I'm hungry!

Part of the trick to loosing weight is not to be hungry.  My doc recommends massive amounts of veg, cooked and raw.  He says if you are hungry make sure you eat otherwise you will obsess over food which will lead you to eat anything.  I now eat veg till it feels like it comes out of my ears but my favourite thing is veg soup that is more veg than soup flavoured with some spices.  If I'm hungry a big mug of this and I'm good to go.  If you eat a salad, make sure you eat until you are satisfied and eat every two hours.  Sound a lot?  I agree....but my DD2 is a personal trainer with other qualifications and does diets as part of her service......her number one rule is never get hungry!! and by eating every two hours of the right things, you will never be tempted by the wrong as there is no hunger and that means the ol' metabolism will start to speed up....well in my case begin to move.   I'm also so on the AI's and stacked on a whole heap of weight and being 5'4" I started to look like an apple with limbs and a head so I have been following my DD2's advice for the last six months and have lost, with no exercise I might add, fifteen pounds.   Hope it helps.

Love n hugs.  Chrissy

It's not easy but sadly yes losing weight does help. Definitely. I say sadly because now there is no excuse for us, and definitely no comfort eating to deal with the discovery.

One thing that helped me was a photo taken from behind, about six months before diagnosis. We were going downstairs into Hezekiah's tunnel in Jerusalem so I had on some shorts to walk through the water in the tunnel, with a long skirt for decency and sun-protection in the outdoors at both ends, hitched up as we entrered the darkness and did the stairs, and the guy behind took this picture. He didn't mean to be cruel, he was just doing what tourists do, but it has to be the one picture you would pay your fotrune to destroy the negative....  It was on my fridge for quite a while so in my face every time i went for a nibble.

So instead of virtual chocolate brownies, I now send you virtual bowl of fruit. It doesn't sound the same, does it.  

What's the worst when you get thin, the wrinkles aren't all nicely filled out: eat too many prunes and you get to look like one. Maybe go for peaches, they are soft and furry. Everyone loves peaches. They make great smoothies if you whizz up a cheap tin of peach slices with whatever fruit looks a bit.. yesterday-ish eg a past-it's-best banana or the non-bruised sides of the last two plums in the basket. But keep an eye on your stamina, for me that's the best guage of getting too thin.

And get out of the house and walk. Like with a toddler that's driving you mad, sometimes you just need to get out. You would never finish the whole pack of biscuits in public, would you. In fact just don't buy biscuits. If a kind visitor brings some, put them in a tin and use them on the next kind visitor!

I second that NatsFan!

I use livestrong.com, although I am sure there are other sites out there that are just as great for tracking food and exercise. The key, for me, is to track every single thing you eat or drink, even if you think it doesn't have any calories. On livestrong.com it will break down the nutritional info for you, and show how much fat, sodium, carbs and protein you consumed and how much over your recommended amount. I also track fitness, everything I do during the day... 

I must tell you, when I first started my weight didn't budge for six whole weeks although I walked 4 miles every single day and restricted my daily food intake... It took a lot of persistence from me, but now I am steadily loosing 2 pounds a week.  Do NOT get discouraged. Don't deny yourself any food that you like either, because you will come to resent whatever regime you're on. 

I ate half a cake on Sunday, LOL. I don't recommend it, but I made up for the excess sugar, fat and calories because I was tracking everything I ate, including the cake, so I know how much I overate.  Good luck, you can do it, just make sure you devise a long term plan that is comfortable for you

I swear by South Beach - over the years when my weight gets out of control I just go on the beginner's part for a few weeks and I lose the excess weight - the first time I went on it years ago I lost 70 lbs. and was NEVER hungry - I learned so much from the diet - such as I am hugely "allergic" to carbs - if I eat them I blow up like a puff ball and start having problems retaining fluid - I still eat carbs 8 years later but mostly I eat whole grain everything except pasta which (when I have it) I undercook.  It saw me through chemo weight gain, AI weight gain and depression weight gain.  I also now eat some foods I would never have bothered trying.

Good Luck - I hate that you're hungry.

Sandy

  I  LOVE Edy's no sugar added fruit bars....they are only 25 calories and wonderful in this hot weather.  Problem is I can eat an entire box of them, but guess it is better than eating half a cake.  Sorry mks16, but I laughed outloud when I read that as I have done the same thing before....also with pies....just a sliver at a time, but the next thing you know, Wow, did I eat all that!?!!?!  Today I ate almost half a watermelon....am taking this unlimited fruit to heart. 

