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How do i stop overeating? I am overweight (not obese or anything I just kind of have a gut and moobs). I work out at the least 4 times a weak and I still don't lose wait. The only reason I can think of is that I overeat. I eat when I am Bored and when I just feel like eating. I rarely get hungry because I eat often. This is starting to be a problem and I really want to lose wait. Can someone give me advice?
In the book Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming a person had the same problem as you. The way they fixed was when they had a lucid dream they would eat and eat. In the morning they were satisfied but not full. In the day when they would see food they would just say "I dont need to eat that now I'll just eat it in my dreams!" That is one way how to stop overeating. Hope I helped. :)
That is a funny and a Great idea, but I don't LD enough to do that every day and I don't want to spend my time in an LD eating. I was looking for a way to break the habit altogether. Thanks for the post though army. :D
Willpower... You can do it man, don't starve yourself, don't overeat, just eat normally (and healthily as much as your taste buds will permit).
Eat only when you are hungry, and eat only until you are satisfied. If you feel full or sick, you've gone too far. You just want to take the edge off. ;)
And if you can, take up some basic cooking. You'd be surprised how cheap and easy it is to cook healthy, tasty meals. If you combine it with the dining practice above, as well as a bit of exercise, you'll see the pounds melt off.
Also consider that some people just naturally have a harder time losing weight. There is no universal healthy body type, and to some degree, your body type is determined genetically. So, you may very well eat the same as an ultra-skinny person, but due to your genetically determined metabolism, you carry a heftier load. It doesn't mean you are unhealthy, but if you want to lose weight anyway, it may be more of a challenge.
Good luck.
Thanks Mario.
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Thanks Spart.
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I used to be overweight, but what I consider within normal limits. What I do now is really just not eat until I haven't eaten in a while. Usually once a day, maybe twice. Some might argue it's anorexia, but honestly I feel just as healthy as I used to, only now I'm skinnier and I get full much more quickly. For example, I used to be able to eat four McDoubles at McDonald's, now I can eat one, maybe one and a half, and I'm full.
What happened when I first started this course was, during the day, I would get really hungry and even get stabbing stomach pains, but I just ignored it--eventually it just went away after an hour or so. Now I almost never feel hungry at all and half the time I eat it's because I know I should and not because I want to. It honestly feels great because not only do you look better but you feel more in control of your life. I lost around 30lbs in a month doing this, and now I'm relatively stable. Just remember to still eat and eat the right things (so you get proper nutrients) and you'll end up fine.
Great advice snoop. Today was my first day resisting overeating. It went good and I feel good about myself.
Honestly the only thing that will help is shear willpower. That coupled with better food choices will be the only way to get healthier.
Stock your house with fruits and vegetables that you like to eat. Eat those instead of the crap you normally do.
Drink water when you get hungry. Two or three huge glasses before you even open the fridge. I drink about 2 gallons a day.
I am quite overweight and my journey to my goal weight is still a long way away, but those few things have really made a huge impact.
My dad is a member of Overeater's Anonymous, I tried it, it wasn't for me but they have this great motto that goes "Nothing tastes as good as abstinence feels"
Just like you said, you felt good about yourself when you resisted. Remember how that felt and strive to keep that feeling going.
I disagree with all the advice about skipping meals. Skipping meals is the worst thing you can do!
You want to keep a more stable metabolism and sugar levels, not rollercoaster back and forth by waiting a long time between meals and starving yourself (which will just make you store more fat because your body will say "hey, I'm starved! Look, food! I need to store this as fat cause I'm used to being starved for long periods of time!" In fact, I would say eat MORE meals. Eat like 5 meals a day, but keep them smaller and healthier.
Random tips:
- NEVER skip breakfast. I'd go as far as to say that an unhealthy breakfast sandwich is better than running on empty in the morning.
- Drink proper amounts of water. In particular, as soon as you get out of bed in the morning, drink a real big glass of water. Your body needs it after 7-8 hours of no water.
- Speaking of which... Get the right amount of sleep!
- Chew your food. Like, properly. Like your mom used to say (30 times or so per mouthful?) This will have two effects: First, you will make life easier on your digestive system, which is necessary. Second, you will eat slower, which means you will eat less (feeling of satisfaction has a "lag" so if you eat fast, it's easy to overeat and then feel way too full).
