I'd eat the back legs of a donkey and still feel hungry *sigh*

mickwat155

So the last few weeks & months I've developed a toxic relationship with food that is causing me to develop into a state of eating excessively or just eating when I basically don't need too.. I signed up to a online plan with a pt at the start of the first lockdown and I got great results I lost a stone and a half I got great compliments I felt great the works but the sad thing was I couldn't maintain it and the 12 weeks I put in all the hard graph was sadly invain so I'm just wondering has anyone been in similar circumstances and how have you found dealing with it?

JustAThought

All donkeys in my area severely handicapped and using motorised wheelchairs.

You are not alone!!
Iorn will and distractions.

Close kitchen after dinnertime - put the light
off and if a separate room lock the door so
you have to make an effort to get in - not freestyling in front of the fridge!

Go for 5k walk every night at 8pm &
no food til breakfast after that.
Once a week for booze & one
item takeaway only - no chips, no rice.

That’ll help mind the donkeys for ya!

& Go back to that plan - it worked
before it will work again. No excuses.

Alf Veedersane

What was the plan like?

I don't know the plan but in general terms, some 'plans' can be effective in the short terms but unsustainable in the longer term...the equivalent of 12 weeks of giving a man a fish as opposed to teaching a man how to fish.

Some understanding of what the plan was would allow people to offer thoughts so that (a) you had a better idea of why it worked and what might work in the longer term.

silverharp

Some ideas would be, have a think about what your trigger foods are, have you built up habits like buying stuff in convenience shops/petrol station etc. do you eat at unusual hours, how is your sleep quality?

Rules like Justa' mentioned are useful , then generally the way to go is to move away from overly processed food and towards meals made from scratch. Can you control whats in your kitchen or do you have a family?

if you posted up an average/or worst day's eating , that would be useful

bladespin

Food swap, substitute lower calorie foods for the high stuff - Make your own curry/stir fry, boiled rice instead of chips etc etc.

It's hard but doesn't have to be torture, if it goes like that then you'll never see it through.

Cill94

mickwat155 wrote: »

I couldn't maintain it

This is the most important thing to focus on. What parts of the approach you took felt unsustainable?

Alf Veedersane

Cill94 wrote: »

This is the most important thing to focus on. What parts of the approach you took felt unsustainable?

That's the problem with a lot of X-week plans..they're designed to get results for that period of time but often don't set you up for the longer term

Cill94

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

That's the problem with a lot of X-week plans..they're designed to get results for that period of time but often don't set you up for the longer term

Definitely. Completely removing an entire food group or portion of the day where you can eat is not something that most people will be able/want to do for more than a few weeks.

And then you're back to square one - with no improvement in habits, cooking skills, or basic nutrition knowledge.