Cant seem to relate what goes in my mouth to my weight

[messofajess]

I feel like title doesn't make much sense and I'll try explain as best I can. I feel like I have a mental block with the correlation of what I eat and how much weight I put on. I'll look in the mirror and be unhappy but then happily order a pizza for dinner and act like it's tomorrows problem.

Does anyone else feel like this? Or if you used to how did you fix it?

Hi messofajes,

Yep, absolutely. You are not alone.

I did eventually fix it. But how many times did I 'bite the bullet' so to speak? Until my best friend and, at that time, housemate, complained that he was tired of stepping on bullets with teeth marks

I don't know what eventually got me to stay on the right track. It might have been hitting 40, weighing 15 stones (size 20) and not wanting to hit 50 like that. It might simply have been that the time was right. Anyway, I hit 50 earlier this year at just under 9 stones, and a size 8.

I'm ordinary . I have a full-time job and do the usual kind of stuff that folk do: go down the footie of a Saturday, go to the theatre, eat out and so on. I didn't take any diet pills. I didn't do anything drastic. I did (still do) go to WeightWatchers, make a move towards healthier eating and up my exercise. Nothing dramatic though. What I'm getting at is ........ if I can do it, you can do it. In fact, everyone can do it

One day it will all just click into place and you'll be on a roll.

Wishing you all the very best.

S x

PS If I could convey in words how amazing I feel, I really would. I was perfectly happy when I was at my heaviest but I didn't know then just how much better I'd feel when I ht my target.

Thanks so much for replying Stevie. Its bizarre to be honest! Like its just always tomorrows problem?
It was lovely to read your message because whenever I see woman who are a size 8 I say to myself she must never ever treat herself and just be so strong haha.

I feel the same way, very much so.

I've lost 3 stone eating low carb high fat. My appetite has decreased (often I don't get hungry for 5 - 6 or more hours) and cravings are waaaay less of a problem. 3 stone down, 3 to go.

Carbs spike insulin for a long time, which tells your body not to burn stored energy (fat) which in turn makes you hungrier. It makes you hungrier because you constantly have the signal not to burn stored energy and your body is therefore waiting for the next energy intake.

Sounds faddy til you read in depth but the change for me has been phenomenal and no willpower required. I used to think I just had no willpower compared to others, would give in to the cravings and 'really make an effort tomorrow' but it's no longer a problem.

Can recommend www.dietdoctor.com

Hahaha that reads like a sales pitch

I'm just so happy now and want to tell everyone all the time. The website is free info btw!!

Thank you so much for the info Jenala and well done. Its not so much I don't know how to do it as I've previously lost 40kg doing low carb as well! Its more that I feel a huge disconnect to what my mouth does to how my body looks.

I wish putting on weight was instant. Like if I ate a pastry a little new ball of pastry sized fat would show up

I'm exactly the same OP - thanks for posting this because I thought it was my own secret shame!

I am just steadily putting on weight with no real idea what to do about it.. I need it to click that what I eat DOES have an impact on what I weight - but I have no idea how to get there..

"Brain over Binge" has helped me.

I've lost 54 pounds in 56 weeks.
Weight Watchers is the route I took.
I took it a meal at a time, then a day at a time.
I added a walk into the mix half way through and so far so good.
I've gone from 22/24 to a size 18.

For me it's not that I binge - I just regularly eat rubbish.. A few times a week I will 'treat' myself to something I know is terrible - this last week I had a HUGE tuna mayo sandwich, reeces peanut butter cups, a slice of carrot cake, a cheese and onion sandwich, about half a block of cheese (over the week), a loaf of bread and butter (over the week), a chorizo (again over a week), banana bread etc etc etc..

Hmmm - its all looking quite carby.. maybe i should focus on that..

That's pretty amazing maverick - was it a struggle? do you feel like you can keep it up?

The "food environment" is so OTT that it is really easy to consume more calories than we burn almost every day.

@loopytiles I know! Everywhere I go there is food and more opportunities to eat. What is brain over binge?

Feel like my brain isn't there when I binge

Brain over binge is a self help book by a former binge eater, and is mainly aimed at people (like me) who binge, but has a really good theory on managing the urge to eat crap (or binge). Focuses on managing / accepting the urges without acting on them.

I previously tried "beyond temptation" and gillian reilly, but for me something seemed to click with the brain over binge book.

IMO a lot of people struggle with overeating and being surrounded by calorific foods and "food pusher" people (eg some of my colleagues!) doesn't help!

Scortja. sorry only getting back now.

Yes it was a struggle in the beginning. But I think as others have said the time was right for me. Things seemed to click and I was determined to do it. Now 56 weeks in it has become a habit.

There are a lot of resources out there i.e. Facebook groups etc and each WW class has their own 'closed' Facebook group which I find immensely supportive.

There is a wonderful lady called Lisa Coleman she has lost 16stone doing WW No Count plan.
She has several You Tube videos charting her progress and she posts fabulous recipes.

All in all it has been a positive experience for me. I think because I took it slowly and was kind to myself instead of beating myself up about not achieving big weight loss amounts every week.