Sat, Sep-30-17, 12:11
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Senior Member
Posts: 648
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Plan: atkins
Stats: 200/170/160
BF:
Progress: 75%
Location: BC
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ImAllLike, Just to say I have been there in my own way.
Eating a few carbs makes me crave more. then nothing else satisfies, it is just white-knuckling my way through the day. Which then gets sad and depressing...which sometimes leads to a few extra carbs (just like Teaser and Carole said) which then leads to more and more...
All I can say is this: if I stock up on my favourite high Fat, Low Carb snacks (bacon, macadamia nuts, pork steak with lots of fat, grass-fed butter, eggs with no-sugar mayonnaise) and stick to eating that AS MUCH AS I WANT for three days, the cravings go away. And then i can have more control and can decide what to eat. And then the advice above (plan ahead, simple and similar meals every day, occasional fancy recipes for more flavour and fun) all is possible to implement.
Finally, I am also an emotional eater. But over the last 9 months this has become less for me, and (impossible as it was to do on a high carb diet) I have been able to find some other physical comforts that help at that time (as well as low-carb choices). Lately I have notcied that I am a bit edgey and irritated instead of hungry. For example, I want to eat and it is time to eat but i am not hungry and so i am annoyed that the "pleasure of eating" isn;t something I can do for myself. This is especially annoying at work. I am also amused at myself for this because it is really showing me that I am changing - not hungry, just want the "hobby" of eating?! Working through the day isn;t a good option in terms of mental health. So i am learning to go for a walk, take a personal phone call, make a coffee and read my book for 15 minutes. Or i read these forums. I still need the break from work but it needn't be the food.
Finally, can i suggest you start a journal? It is a great way to explore exactly these issues you face, and the changes you can see and make in your self and your thinking, as well as give support to others on the path, and get some yourself.
You can do this, in stages and with ups and down (in weight but also in your emotions and attitude). Come visit my journal and say hello if any of this resonates with you.
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