Re: Why don't they call "dieting" the "hunger game... - Page 2

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@Trinity11 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
If you are starving, you're not eating enough. You have it right. Don't overdo and listen to your body. That's the secret and always has been. Your body will tell you what it needs. Even that treat every once in while.
I say this with all respect but if I listened to my body I would be eating french fries and cake all day long.

I have dieted all of my life and at this point my metabolism is shot.....I probably cannot eat more than 1000 calories otherwise I gain weight. Lately, I was put on medication that is a known drug that causes weight gain. I am eating anywhere from 800 to 1000 calories just to break even and not gain. There are days I think the hunger games adequately describe a life long struggle to stay at a healthy weight for my height. BTW, my cardiologist knows I am not eating much and he said better that than gaining. So much for "starving."
To clarify, listen to your body not your cravings.

When you start on a cleaner eating program, those cravings will diminish as the addictions (sugar, fat, etc) go away. And I promise they will.

After you get over that hurdle (and it is a big one), it is much easier to hear your body and determine when you are actually hungry and what food your body really needs each day.
I have been thin all of my life except after I gave birth to my children. Never have I not been interested in eating sugar and fat. I am most of the time hungry and have learned to live with it. However, I have read that once the brain is changed to crave sugar and fat ...it always will. Sugar is more addictive than cocaine.

The brain can be changed back. The trick is to make sure you eliminate all the sugar you eat including the hidden kind when you first start off.

It's amazing how much weight you drop immediately after coming off sugar. I dropped 10 pounds in six weeks before Christmas last year and I've kept it off just by changing that alone. It's very inflammatory.

And sugar can be things like white bread and pasta. Any simple carb that your body runs through quickly will set off that craving. Just educating yourself about what type of food you eat and how your body handles it will help create what you're looking for.

And fat, the good kind, is not bad for you at all. You have to moderate it because it's usually high calorie but it's a very important part of feeling satiated and keeping your brain healthy.

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
I find that drinking plenty of cold water helps stave off hunger pangs, and keeps me well-hydrated. Best of luck to you!

@deepwaterdotter I still don't drink enough. Trying to get as good as you!

beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

@Laura14 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
If you are starving, you're not eating enough. You have it right. Don't overdo and listen to your body. That's the secret and always has been. Your body will tell you what it needs. Even that treat every once in while.
I say this with all respect but if I listened to my body I would be eating french fries and cake all day long.

I have dieted all of my life and at this point my metabolism is shot.....I probably cannot eat more than 1000 calories otherwise I gain weight. Lately, I was put on medication that is a known drug that causes weight gain. I am eating anywhere from 800 to 1000 calories just to break even and not gain. There are days I think the hunger games adequately describe a life long struggle to stay at a healthy weight for my height. BTW, my cardiologist knows I am not eating much and he said better that than gaining. So much for "starving."
To clarify, listen to your body not your cravings.

When you start on a cleaner eating program, those cravings will diminish as the addictions (sugar, fat, etc) go away. And I promise they will.

After you get over that hurdle (and it is a big one), it is much easier to hear your body and determine when you are actually hungry and what food your body really needs each day.
I have been thin all of my life except after I gave birth to my children. Never have I not been interested in eating sugar and fat. I am most of the time hungry and have learned to live with it. However, I have read that once the brain is changed to crave sugar and fat ...it always will. Sugar is more addictive than cocaine.
The brain can be changed back. The trick is to make sure you eliminate all the sugar you eat including the hidden kind when you first start off.

It's amazing how much weight you drop immediately after coming off sugar. I dropped 10 pounds in six weeks before Christmas last year and I've kept it off just by changing that alone. It's very inflammatory.

And sugar can be things like white bread and pasta. Any simple carb that your body runs through quickly will set off that craving. Just educating yourself about what type of food you eat and how your body handles it will help create what you're looking for.

And fat, the good kind, is not bad for you at all. You have to moderate it because it's usually high calorie but it's a very important part of feeling satiated and keeping your brain healthy.

Oh Laura, three years ago for 10 days before Christmas I gave up sugar and all sweets of any kind. I was miserable the first few days absolutely in pain. Even with my exercise routine I wanted to go guilt free into the holidays that year and not worry about a single piece of turkey to fudge. I dropped five pounds during the 10 days by just not having my daily sugar in take but everything else stayed the same. I have not done it since and it did get better but it was almost as painful as giving up cigarettes back in 1997. Boy did I enjoy myself at the end of the 10 days and still have kept the extra weight off. Sugar is addictive.

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@beckyb1012 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
If you are starving, you're not eating enough. You have it right. Don't overdo and listen to your body. That's the secret and always has been. Your body will tell you what it needs. Even that treat every once in while.
I say this with all respect but if I listened to my body I would be eating french fries and cake all day long.

