BBR -- Sat. 06/29 -- Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Answers

BBR Chapter 3
How Thin People Think
Characteristics that make dieting difficult:
#1: You confuse hunger with the desire to eat – I don’t do this anymore but I’ll eat even though I know it is only a desire to eat.
#2: You have a low tolerance for hunger and cravings – I have a low tolerance for hunger. I manage cravings by keeping sweets out of the house.
#3: You like feeling full – I’ve gotten use to not feeling full. I accept it because I know now how much I need to eat.
#4: You fool yourself about how much you eat – I do this. For some reason there are times I think that calories don’t count.
#5: You comfort yourself with food – I do this a little.
#6: You feel helpless and hopeless when you gain weight – Like it a not I do feel this way even though I’ve had years of success and know what to do.
#7: You focus on issues of unfairness – Don’t do this.
#8: You stop dieting once you lose weight – Didn’t do this this time.

Characteristics that make dieting difficult:

#1: You confuse hunger with the desire to eat
#2: You have a low tolerance for hunger and cravings
#3: You like feeling full
#4: You fool yourself about how much you eat
#5: You comfort yourself with food
#6: You feel helpless and hopeless when you gain weight
#7: You focus on issues of unfairness

#1: You confuse hunger with the desire to eat
Absolutely! I eat when I'm not hungry just because I "want a little for taste" as my mother said. Or out of boredom.

#2: You have a low tolerance for hunger and cravings
Yes. Especially when people at work start talking about being hungry, then I feel even hungrier and I'll eat something

#3: You like feeling full
Not really

#4: You fool yourself about how much you eat
Yes I over estimate a serving or how much I mindlessly ate sitting on the couch

#5: You comfort yourself with food
Yes! This was a big thing when I was growing up. Every time my Dad lost his job the first thing we did was go out to Pizza hut (his favorite).
My mom would give us food after a bad day at school, etc.

#6: You feel helpless and hopeless when you gain weight
I get depressed and angry at myself

#7: You focus on issues of unfairness
No


#8: You stop dieting once you lose weight
I did really well for 5 years, continuing to diet. It's when the weight started to creep up little by little that I really gave up.

Which ones of these characteristics do you have?

3, 5, and 7 mostly

I like feeling full, but I don’t like feeling sick, and it seems like I’m missing the mark more and more these days

I do comfort myself with food, spending money works sometimes too, but I think I can find healthier forms of self-care

I do think it’s unfair, that some people eat like me and are thin, but some people eat like me and weigh even more and/or have weight related diseases. So I guess I just have to do me

#1: You confuse hunger with the desire to eat - I don't really do this; I usually know I'm not truly hungry when I choose to eat while not hungry, but I do it anyway.

#3: You like feeling full - this one is big for me. I don't like being uncomfortably stuffed, but I do like to feel "full". I find it pleasant and comforting.

#5: You comfort yourself with food - this is the main one for me. Food is my go-to for all things self-care related and it's a problem.

#6: You feel helpless and hopeless when you gain weight - I do feel overwhelmed by how much I weigh. I also have very real doubts about my ability to intentionally lose weight and keep it off long term.

These are the big ones for me!