Is hunger just a part of remaining thin?
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Anonymous
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Haven’t read the whole thread but the title is stupid.
Eat six baby carrots and a cube of cheese every time you feel hungry. Guarantee you will not be fat. Or hungry. |
Anonymous
Do people really live like this? |
Anonymous
DP I can’t agree more with this. If you eat satisfying, filling food at each meal, you won’t feel the need to graze all day long, like some kind of ruminant animal. But we’re talking making animal products center stage-I.e.-a salad with grilled chicken thighs or soup/stew full of meats and veggies for lunch, tuna steak or a braised beef dish for dinner. I think it’s difficult for most people to get that kind of satiety from a carb-laden, mostly plant-based diet. Hence the need to eat throughout the day. |
Anonymous
This sounds like a good hack - ty! |
Anonymous
Wow. Size 8 is my ideal size. Always has been — when I was a teen, in my twenties and into early 30’s before having kids. Never occurred to me it was a shameful size. I am 5’3” and weighed 115-125 when that size. |
Anonymous
This feels like classic disordered thinking. I hope you spend as much time improving your mind as your dress size (seriously). |
Anonymous
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For all the people trying to eat better, lose weight and reduce their calorie intake, you need to know that eating clean with fewer calories is a habit that needs to be formed. It takes time to build a new habit psychologically, but also physically, for your stomach to shrink a little and your digestion to get used to pumping out fewer enzymes that make you feel queasy when you're hungry and used to high-fat meals. During that time, yes, you'll be ravenous, especially if you're a woman on your PMS/period - that's when cravings hit hard. So you need enormous willpower, and reasonable, not overly ambitious goals. But when you push past that habit-formation, you will attain a new equilibrium. And since nothing is permanent, the new equilibrium will be challenged by stress, Holiday meals, travel, etc. But you will know what works and what to do. |
Anonymous
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The elephant in the room about body positivity and weight loss is that carrying excess weight of any type on your body is simply not good for your organs or your joints over the long-term of your body’s life. It’s not about being comfortable at the way you are. I too am on a weight loss journey, not only for vanity – although vanity is a big motivating factor – but for the health of my hips and knee joints overtime, and my internal organs, and generalized body inflammation. One thing I have noticed about the very thin and fit people that I know – yes, because the fittest people I know are usually very slim – they do not seek that feeling of being overstuffed or overly full on a regular basis, so eating below the limit of fullness is simply a habit they have developed.
That said, if you are hungry, I would double up on salads, protein, and check your hydration levels! |
Anonymous
I am not saying this thinking is healthy but I also think these snarky responses are pretty lacking in empathy. People understand their feelings of shame over their clothing size are not good. But it's so common. And I don't really even think it's about feeling shame over specific numbers. It's about the change and feeling like your weight is spiraling. Someone who has been a size 0 without thinking about it their entire life but who finds themselves fighting to fit into a size 6 will feel this way. So will someone who has alwaybe comfortably been a size 8 if they suddenly have to start buying size 12. It's not the size itself -- bodies come in different shapes and sizes and what will look healthy and proportional on one body can look really overweight on another body. For me it's the transition from "well yeah my body is filling out a bit as I get older" and accepting that versus feeling like my weight is just on an upward trajectory and won't stop if I don't do something. It's not the number itself. It's watching the numbers tick up at middle age and feeling like I have to actively work just to get them to hold steady at a size that is already one or two sizes bigger than what was "normal" for me even at age 40. |
Anonymous
This is a source of stress for me as well in part because I have a very slight frame and already have joint problems. Like I already have hip misalignment issues from pregnancy and knee issues from childhood. Adding 20 lbs to that seems like a bad idea even if it looked okay (though I also think it would not look okay because of my frame) and I worry about hitting a point where I'm heavy enough that exercise or even just walking more is uncomfortable. That's what happened to my mom and that's when her weight spiraled because she didn't feel comfortable going to the pool and she wanted to drive instead of walk because the weight was hard on her joints. So that 20 lbs became 60 lbs. a lot faster and easier than she ever expected. I at least have the benefit of her experience and know I have to stay active -- if she had it to do over again she'd fight through that desire to rest and find ways to keep moving. But I also just don't want to get to that point. Which means paying attention to my weight and making diet and exercise changes earlier in order to keep my weight down. Diabetes and heart disease also both run in my family. I had my DC at 37 and I want to live a long time. It really is not all vanity. |
Anonymous
I read PP as a thin person explaining if hunger is a part of remaining thin, what are you laughing about? Do you have anything to add to the conversation or are you just calling out "almost underweight" women? Don't be ridiculous. |
Anonymous
more like 6 cubes of cheese and 1 baby carrot. |
Anonymous
Size 8 is not what it used to be. I am 5’3.5” and at 125 I’m a Loft/AT/Banana Repubic size 2. |
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Anonymous
A cube of cheese is 100 calories. Just so you're aware. You can eat other things if you're hungry. |