I have dieted all of my life and at this point my metabolism is shot.....I probably cannot eat more than 1000 calories otherwise I gain weight. Lately, I was put on medication that is a known drug that causes weight gain. I am eating anywhere from 800 to 1000 calories just to break even and not gain. There are days I think the hunger games adequately describe a life long struggle to stay at a healthy weight for my height. BTW, my cardiologist knows I am not eating much and he said better that than gaining. So much for "starving."
To clarify, listen to your body not your cravings.

When you start on a cleaner eating program, those cravings will diminish as the addictions (sugar, fat, etc) go away. And I promise they will.

After you get over that hurdle (and it is a big one), it is much easier to hear your body and determine when you are actually hungry and what food your body really needs each day.
I have been thin all of my life except after I gave birth to my children. Never have I not been interested in eating sugar and fat. I am most of the time hungry and have learned to live with it. However, I have read that once the brain is changed to crave sugar and fat ...it always will. Sugar is more addictive than cocaine.
The brain can be changed back. The trick is to make sure you eliminate all the sugar you eat including the hidden kind when you first start off.

It's amazing how much weight you drop immediately after coming off sugar. I dropped 10 pounds in six weeks before Christmas last year and I've kept it off just by changing that alone. It's very inflammatory.

And sugar can be things like white bread and pasta. Any simple carb that your body runs through quickly will set off that craving. Just educating yourself about what type of food you eat and how your body handles it will help create what you're looking for.

And fat, the good kind, is not bad for you at all. You have to moderate it because it's usually high calorie but it's a very important part of feeling satiated and keeping your brain healthy.

Oh Laura, three years ago for 10 days before Christmas I gave up sugar and all sweets of any kind. I was miserable the first few days absolutely in pain. Even with my exercise routine I wanted to go guilt free into the holidays that year and not worry about a single piece of turkey to fudge. I dropped five pounds during the 10 days by just not having my daily sugar in take but everything else stayed the same. I have not done it since and it did get better but it was almost as painful as giving up cigarettes back in 1997. Boy did I enjoy myself at the end of the 10 days and still have kept the extra weight off. Sugar is addictive.

@beckyb1012 Congratulations!!

I wasn't miserable but then I did it because of a health scare so I was already emotional. I was shocked at the weight loss! After a few weeks, I literally caught myself before a bath and went whoa and got out the scale for the first time in I don't even remember when.

It's amazing how bad it is for your body. I've heard now that it actually scratches up your arteries and that's what causes heart disease and stroke because it shreds your artery walls. I have a big family history of that so no no.

I have to admit I have a treat every so often but I am very careful not to get back to where I was and my weight and mood has thanked me for it.

Ibby114 · ‎03-10-2010

@beckyb1012 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
If you are starving, you're not eating enough. You have it right. Don't overdo and listen to your body. That's the secret and always has been. Your body will tell you what it needs. Even that treat every once in while.
I say this with all respect but if I listened to my body I would be eating french fries and cake all day long.

I have dieted all of my life and at this point my metabolism is shot.....I probably cannot eat more than 1000 calories otherwise I gain weight. Lately, I was put on medication that is a known drug that causes weight gain. I am eating anywhere from 800 to 1000 calories just to break even and not gain. There are days I think the hunger games adequately describe a life long struggle to stay at a healthy weight for my height. BTW, my cardiologist knows I am not eating much and he said better that than gaining. So much for "starving."
To clarify, listen to your body not your cravings.

When you start on a cleaner eating program, those cravings will diminish as the addictions (sugar, fat, etc) go away. And I promise they will.

After you get over that hurdle (and it is a big one), it is much easier to hear your body and determine when you are actually hungry and what food your body really needs each day.
I have been thin all of my life except after I gave birth to my children. Never have I not been interested in eating sugar and fat. I am most of the time hungry and have learned to live with it. However, I have read that once the brain is changed to crave sugar and fat ...it always will. Sugar is more addictive than cocaine.
The brain can be changed back. The trick is to make sure you eliminate all the sugar you eat including the hidden kind when you first start off.

It's amazing how much weight you drop immediately after coming off sugar. I dropped 10 pounds in six weeks before Christmas last year and I've kept it off just by changing that alone. It's very inflammatory.

And sugar can be things like white bread and pasta. Any simple carb that your body runs through quickly will set off that craving. Just educating yourself about what type of food you eat and how your body handles it will help create what you're looking for.

And fat, the good kind, is not bad for you at all. You have to moderate it because it's usually high calorie but it's a very important part of feeling satiated and keeping your brain healthy.

