since march 2023, i've lost and kept off 160lbs. my weight has flucuated 10lbs less or more, but pretty much I've maintained it for over a year and I just cannot stop thinking about food. I have this constant mental hunger and preoccupation with food. it feels like everything I do is just a distraction from my next meal.
i'm a 6'0 tall male and I work in an active job. I can easily eat 2500 calories a day and maintain my weight, but no matter how much I eat in a day, I never feel satiated or full and it feels like I'm fighting a losing battle. I have times when my stomach feels full, and stretched, but the mental urge to continue to eat until I'm physically sick is still there. I've tried eveything at this point, I've cut back on carbs and processed foods, thinking they might've been addictive. I've done the opposite, and allowed myself my favourite foods in moderation. I've upped my calorie intake, my protein, my fibre. I've drank more water and I've tried volume eating. I've even tried gaining back 10lbs, thinking it would make up for the year of restriction that I needed to lose so much weight in the first place. I just feel completely lost and it feels like all this weight loss has been pointless if I'm bound to gain it back eventually. I gave it time thinking my appetite would eventually return to normal once I've maintained my weight loss for a while, and it feels like after a year, I'm still waiting. I will forever be tracking my calories because for me it is the easiest way to keep track of food, but I don't know how to get over the mental obsession with it.
has this happened to anyone else after a large weight loss? and how do you find is the easiest way to maintain it? i'd like to lose a little more weight, because I'm still a little pudgy and my bmi sits at around 24, but it feels like I'm going to go in the other direction whether I like it or not
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