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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 27, 2024 23:48:32 GMT
BBR Chapter 3
How Thin People Think
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
#8: You stop dieting once you lose weight
Which ones of these characteristics do you have?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 27, 2024 23:50:03 GMT
1. I usually recognize my desire to eat. Sometimes I resist and sometimes I give in. Over the fall and the winter I usually get a strong desire to eat after four in the afternoon even though I’ve had a snack. Lately I’ve been having a can of seltzer about that time and it seems to keep me away from food.
2. I do have a tendency to feed my hunger and I worry about getting hungry later. Although if I’m busy I can put off eating sometimes. Haven’t had problems with cravings lately but I keep sweets out of the house and that helps.
3. I do like feeling full but not stuffed. The fullest I feel is after dinner because I’ve eaten a large salad. Otherwise I’ve learned to check for satisfaction especially with foods that have too many points/calories to be eating until full.
4. I do fool myself about how much I eat even though I’m a pretty accurate tracker. When I overeat I look at it in the tracker until it starts to show up on the scale and then I do a song and dance and eventually cut back. I have such a hard time cutting back on food.
5. I do check with myself when I’m out of sorts, will eating help the mood? Sometimes I do need to eat then I eat something healthy and not too much. I’ve learned with a lot of my moods food is not the answer.
6. In the past I have felt helpless and hopeless when I gained weight. I felt very powerful when I made goal. That is what I have to remember that I have the power (tools) to manage my weight I just need to use them.
7. I do not have a problem with unfairness. I know I’m in charge here and I do realize this can be a lot of work but I’m the person that needs to do it. Sometimes it is a struggle to figure out what works for you.
8. I did gain my weight back twice but this time I’ve maintained. I know this is for the rest of my life because of my health, I built a support network, and I do these reviews to deal with the mental side of things.
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Post by ermabom on Feb 28, 2024 11:30:58 GMT
#1: You confuse hunger with the desire to eat: Not usually. Not after so many years of doing Beck.
#2: You have a low tolerance for hunger and cravings: low tolerance for cravings sometimes. It is peculiar. I can work through issues that cause cravings till dinner time and then I lose all the ability to do so.
#3: You like feeling full: I've learned this about myself. I don't like feeling stuffed but I like feeling full. I think this is why I end up eating when I can't sleep. I feel more relaxed when I'm full.
#4: You fool yourself about how much you eat: Sometimes. Not usually.
#5: You comfort yourself with food: Definitely. I find food both comforting and relaxing.
#6: You feel helpless and hopeless when you gain weight: Nope. Not hopeless or helpless but angry and frustrated.
#7: You focus on issues of unfairness: I used to. My mother and sister have much higher metabolisms and leaner body types. Both could eat pretty much all they wanted most of their lives. My sister is only now cutting back and when she does, she loses weight.
#8: You stop dieting once you lose weight: This I have never done. Since starting as a teenager, I've always known that if I ever quit being mindful of how much and what I ate, I'd gain weight. I did deliberately allow myself to do this in my 50s because I wanted to reset my metabolism which had become very sluggish after decades of fairly low calorie intake. I did gain weight but not as much as I thought and I'm still at that level after another 10 years. It goes up and down by about 5-ish lbs depending on my eating and my physical activity.
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Post by hpeterson1951 on Feb 28, 2024 13:27:14 GMT
#1: You confuse hunger with the desire to eat- absolutely! Right now I have a lot of desire and find my self even acknowledging that I'm not hungry, but I still eat just because I want to. This might be the biggest thing I need to work on.
#2: You have a low tolerance for hunger and cravings- Yes. My tolerance right now is extremely low. Especially if I'm not busy and don't have something else to focus on.
#3: You like feeling full- a little bit but not a huge issue
#4: You fool yourself about how much you eat- Yes, I'm trying to get better at tracking the actual amount of something.
#5: You comfort yourself with food- Yes I grew up with food as a comfort, every time something went wrong we'd go out for pizza.
#6: You feel helpless and hopeless when you gain weight- somewhat.
#7: You focus on issues of unfairness- No, I really don't think I have this issue.
#8: You stop dieting once you lose weight- Yeah, I stop tracking for a while and stop really focusing on what/how much I'm eating.
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Post by susan092907 on Feb 28, 2024 14:26:43 GMT
These are the ones that affect me the most now:
#1: You confuse hunger with the desire to eat
#3: You like feeling full
#4: You fool yourself about how much you eat
#5: You comfort yourself with food
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 28, 2024 19:52:36 GMT
I think this is why I end up eating when I can't sleep. I feel more relaxed when I'm full. I eat when I can't sleep. It started when my depression wasn't that well treated, and I would wake up with negative thoughts and feelings very early in the morning. I would eat to stop the thoughts and go back to sleep. I was still depressed but at least I got some sleep. At this time, I was overweight/obese and might have an English muffin or a bagel with cream cheese. I still can wake up too early to get up (would make for a very long day) and eat. No longer have problems with my thoughts thankfully. Now I have three plain rice cakes. They have about 25 carb grams total and that is just enough carbs to put me back to sleep. |
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Post by lizlor on Feb 29, 2024 5:08:50 GMT
Characteristics that make dieting difficult:
#1: You confuse hunger with the desire to eat- no I can tell the difference.
#2: You have a low tolerance for hunger and cravings for cravings. I need to pause and think
#3: You like feeling full- no but that doesn’t stop me from over eating.
#4: You fool yourself about how much you eat
Yes
#5: You comfort yourself with food
yes too much
#6: You feel helpless and hopeless when you gain weight yes
#7: You focus on issues of unfairness not usually
#8: You stop dieting once you lose weight yes
Which ones of these characteristics do you have?
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Post by cathygeha on Feb 29, 2024 13:32:39 GMT
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❌ #8: You stop dieting once you lose weight❌ |
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