- Exercise regularly. You should at least do the equivalent of... I dunno, half an hour of cardio every day. But that's baseline, so if you have a hobby that counts as exercise a few times a week (martial arts, climbing, whatever), then go for it.
And snacking is okay, so long as you're not scarfing down Cheetos with a Coke chaser. Keep some nuts on hand for an easy way to help with any cravings. Almonds make you feel full real quickly.
I haven't been starving myself or anything. I have just only been eating when I get hungry, and I only eat to take the edge of hunger away. I am still doing good by the way, I haven't even thought of eating unless I get hungry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Replicon
I used to be just about like you. I found that besides just over eating I was eating the wrong things. When you think about how much bad stuff there is in things that we eat every day. Some much stuff is full of fat or sugar. Try taking a significant junk of sugar out of your diet and I think you will get results as there is sugar hidden in a lot of stuff.
I'm going to try fasting. I started last night. I think I have built up some sort of will power now, so I want to test it. That is why I am trying this, don't worry, I am not starving myself.
My father eats a little thing every hour. You could try that, or get a hobby that takes alot of time. If you do that or maybe hang out with your friends alot, you won't need to eat as much. I know you want to fast, but that makes you more hungry when you're done. Also, you can over eat, it just has to be the right stuff. You can have big meals, too if they are healthy.
You can eat all you want to if you go the negative calorie route. You'll literally dine your way to slimness.
Negative calorie foods
I have lost 10 pounds in the past 2 weeks. Going for 20 or more.
That's awesome! Glad to hear about your loss :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bradysdreaming
You'll achieve your goal sooner than you think!
Dude, fasting is only going to slow down your metabolism which in turn is going to make you lose even less weight. Any weight you do lose will be muscle which will yet again slow down your metabolism. Nasty cycle, so I'd quit that right now. Same thing happens with cleanses. All you lose is muscle and water weight.
Ok, when you get up in the morning, drink 2-3 glasses of water. Then have stuff like fruit (try mario's negative calories), wholemeal carbs (white carbs is sugar which spikes your blood sugar which gives you cravings. Then you eat more) and protein (eg chicken, fish, beans, eggs). 2-3 hours later, have a snack. Make sure it's healthy. Then have lunch, another snack, and then dinner, always only 2-3 hours after eachother. You don't want to go hungry, but you don't want to be full. You want your metabolism to be as fast as possible. Drink loads of water (try green tea which speeds your metabolism. I didn't like it at first but now I love it!) inbetween meals.
STAY AWAY FROM BAD SUGARS. Stuff like biscuits, cake and all that crap will just make you want to eat more. I'm not saying you can never have anything sweet again, but try fruit sorbet and stuff like that. Soon your cravings will go away because your body will correct its blood sugar levels. This will also make your skin clearer and you'll feel more energetic - some nice side-effects. Fruit sugars are fine :) Just don't eat too much. Honey is basically sugar made by bees so I recommened Agave Nectar instead.
Try seasoning your foods with herbs instead of sauces. Any sauces you do use, try to make them less creamy. As some other people said, your stomach will shrink and you won't be able to eat as much. Since boredom is a problem, keep busy. Avoid the kitchen. Ask your parent(s) to stop buying crap or at least hide it from you. I also recommend trying to cook yourself - from scratch. Companies put nasty shit in food these days. I started cooking for myself and my dad about 7 months ago and now I love it :D
What are you doing for exercise? I recommend lifting weights (although don't ask me about this, I haven't a clue, all I know is the more muscle you have the faster your metabolism) and interval training. Go running and switch from jogging to sprinting, or walking to sprinting. Exercise also releases endorphins which makes you happier. Runner's high is REAL. But not just with running, general exercise. Make sure it's high intensity. This causes an afterburn of the metabolism which makes you burn more calories for a few days afterwards.
Oh, and please please please don't go on any fad "miracle" diets! Everyone knows that they just don't work.
Haha, my dad was a p.t instructer in the army and my uncle's a personal trainer so... I've picked stuff up from them... Good luck! I hope this works out. Stay confident and stick to it :)
For exercise I lift weights, do push ups, pull ups, and a variety of other stuff. I also run a mile a day. What ever I am doing is currently working. I have plenty of muscle, I have been lifting weights for awhile. I just wanted to shed 20-30 pounds, because I think I still have too much excess body fat.
