I went to the hospital on Monday to meet with a nutritionist M.D. for the first time in my life. I had decided 2019 would be the year I'd lose weight " for good" but as it turns out, I was randomly diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in January which turned everything around. Dieting became both a vital necessity and a difficult task because I couldn't just "up the proteins and lose the carbs" since I have to limit my protein intake.
So, off I go on Monday, wanting to know how many calories I need to eat and how many grams of proteins and all I wanted was to set my macros straight in My Fitness Pal with the M.D. and get on with my life.
I was in for a surprise!
He didn't want to tell me how to set my macros. He didn't even want to tell me how many calories I should eat! He wanted to know what "hunger" meant for me, how dieting was impacting my life (my health, my thoughts and my social life). He wanted to know if I had cut off foods altogether and which ones. He was interested in WHY I over-ate rather than WHAT I should eat. All in all, he explained that if I did not develop healthier strategies to COPE with life (stress, whether big or small), all weight loss efforts would ultimately end up with me re-gaining the weight, even more weight, and be in even poorer physical health because, through the "yoyo dieting effect", I'd lose my muscle mass and regain all that weight and more in fat alone. In conclusion, he enrolled me in a program with follow-ups with him, a dietician, a psychologist and a fitness trainer so we could find out together what those coping strategies might be for me.
What an eye opener for me!! I mean, I knew I ate my emotions and over-ate my stress and anxiety. But I never really put 2 and 2 together and never realized I needed to equip myself with better coping skills for life. Which leaves me to wonder : what are your coping skills ? What strategies have you developedto replace what over-eating did for you? Thank you for sharing, I am just at the begining of the journey in that respect and I'd love to hear from you.
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