Unsure of how to get dopamine/ stress release outside of food

I’m doing the weight loss made real brain retraining which basically is supposed to stop the habit of eating to compensate with negative feelings/ discomfort and instead only eat when hungry. But let me tell you it’s freaking hard. I have no joy outside of eating. It’s my drug. I believe in what she is saying and the science behind it but holy crap does it seem impossible. Food has been my drug since a child.

What in the Sam heck can I replace it with? I do get a bit of dopamine from piano and exercise but nothing like the joy of cookies

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Loose saggy fat vs hard fat

Why is some fat on people loose and saggy looking and on other people it’s hard to the touch?

I lost about 70lbs and still have about 40lbs to go. I now have the loose saggy kind of fat. I do also have loose skin that doesn’t bother me, but the loose hanging fat does. It also seems like it’s more difficult to get rid of. I can grab all the fat in my stomach and pull it forward like it could just be cut off (wouldn’t that be great?).

I’m doing all the stuff I’m supposed to and making progress, it’s just slow and I’m impatient. I do fear that this loose fat will stick around though even if it gets smaller.

For example, I see it on people who have had 100+ lbs weight loss. Yes there is loose skin, but there’s also almost always a bunch of loose fat, too.

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A mate didn’t recognise me after bumping into him at the pub.

Kind of felt good when he said he was impressed with how much weight I’ve lost. I’ve probably not seen him in 3 if not more months. I’m currently at about the halfway point of my weight loss journey, down three stone/19.7kg with another 20.5 to go.

When I look at myself in the mirror I don’t see any progress, even though I know the numbers have been consistently dropping since I started tracking my calories towards the end of March. I’ve been taking photos at certain intervals but even that doesn’t seem to show any difference (to me at least).

So it’s somewhat reassuring to hear people tell you you’ve lost weight. Happened over a month ago as well when my coworkers told me my face was looking slimmer.

So I guess for anyone reading this who also struggles with how they perceive themselves, I guess people around us do take notice. Hang in there.

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I’m traveling and I ate 4000 calories! But I finally feel like I’m going to be OK

I’ll “bounce back” tomorrow and eat back to my 1700-1800 calorie goal, but damn its crazy how much traveling calories add up! Had a “normal” breakfast of oatmeal and coffee, but lunch + dinner was just too much, plus we had cake, some sodas, some juices we wanted to finish in the fridge. This also included some celebratory alcohol. Also, we had food included on one of the flights so free food = more calories.

Today felt so relaxing however, and it was nice to not worry about exercising, weight loss or anything else, but eating like I did today isn’t sustainable. Not only did I track and see how much calories I ate, but I feel my stomach is sore, I look bad in the mirror and just generally feel sluggish.

I’ve never been a “binge” eater, I’m actually the opposite where I would fear eating anything would make me “fat”. Now I know I can do this one day, track it, accept it and move on tomorrow. Also, going to enjoy my traveling with no guilt and know what every LBS get added to the scale is temporary.

30F 5’6 SW:180lbs CW 172LBS GW 145lbs… but let’s see what happens after the vacation

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Non scale victory!

I've been on a weight loss journey for over 100 days.

Just today I finished a week long camping vacation with my husband and children. Where I not only rode my bike for the first time in a year and didn't have to walk it up a hill, I also went on a hike (while it was tiring and I was winded, I didn't need to stop for breaks and it felt good). And lastly, on the way home we stopped at a store and I bought a pair of workout shorts. I picked out a 1x and I usually a 2-3x. They fit wonderfully and even felt a loose (like I could have gone a size down.)

Words can't describe how amazing I felt this last week. Doing things I would have trouble doing. Wearing clothes I wouldn't normally wear because I'm not comfortable.

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I started committing to my calorie goal 100%, and I'm feeling really great about it.

I've never had problems with a low calorie lifestyle. My main problem is that I'm a "pleasure eater". I eat to feel good, and I enjoy food too much. A good healthy meal satisfies me, but sometime I crave fast food more. I overeat for the sole reason that I want to taste different kinds of food in one sitting. Sometimes I eat a whole meal, then I realise that's not what I wanted to eat, it didn't fulfill me so I go eat again. That's pretty much the whole reason I'm still overweight.

I slowly relapsed into this life after a very shitty month 2 years ago. So now, it's especially hard to unlearn all of this. I had a 21 day streak this year but after that I just stopped and started eating a lot again

I'm also a very competitive person. I make a challenge out of everything, even weight loss. I always try to undershoot my daily calorie goal by a couple of hundred kcals, just because I like the feeling of accomplishment when I see the "360 calories remaining" text before going to sleep. This worked well before, but I still need some time before I can comfortably do that again.

I've been dieting again for a bit over 2 weeks now and it's been a lot more inconsistent than before. But that made me think about my cravings, and how I approach this whole thing. I hate that I relapsed. I could pretty much almost be at my goal weight by now. So I had to find a way to keep everything at bay. I'm bad at self control, so instead, I found a way to just "moderately" give into these food cravings

Instead of being proud of myself for eating less, and losing weight faster, I'm using my leftover calories to treat myself. I'll have some extra fries with my lunch, I'll go eat an ice cream if I want to etc... This is the second day I left my room at midnight to eat a piece of toast with cheese. And I'm still on track, and still not going over my daily goal. I'm 5 kilos down already.

This might not be the most effective (or healthy) way to lose weight, but sometimes you need to make some sacrifices. I don't always have to overachieve, sometimes I can sit back and be fine with what I'm given. I might have to do something about this later, when I'm thinner, but if this stops me from relapsing again after 21 days, then I've no problem with doing it for now.

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This is harder than quitting smoking.

I’ve always saw my accomplishment of quitting smoking, after years and years of doing it, as the hardest thing I’ve done.

But this past week…of being consistent and disciplined in all things food AND no alcohol is like 5 “I need a cig” stress days in 20 hrs 7 days a week.

EVEN SEEING gains in total weight loss which I thought would motivate me entirely is not enough. It’s a constant promise to myself that today I’m going to commit to it.

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