Obesity Support Group
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I started loggin in my food on loseit.com. They gave me the allowed calories for my goal. I've only lost 17.2 pounds since last September. It would have been a lot more by now, but over the holidays I put some weight back on, and recently I haven't been able to stay on track. I'm always goin over my allowed calories. I'm not eatin cause I'm hungry, I'm just eatin to eat. Maybe it's out of boredom, I don't know. My son is doin the same thing I am, and he hasn't cheated once, and he measures everything he eats. If it doesn't have the calories listed on it he doesn't eat it. He's lost over 40 pounds. He's losin about 3-4 pounds a week. He doesn't eat all his calories, cuz he's not that hungry. I wish I was just like him, cuz I'd have lost a lot more weight then I have. I truely wanna lose weight. Gunna try to plan my meals and disapline myself by eatin the same thing every day. At least I'll stay within my calories. Lookin to make some friends with the same struggles I'm havin.
Take care everyone!
Take care everyone!
Also do you eat certain foods or just anything? If there are foods you are likely to comfort eat then try not to buy them in the first place.
Don't compare yourself with your son. He is a different person and may not have the same issues you have. In any case men lose weight in different ways than women just as they gain weight differently. And comparisons are never a good idea, they only make you feel miserable which will tempt you to eat.
I think it may not be a good idea to 'discipline' yourself and eat the same thing. Discipline has negative connotations and will make you feel worse about yourself which may trigger more eating. Also if you eat the same it is boring, again it may trigger eating just for a change if nothing else especially since you admit the eating may be boredom-related.
Why not look at the range of different foods you can eat and stay within your calories? Are there any fruit and veg you like? What about berries or exotic fruits like kiwi or mango? Or one thing I have heard is keeping grapes in the freezer and having one or two when you have sweet cravings. Try to keep things different and eat things you like.
If you are financially motivated, then maybe you could put the money you might have spent on junk food into a piggy bank or bank account and save for something expensive. Or have a 'loyalty card' like a coffee shop where you award yourself a stamp each time you resist temptation and at ten stamps you get a treat of your choice.