Phantom fat?

C-J

I'm 5 foot 3, female and weigh 8 stone 3 pounds making me a size 8-10. After the birth of my now two year old i was up to 12 and a half stone, i'm usually around 9.5 stone. I've never been fitter or this slim, due to lowcarb high protein diet and gym sessions 5 days a week, but i find myself dealing with what i can only diagnose as 'phantom fat'. It's driving my partner crazy! If i over indulge, eat dessert or white bread etc, i can't stop thinking about it and obsessing about it until i get out of bed and do sit ups or lunges to make myself feel better. Is it a sort of inbuilt fear i have of regaining weight or the start of an eating disorder? I love good food & exercise so i'm by no means starving myself but i suppose i am a bit worried at the same time by how obsessive i've became with my figure!

COUCH WARRIOR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_bulimia

I know nothing about nutrition or psychology, but I think the link might be of interest to you

Khannie

Well....you're not alone. Just last night I ate a whopping 120g bag of cadbury's buttons, then did a load of press ups to make myself feel better.

I think it's important to let go sometimes though. Do you ever let go?

Congrats on the weight loss by the way. Good work.

Lantus

Feeling guilty over eating 'bad' food isn't healthy. Obvisouly you have a fairly good knowledge of nutrition to achieve your goals. I would suggest that you limit your indulgences (which we all like!) to ONE meal a week. Get a pizza, curry,indian, whatever you like. That way you can indulge your devilish side without derailing your health and wellbeing.

Eating well 90% of the time is the key to success. The last bit is flexible!

Only start to worry if your reaching for chocolate or desert every day and starting to lose your body shape.

Bottle_of_Smoke

C-J wrote: »

I'm 5 foot 3, female and weigh 8 stone 3 pounds making me a size 8-10. After the birth of my now two year old i was up to 12 and a half stone, i'm usually around 9.5 stone. I've never been fitter or this slim, due to lowcarb high protein diet and gym sessions 5 days a week, but i find myself dealing with what i can only diagnose as 'phantom fat'. It's driving my partner crazy! If i over indulge, eat dessert or white bread etc, i can't stop thinking about it and obsessing about it until i get out of bed and do sit ups or lunges to make myself feel better. Is it a sort of inbuilt fear i have of regaining weight or the start of an eating disorder? I love good food & exercise so i'm by no means starving myself but i suppose i am a bit worried at the same time by how obsessive i've became with my figure!

I think this is quite serious to be honest. Doing that much training and being on a good diet you shouldn't be worrying about an occasional treat.

The only thing I can think of is when you do it just think to yourself that "I do so much training over the week this little treat isn't going to make a difference"

If it persists I'd talk to a professional. You can absolutely destroy yourself with eating disorders.

C-J

Thanks guys, I know I should be so proud of myself for losing so much weight and luckily my skin didnt stretch after pregnancy so Im toned as well. I think my problem is that Im enjoying fitting into my clothes so much that Im obsessing over every lump and bump, imaginary or not! I've never been this weight so I think in my mind I see a fat person everytime I look in the mirror. I know a lot of girls like this from college that suddenly blossomed yet still dont think of themselves as particularly attractive. My fella will be delighted this evening when I suggest going to TGI's!! :P