computris2
08-28-2004, 10:52 PM
Dieting stinks!! What do you do to get over that urge to eat when you just ate? I still feel hungry, but I ate an average person's portion of food and it's killing me! I could just cry, I can't hardly stand it. I can't live on crumbs
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seawater
08-29-2004, 12:00 AM
What kind of diet are you on? Is it all fruits and vegetables?
When I dieted, I ate one meal a day but I made that meal count whether it was a double cheeseburger, spaghetti, pizza...
Without fat, it's hard to feel satiated and full.
But, if it's any consolation, if you continue to diet your stomach will shrink. When that happens, you’ll find yourself full on less. It just takes time.
Buy a box of gumballs.
When I dieted, I ate one meal a day but I made that meal count whether it was a double cheeseburger, spaghetti, pizza...
Without fat, it's hard to feel satiated and full.
But, if it's any consolation, if you continue to diet your stomach will shrink. When that happens, you’ll find yourself full on less. It just takes time.
Buy a box of gumballs.
computris2
08-29-2004, 12:24 AM
I am trying to only eat one meal a day. But I find myself having a snack, and then I want another. I usually take a diet pill in the morning with a big glass of water. I get busy through the day, and when my stomach starts to hurt from being hungry, (usually around 1 or 2 in the afternoon) like today, I had a BBQ chicken sandwich, and about half a cup of homade potatoe salad, and a diet pepsi. I ate a whole bag of 94% fat free pop corn to curb my hunger. That lasted all of an hour, then I gobbled down a poptart. Should I eat more at the one setting? I've done this before after my daughter was born, but since my son, it doesn't seem to be as easy. In fact I have no will power at all this time. Are you still on the diet seawater? How much have you lost? :)
pokerplayer
08-29-2004, 01:56 AM
You feel like your starving because you are. Even on a diet you need to be getting calories and you have to eat throughout the day to feed your metabolism. A diet is one of the worst things for people. I know very few people and hear from very few people that a diet has a positive affect in the long run. Most people who diet end up gaining more weight than where they were before they started the diet. You need to eat at least 5 times a day or every 2-3 hours. Your metabolism needs to workout too, and once a day will only turn it against you. If it does not work to continually burn calories, it will go into coach potato mode and quit burning calories. I would eat 3 small to medium meals a day and a couple of snacks in between. This will help you feel full and keep your metabolism working. Give up the one a day meal, it is not good for you. Eat healthy for those meals and in the long run you will loose the weight and keep it off. It will also help keep you healthy. Not to mention the emotional impact of actually being happy that you feel full and you are enjoying eating, not being afraid of it. Once you change, those average portions will fill you up. Screw the crumbs and enjoy!! Not sure if you excersice or not, but this needs to be a part of your lifestyle. Nothing major or drastic, but walking or whatever will help you complete the healthy and trim lifestyle. A one a day diet will also hender the energy you have for excersice or just everyday routines.
Gopherhead
08-29-2004, 10:56 AM
I am trying to only eat one meal a day. But I find myself having a snack, and then I want another. I usually take a diet pill in the morning with a big glass of water. I get busy through the day, and when my stomach starts to hurt from being hungry
Computris, as pokerplayer stated, you feel like you're starving because YOU ARE. If you eat only once a day your body gets used to this and it knows it's only going to get that one meal. It will hoard anything you feed it; it wont burn fat and it will retain water. You will feel hungry because you ARE hungry.
You want to eat every 3 or 4 hours; you want to eat meals balanced with good slow burning carbohydrates and lean proteins and good fats. This keeps your metabolism going strong and allows your body to burn fat. Hunger is necessary and you cannot win the battle against it; it happens at the hormonal level and it happens because of years of evolution.
Eating the way you are will lead to rising and plumetting blood sugar levels and ravenous hunger. This leads to binging. Eating every few hours keeps blood sugar stable and allows for fat burning; it also keeps you from binging because you're not hungry.
Nat
Computris, as pokerplayer stated, you feel like you're starving because YOU ARE. If you eat only once a day your body gets used to this and it knows it's only going to get that one meal. It will hoard anything you feed it; it wont burn fat and it will retain water. You will feel hungry because you ARE hungry.
You want to eat every 3 or 4 hours; you want to eat meals balanced with good slow burning carbohydrates and lean proteins and good fats. This keeps your metabolism going strong and allows your body to burn fat. Hunger is necessary and you cannot win the battle against it; it happens at the hormonal level and it happens because of years of evolution.
Eating the way you are will lead to rising and plumetting blood sugar levels and ravenous hunger. This leads to binging. Eating every few hours keeps blood sugar stable and allows for fat burning; it also keeps you from binging because you're not hungry.
