The secrets of overweight people

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I mean this in a light-hearted way, but I guess it might also be helpful to us to see where we're getting it from.

I'll start:

I always serve myself the largest portion, and often nick a few extra bites in between the cooking and serving stages.

I eat a full meal whether I am particularly hungry or not (then often have seconds).

I gave up sugar and doubled my cheese intake (then I went back on sugar too).

Speaking of which, no meal is not improved by a generous topping of grated cheese.

I could quite happily drink a bottle of wine a night, although I don't let myself. On my 'good' nights I drink hot chocolate/ couple of beers and eat crisps instead.

Sometimes if nobody has seen me eat my first slice of toast, I'll put a third one in. This is especially the case when it's white bread, the 'only one' I could buy in the corner shop.

When DH is away I love to read and eat chocolate in bed.

Anyone else got any good tips to help me continue to sabotage my weight loss efforts?

Thats exactly the TDEE i was given from the website I used. I can't speak for their formula so if you're seeing an issue with that I can't comment

Regardless of doesn't change my point that was just an example, if you're sedentary you need less calories therefore someone must still be overeating to gain weight

Handsoffmysweets

How much later will my bp suddenly jump. I am very nearly 60.

My cholesterol is very low (I think that there is a genetic link)

Found I had abnormally low cholesterol many years ago (cholesterol level 1.8). Was told nothing about side effects

Actually googled very low cholesterol
It was very interesting all the symptoms listed I can identify in myself (including strange curvature of the spine) and my family even down to the Parkinson’s disease and heart issues.
I have written about my childhood on here and it is strange and sad at the same time seeing the symptoms my mother displayed of depression, aggression and suicide attempts that could have been all because she had low cholesterol.

Prequelle Try putting those figures into the Michael Mosley 5:2 diet website - you’ll get 1706 (which is more generous than other TDEE calculators).

thefastdiet.co.uk/how-many-calories-on-a-non-fast-day/

A lindt bunny and a cup of tea make a lovely couple.

@Prequelle - fair dos. Overeating is indeed the reason for my 1.1lb per annum weight gain.

Wow, I didn't expect so many responses! I am both happy and sad at all the honesty on this thread. Honestly, before I wrote it down I was still think to myself 'I cook healthy meals, I exercise, why can I not lose weight?'.

High five to the toast addicts! Bread is my total nemesis. I am sure if I could conquer bread it would change my life. But I love it so.

To those with a sweet and savoury stomach - I didn't really have a sweet tooth until I thought about pairing sweet with savoury. Now I love to eat chocolate with crisps, pretzels, cheese or nuts

To everyone saying diets make you fat. Yes! I was merely plump before I did WW, lost weight and then binged it all back on. Then I did SW, again lost and then binged. Now I am bigger than ever. I need to lose weight but I really don't want to do that kind of diet again, I know that what I need to do is build a healthy relationship with food.

This is probably my worst fat secret...

DH and I buy packet of chocolate biscuits and have 1-2 each after dinner. That's fine so far. The next day when I'm alone I'll eat half or the whole packet. I then feel embarrassed that DH will notice and comment (he isn't controlling about food or anything, he would just be legitimately confused as to where they have all gone). So I go buy a replacement packet.... And eat a few from the replacement packet so it looks like it's the same one from last night.

I had to confess this and ban biscuits from the house in the end.

Oh god, twix dipped in peanut butter sounds amazing

Thanks continuity tbh I usually use an app for mine but was rushing for the sake of an example so just clicked the first one I googled ha

Buying 3 boxes of baklava in case they run out. Eating them within a week.
Buying 4 x 200g dairy milk crunchie bars.....ditto above.
Walkers sweet chilli big bags....loads
Cakes...
Loads....
Portions......big
Sweet, savoury, sweet round and around...emotional eater. I eat to smother anxiety and depression.
However. I've not eaten any junk. 3 small meals a day for 4 days.
I'm not kidding, i just want to curl up on the floor and weep.
It's like all the colour has left my world 😭😭😭😭😭
Partner bought 6 reduced eggs yesterday.
Boss bought me a bag of eggs.
I could cry.

