Are you sad about having to restrict what you eat?

[Anonymous]

This thread is so depressing. I just want to binge eat cupcakes and pizza… ugh. Maybe I need that medication, I’m obsessed with food.

[Anonymous]

No, I feel terrible if I don’t eat properly. I feel bloated and queasy if I eat junk food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so depressing. I just want to binge eat cupcakes and pizza… ugh. Maybe I need that medication, I’m obsessed with food.

Cupcakes and pizza are (1) not that good and (2) make you feel gross later. What exactly is there to miss?

[Anonymous]

No, because I’m 47 and very fit. I don’t drink alcohol so can literally eat whatever I want. Generally I want foods that are healthy.

Restriction would be terrible- I’d encourage you to find therapy or a nutritionist who can help you either come to terms with your current weight (if healthy) or change your habits so you don’t feel constantly deprived. It’s really just no way to live- especially if it isn’t even working and you’re overweight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:eating is a function not a form of enjoyment or pleasure , we need to change this or American will continue to be fat

I'm pretty sure most of Europe would disagree with you and they aren't nearly as fat as Americans.

Yeah, wtf? What a disordered statement. The entire world would disagree with that.

[Anonymous]

Not really. Maybe in other countries but not here where most food is processed Sysco junk. It’s not a hard price to pay to avoid the stigma and disadvantages one faces as an overweight woman in our society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I feel terrible if I don’t eat properly. I feel bloated and queasy if I eat junk food.

+1

I also get a mean case of heartburn every time I eat too much of anything or take even a nibble of something on my do-not-eat list. I've come to despise the taste of antacids so it seems simpler just to stick to the usual things that I know work for me.

I also used to do a ton of heavy cardio and weights exercise before Covid and permanently switched to long brisk walks outside when the gyms shut down. Ever since then, my appetite is a small remnant of what it used to be and it's so much easier to manage hunger, so I don't feel at all deprived or like I'm restricting (although I do get bummed about things I used to love and now can't eat because of heartburn).

[Anonymous]

I have to be careful about high fat foods because I had my gallbladder removed. Some people are fine after surgery. I am one of the few who is not. I get really sick if I eat fried foods. That makes me sad. That's the only thing I restrict. If I want cake, I eat the cake. If I find myself eating junk food than normal, I just add extra work outs. I'm not going to deprive myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so depressing. I just want to binge eat cupcakes and pizza… ugh. Maybe I need that medication, I’m obsessed with food.

Yeah, I'm the same. I think I need that medication too. Every day I walk by a coffee shop on my way to work that has delicious breakfast sandwiches and I want to get one so bad. They aren't horrible nutritionally, my favorite is cheddar, tomato, avocado and egg on a brioche bun. But that's still refined carbs, cheese, and like 1000 calories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, because I’m 47 and very fit. I don’t drink alcohol so can literally eat whatever I want. Generally I want foods that are healthy.

Restriction would be terrible- I’d encourage you to find therapy or a nutritionist who can help you either come to terms with your current weight (if healthy) or change your habits so you don’t feel constantly deprived. It’s really just no way to live- especially if it isn’t even working and you’re overweight.

It sounds like you have a good metabolism and always have. Or just aren't as hungry, maybe your hormones are balanced. Not everyone is blessed with this. I also eat quite healthfully, but even when getting enough fiber and protein and fat, I still feel hungry. It's just how I have always been. I also don't drink alcohol. And yes it sucks, but a doctor won't be able to help me with this.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I'm in my late 40s and I feel like anything I eat now shows in the scale and clothes.

I'm not obsess with food, never was, but I would like to eat ANYTHING I want and not gain weight like in my teens, twenties, and even early 30s.

I don't care for chocolate or junk I just want to eat big meals, like lots....however, I eat like a bird so I don't gain weight. Sad, sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am very sad. 55 years old, 5'2" and haven't eaten bread or pasta in YEARS. I eat fairly healthy, do lift weights, walk 3 miles daily (at a good clip) and still have to restrict or I would balloon up to over 200 pounds. As it is, I'm 15 pounds of where I'd like to be, and 25 from my ideal weight.

Any celebration, a parent, child or inlaw birthday, a retirement, whatever, seriously I will skip my own dessert and have one small bite from my husband's plate just to not feel completely left out. But it sucks being short, old, and hungry.

Please don't say you lift weights if you are using the Barbie-pink 5 lb dumbbells at the gym.

[Anonymous]

Sad? No, no food is that important to me that I would feel strongly about not eating it. Similarly, if I hated my life because I was so obsessed about what I could and could not eat, I'd see a therapist and dietician to figure thing out.

[Anonymous]

There was a thread on here recently where someone posted a link to what Halle Barry eats in a day -- if that were my diet the majority of the time, then yes, I would be downright sad.

I do a less restrictive level of restricting, ha, which leaves me not sad, and I say that as someone with a large appetite who loves food. I am 40 years old, 5'3" and 118 pounds. To maintain this weight, I obviously cannot eat whatever and how ever much I want to eat at any time. I do things like intermittent fasting M-F, no desserts or alcohol M-F, basically no snacking anytime. Not too many "seconds". But I absolutely eat carbs --pizza, pasta --, go to restaurants, have treats on the weekend, etc. I losoen up on vacation, holidays, parties. If a have a treat kind of meal, I try to make my next meal or the rest of the day lighter It took some trial and error, but I've found a level and types of restrictions that really don't leave me sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a thread on here recently where someone posted a link to what Halle Barry eats in a day -- if that were my diet the majority of the time, then yes, I would be downright sad.

I do a less restrictive level of restricting, ha, which leaves me not sad, and I say that as someone with a large appetite who loves food. I am 40 years old, 5'3" and 118 pounds. To maintain this weight, I obviously cannot eat whatever and how ever much I want to eat at any time. I do things like intermittent fasting M-F, no desserts or alcohol M-F, basically no snacking anytime. Not too many "seconds". But I absolutely eat carbs --pizza, pasta --, go to restaurants, have treats on the weekend, etc. I losoen up on vacation, holidays, parties. If a have a treat kind of meal, I try to make my next meal or the rest of the day lighter It took some trial and error, but I've found a level and types of restrictions that really don't leave me sad.

I am 47, 5'6, weigh 118 too. This is basically what I do. IF daily, no alcohol or soda ever, fruit for dessert. A little bread or pasta on weekends. I love sweets but they leave me bloated.