Nat
LV40
08-29-2004, 11:05 AM
You can NOT survive on just one meal a day. Not only will you be hungry all the time (and therefore more likely to overeat) but it's not healthy. Your body isn't getting the nutrients it needs and you're going to wind up in a whole lot of trouble if you don't change that. I don't know if this 'eating once a day' is something someone suggested to you or something you've decided to do on your own, but you need to stop right now. You won't lose weight that way. Because you'll eventually end up ravenous from hunger and nutrient deficiencies and eat your way through town.
You said you can't live on crumbs. Well the good news is you don't have to. I eat about 1500 calories a day and I've lost 25 pounds in the last 2 and a half months. But I eat. I eat breakfast (very important) and occasional small meals throughout the day. I make sensible choices - I strictly limit fat (I don't eat fried foods, fast food. etc.) and my carbs are COMPLEX carbs, from fruits and vegetables and grains. Here, let me show you a typical day's eating for me. This is what I ate yesterday (I even have late-night snacks). I want to prove to you that you DON'T have to starve in order to lose weight.
Breakfast was 3 scrambled egg whites and a glass of skim milk.
Lunch was 3 thin slices of deli-style chicken breast on whole wheat bread with lettuce and a teaspoon of lite Miracle Whip and a half cup fat-free cottage cheese.
Later in the day I munched an apple, although I don't usually do that because I'm not really all that crazy about fruit, so I usually snack on pretzels or mini-rice snacks (the Quaker Quakes) or whatever I've got hanging around.
My dinner was sauteed (in fat-free cooking spray) zucchini, onions and red peppers wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla with 3 more slices of my deli chicken breast and about 10 of my mini-rice snacks.
For a late-night snack I even had dessert. A recipe I got from my "cooking light" cookbook; sliced strawberries on top of angel food cake topped with sugar-free white chocolate instant jell-o pudding and fat-free whipped topping.
All of this doesn't even total 1500 calories, so I still had some calories to play with. Could you handle eating like that every day? And sure, I still occasionally have a hamburger or a piece of pizza. I don't deprive myself at all, I just make sure that whatever I'm eating fits inside my daily calorie range. I don't really have that many times when I'm SERIOUSLY hungry, unless I haven't had the opportunity to eat from being out running around all day or something. And I drink lots of water. That helps to flush everything from your body, plus helps to take the edge off of your hunger.
Do some research, find out a healthier way of eating and do just that - EAT!
You said you can't live on crumbs. Well the good news is you don't have to. I eat about 1500 calories a day and I've lost 25 pounds in the last 2 and a half months. But I eat. I eat breakfast (very important) and occasional small meals throughout the day. I make sensible choices - I strictly limit fat (I don't eat fried foods, fast food. etc.) and my carbs are COMPLEX carbs, from fruits and vegetables and grains. Here, let me show you a typical day's eating for me. This is what I ate yesterday (I even have late-night snacks). I want to prove to you that you DON'T have to starve in order to lose weight.
Breakfast was 3 scrambled egg whites and a glass of skim milk.
Lunch was 3 thin slices of deli-style chicken breast on whole wheat bread with lettuce and a teaspoon of lite Miracle Whip and a half cup fat-free cottage cheese.
Later in the day I munched an apple, although I don't usually do that because I'm not really all that crazy about fruit, so I usually snack on pretzels or mini-rice snacks (the Quaker Quakes) or whatever I've got hanging around.
My dinner was sauteed (in fat-free cooking spray) zucchini, onions and red peppers wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla with 3 more slices of my deli chicken breast and about 10 of my mini-rice snacks.
For a late-night snack I even had dessert. A recipe I got from my "cooking light" cookbook; sliced strawberries on top of angel food cake topped with sugar-free white chocolate instant jell-o pudding and fat-free whipped topping.
All of this doesn't even total 1500 calories, so I still had some calories to play with. Could you handle eating like that every day? And sure, I still occasionally have a hamburger or a piece of pizza. I don't deprive myself at all, I just make sure that whatever I'm eating fits inside my daily calorie range. I don't really have that many times when I'm SERIOUSLY hungry, unless I haven't had the opportunity to eat from being out running around all day or something. And I drink lots of water. That helps to flush everything from your body, plus helps to take the edge off of your hunger.
Do some research, find out a healthier way of eating and do just that - EAT!
LV40
08-29-2004, 11:12 AM
And just an added note, don't look at hunger as 'bad' thing. Listen to your body. Hunger is your body's way of saying, "Hey, I need something in here to function properly."
