Posts by nappsie

hiya! I'm going through this right now (only 3 more kilos to go), and I can tell you this:

1. Stick with foods you like the taste of (I found this VERY calming) - but make sure you find something a little higher in calories that you don't mind incorporating into your eating! For me, it was (is) peanut butter sandwiches :) I vary what I add (Bananas, Strawberries, Marshmallow Fluff...) and have fun eating them for lunch. I find if I eat something I don't really like, just to gain weight, I feel a lot worse and 'down' than if I eat something I enjoy (like a muffin - I missed muffins so much)

2. Don't eat anything plain! I can get away with eating chicken and salad for dinner, but I add sauce to the chicken and olive oil to the salad - that boosts calories, yet your meal is healthy. Also, it's very reassuring to know that, once you reach your goal weight, all you have to do to maintain (and not gain more weight than desired) is use less of the sauce and oil!

3. What helps me a lot, though I don't know if it would work for you, is to immagine myself in a role whenever I eat or drink. So when I have myself a muffin and coffee with milk (gets some of your dairy requirements covered!) for breakfast, I immagine myself being a busy news reporter dashing off to cover the next case, or being a lady in older times (isn't that wierd? lol)

3. Pay attention to your meal! During every meal, tell yourself it is a treat that you deserve! In the case of the muffin, I savor the taste of the chocolate, mixed with the coffee, and think to myself- 'why did I deprive myself of this? Is it making me instantaneously fat? NO! only if I were to eat it every day, which I don't, because I eat healthily - and sufficiently'

It helped me at the start to list 1 reason why I deserve to eat whatever I'm about to eat every time I have a meal or snack :)

4. Stay busy. Do stuff with friends. I was so out of touch, I didn't even know what 'normal eating' was anymore! Friends help you redifine that :)

can't think of much more, sorry... GOOD LUCK! :D