otherwise, I'd eat the whole damn thing. Exercise helped too. Walking has been my biggest crutch against hunger. Even now, when the muchies strike, I put on my walking shoes and go out. If I'm still in need of real food when I get back, I have a controlled portion snack. If I'm still hungry after that, I tell myself-no more food, Duffy. Most times it works. Luna, for me at least, staying at goal is always going to be a battle with the fat chick in my head. I wish she and I could get along better and I wish she and I could make a deal. Instead, she sends me these false hunger pangs, she continually nibbles at my self-esteem and she won't ever let me think I'm thin. S'okay. I know I'm not going back, not giving in. I show her my size 6 clothes. Every day, at least once, she and I have a go-round. My advice to you is to eat when you're hungry-if you're really hungry. The trick is figuring out when that is. Duffy 182-121 size 16-6 since 12-01-01 |
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 04:27:42 GMT, Luna wrote:
At any point in your weight loss, did you ever feel like you couldn't eat any less without being uncomfortably hungry, but you did anyway? None. Did you adjust to eating less and not feel hungry any more, Most of the time. or did you get to where you could tolerate being hungry, Nearly all the time. or did you give up and start eating more again and decide to compensate with more exercise? Knew better. |
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Luna wrote:
At any point in your weight loss, did you ever feel like you couldn't eat any less without being uncomfortably hungry, but you did anyway? Did you adjust to eating less and not feel hungry any more, or did you get to where you could tolerate being hungry, or did you give up and start eating more again and decide to compensate with more exercise? I'm close enough and have been losing slowly enough that I think I can answer this. At first I would always eat to avoid hunger at all costs. I used to be very much a 'three squares' kinda guy. This didn't work for me on LC, so I switched to eating many smaller meals - some almost just snacks of 200-300 calories. That helped. It also adjusted my capacity downward so that I became more easily satisfied with smaller meals. When I eventually realized that being hungry (when you have food you could eat if you choose) is a very minor problem in the larger scheme of things, it stopped being such a powerful trigger for eating more than I knew I should. I actually went back to where I was as an active kid, growing up working hard on the farm. 'Working up an appetite' was a good thing and food tasted really great when you sat down to a meal hungry. There are times when I really increase my food intake and also carb intake. If I'm on a hiking trip, I just pretty much eat what I want with some moderation of carbs (keeping them under 100g/day). I've yet to gain a single pound. I expect that I'll always keep on being a little hungry now and then as I move into maintenance. But it's such a small price to pay for how I feel and how my new jeans fit ;-) Dan 325/197/190 Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution) Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes |
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"Luna" wrote in message ... At any point in your weight loss, did you ever feel like you couldn't eat any less without being uncomfortably hungry, but you did anyway? Did you adjust to eating less and not feel hungry any more, or did you get to where you could tolerate being hungry, or did you give up and start eating more again and decide to compensate with more exercise? It was kind of a bit of many things. I realized that a lot of my extra calories came from snacking in front of the T.V. So I switched to drinking water or green tea, only having a pre-measured snack like one ounce of cheeze, or nuts if I was really hungry. I also tried to purposely eat just enough so I was a little hungry but not starving before my next meal. I felt that if I did this, I would feel like I was taking in less calories than I needed. I never let myself starve, which was a lot easier with lo-carb because of more stable "feelings of energy" What I mean by that is, with doing lo-cal/lo-fat, I would feel cold and had feelings of not being able to make it to my next meal for lack of energy. With lo-carb, I never felt cold, and never felt like I was starving to death. Even if I was hungry and couldn't eat for what ever reason, I still felt like I had enough energy to still keep working without drastic effects. This was a foreign feeling to me because before if I didn't get enough to eat, I would feel somewhat shaky and or cold and would feel like terrible things would happen to me if I didn't eat something. Although this sounds worse than it actually was, I think this is why most people can not restrict their calories for extended periods. The feelings of hunger can be too overwhelming because of blood glucose swings and the feelings of starvation take over. I don't believe you can eat all you want. It works somewhat, but not really as true as portayed in the media about it being a miracle diet for hunger control. I know I can eat more if I wanted to. If there is a bowl of nuts in front of me, I could probably finnish the whole bowl, but I chose not to because I'm not hungry. Since I don't feel starvation, I don't worry about when my next meal will come. You could say that I got use to feeling a little hungry, and sometimes welcomed it, as I knew I would be down a few pounds the next weigh-in. I only tracked calories for the first couple of weeks, then switched to "visual" mode for determining what amount to eat at each meal. If the feeling of not being a little hungry for my next meal was waning, I knew that extra food was sneaking in and had to re-adjust the portions. I still watch what I eat, but I'm not obsessive about it, letting my body tell me when I'm hungry. This isn't really different from what I was doing before I started this diet. I usually thought about what I was eating before, knowing that I was getting heavier and that I shouldn't eat this much. So my thinking has only switched from "how can I gain control?" to "am I still in control mode?". It's like riding a bicycle now. You don't really "think" about it anymore. Other things come to play as well. Avoiding situations with high carb food. Keeping lo-carb snacks handy. Exercizing more. Peer pressure was terrible in the beginning. Now everyone knows I won't eat this or that so they don't bother trying anymore. To sum it up, I think it's a bit of everything. A life style change, exercize and controlling portions. A little here, a little there, and it becomes easier to maintain controll overall. Tom 210/180/180 -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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... At any point in your weight loss, did you ever feel like you couldn't eat any less without being uncomfortably hungry, but you did anyway? Did you adjust to eating less and not feel hungry any more, or did you get to where you could tolerate being hungry, or did you give up and start eating more again and decide to compensate with more exercise? |
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On 10/6/2004 12:27 AM, Luna wrote:
At any point in your weight loss, did you ever feel like you couldn't eat any less without being uncomfortably hungry, but you did anyway? No. A few times I did feel -- I guess the word that comes to mind is ANGRY -- that I could not have what I wanted to eat. As I approached my goal weight, of course, I could eat fewer and fewer calories to continue weight loss. That's what made the last few pounds harder for me emotionally. It did all come off and it was definitely worth it but a few times I really wanted something and it just didn't fit into the calorie budget. I guess it's no worse than having friends that make more money that you do when you really want a new insert object of your desire here. Did you adjust to eating less and not feel hungry any more, or did you get to where you could tolerate being hungry, or did you give up and start eating more again and decide to compensate with more exercise? I have never been consistently hungry on my current WOE. Occasionally I am but I think that it is for "valid" reasons. For example, I did a lot of bike riding on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, I felt like I could eat the entire pantry at home. I was fine after lunch. I think that this was directly related to the previous several days physical activity. -- jmk in NC |
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