I realized that when I started to make drastic changes on my life style to make my body healthier, that I have thought about food more than ever in my life. I think my initial problem in the past was, I never really considered food, or thought much of it; I just ate what I wanted to without thinking..Anyone else realize that ever since their dieting they have their minds set more on food? Typically, people say "overweight" people always have food on their minds. However, usually that's not the case :)
wow seriously 2 seconds ago i was thinking of how i do the same thing.
its soooo ridiculous and i just want it to stop;all my tiem is spent thinking about meals or what im goign to eat tommorow for breakfast,lunch and dinner and ahhhhhhhh its driving me nuts:(
1000% YES. I rarely thought about food when I was overweight--just shoved whatever was in reach down my throat. Now, though, I'm constantly planning my meals, thinking about new recipes, etc. I know just what you're talking about.
I'm teh same way. I feel like Ive lost my innocence. I used to eat whatever I wanted guilt free, but now I can eat a reasonable amount but still be questioning everything I ate, was it the right choice, I couldve aten something better.. yadda yadda.
So true...my sister always says..."Nina I think your more obsessed with food now than you were when you were fat"...and honestly i don't care. I'm finally taking care of myself and I feel more responsible and mature.
I took a test yesterday on about.com to see if you have an eating disorder. It said I did. I'm like, "Ok, the only reason why i am constantly keeping track of my calories, how much fat i'm burning, and eating slower is because i'm trying to lose weight...". Do people think calorie-counters must have an eating disorder?
I was thinking about this recently too. I used to not find much enjoyment in eating at all. I would eat whatever was most convenient, with no second thought as to whether it was good for me or not. I ate at the times I was used to eating, and sometimes I would go seriously over on my daily calories, sometimes seriously under. But it never really occurred to me to keep track.
Now, I'm much pickier. The thought of eating something unhealthy that isn't especially delicious makes zero sense to me now. I think about my favorite healthy foods and look forward to eating them. I think about food a thousand times more now, and spend so much more time eating, than I ever have. And yet, I've lost weight! So I must be doing something right.
Sometimes I wonder if it's really healthy to obsess over it so much. I know myself well enough to know that I have phases where I really cling to something and try to learn as much as I can. The thing that actually scares me is the idea that one day I won't care as much as I care now. I'm just hoping I hold on long enough that the habits stick!
yep, me as well, and from what I can see it's pretty common. Even when I was eating very very little--when I first started counting--I didn't really think much about food. It wasn't until I started upping my calories that I became totally obsessed with food.. and the Food Network! haha. Not to mention baking and cooking, which I did a LOT of over the summer. anyone else experience THAT?
I love food and generally think about it all the time. Now i think of good things though, like instead of how i want to go out for wings and beer, i'll go to a salad bar and see what i can make up that might taste good, then go buy the ingredients later.
Yes, I think about food wayyyyyyyyy more than I did before I started trying to lose weight.
The Food Network is better than porn for me since I started dieting.
i've always thought a lot about food because i like to make everything from scratch when i have time. but now it's not just dinner. i think about what kind of cereal i'm going to buy at the store and how much of it i can eat and what in the vending machine is the fewest calories for a snack and why muffins are 2 servings (i've mentioned that a lot if anyone's seen some of my other comments is wondering, it really annoys me). i think it's important to think about what you're eating so that you know what you're putting in your body :o)
I think it's pretty normal to feel that way, if you're logging your food you HAVE to think about it all day long. I think if you spend at least a few months keeping track of your food/calories than you will get a really good idea of portion control, what kind of calories most things have etc, and then you can stop worrying about it so much. I've spent a ton of time looking around the food websites and can't believe how much fat is in some things. I keep noticing the" Au Bon Pan" foods are insanely high in fat/calories, I'm glad we don't have one near me. Good luck y'all!
Halloween is the time to remember "Fun size candy bars do not make for a FUN SIZE BUTT"!
Yes, I think about food a lot more than I used to. I used to do a lot of social eating before I started counting calories. I?d have an ice cream cone because the rest of my family was having one?I?m not a huge ice-cream fan, so why do this if I?m not actually in the mood for ice-cream? If I were at a family gathering (which usually involves food), I?d eat whatever, without thinking about how loaded it was with calories. Portion size, never even crossed my mind before three months ago. A serving was a bagel, whatever size, an ice-cream cone whatever size they handed me?and most standard ice-cream cones (even small sized ones) are wayyy more than a single serving. And yes, I?ve noticed this individually packed trend that are actually a double serving :( Not good, and some people wonder why are idea of a serving is so messed up in America?
I now load up on the veggies. I keep my meat, starches and sugar intake where they should have been before. I drink more water than I ever have in my life. I don?t consume unnecessary calories in beverages. I have some milk or juice from time to time but mostly whatever fluid I take in is sugar-free and non-carbonated. I eat whole grain whenever I can, and I check the calorie counts on everything. I choose healthier alternatives where I can.
I don?t think being well informed and aware of what we?re putting into our bodies is a bad thing. I think it?s something most of us need to do/learn to do a lot earlier in life. The fact that this could be considered an eating disorder just seems truly bizarre to me.
Me as well.
I never in the past 7 or so years considered what I was going to eat or even what I was consuming,I just ate it.
7 months ago when I started this new lifestyle,I over thought food and I was very very restrictive in what I was eating and while it would work for a week or so then i would have an all powerful binge on brownies(my weakness)make them as decadent as I possibally could and eat far to many.
I finally realized that all things in moderation and withen your daily caloric limit was what worked for me.
Now I think about food and I consider what I am about to eat before I put it in my mouth however food is not always on my mind anymore as it was 3 months ago but I do think about it a lot more then I did 8 months ago.
now i can't wait until it is time for breakfast, lunch, or dinner........... its like my treat for the day. finally a time that i am allowed to eat and find it acceptable. I hate it. I guess it is worth the result.
Yeah... it's almost sick how obsessed I've become with food. I get downright giddy when I find a new healthy recipe to try out!! Most girls my age only enjoy shopping for clothes, etc. I get excited over the grocery store. Wow. A year ago I basically only went when I had to.
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