David Attenborough voice: “Observe this 32 year old male, that has somehow convinced everyone he’s a functioning adult, not being able to get up from the sofa and put his damn phone away.”
David Attenborough voice: “Observe this 32 year old male, that has somehow convinced everyone he’s a functioning adult, not being able to get up from the sofa and put his damn phone away.”
It always helped me to think of hunger as winning. Hunger is the goal. Hunger is weight loss. If I’m hungry, it’s not a thing to be fixed. It’s what I want! I win! I’m hungry? Hell yeah.
Get your dopamine from hunger instead.
This may work in the short term, but I advise against it. This kind of thinking/mentality could lends itself to developing an eating disorder.
If you’re dieting, you should be looking for ɑ long term lifestyle change to avoid gaining weight in the future. For each person, this might be a little different. 𝖡est of luck, it is difficult to make ɑ lifestyle change.
I was mostly avoiding writing a 12 paragraph comment. Any diet or self image issue taken to the extreme is an eating disorder. The most important lesson there is don’t take it to extremes. For people who struggle to diet in the first place, it’s not impossible but also not likely for the pendulum to swing that far in the opposite direction.
But if It ever did get to that point, no matter how or why, it’s not shameful or embarrassing and you can ask for help. Everybody just wants to see you healthy.
I’m only a sample size of one, but I lost half my weight and have kept it off for over a decade. I’m still borderline overweight, but healthy. There was no single trick, but the biggest thing was just sticking to it long enough. Once my body got used to being a lower weight, I was way less tempted to eat such large portions. The reframing I posted was taught to me by my therapist and helped me get to that point.
You gotta be in it for the long haul, but it’s long and difficult so take anything you can get to ease the journey. The easier it is, the more likely you will make it to the end.