When you're hungry, eat. Just make sensible choices :)
When you're hungry, eat. Just make sensible choices :)
washee
08-29-2004, 05:29 PM
Computris2, It would help if you told what you are eating??? You should have access to unlimited supply of vegetables, cut up some carrot sticks, celery sticks, cucumber, red peppers, mushrooms an have those readily available for snacking. If you can't stand them on there own use a little low calorie salad dressing to dip them in. A trick I use to feel full, make a box of sugar free jello (the whole box is like 10 calories) and throw some light cool whip (3 TBSP for 40 calories) So for a total of roughly 50 calories you have a huge void filling food that tastes yummy!!! Good luck!
seawater
08-29-2004, 08:12 PM
I am trying to only eat one meal a day. But I find myself having a snack, and then I want another. I usually take a diet pill in the morning with a big glass of water. I get busy through the day, and when my stomach starts to hurt from being hungry, (usually around 1 or 2 in the afternoon) like today, I had a BBQ chicken sandwich, and about half a cup of homade potatoe salad, and a diet pepsi. I ate a whole bag of 94% fat free pop corn to curb my hunger. That lasted all of an hour, then I gobbled down a poptart. Should I eat more at the one setting? I've done this before after my daughter was born, but since my son, it doesn't seem to be as easy. In fact I have no will power at all this time. Are you still on the diet seawater? How much have you lost? :)
Actually, I have been eating one meal a day for over thirty years and have been very content; and I haven’t gained any weight either. But that’s me.
I suggest that you heed the advice of the others! They make a good point; your metabolism does slow down and your body adjusts. So if you are one of those people who live to eat, you will probably be miserable.
Good Luck.
Actually, I have been eating one meal a day for over thirty years and have been very content; and I haven’t gained any weight either. But that’s me.
I suggest that you heed the advice of the others! They make a good point; your metabolism does slow down and your body adjusts. So if you are one of those people who live to eat, you will probably be miserable.
Good Luck.
computris2
08-29-2004, 09:20 PM
You are all right, it would be healthier to eat more. But Before I had my kids, I too was the type that only needed to eat once a day and lived just fine. Was never hungry, never gained a pound. I started eating because I was breast feeding, I guess I got used to all that food, and didn't really care what I ate just knew I had to for the babies. I thought since that is the way I have always been throughout my lifetime, I could continue doing the same when I wanted to lose the weight. I will be 37 soon, and I guess my body and it's motabolism has changed quite a bit. I have just never has a weight problem. I WAS that girl in school, that all the heavier set girls wished obisity on. You got your wish ladies. Ok, so how much exercising should I be doing? I will do the 1500 calories, and walk on the tredmill everyday, and we will see what happens. How much weight will I lose a week you think doing this? I know everyone is different, I just want a goal to work toward.
Thanks!
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Thanks!
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Gopherhead
08-29-2004, 11:06 PM
If you've been doing the eating only one meal a day for years it could take a while before you see any results. I know it's not what you want to hear, but it's the truth. You body will have adapted to the very low calories and it's going to be in starvation mode; it will hold on to most of what you feed it for a while. Increasing activity is a good start, it will help boost your metabolism. If you have not been lifting weights this would be a good time to get on a plan that includes weight lifting - you want to maintain what lean mass you have and if possible increase it.
I would strongly advise you to use other methods to gauge your progress than the scale. Use a tape measure and keep a pair of test pants around to try on. Lifting weights will help you shrink, but you may not weigh less. This is because while both one pound of muscle and one pound of fat will weigh the same amount (1 lb) they wont occupy the same space; muscle is roughly 22% denser than fat.
Set long terms goals; think in terms of months or a year and allow yourself to get there when you get there. It's more important that you change your lifestyle and behaviour if you want to obtain sustainable fat loss. The goal shouldn't be 'how can I lose x amount of lbs by y date", it should be 'how can I lose this fat and keep it off, forever" The forever part takes time.
Cheers,
Nat
I would strongly advise you to use other methods to gauge your progress than the scale. Use a tape measure and keep a pair of test pants around to try on. Lifting weights will help you shrink, but you may not weigh less. This is because while both one pound of muscle and one pound of fat will weigh the same amount (1 lb) they wont occupy the same space; muscle is roughly 22% denser than fat.
Set long terms goals; think in terms of months or a year and allow yourself to get there when you get there. It's more important that you change your lifestyle and behaviour if you want to obtain sustainable fat loss. The goal shouldn't be 'how can I lose x amount of lbs by y date", it should be 'how can I lose this fat and keep it off, forever" The forever part takes time.
Cheers,
Nat
twiceblessed
08-31-2004, 10:14 AM
A side note on this as well, I think when you start exercising regularly, you will eventually find you are not AS hungry, and you make better eating choices. The healthier you feel, the easier it is to make good choices in my opinion.
Some people say they get so hungry after a good workout. For me it is quite the opposite. The adrenaline that your body produces from exercise is like a temporary high that fills the "need to eat" for me.
good luck to you!
Some people say they get so hungry after a good workout. For me it is quite the opposite. The adrenaline that your body produces from exercise is like a temporary high that fills the "need to eat" for me.
good luck to you!
computris2
08-31-2004, 11:35 PM
Thank you all for the advise. I will sure try my best to sort through it all and turn over a new leaf. I think it is going to be easier said than done. If anyone finds a new way to lose weight more easily, or more effectivly, PLEASE let me know.
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