Emotionally attached to food

I eat too much. I like eating, shopping and thinking about food, but I don't
like being fat. I can't imagine life without excessive eating. I've dieted
before and exercised to lose weight, but because I love to eat and all that
goes with it, I end up gaining it back. If I wasn't always thinking about
food and shopping for ingredients, what would I do? How would I get
satisfied doing something else?

Please refrain from comments like "Oh, you're so sad. You have to understand
that you can only eat so much and eventually you'll learn to love it."

I've been around. I've lost weight. I know what it takes and I know I won't
love it for long. I'm also not here for your pity. What I want to know is
what do you live for when you give up something you love forever?

"Greens" wrote in message
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I eat too much. I like eating, shopping and thinking about food, but I
don't like being fat. I can't imagine life without excessive eating. I've
dieted before and exercised to lose weight, but because I love to eat and
all that goes with it, I end up gaining it back. If I wasn't always
thinking about food and shopping for ingredients, what would I do? How
would I get satisfied doing something else?

Please refrain from comments like "Oh, you're so sad. You have to
understand that you can only eat so much and eventually you'll learn to
love it."

I've been around. I've lost weight. I know what it takes and I know I
won't love it for long. I'm also not here for your pity. What I want to
know is what do you live for when you give up something you love forever?


One thing you need to not do is stop exercising once you lose the weight.

Bob

"Greens" wrote in message
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I eat too much. I like eating, shopping and thinking about food, but I
don't like being fat. I can't imagine life without excessive eating. I've
dieted before and exercised to lose weight, but because I love to eat and
all that goes with it, I end up gaining it back. If I wasn't always
thinking about food and shopping for ingredients, what would I do? How
would I get satisfied doing something else?

Please refrain from comments like "Oh, you're so sad. You have to
understand that you can only eat so much and eventually you'll learn to
love it."

I've been around. I've lost weight. I know what it takes and I know I
won't love it for long. I'm also not here for your pity. What I want to
know is what do you live for when you give up something you love forever?


Learn to love other things EVEN MORE. I still love to eat, but I love being
able to cycle 75+ miles even more.

"Greens" wrote in message news:w-udnWiNcp-

What I want to know is
what do you live for when you give up something you love forever?

Oh, and who said you have to give it up? I still indulge in eating all the
things I love. But I follow the 80/20 rule. I'm 80% good and 20% bad in
terms of eating.

If I keep cycling I'll be able to indulge a lot more. Trouble is my "i'm
hungry" alarm is stuck and even though I intend to keep bicycling into the
fall and beyond, I usually quit when it's no longer hot. I just start to
hate it for some reason. I don't know why. I hate hot weather, but it gets
me out for some reason.

Food, shopping for it, thinking about it, preparing it and eating... it's my
most enduring hobby. It never goes away. Everything else, I get sick of.



"determined" wrote in message
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"Greens" wrote in message news:w-udnWiNcp-

What I want to know is
what do you live for when you give up something you love forever?

Oh, and who said you have to give it up? I still indulge in eating all
the things I love. But I follow the 80/20 rule. I'm 80% good and 20% bad
in terms of eating.

"Greens" wrote in message
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If I keep cycling I'll be able to indulge a lot more. Trouble is my "i'm
hungry" alarm is stuck and even though I intend to keep bicycling into the
fall and beyond, I usually quit when it's no longer hot. I just start to
hate it for some reason. I don't know why. I hate hot weather, but it gets
me out for some reason.

Food, shopping for it, thinking about it, preparing it and eating... it's
my most enduring hobby. It never goes away. Everything else, I get sick
of.

I wish there was something magical or life changing I could tell you.
Eating is one of those things for me that somewhere along the way, became
much more than a means to take in adequate nutrition. I manage to lose
weight and keep it off because I just hate myself more if I don't.

"Greens" wrote:

... What I want to know is
what do you live for when you give up something you love forever?

Giving up one thing isn't the same as giving up everything.