I love shopping for clothes after I have lost weight....do not have much fun doing it at all when I am still unable to zip the zipper on the size I think I should be.   Popcorn is a good low cal snack.  Jiffy pop makes one that is WW approved, says so on the pkg.  I like the white popcorn the best and that is one of the few times I think I need to drink pop....I just think I need it when I have popcorn.  A carton of diet soda lasts forever when I have it, but I need it with popcorn.

Tonight I had a pretty vegetarian meal....sauteed zucchini in olive oil with celery, onion, garlic and a little Parmesan cheese also had some brown rice with mushrooms.  Water melon for dessert.   And after talking about it think am going to have some popcorn tonight.   Have you tried those microwave poppers that don't need oil....you can get them at Bed Bath &Beyond and they are great. 

I'm hungry too! I second natfan's recommendations for loseit.com, 'Lets Post Our Daily Exercise' and 'Wednesday Weigh In'. All that accountability stuff really helps me.

GROAN!   This has been a bad day from the very start....had my banana so I could take my pills in the AM, BUT made a stop at McDonald's on the way to work and got a sausage biscuit.   Then tonight I was starving so told husband Sure, I will go when he asked if I wanted to go somewhere and get something to eat....normally I always say no, I will fix something here, but I had been thinking about a baked potato for some reason.  So he asks Where ? and I said Golden Corral so you know what that means.  I am afraid I did justice to the buffet....did not get any desserts because there were too many other good things to eat,,and I did get my potato.   Ah well, tomorrow is another day.   WW won't be held on Monday because of the holiday so I will have a week to be good before going for weigh in. 

Cookiegal....you are obviously suffering from potato deprivation.  I roast them and go for interesting, colors, shapes, and flavors.

Also, can you find some local strawberries at NYC farmers markets???   No, not cookies, but very satisfying.

I don't know how you balance this, but the minute I start to get anywhere near sensory deprivation, I eat.  Fortunately, I am able to work most of this off.

Finally, I can't live w/o the occasional indulgence.  There is a fab Norwegian bakery a few blocks away.  Plus a number of good French ones in the area.  Plus, plus, plus.......

A long time ago, I learned that I was much better off treating myself at the getgo.  Otherwise, I eat everything in sight, THEN treat myself.

What I try not to do is bake anything for only me.  Because yes, I really can eat the whole thing.

Good luck.  I think if you focus on the wonderful in-season produce and foods, it will help a lot.

Enjoy the weekend. - Claire

i hope i don't sound like a bad record but avoiding carbs is a way to lose weight easily especially coupled with exercise.

as Mr. Lee (kung fu teacher) says  (and he is kind of wrong) there are plenty of carbs in vegetables.  just eat meat and veggies.. fruit only sometimes.  When I get heavy that's what I do.

Actually, you don't sound that heavy.. i like people to be substantial  - to show they enjoy life. life is too short to worry about weight.  they may come a time when you won't be able to eat.

Hymil< thank you for the welcome:)  I agree popcorn is the way to go for a great snack when craving carbs!  Had that last evening...using that wonderful microwave popper, that uses minimal oil and pops huge kernals...yum...I have a BMI of 26, accoring to Kaiser guidelines..working on it..7 more rads to go, I am burnt...hate it, but getting thru it.  I am so afraid that when I start the Arimidex, I will gain weight

everyone...I love this thread, great topic

I topped out in Jan @ 210, so I cut out corn syrups, diet sweetners,bread and fast food. I also looked for jobs where I would not be sitting at a desk all day. My job keeps me running. I do small meals every 2 hrs, if I want bread it has to be 35 cal a slice and whole grain. It is working- weekends I eat what I want and after 3 months I was happy with fruit or 100% fruit juice(no sugar) for a snack. My downfall is cookies and pie, but so I try to do custards and fruit/high fiber cookies. I weighed in  this week @ 175 just 40 more to go. My job wears me out and I am too busy to eat exept on breaks. One of my really bad habits was fast food eaten in the car going to work, eating all day at my desk and fast food on way home. I have tried all the diets and 2 wks later I am off the wagon! I do not seem to gain with regular sugar in smaller amounts, so the corn syrup and nondiet sweetners were helping me gain.

good luck with your diet.  I am in the process of trying to come off of Lyrica.  I too found I am always hungry but I can go a long time without eating which is my problem. Then I don't want to stop once I start. 

I do not believe sugar substitutes are good for you.  I got nauseated as soon as I swallow the stuff.  I know if I would give up my Mt. Dew I would loose a lot of weight right off the bat....However it is my coffee.  I need that caffeine to get through the day with my ADHD 8 year old.  It's that are some chocolate.  lol