I really enjoy exercise and look forward to my workouts. My problem is the nutrition part. I know what I should be eating and what I should stay away from but that doesn't stop me from binging on the sweets and just junk food in general. This has been really frustrating because this keeps me from meeting my fitness goals and from loosing the 40 lbs that I am trying to loose by July. Any ideas and feedback is welcome!
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Food Adiction
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Posted 8 months ago #
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I have found that with myself, the more I think about nutrition and my diet, the more I tend to have binges on sweets and other junk foods. When I relax, give myself the ability to choose those foods as an extra snack occasionally, I am able to eat better. Also, when I am training for a race, I realize how those foods bother my stomach or performance, therefore the race motivates me to eat things to enhance my workouts.
I also try not to read too many blogs/websites about people who are obsessed with diet/nutrition. Sometimes that can make me feel whacky and overeat too.
Posted 8 months ago # -
It also might help to not think of it as so much of an addiction. It's eating, not shooting heroine. If you 'cure' your food addiction, you die. What you're looking for is a better relationship with that food, even if the real problem comes down to something that is more approximate with an addiction to some foods.
There's no one method. Tracking is good, because it sees how it affects your performance in terms of working out. Looking at it like your training, and accepting that it will take small degrees and soft changes can help. Short (short!) fasts can work to hit the reset on your food-mind relationship. If it's primarily junk food and sweet snacks that are doing you in, either commit to not having them around or try to find healthier alternatives.
To wit, a lot of times, you're not really craving the ____ as craving something, some sort of food experience. You can reduplicate that experience in healthier manners.
Posted 6 months ago # -
One tool often used in behavior modification of eating is to create a chain. In each link write the trigger or stimulus for the food binge and the result.
For example: Link one: I am watching TV. Link 2: A food ad comes on, link3: I get up and snag that small bag of M&Ms link 4: I sit and eat it Link 5 I am now bored of TV link 6: I eat several more bags of M&Ms.
Become aware of your triggers and try to short circuit them:Break the chain of behavior. Find solutions that work for you.
Mindful eating.
Posted 5 months ago # -
I know one thing that really helps me is just not to keep that stuff around. Some times after a long ride all I want is some ice cream, but if I dont have any ice cream or choclate bars, or "junk food" i usually settle that craving with an orange or some trail mix. One of the best ways I have found to achieve a goal is surround myself with things or people that help or support me with that goal.
Posted 5 months ago # -
I love food as well and even though I eat fairly healthy, really pretty good, I refused to diet. Recently my knees have been totally out of sorts and I need to drop 15 pounds. Used to I could run a few days and be thin, now, it does not even move the scales, thus the calorie issue. How does one come to terms with eating very little?
Posted 4 months ago #
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