Why We Eat Too Much

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Has anyone else read this book and had success with weight loss? I’ve found this book fascinating and it makes so much sense regarding your weight set point and why yo-yo dieting never works.

I’ve never really had an issue with my weight until the last year or so, when perimenopause has reared its ugly head! I’m about 10lbs over what I would like to be. I am only 5’1 so the weight gain is quite obvious, all around my middle section.

I’m a sugar addict and will happily forgo breakfast or lunch for biscuits and chocolate. I love carbs - pasta and rice mainly. I don’t eat enough protein. Obviously this is a terrible diet for somebody my age so something needs to change!

The first stage instructions are:

1. Eat three meals a day
2. Have a high fat/protein and low carb breakfast
3. Cook/prepare your own food
4. Avoid sugar/wheat/corn/fruit juice
5. Snack if required

It seems like a relatively easy and simple way to make a long lasting change that I can stick to (except for avoiding sugar, but the info in the book has opened my eyes to this).

Just wondered if anyone else was following this change in the way they view food?

I have not read this book but I have lost a lot of weight and tried to make a major life change without following a specific diet - basically just eating less food, and a more balanced diet. I did calorie track but it was along the lines of what you posted as well.

I did believe in set point theory for a while but I have changed my mind. The reason I can get to 14st and stay there for years is because unless I am making conscious choices and decisions when I eat, I will just mindlessly eat whether I am hungry or not. Set point theory is not going to be relevant for most of us who don’t pay attention to what we are consuming 80% of the time and that was me. I was also binging at times. I was eating out of ingrained habits, my portion sizes were ingrained habits, my decisions were ingrained habits. And you often carry out habits without using any thoughts, they are motions we go through over years of repetition. You do not pay attention to your food or portion sizes unless you are actively trying to lose weight and when we get to a goal a lot of people just revert back to our old habits because we switch off

The real truth of maintaining a weight loss seems to be that you do have to wake up and take notice of all the decisions you are making. Forever. Otherwise you will just slide back into all the same habits you have always had before. You have to make new habits and break the old ones.

If you read up about habit changing as well this might be very useful to you on your journey

I haven’t read this but it sounds interesting.

I have absolutely noticed that the only time I am not hungry/hangry/headachey and tired is when I am on a high protein diet. The problem is, it is hard to have a high protein diet unless you are organised - most snack foods you pick up from shops, most takeaways, most food you can access while out and about are sugar-laden and low protein.

I think you’re right @Menora - you do need to be conscious of what you’re eating. And I agree @Icannoteven - high protein isn’t something that can be done easily when you’re out and about.

I think this book has made me want to pay more attention to what I eat though. I’ve managed the 3 meals today and haven’t felt hungry at all. I definitely think having no carbs in the morning has helped me
not snack throughout the day.

There was a long running series of threads this was the most recent
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight_loss_chat/4590255-why-we-eat-too-much-thread-6?page=1

@Morwenscapacioussleeves brilliant thank you!