Oh Laura, three years ago for 10 days before Christmas I gave up sugar and all sweets of any kind. I was miserable the first few days absolutely in pain. Even with my exercise routine I wanted to go guilt free into the holidays that year and not worry about a single piece of turkey to fudge. I dropped five pounds during the 10 days by just not having my daily sugar in take but everything else stayed the same. I have not done it since and it did get better but it was almost as painful as giving up cigarettes back in 1997. Boy did I enjoy myself at the end of the 10 days and still have kept the extra weight off. Sugar is addictive.

Sugar is HIGHLY addictive, I agree!!! It's hidden in so many foods as well- when reading labels avoid most everything that claims to be sugar free. It often contains sugar alcohols (on the ingredient list it has various names, all ending with 'itol'), it impacts the addictive factor and your body chemistry similarly. Plus it can cause nasty GI issues (tmi!!! )

Trinity11 · ‎11-16-2014

@Laura14 wrote:
@beckyb1012 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
If you are starving, you're not eating enough. You have it right. Don't overdo and listen to your body. That's the secret and always has been. Your body will tell you what it needs. Even that treat every once in while.
I say this with all respect but if I listened to my body I would be eating french fries and cake all day long.

I have dieted all of my life and at this point my metabolism is shot.....I probably cannot eat more than 1000 calories otherwise I gain weight. Lately, I was put on medication that is a known drug that causes weight gain. I am eating anywhere from 800 to 1000 calories just to break even and not gain. There are days I think the hunger games adequately describe a life long struggle to stay at a healthy weight for my height. BTW, my cardiologist knows I am not eating much and he said better that than gaining. So much for "starving."
To clarify, listen to your body not your cravings.

When you start on a cleaner eating program, those cravings will diminish as the addictions (sugar, fat, etc) go away. And I promise they will.

After you get over that hurdle (and it is a big one), it is much easier to hear your body and determine when you are actually hungry and what food your body really needs each day.
I have been thin all of my life except after I gave birth to my children. Never have I not been interested in eating sugar and fat. I am most of the time hungry and have learned to live with it. However, I have read that once the brain is changed to crave sugar and fat ...it always will. Sugar is more addictive than cocaine.
The brain can be changed back. The trick is to make sure you eliminate all the sugar you eat including the hidden kind when you first start off.

It's amazing how much weight you drop immediately after coming off sugar. I dropped 10 pounds in six weeks before Christmas last year and I've kept it off just by changing that alone. It's very inflammatory.

And sugar can be things like white bread and pasta. Any simple carb that your body runs through quickly will set off that craving. Just educating yourself about what type of food you eat and how your body handles it will help create what you're looking for.

And fat, the good kind, is not bad for you at all. You have to moderate it because it's usually high calorie but it's a very important part of feeling satiated and keeping your brain healthy.

Oh Laura, three years ago for 10 days before Christmas I gave up sugar and all sweets of any kind. I was miserable the first few days absolutely in pain. Even with my exercise routine I wanted to go guilt free into the holidays that year and not worry about a single piece of turkey to fudge. I dropped five pounds during the 10 days by just not having my daily sugar in take but everything else stayed the same. I have not done it since and it did get better but it was almost as painful as giving up cigarettes back in 1997. Boy did I enjoy myself at the end of the 10 days and still have kept the extra weight off. Sugar is addictive.
@beckyb1012 Congratulations!!

I wasn't miserable but then I did it because of a health scare so I was already emotional. I was shocked at the weight loss! After a few weeks, I literally caught myself before a bath and went whoa and got out the scale for the first time in I don't even remember when.

It's amazing how bad it is for your body. I've heard now that it actually scratches up your arteries and that's what causes heart disease and stroke because it shreds your artery walls. I have a big family history of that so no no.

I have to admit I have a treat every so often but I am very careful not to get back to where I was and my weight and mood has thanked me for it.

That's just it...I am in heart failure due to a recent heart attack and I avoided sugar and I am thin. I ate meat and basically low carb my entire life. Genetics play a major role. In addition fat and meat shred the artery walls just as much. Sometimes even with a lot of vigilance you cannot escape genetics.

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@Ibby114 So true. The only sugar substitute I can tolerate is Stevia. And I only use that for my tea.

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@Trinity11 I'm very sorry to hear about your health problems. You have a special situation and the advice of your physicians' is what you should absolutely take.

Ibby114 · ‎03-10-2010

@Laura14 wrote:
@Ibby114 So true. The only sugar substitute I can tolerate is Stevia. And I only use that for my tea.

I use liquid stevia - I get it from Amazon. Stevita, it's great- no after taste! I only need 2 or 3 drops for a big mug of coffee.

Trinity11 · ‎11-16-2014

@Laura14 wrote:
@Trinity11 I'm very sorry to hear about your health problems. You have a special situation and the advice of your physicians' is what you should absolutely take.

Thanks...if I had to do it all over again I probably would have eaten a more plant based higher carbohydrate diet..more vegetables and low glycemic carbs. Meat probably isn't a good substitute to avoid eating sugar.