Food

[Shar]

I have a really bad eating problem, there are times when I can't stop eating, then there are months where I feel sick of eating I avoid food...I don't know what to do about this as it's messing up my health and weight.

Any suggestions?

[Rozi]

meh I get this too. When you don't feel like eating, just keep it to small meals but make sure you do eat, just like a small sandwich at lunch and then eat what you can of your dinner. Yet to find a cure of what to do when I'm hungry yet though :P

[Shar]

lmao. Well I just went through a 2 month phase of not eating which resulted in me losing almost 2 stones, and now all of a sudden my appetites come back and I feel like eating every two seconds...it's really frustrating :(

[Rozi]

lmao. Well I just went through a 2 month phase of not eating which resulted in me losing almost 2 stones, and now all of a sudden my appetites come back and I feel like eating every two seconds...it's really frustrating :(

That's pretty extreme, my phases only usually last like 2 weeks. All you can really do is distance yourself from the food and try to get distracted by something else :P

[Shar]

That's pretty extreme, my phases only usually last like 2 weeks. All you can really do is distance yourself from the food and try to get distracted by something else :P
I've tried that so many times, it only like epically failed ;[
so like now I've suddenly become hungry again, and I'm really scared that when I lose my appetite again it's going to mess up my eating habit and my health will deteriorate even worse than last time, which was pretty bad.

[Tristan]

If you starve yourself, unless you put yourself in an unhealthy eating regime then you will more than likely end up putting the weight back on and probably even plus some.
You need to eat healthily to lose weight.
Don't have sugary foods, fruit is probably the only thing that you should be eating that is your source of sugar (or fructose at least). Don't have many high carbohydrate foods, they cause insulin to be released which ultimately encourages fat storage (like sugar).
Just eat healthily and have high protein foods and fat. Fat isn't bad for you, that is a major nutrient that fills you up so you won't be wanting to eat more every hour, so it is good for you. Sugar's the real problem.

[Shar]

If you starve yourself, unless you put yourself in an unhealthy eating regime then you will more than likely end up putting the weight back on and probably even plus some.
You need to eat healthily to lose weight.
Don't have sugary foods, fruit is probably the only thing that you should be eating that is your source of sugar (or fructose at least). Don't have many high carbohydrate foods, they cause insulin to be released which ultimately encourages fat storage (like sugar).
Just eat healthily and have high protein foods and fat. Fat isn't bad for you, that is a major nutrient that fills you up so you won't be wanting to eat more every hour, so it is good for you. Sugar's the real problem.

Thanks I think I'll try that :)

[Tristan]

What do you have for breakfast?

[Shar]

Usually have a bowl of cereal so coco pops or crunchy nut :)

[Aidenn]

If you Starve yourself its basically going to make things worse as your body will want to catch up on the things it need to operate (Carbs, Protein, Fat etc)
So all i can reccomend is try and stick to a MINIMUM of 3 things a Day,

Breakfast
Dinner
Tea/Snack

Obviously avoid things that might throw you off aka for myself Chocolate throws me off Balance.

[Tristan]

Yeah, that won't fill you.
Both of those on the websites say per 100g, it has 35g sugar. Apparently per serving size is 30g, so that's 11.5g sugar.
When you wake up your blood sugar is low. When you have a breakfast high in sugar, it'll spike and go way too high. Then insulin is released to deal with so much sugar, this then encourages fat storage. When it's high the insulin takes in too much sugar so your blood sugar goes back down below where it should be, so you're hungry again.
Weetabix is obviously good but you just gotta find something that you'll like that's not high in sugar like those commercialised cereals.
I don't like Weetabix and can't eat it, but instead I have oat porridge. Just need to get something lower in sugar so you stay full for longer.

[Swastika]

Just practice a healthy balanced diet, you'll be fine in no time. :)

[Tristan]

Also, I've heard and read really good things about L-Glutamine supplements. They really suppress your need to eat and in particular your cravings for sugar.
I've never had any before but right now I'm looking for a product to order online so that I can use them.