You may have plenty of muscle now, but if you fast then that's not going to last long. Twenty to thirty pounds is still quite an amount, so you'll still have to clean up what you eat in order to drop that. If you don't you'll probably stop losing.
Remember it's not just about weight loss, it's about a healthy lifestyle too.
:D
A normal weight drop is about 1-2 pounds per week. 5 per week is doing damn good if all you're doing are the healthy things. :D Yeah, don't fast, and keep doing what you've been doing. You're already exceeding the norm in spades. Just be patient. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bradysdreaming
Thanks guys, for all of the advice.:D
Why does it mean you are exceeding by a lot if you say you are exceeding in spades? I'm not questioning your wording I've just been wondering where that phrase comes from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mario92
Thanks Mario
How is the weight loss going Brady?
I haven't lost any more pounds sense I last posted, but I am building muscle tissue. My chest is getting broader and my arms bigger. I don't think I am going to go by the scale anymore. I might just go by my gut size from now on. I do lot of work on my muscle groups and sense I am building muscle tissue, I don't think counting my weight lost via scale is going to be affective. I am getting in better shape though, I went on a 3 mile jog day before yesterday, and I got a runners high, something I haven't had in awhile. BTW, are there any special chest exercises I can do to burn fat on my chest, I am building muscle on my chest but I still have excess body fat over top of it, it looks kind of weird?
Thats a good Idea in regards to not basing your results on the scale. I don't know about the excess body fat on the chest, I used to be pretty chubby and I still have a weird looking chest because of the extra skin that used to be there.
You can't control where your body loses fat. Building muscle just strengthens the area, but doesn't make it lose fat. So you're just going to have to keep doing what you're doing, your body should sort itself out.
The extra skin thing - this is one of the reasons why people advise to only lose 1-2 pounds per week. It gives the skin time to re-shape and therefore won't sag later.
Keep up the good work! :)
I am more concentrated on gaining muscle at the moment, and am doing the P90X workout program, but would be glad to share what I have learned about weight loss/gain with you.
What you're going to want to do is workout and eat, but since you already do that that's good. The problem lies in WHAT you eat.
You should probably start looking at the nutrition labels on the food that you eat, that's step 1.
Step 2 would be to consume a diet of probably... I'm assuming you're ~180lbs so 50% protein/30% carbs/ and 20% fat everyday. That means eat 90g of protein, 54g carbs, and 36g of fat. Not the bad fat either, the good one (unsaturated)
With a regular workout schedule and reduced eating, you can lose A LOT of weight really quickly, and gain plenty of muscle while doing it. Don't pay attention to the scale if you stick to what I just told you, just start noticing the difference in the size of your pants or the increased reps that you take. Cheat once a week and have a sugary meal, just don't indulge yourself. I would recommend this:
Breakfast: Whole grain english muffin + eggs and orange juice/milk. Maybe some peanut butter on there too? Good protein.
Lunch: Whole grain sandwich of turkey breast slices, some cheese and vegetables, with a serving or two of fruit. (Apples/peaches/strawberries)
Dinner: Smoked salmon/Chicken breast/Steak (don't add too many spices or anything) with a side of mashed potatoes. Yams are a very good source of carbs. Drink Water/Milk/Orange Juice.
For inbetween you could eat a healthy snack, apple slices dipped in peanut butter or some peanuts. Try not to drink sugary or caffeinated drinks like soda and coffee, not good for your body at all.
Pretty basic schedule, but try to not eat over 2000 calories a day if you're trying to lose weight. And if you're going to eat sugary foods, well try to work it off during your workout. Hope this helps.
Thank you lucidteammate. That was helpful information on a balanced diet. The only thing that irritates me is the crap my school sells for lunch. I mean skipping lunch alltogether would be better for you than eating that shit. Everything is deep-fried or has lots of cheese. I think mcdonalds is better for you. I have been eating the sun chips they sell. I know it is better for me than fries and fried chicken.
God my school canteen is terrible too. But here in Scotland we have this thing where you can't sell food which cannot pass this test which declares whether something is healthy or not. But it's a load of BS! All they sell is white carbs and greasy cheese. Cheese pizza, cheese panini's, cheesy pasta. Then there's crisps, nutri-grain bars (basically cake and jam), cookies... I mean fair enough if you want to eat yourself to death but there ARE some teenagers who are concerned about their health.
Just take a packed lunch. A sandwich or something... Some fruit and water... You get the drift.
