Congrats on achieving what I want for myself in the coming years. {{{hugs}}}
I actually asked the hospital dietitian for some book recommendations and he asked "You want a diet book?" I said "NO. I want a book about EATING WELL." Sadly, he had no recommendations.
Honestly, plants and fruits are the bulk of my diet. I eat some of everything else in varying proportions, but it's a very simple, Michael Pollan-esque view on food.
That's exactly where I decided to go with food. I refuse to do any caloric restriction ever again -- not only does it cause weight rebounding, but it makes me miserable. I either count every calorie and hate myself or I eat what I want and feel guilty. Screw that.
I love myself. I also love real food. I've decided the best thing ever is to just eat really good real food and exercise in a way that gives my body the sort of movement it needs. Weight loss may be a side effect of that, but it's not the goal. The goal is feeling better, more energetic, less run down.
I think it's fabulous that you're feeling better. Weight loss isn't the antithesis to loving yourself how you are; I think that's a backlash against the idea that weight loss is the only way to love yourself. Sometimes weight loss can be a side effect of loving yourself.
Dieting vs a healthy dietfairgoldberryDecember 31 2010, 05:28:49 UTC
I never did caloric restriction, but I've had really good luck with caloric awareness. Unless I am careful I'll vacillate between 600 and 3600 calories, which puts me on a nasty metabolic roller-coaster. I spent four months religiously tracking my calories to make sure I ate *enough* every day, and stabilised at a roughly healthy intake (1800-2000 calories). Then, I would hit the end of the day and think, "I'm hungry. What did I eat? OK, I'm actually full-up on calories. Am I really hungry, or eating cause I'm bored?" If I was hungry, I wasn't allowed to beat myself up for eating, but if I was bored I tried to do something interesting instead (it also taught me to recognise hunger vs. mindless eating). Or I would think, "OK, I tally up my calories and...a thousand calories? No, no, that's not OK. Time for a snack
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Re: Dieting vs a healthy dietpuzzleoflightDecember 31 2010, 21:58:49 UTC
I do this too! It wasn't until I actively kept track of my caloric intake that I realized I frequently went several days in a row not even hitting 900 calories, and would then randomly have days where I'd eat nearly 3000 out of the blue. Talk about an unhealthy way to eat. No wonder I was having issues with weight and fitness.
I started doing what you do--making sure I eat enough calories every day--and that's quelled the 3000 calorie binges every couple of days which, I suspect, were occurring because I was making myself incredibly hungry without even realizing it.
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I actually asked the hospital dietitian for some book recommendations and he asked "You want a diet book?" I said "NO. I want a book about EATING WELL." Sadly, he had no recommendations.
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Honestly, plants and fruits are the bulk of my diet. I eat some of everything else in varying proportions, but it's a very simple, Michael Pollan-esque view on food.
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I love myself. I also love real food. I've decided the best thing ever is to just eat really good real food and exercise in a way that gives my body the sort of movement it needs. Weight loss may be a side effect of that, but it's not the goal. The goal is feeling better, more energetic, less run down.
I think it's fabulous that you're feeling better. Weight loss isn't the antithesis to loving yourself how you are; I think that's a backlash against the idea that weight loss is the only way to love yourself. Sometimes weight loss can be a side effect of loving yourself.
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I started doing what you do--making sure I eat enough calories every day--and that's quelled the 3000 calorie binges every couple of days which, I suspect, were occurring because I was making myself incredibly hungry without even realizing it.
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