How do you manage urges to emotionally eat/binge during stressful chapters of life?

Title says it all. I've been doing CICO, getting more physically active, and making some healthier meals choices. So far I've lost 45 pounds. However, I'm going thru a breakup involving selling a house, dealing with new job responsibilities, and stress over the deteriorating health of a close loved one. When I'm not working, I'm doing a good deal of house stuff, and have been for months. It's a lot altogether.

I'm doing a lot of things to productively manage my stress - I'm staying active, staying social and seeking support from friends and family. I'm in therapy. I make art, I do a little mindfulness, I rest when I can. I cook most of my meals at home from scratch,and they tend to be protein heavy vegetarian meals, or with lean meats.

What I'm looking for are suggestions on how you let the urge(s) to binge or emotionally eat pass you by when you're tired from doing...uh, everything? My difficulty is that I'll get mentally tired, usually at the end of the day, and then hit the corner store even when I'm not hungry.

It isn't frequently enough that I'm gaining weight noticeably, but it has stalled my weight loss and I don't want to slip back to where I was. Any ideas on how to ride the wave when the urge to body a bag of flamin hot Cheetos strikes?

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What is your «why»?

One of the most important things i’ve heard for weight loss is having a strong «why». Why do you want to lose weight? When you have your «why» you can remind yourself of that reason when things get hard, when you want to give up and etc.

I don’t really have a strong «why». Im a little overweight - BMI right over 25 and I look a bit «chubby». I try to think how confident I would look if I was more lean, and get motivated by that. But other than that, I dont have a specific reason to why I want to lose weight.

I understand those who are severely obese and others doing it for obvious health reasons. If anyone wants to share their «why» - even if you are in a similar position like me or not - I would love to know!

Thank you and have a nice day moving on!

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When CICO and exercise actually work 😳

I’ve struggled with my weight my whole life, been overweight since middle school and obese/morbidly obese since late college (I’m 26F). My family doesn’t eat well, and I always just thought that I had a slow metabolism too and that’s why I struggled. It’s not my fault, right?

My parents have struggled with their weight as well, and every time I’ve tried to lose weight by calorie counting my family would talk about how that’s unhealthy and I should just eat healthier foods. I’d do that, maybe drop a couple of pounds, and then ultimately quit because I was being so restrictive with my diet.

Last year, I weighed in at the doctor at 300lbs and had nearly pre-diabetic A1C levels. As a result, I started making slow changes to eating healthier (like putting a limit on my added sugar intake). I slowly dropped weight - yay! But I wasn’t paying too much attention to my weight. Those small changes helped prep me for my more serious weight loss journey by transforming my relationship with food for the better. I’ve learned that moderation is ok! I started roughly counting calories in February of this year, and I bought a food scale and have been counting my calories more precisely for the past month and started the couch to 5k program 5 weeks ago. I’m down to about 240lbs and have noticed so many non-scale positive changes in my life this year that it’s almost overwhelming! I’ve been feeling fuller more easily, my digestion issues have disappeared, my mental health has been improving, etc. I still have so far to go before my GW of 160lbs, but I think the changes I’ve been making are something I can sustain and that’s such a great feeling! It’s like something clicked in my mind.

Anyway, isn’t it kind of frustrating that the simple solution (CICO, exercise) actually works??? For weight and for mental health?? lol

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Losing pounds but not inches

Hi everyone! I’ve lost nearly 40lbs since January by starting to workout 4-5x a week and eat in a reasonable calorie deficit.

While I’m very happy to see the numbers lower on the scale, I’m not seeing any progress really in inches! I’m wondering why this is… to be honest, I was hoping to see a more drastic jump in the way my clothes fit, but they all fit pretty much the same.

Also! I know it shouldn’t matter, but it seems like no one has noticed my weight loss and that’s a bit discouraging. When do people start to notice weight loss?

For reference, I am 5’2” and started at 215.

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6 weeks in to CICO and gym, lost 5cm but only 1kg, help me not feel bad at my gym weigh in

27 year old female, 101.6kg, 167cm.

So about 6 weeks ago I locked in and started counting my calories and working out 5 days a week. I do one day of 45 mins cardio where I’m left dripping in sweat, and 4 days of heavy weightlifting for 40 mins + 30 mins of moderate cardio after. I had 2 weeks off when I got Covid but other than that, have gone every single weekday. I eat 1800 calories, maybe one a week I eat 2000. On day 1 of gym I did my consultation and they weighed me on those special scales that do eveything. My stats were 103kg, 42.4% fat mass and 1862 BMR.

It’s probably silly but I’m anxious about my follow up weigh in next week. Although I’ve lost 5cm from my hips and my clothes are fitting drastically better, I’m scared to step on those scales having barely lost 1kg. My weight over the past week has literally been stuck on 101.6kg, and today it was 101.9. I try not to let the scale numbers get to me but I don’t want to feel like a failure at my weigh in. Has anyone dealt with this at the beginning of their weight loss journey?

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Help me lose weight!

Hello! I recently started calorie counting to lose weight, i’m wondering if anyone’s had significant weight loss from it. For reference im a female who is 5’3 and 179 right now and want to eventually be at 130-120 as fast as possible. I lost a lot of weight in the past and gained it back, healthy relationship weight is very real. I don’t like how I look anymore and am very motivated to change it. I work a job where i do a decent amount of cardio daily and am outside a lot, I work at a summer camp. I want to do more cardio as well but does it help? I’m currently eating 1500 calories daily but did just start. What truly helps? Advice and experiences would be appreciated!

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regained weight lost; how to get back to it?

Fallen off my journey, how to get back into it??

Hey lovely people! I started my fitness / better eating journey by going to the gym and tracking calories quite meticulously, with more leniency on the weekends and occasional days where I felt a bit fed up. I started about 3 months ago and have since lost 6kgs. I was finding it difficult but was loving the results so persevered. I found it relatively straightforward (not easy) to continue with this routine as I went on with daily life.

However, these past 2 weeks l've been on holiday and at a festival where I ate nothing but greasy food and drank (way) too much alcohol. I had loads of fun but I regained 2kgs, making my overall progress 4kg.

Has this happened to anyone else and how did you cope? I don't want to sound really dramatic but I feel like I've back stepped and it's making me feel SO daunted about "starting again". I feel frustrated at myself that I put my weight loss on the back burner and not need to pay for that. Any words of wisdom would be much appreciated about how not to feel to disheartened about it and how to get back into the swing of things !!! 🧡

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