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All or Nothing Problem

  • 10-06-2013 8:25pm
    #1
    NapoleonInRags
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭


    Hi - my weight has basically yo-yoed for the past few years and a sort of pattern has developed where I get fed up with myself and go on a diet for about 8-9 weeks using fitday.com (1800 cals a day) and lots of walking. This usually loses me 15-18 pounds.

    Then I start slipping back into old habits and eat really badly which puts the weight back on until I get fed up again and diet... etc. etc.

    So basically when it comes to food I'm either really really good or terribly bad:(

    I guess you could call this an 'all or nothing personality'. Does anyone have any advice for dealing with this or any good books they could recommend?


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  • #2
    thegreatiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,869 ✭✭✭thegreatiam


    NapoleonInRags wrote: »
    Hi - my weight has basically yo-yoed for the past few years and a sort of pattern has developed where I get fed up with myself and go on a diet for about 8-9 weeks using fitday.com (1800 cals a day) and lots of walking. This usually loses me 15-18 pounds.

    Then I start slipping back into old habits and eat really badly which puts the weight back on until I get fed up again and diet... etc. etc.

    So basically when it comes to food I'm either really really good or terribly bad:(

    I guess you could call this an 'all or nothing personality'. Does anyone have any advice for dealing with this or any good books they could recommend?

    be more disciplined.

    Control your urges, there is no need your whole diet needs to come to peices just because you broke it once.
    If you have a slip up, just ignore it and carry on as before dont let it affect you.

    Set reachable short term goals for yourself.
    for eg, you wish to lose 10 pounds,
    break that down to a pound a week.
    thats 500 calories a day, make a menu for a day which means you eat 500 calories less than you burn in a day, stick to it for that day. then repeat for the week.
    After you lose the 10 pounds, redo your goals for the next 10 weeks.

    Read the stickies on this forum for guidelines on what food to eat and how to measure your calories. and remember that it is a long slow process, not a quick one.


  • #3
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    If you can only manage an eating regime for a few months before giving up, it's not sustainable for you.

    Forget diet, think about making sustainable lifestyle changes and eating habit changes.

    Plan your meals as much as possible, and also plan to allow yourself snacks.

    What I do is that once a week, I'm allowed a 'cheat,' so if I fancy a Chinese or a pack of crisps or something bad, I let myself have it once a week. The rest of the week, I eat healthily.

    Eating healthily isn't too hard, once you're making sure it's sustainable. You can make healthier versions of what you'd normally eat. If you normally eat chips and fried chicken, make sweet potato fries/wedges with a grilled chicken breast and some veg. Same kind of food, just much more healthy. :)

    Ultimately, if you want to lose (and maintain) weight, your changes need to be something you can stick at long-term.


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