How Do I Stop Thinking of Food? Posted: 07-27-05 21:09pm
Hi. I'm an 18 year old male who has a bad
problem with consistantly thinking of
food. It seems like it's 24/7. I am a
little bit on the heavy side, but grossly
over weight. I eat healty means every
day, for the most part. But I just can't
get my mind off of food. When I have a
meal, I always want to have second or
third helpings. I try to limit myself to
1 helping, & I do for the most part,
but I can't stop thinking about getting up
& getting more. & I can't seem to
lose weight, i've tried everything. I've
been on all sorts of diets, I exercise
regularly, & play varsity foodball,
& I just can't seem to shed the
weight. What can I do to get my mind off
of food? I don't know if this would be
considered an obsession or what. Does
anybody have any ideas on what I can do to
get my mind off of food?? I can use all
the help I can get.
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damsel
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 69 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: 07-28-05 03:00am
You sound like you could have the
beginnings of compulsive overeating
disorder. Do suffer from low self esteem?
Is food used to comfort you, or used in
celebration? You should get dr phils
weight loss challenge book, it really does
help if you read it an absorb it, it may
make you see food as purely nutritional
and not wanna keep eating it, it also has
good tips for excercising and what food
choices to make. Its not at all a fad
diet, its all about changing your
lifestyle and it totally works. I hope
this helps some what, if you have anymore
questions fire away. Being
anorexic/bulimic for ages I know athing or
2 about food
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ned
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Cheshire, England
Food On the Mind Posted: 07-28-05 05:33am
Many people along with guidelines try to
limit fat in their diet. Fat is
satisfying and signals the brain to stop
eating (so does protein).
Try to avoid processed foods and eat whole
foods, whether animal or vegetable. Try
doing low carb for a while and eat more
fats.
You may also have a vitamin/mineral
deficiency caused by over eating processed
foods. Try taking a general supplement
for a while.
You should seek out a nutritional
therapist to put you on the right track.
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superjaj
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Pinckney
Re: How Do I Stop Thinking of Food? Posted: 07-28-05 05:40am
superjaj
wrote:
hi. I'm an 18 year old
male who has a bad problem with
consistantly thinking of food. It seems
like it's 24/7. I am a little bit on the
heavy side, but grossly over weight. I
eat healty means every day, for the most
part. But I just can't get my mind off
of food. When I have a meal, I always
want to have second or third helpings. I
try to limit myself to 1 helping, & I
do for the most part, but I can't stop
thinking about getting up & getting
more. & I can't seem to lose weight,
i've tried everything. I've been on all
sorts of diets, I exercise regularly,
& play varsity foodball, & I just
can't seem to shed the weight. What can
I do to get my mind off of food? I don't
know if this would be considered an
obsession or what. Does anybody have any
ideas on what I can do to get my mind off
of food?? I can use all the help I can
get.
"i am a little bit on the heavy side, but
grossly over weight." I ment to say "but
not grossly over weight." that was a typo.
Sorry about that. Thanks for the help.
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mshanson
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 102 Location: California
Posted: 07-29-05 01:26am
You are 18 and pretty active ~ maybe your
body really needs alot of food right now
because you are still growing plus
building muscle when you work out. As
long as you choose healthy food ~ fruits,
veggies, whole grain, lean proteins ~ you
won't get fat. Just cut out junk food
& sweets. You don't want to starve
yourself because you may stunt your
growth. Go see a doctor and/or
nutritionist for advice.