I’ve lost weight recently, bmi of 34 down to 25 now

Carbs, I love em and cheese. Also any type of savoury picnic foods

WW and SW are designed to keep you addicted to carbs so you have to keep going back. If the weight loss was sustainable they'd run out of customers.

I used to be obese

My typical day was:

4 slices of toast for breakfast
4 chocolate biscuits

Toasted meat and salad sandwich with crisps on the side

A banana, to alleviate the guilt of everything else

A huge slice of lasagne, garlic bread and baby potatoes
Seconds of everything

At night I'd snack on things like minstrels, Pringles etc

Emotional eater here too! If I’m stressed I binge on chocolate, cakes, sweets, crisps, fast food, the list is endless. Used to be able to eat a whole 12 pack of those cheap iced fairy cakes. I’ve been stressed a lot since falling pregnant with DD so put on a lot of weight

I am no stranger to the biscuit tin
I drive for a living so sit on my ass all day and eat shit garage food
I have a sweet tooth and love a pudding
I feel like I should be diabetic but miraculously am not
I know I have to lose ( a lot ) of weight but it’s always I’ll binge this weekend and start on Monday
I hope when I move out of the emotional pit I’m currently living in I’ll have the mental strength to do it 🤞🤞

I fancy a full Madeira cake with lurpack on

I’m a normal weight but I exercise a lot. If I didn’t I’d be huge I reckon.

I love skips, I can eat an entire multipack no bother at all.

I eat a small breakfast, for lunch its hummus and carrot sticks, dinner quorn and veg. Then the kids go to bed and get bored being on my own and raid the fridge. If only I could cut out evenings I would be thin.

I'll skip breakfast occassionaly. But I always have a lunch. If I haven't packed it I buy it, and if I buy it I'm hungry so I'll buy everything I fancy.

I also have a snack when I'm home...cos dinner is late but dinner is only late as I cook it late.

My portion control is laughable. SW did not help this. Tbh calorie counting was the only thing that made how much I cooked look normal. But it was a lot of effort...

I almost always finish my plate. I over serve then stuff my face.

I reward myself with chocolate. Good day chocolate bad day chocolate.

I eat because other people are eating. So I can have a cake before meeting someone. They're gonna have a cake with their coffee, so am I. It's my second cake.

I add things, cheese, chorizo, sun dried tomatoes drenched in oil. I double carb. Wraps with rice or chips. Curry with rice and naan. Pizza and chips. Pasta and garlic bread.

I don't eat enough veg. Or fruit. I always pick chocolate over strawberries etc.

Open packets call to me. I'll keep going back and pick at it until it's gone. When cooking things. I'll count out how many I intend to cook (which is too many to start anyway) but if there's only handful / less than another portion it'll be cooked too.

I'm lazy, I would rather drive than walk. I lie to myself that it's because it's quicker / I have lots to carry.

I wonder why I'm fat, and yet I can clearly see the reasons above that make it all too clear.

I must admit I relate certain places with the treats I can have if I go there.

So if I think about going to Chester, I also think about the lovely duck wrap from Duttons and the huge doughnuts from Chatwins.

I’m laid on a bed in a coronary care unit, day 2 following a heart attack. I’m 51 and fat. I hate exercise.

I’ve quite happily caved to every craving, growing hunger and outright secret over-eating. Zero portion control, adoring any takeaways, let’s have a treat, let’s cheer ourselves up, we’re tired let’s not cook...and many, many more.

I have to change quite drastically. Never been so scared in my life as when they stuck the defib pads on me as we hurtled down to the Cath lab.

HoldMyGirl your food list sounds a lot like mine.

Thing is with me though, I had breakfast. Then I had some tuna pasta for lunch. Apart from picking at some cream crackers (about 3) while I was cooking for everyone else, I've had nothing else today. I didn't eat dinner. That's not unusual for me, my eating patterns are totally skewed. So I'll be starving tomorrow and end up buying junk and lots of it.

Goodness Bunny. How awful for you, hoping you're on the mend now.