Do you have a healthy relationship with food?
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Eh. I was a bit "chubby" when I was 14/15/16. Chubby in quotations because I wasn't CHUBBY - but I was chubby for my normal body - if that makes sense? I just kind of over ate and didn't really eat healthy. It didn't really help, that my parents have been vegetarians all of my life (I was too, in phases), and when we moved in with my grandma I ate stuff like salami in tons because it was new (to me).
Around the second half of 16 I drastically lost weight and looking back - I was anorexic. Doesn't help that generally I have a fast metabolism and my genes really help keeping thing. I lost about 40 pounds (I weighed 145 at my heaviest - I'm 5'8") and we extremly underweight.
I did end up catching myself and am happy with my weight now. It's taken me a few years to stop counting calories, though I still find myself slipping now and again. Esp. when I unintentionally loose weight because of stress (I stop eating, because I don't have the time) and its a "Hey! my body looks great this way!).
I do eat pretty healthy though. We make a meal plan before we go grocery shopping and pretty much plan what we're going to eat that week. Lots of veggies - hardly any meat (I can't cook meat). All and all pretty well rounded.
Around the second half of 16 I drastically lost weight and looking back - I was anorexic. Doesn't help that generally I have a fast metabolism and my genes really help keeping thing. I lost about 40 pounds (I weighed 145 at my heaviest - I'm 5'8") and we extremly underweight.
I did end up catching myself and am happy with my weight now. It's taken me a few years to stop counting calories, though I still find myself slipping now and again. Esp. when I unintentionally loose weight because of stress (I stop eating, because I don't have the time) and its a "Hey! my body looks great this way!).
I do eat pretty healthy though. We make a meal plan before we go grocery shopping and pretty much plan what we're going to eat that week. Lots of veggies - hardly any meat (I can't cook meat). All and all pretty well rounded.
No I do not.
I know I use it for distractions, to self medicate, comfort, and probably some other things I'm not thinking of at the moment. I am over weight, and have always been on the edge of chubby my whole life.
Bad eating habits and using food to cheer you up is what I learned to do growing up. Old habits die hard.....actually, I don't think old habits ever really die, I think we can tame them if we try very hard.
I know I use it for distractions, to self medicate, comfort, and probably some other things I'm not thinking of at the moment. I am over weight, and have always been on the edge of chubby my whole life.
Bad eating habits and using food to cheer you up is what I learned to do growing up. Old habits die hard.....actually, I don't think old habits ever really die, I think we can tame them if we try very hard.
Not really, I hate cooking with a passion. When the kids were all younger we had a sit down dinner every night, but now that the kids are older, it's your on your own. I tend to eat what's quick and convenient in the house. That could be a bowl of cereal or a bag of rice. Sometimes canned soup and a grill cheese sandwich. Not the healthiest choices. I have never had a weight problem but the last year I have noticed my middle getting thicker.
I don't have any real emotional attachment to food, but my eating habits still aren't healthy. I consume it in varying degrees of too much and not enough, eating one or two larger meals a day instead of four small ones. I drink way too much diet redbull and eat too much salt and too much carbs. I feel like **** and look worse.
What's wrong with that? I'm not at all trying to be snarky, I'm seriously curious as to the theory. Given that there are quite a few cultures that don't snack at all, and plenty that historically ate only twice a day, I don't see what's so wrong. I do it myself. I'm much happier when I eat two large meals than a few small ones. Small meals just get me angry, LOL.
My cousin is a nutritionist, and she cringes at the idea of multiple small meals a day. She says new studies and research show that, for most people, it's a very iffy idea that has the potential to wreak merry havoc on a person's normal eating habits.
My cousin is a nutritionist, and she cringes at the idea of multiple small meals a day. She says new studies and research show that, for most people, it's a very iffy idea that has the potential to wreak merry havoc on a person's normal eating habits.
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O god. I could never eat twice a day. Hell no.
I enjoy having breakfast, morning tea, lunch, a snack after work and dinner thanks! I'd be so hungry if I didn't eat the way I do. Well, I'd adjust if I changed but na, I'd preferring eat several times a day.
I'm semi with food. I do hate vegetables though I'm slowly trying to eat them. I don't eat a lot of junk, I do have junk here and there a few times a week but nothing from fast food places, I try to limit that to twice a month. Try. I also eat some healthy foods.
I am trying to get fit and healthy so I'm trying to eat healthy. I'm trying to avoid bad food unless I'm allowing myself to treat myself. I'm slowly getting there.
Food is evil though! I hate bad food must taste so good. I hope once I eat even more healthy food, I'll feel better and crave the bad food even less.
O god. I could never eat twice a day. Hell no.
I enjoy having breakfast, morning tea, lunch, a snack after work and dinner thanks! I'd be so hungry if I didn't eat the way I do. Well, I'd adjust if I changed but na, I'd preferring eat several times a day.
I'm semi with food. I do hate vegetables though I'm slowly trying to eat them. I don't eat a lot of junk, I do have junk here and there a few times a week but nothing from fast food places, I try to limit that to twice a month. Try. I also eat some healthy foods.
I am trying to get fit and healthy so I'm trying to eat healthy. I'm trying to avoid bad food unless I'm allowing myself to treat myself. I'm slowly getting there.
Food is evil though! I hate bad food must taste so good. I hope once I eat even more healthy food, I'll feel better and crave the bad food even less.
I'm honestly not sure. Compared to most people's standards, I eat very healthfully. No soda, so coffee, redbull, and I only ever eat candy or pre-processed food if someone else provides it for me. I am, however, a college student, so I eat a lot of pasta (whole wheat, but still)!
My issues arise in that I am absolutely a boredom eater and I've never really prescribed to the idea of 3 meals a day. Rather, I typically just graze in small amounts all day. Good or bad? I'm not sure. I have a normal (closer to the low) BMI, but I tend to eat all the time! It's gotten to the point that I associate coming home to my apartment with having a snack, so I need to retrain myself on that.
My issues arise in that I am absolutely a boredom eater and I've never really prescribed to the idea of 3 meals a day. Rather, I typically just graze in small amounts all day. Good or bad? I'm not sure. I have a normal (closer to the low) BMI, but I tend to eat all the time! It's gotten to the point that I associate coming home to my apartment with having a snack, so I need to retrain myself on that.
I can't speak for everyone, but I do know my mother MUST eat this way to keep her blood sugar levels at an even keel. She is of course a diabetic. She tests her blood sugar levels all throughout the day, and I can attest the validity of several small meals vs 1-2 big ones keeping her level.
So in following this line of thought, that's where the "eating 4-5 small meals instead of 1-2 big meals" comes from. Keeping blood sugar at an even line instead of spikes one direction or the other is supposed to be healthier, and also helps keep cravings under control (cause you're not crashing)
But like everything else, IMO, this varies from person to person. If eating 1-2 big meals has always been the norm for you, and you are healthy and at a healthy weight, I wouldn't change it. On the other hand, if this is what you've always done and you've always been over weight, trying the several small meal theory might be just the thing
So in following this line of thought, that's where the "eating 4-5 small meals instead of 1-2 big meals" comes from. Keeping blood sugar at an even line instead of spikes one direction or the other is supposed to be healthier, and also helps keep cravings under control (cause you're not crashing)
But like everything else, IMO, this varies from person to person. If eating 1-2 big meals has always been the norm for you, and you are healthy and at a healthy weight, I wouldn't change it. On the other hand, if this is what you've always done and you've always been over weight, trying the several small meal theory might be just the thing