You Know You: Eating to Lose Weight
by Charlotte Siems
No matter how you eat to lose weight, calories matter.
by Charlotte Siems
No matter how you eat to lose weight, calories matter.
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I am soooo glad that you wrote this article. I too have come to the decision that I can not do a diet. But, I am gladly willing to eat less. I have to keep reminding myself, as you wrote, that eating less is still eating less. A diet doesn’t make eating less better somehow. Thank you for your encouragement today.
Charlotte, Just wondering how long you had been doing TTapp before you started changing your eating. I know Teresa says don’t worry about your eating at first, but with no real time frame, I have had a hard time convincing myself it was time to start eating less. Do you do like she suggests (or did you at first) and eat good for one or two days before eating manmade foods? I have a hard time arranging my days like that because it seems like there is always something that comes up on a day I am supposed to be eating God made foods. 🙁 I guess in the beginning it may require more planning, then I can relax on what I eat and just eat less of whatever once I have lost some weight?
thanks!
Jan Jones
I feel exactly the same….diets don’t work…they may work for a while but if they truly worked, all us lifelong dieters would be thin. I wasnt to eat like a naturally thin person, honoring my hunger and respecting my fullness. Intuitive eating. I’m ready to make a new start and it has to be for the last time because it’s too painful to lose 123 lbs and gain it all back again.
I agree with you about eating less, or just until you are full or satisfied, but I seem to have a problem identifying when I’m at that point. Usually when I realize I’m full–I’m actually stuffed!
This is so true. It works well for me when I remember…. but when family is around, I mindlessly just feed my face like everyone else is. However, I am trying to remember to always have a glass of water on hand, like I used to when I was young and thin. It’s good to sip on before a meal– helps fill up the space with no calories. 🙂
I agree. I know I don’t want to spend my time focusing on how many calories I’m eating or how much fat I eat. I have no trouble finding true hunger. I struggle with stopping at comfortable. Any tips on dealing with this? How do you identify why (emotionally) you are eating?
How did you figure out why? I’ve been doing some self-searching, but I really don’t know what triggers it. I don’t eat huge meals, but I tend to snack a lot, and it’s not usually healthy. It’s not until after I’ve eaten the junk that I remember, “Ugh, why did I eat that?” or “I wasn’t going to snack anymore.” I have a really hard time remembering BEFORE I eat it.
Fab post- thanks 🙂 I finds self eating out of stress or tiredness or anger- but the only person that gets punished is me when I feel rubbish! Today I started to buy a second ice cream (I was alone so no one would know!) and was distracted on my way…after the distraction I realized
I didn’t actually want the ice cream anymore and was fu-
It was an AhHa! moment for me bc until then I still felt hungry…realized I probably just need to eat a decent portion and wait or walk away and then reevaluate in 10-20min- could probably cut my consumption in half, easily! Im lucky that up until the past coue years I’ve been burning it all off naturally, but I sense it coming to an end and don’t want to be in a
Position having to lose lots- not sure I could do it! I always hear my mom saying “easier
To not gain in the first place than have to work it off!”- very motivating bc she’s in a “work it off” situation after being thin for many years!
My difficulty is understanding when is full. Is it when there is no sensation of hungry? Because I could eat any where between 5-10 more bites and still feel slightly the same of when the burning sensation is gone. I’d rather not have to eat every 1-2 hours because I stopped so soon.. Im way to busy for that!