Let's say I give up wheat because I'm wheat intolerant and
it triggers addictive behavior when I do eat it. That does
not mean I also gave up broccoli deep fried in the fondue
pot.

Celebrate what you can eat, and you have comparatively
clear sailing. Lament what you can't eat, and you set
yourself up for unending self imposed hardship. It is
mental, a choice to notice the good.

On Aug 12, 11:27 pm, "Greens" wrote:
I've been around. I've lost weight. I know what it takes and I know I won't
love it for long. I'm also not here for your pity. What I want to know is
what do you live for when you give up something you love forever?

Trick question? You live for something other than food, I would guess.

Where do you rank in the natural kingdom if food is what you live
for?

Are you an insect or bacterium?

Why do you need a brain with a hundred million neurons, the product of
millions of years of evolution, if all you want to do is run chemicals
over your taste buds?

What kind of food is it that you live for, anyway? Since you are
dedicating your life to it, it is the finest food that you can afford?

On Aug 13, 10:28 am, "Greens" wrote:
If I keep cycling I'll be able to indulge a lot more. Trouble is my "i'm
hungry" alarm is stuck and even though I intend to keep bicycling into the
fall and beyond, I usually quit when it's no longer hot. I just start to
hate it for some reason. I don't know why.
I hate hot weather, but it gets me out for some reason.

You know what the reason is.

You are comfortable when you are cycling in hot weather. You do hate
hot weather itself because it's uncomfortable. It's uncomfortable to
just be outside, let alone walk somewhere or, heaven forbid, run. But
on a bicycle, it's not so bad. Cycling is probably the most air-cooled
endurance sport. It takes very little effort on flat pavement to go at
a decent enough clip to enjoy a significant cooling effect from the
wind. Problem is that in cooler weather, that cooling effect becomes
uncomfortable. You have to wear more layers, and exercise harder.

Say, have you tried, in hot weather, doing some sort of strenuous
exercise which doesn't incorporate significant air cooling, and will
leave you drenched with sweat and uncomfortable?

I'm guessing that you're the type that eschews any kind of physical
discomfort, or physical effort that leads to discomfort, which tends
to go hand in hand with being a foodie.

"Kaz Kylheku" wrote in message
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On Aug 13, 10:28 am, "Greens" wrote:
If I keep cycling I'll be able to indulge a lot more. Trouble is my "i'm
hungry" alarm is stuck and even though I intend to keep bicycling into
the
fall and beyond, I usually quit when it's no longer hot. I just start to
hate it for some reason. I don't know why.
I hate hot weather, but it gets me out for some reason.

You know what the reason is.

You are comfortable when you are cycling in hot weather. You do hate
hot weather itself because it's uncomfortable. It's uncomfortable to
just be outside, let alone walk somewhere or, heaven forbid, run. But
on a bicycle, it's not so bad. Cycling is probably the most air-cooled
endurance sport. It takes very little effort on flat pavement to go at
a decent enough clip to enjoy a significant cooling effect from the
wind. Problem is that in cooler weather, that cooling effect becomes
uncomfortable. You have to wear more layers, and exercise harder.

Say, have you tried, in hot weather, doing some sort of strenuous
exercise which doesn't incorporate significant air cooling, and will
leave you drenched with sweat and uncomfortable?

I'm guessing that you're the type that eschews any kind of physical
discomfort, or physical effort that leads to discomfort, which tends
to go hand in hand with being a foodie.


I used to play tennis all day in the hot sun, sweating like crazy. At my
weight tennis is very hard on the knees and feet. A few years ago I was
hiking a lot in hot weather and killing fifty or so biting flies an hour.
I'm steering clear of that now because of my feet. So no, I don't eschew
physical effort that involves discomfort. I eschew physical activity that
leads to permanent injury or at least I try to.

Another thing. Thirty years ago when I played tennis all day, I didn't mind
sitting around afterward without a shower. Sometimes I even slept without a
shower. These days I can't stand the sensation of that residue on my skin. I
wonder if i sweat out more noxious stuff these days or have I become more
sensitive.