Council food these days -_-
I think I might try cutting back on carbs and sugars. These two things cause excess body fat (I think). I will still eat carbs, just less, maybe like a piece of whole grain toast in the morning. I will also try to eat natural sugars like fruit. What do you guys think? Also, is there anything else I should cut back on?
Ultimately, calories cause body fat. If you go with a standard 2000 to 3000 calories/day diet (depending on activity level), it doesn't so much matter where those calories come from.
I know that calories cause body fat, but I am pretty sure carbs and sugars are full of energy. Unburned energy turns into fat.
Right. They're full of calories. Your body uses calories as fuel. Calories = energy. The difference between fats, sugars, proteins, carbs, etc is the volume of calories per unit. So eating a steak may be equivalent to one slice of bread. The steak will fill you up more for the same amount of calories. But in the end, the source doesn't matter.
Exactly, so I should eat less empty carbs and less sugar.
What are you talking about the source of the calories doesn't matter? Maybe if you're just trying to survive but he's is trying to lose weight and get healthier. There is a huge difference between calories from stuff like candy, pop, white bread and things like Whole Grain Breads, Oatmeal and potatoes. Just don't eat empty calories that have nothing in them besides calories, look for things with vitamins in them not candy or pop. What exactly do you mean Mario by saying a steak has the same amount of calories as a piece of bread?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mario92
That 1. the steak is greater in volume and more filling than the slice of bread, and that 2. if they have identical calorie counts, you could eat either one just fine. A calorie is a calorie. Something that has good nutrition and takes more energy to digest (e.g. steak) may be better, but he certainly doesn't have to cut out carbs entirely. At the end of the day, all calories are identical.Quote:
Originally Posted by The
As Mario said, a calorie is a calorie. You could eat whatever shit you liked, and as long as you cut your calories by 1000 from your AMR (not all from food of course, this includes calories burned by exercise) per day you'll still lose 2 pounds per week. I could live off of chocolate as long as I stuck to my AMR-1000. But we're talking healthy living here.
As for the carbs, carbs burn slowly so they'll leave you feeling fuller for longer. Same thing with protein. But since you're losing weight, then I say low amount of carbs (as you said) with LOADS of fruit and veg, good amounts of protein and very little dairy and sugar. You still need fat remember, but good fats like avacado :)
No dairy, ahhhhh...
While the "calories in < calories out" equation is fundamentally true, a lot of people ignore the fact that "calories in" and "calories out" are NOT independent of one another.
Instead of trying to eat less or different kinds of food i would suggest increasing your intensity in the gym
do squats, deadlifts, bench press, military press, chin-ups, rows, dips, sprints (if you can)
exercises like that will stimulate muscle growth and your calories will tend to be stored more in your muscles and be used more to build and maintain muscle rather than being stored as fat. also, muscle is active metabolic tissue so it will burn more calories just sitting there than if you replaced the muscle with fat or nothing at all
you can also increase fat and decrease carbs, or try intermittent fasting, this is where you fast for 16+ hrs and eat during a select window every day
PM, if you want to know more
sorry guys, calories in vs calories out is not the whole story
even when you compare similar macronutrient ratios (for example if diet A is 40/40/20 and diet b is also 40/40/20 but different foods) you still need to take into account the types of foods that are being consumed.
different kinds of foods have all sorts of different effects on hormones and body composition through direct or indirect pathways, a diet that eliminates grains and dairy may have the same total calories as one where the person eats ONLY dairy and grains but the person who eats only dairy and grains will have a much harder time losing weight than the person avoiding those 2 food groups
the food you eat affects your body in so many ways, the energy you get from these foods in the form of protein, fats, and carbohydrates are only one small part of the equation
most commonly held notions about nutrition are so off base it isn't even funny. literally. it isn't funny at all because people are getting sick and fat from poor nutritional advice
Well said Astral Traveler.
Well.. my mom read this book that controlled her eating...
Basically what you do.. is make a plate of food that you would normally do.. eat somewhere where you CAN NOT get distracted...
Then eat... and while eating focus on eating only.. "Listen to your body" and it will tell you when you are full..
Very interesting topic under discussion... Well. you can't reduce your eating at the spot...
You should control this slowly if you instantly try to minimize your then it can be dangerous for you...
That's quite a feat for a bundle of paper. Did it get stuck in her gullet or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lunataur
I lol'd :D