Sunday, February 10, 2019

How can I keep from falling into eating disorder-like behaviors?

I am 18, 5’8 and about 155lbs. Not exactly unhealthy, but in late summer (so 5-6 months) I was at 135 and felt good there. The changes in that time frame that i think sparked my weight change are that i started college (so stress, and probably poor eating habits) and am no longer working farm labor, which was my main form of exercise. I don’t like the way I look or that I feel out of shape, so I’d like to get closer to where I was before!

The problem is that I have a very obsessive personality. I have never had an eating disorder exactly, but I have had bouts of uncontrollable exercise and consumption obsession in the past. Neither of these was enough for me to really consider them ED, but I do think that if I am not careful with my weight loss they could definitely develop into something more, and I don’t think I would be able to recognize or find help for that if it happened!

Tldr I’m nervous to try losing weight because I’m worried my obsessive personality will throw me into an eating disorder. How can I safely have this journey?

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Needing encouragement to keep it up

2017 was a huge year for me. I left an incredibly toxic 7.5 year relationship, and had the energy to start taking care of myself after years of just wanting to sleep through life and eat whatever I wanted. From June 2017-October 2017 I lost 54 pounds. (265 to 211) I still think a lot if it was because I wasn't stressed anymore, because while I was eating healthier, I wasn't doing anything drastic. Just watching portions and eating lots of plant based things, etc. Then I plateaued, and started to work out regularly again, but wouldn't budge. Through November 2018, I stayed within the same 5 lb range. In December, I gained 10 pounds, due to changing birth control and holiday food- I think mostly birth control, because I didn't overindulge by much. I changed back to the other one to hopefully prevent more weight gain. I'm still 40 to 50 pounds over my ideal weight, so it isn't just the last couple of pounds. I'm in a new relationship now, and he is just great. Incredibly supportive and kind, and we are very happy. The past 2 weeks, we have been doing IF and sticking to a whole foods diet. We were working out around 3 times per week average, but both were sick and missed our workouts these last 2 weeks until we went to the gym yesterday. I figured since I had watched my calories and been doing IF that it would still be ok. He lost 11 pounds in that 2 weeks. I weighed myself, and I'm down .5 pounds. It felt like I'm being so careful and prepping my meals, and drinking plenty of water, etc, all for nothing. He did great, and I'm glad, but also disappointed I didn't do well, too.

I guess I'm just hoping for some advice or encouragement to help boost my weight loss or to keep me motivated to continue when it feels nothing is working like I thought it would.

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Best resources for when you are trying to lose weight?

Hi all! I have been dieting and losing/gaining weight for over 5 years and have successfully kept off 40 pounds. While I was on my weight loss journey most of the resources I read were surrounding different diets or methods (keto and intermittent fasting) or habit building.

What are the best resources you personally have come across to read while losing weight? And what do you wish was out there for you to read? Generally what did you feel like you needed or feel like you need when losing weight?

I personally feel resources don't include the more emotional side of weight loss, or just something to tell you that its okay, and others have been through this before and still found success. I think something like a small story from someone else who struggled with binge eating would help me get through a time when I binge eat, and would empower me and help me keep going. Thoughts?

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For people just starting out, it's important to not be embarrassed or ashamed about what you are doing

This is my first proper attempt at losing weight after my last failed attempt, I'm being much more conscious of what I'm eating, making small changes to the way I prepare food and buying low-sugar, low-salt, low-fat, etc. versions of foods I was eating anyway.

However one of the biggest changes I've made this time around is being more open and confident about my situation. I've accepted my faults and I've made a plan on how to improve them. For example whenever I would browse about weight loss, I would always use Incognito mode and throwaway accounts, I guess in my head I didn't want reminders of this stuff everytime I went to the computer.

Not any more though! The account I'm using to talk to you right now is my "official" or "real" reddit account and my profile on MyFitnessPal (same name as reddit) is chalk full of information about me. I've found surrounding myself with positive influences from this community and not hiding the goals in my life and from myself is helping so much, it's quite freeing. I highly recommend doing this!

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SV: 20lbs lost, wanted to share my journey

I began to take my weight loss situation serious about 4 months ago. I decided on not following any specific diet because I wanted to build my weight loss and future weight management around better eating habits.

My weakness? Overeating.

I love food, and I love eating. I'm also a sucker for "saving" on food, so that $1.00 in "savings" for a combo meal or a larger portion was a good deal. I don't normally snack on things like chips, but it wasn't unusual to eat two plates or a few extra slices of pizza in one sitting. I didn't realize how much I was overeating, and clothing sizes were creeping up slowly. Maybe I refused to see my weight gain, but it was happening.

What changed was that I began to slowly train myself to eat less. I used MFP to initially track my calorie intake and built a plan around that. It was seriously a struggle the first couple of weeks. Not feeling full, but "satisfied" was new to me. It was even harder to understand that it's OK to leave food on the plate. What helped was thinking that I'd be able to have three more meals the following day. In the end it helped, and slowly the numbers on the scale dropped. This motivated me to continue to be mindful about eating. I also changed my workout routine to include more walking and running. I try to aim for 7000-9000 daily steps on my Health app, anything above that is a bonus. I don't use a Fitbit or an Apple Watch, just the phone's data as a gauge for my step activity.

I want to point out that certain things did help. I don't drink soda and very rarely drink beer or liquor. I usually have coffee for breakfast and water or sparkling water for the other meals. I also keep unhealthier foods like pastries and donuts at bay, but sometimes I do treat myself to them.

Thanks for reading!

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(F/30/358)....I’m 6 months in and am losing around 7lbs per month.

Started out at 409 and 6 months in now I’m 358. I’m averaging about 7lbs loss per month for the past 3 months. I’m eating at 1800 calories a day with the occasional over calorie days. Is 7lbs a good rate or am I going too slow/fast? I also have a few questions for anyone else going through it

1: on days I workout, even a low impact 20 min workout, the scale shows about a 4lb gain for a couple days

2: I’ve been doing IF on days I know I will be eating junk food. So I won’t eat until about 3 or 4pm then eat my calories in pizza. Will this stall my weight loss if I’m eating below my 1800 calories? I’ve seen mixed opinions on if it will or not, curious from your person expirences

3: anyone on metformin notice a different in when you take your meds during IF?

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