Discomposure
November 23rd, 2012, 09:04 PM
I'm so sick of seeing people say how they want an eating disorder, or they are going to starve themselves etc.
Just wanted to make a thread about this because I don't know how many times I have written this out to people on posts.
Before any of you try starvation, crash diets and any other ridiculous 'quick weight loss' thing, please read this and give it ago.
It's something YOU can control, and believe me an eating disorder is not.
To lose weight the correct, healthy way is to reduce your calorie intake and increase your activity level, obviously, don't do it stupidly, and eat as little as you can and do as much excersize as you can because this will not only effect your overall health but it often leads to more weight gain than you started off with.
You need to make the changes to your lifestyle gradually, so that you get used to them, and also small changes can make a big difference! Don't make yourself a strict diet plan because your more likely to stop following the rules. Instead, do things like swap semi skimmed milk, for skimmed milk. And chose low fat options of things. The trick is to stick to your meals and cut out the snacking inbetween. Be sure to have breakfast, this is vital. If you really can't help but snack, instead of a biscuit, have an apple or something. Then your lunch, then dinner. If the problem for you is that you never seem to feel full after a meal, eat abit slower, and take sips of water inbetween. People should take about 20 mins to eat a meal as it takes 20 minutes for the brain to acknowladge that your body is full. If you eat slowly, you will soon learn how much food your body actually needs.
Also, people often confuse boredom with hunger. When your bored, go out for a walk or do some physical activity, see how you feel afterwards, you'll often find that you weren't hungry at all. And hey, it's excersize!
Moving on to doing some physical activity.
It doesn't matter if you hate gyms, or can't stand going running. Even light excersize like a quick half an hour walk outside somewhere will make a difference in the long run!
You can very easily increase the amount of physical activity you do , such as walking to the shop instead of driving. It's simple things like that.
You can do any activity you want to, walking, swimming, running, team sports, join a local sports club, anything.
You need to find something that you enjoy, and is fairly close in terms of your location as this will mean because it's easy to get there, and you enjoy it then you will make more of an effort to go do it, and it may become a routine which is great
Here's something I found on a website on how to reduce your calorie intake without making huge drastic changes:
Replace fizzy drinks and fruit cordials with water.
Swap whole milk for semi-skimmed, or semi-skimmed for skimmed.
Eat less lunch than usual. For example, make your own sandwich and limit the use of margarine or butter and full-fat mayonnaise (store-bought sandwiches often contain both).
Stop taking sugar in tea and coffee.
Have smaller portions of the food you enjoy.
Avoid having a second helping at dinner.
Cut out unhealthy treats – such as confectionary, sugary biscuits and crisps between meals.
Cut down on alcohol intake.
Also, what I believe helps, is weighing yourself often. Not every day but every week maybe, seeing the numbers go down will boost your confidence and motivation towards your weight loss. This may help for some and may not for others, try it and if not don't do it.
Loosing weight doesn't have to be horrible, strict and very limiting. It can be fun and food can become your best friend!
Just wanted to make a thread about this because I don't know how many times I have written this out to people on posts.
Before any of you try starvation, crash diets and any other ridiculous 'quick weight loss' thing, please read this and give it ago.
It's something YOU can control, and believe me an eating disorder is not.
To lose weight the correct, healthy way is to reduce your calorie intake and increase your activity level, obviously, don't do it stupidly, and eat as little as you can and do as much excersize as you can because this will not only effect your overall health but it often leads to more weight gain than you started off with.
You need to make the changes to your lifestyle gradually, so that you get used to them, and also small changes can make a big difference! Don't make yourself a strict diet plan because your more likely to stop following the rules. Instead, do things like swap semi skimmed milk, for skimmed milk. And chose low fat options of things. The trick is to stick to your meals and cut out the snacking inbetween. Be sure to have breakfast, this is vital. If you really can't help but snack, instead of a biscuit, have an apple or something. Then your lunch, then dinner. If the problem for you is that you never seem to feel full after a meal, eat abit slower, and take sips of water inbetween. People should take about 20 mins to eat a meal as it takes 20 minutes for the brain to acknowladge that your body is full. If you eat slowly, you will soon learn how much food your body actually needs.
Also, people often confuse boredom with hunger. When your bored, go out for a walk or do some physical activity, see how you feel afterwards, you'll often find that you weren't hungry at all. And hey, it's excersize!
Moving on to doing some physical activity.
It doesn't matter if you hate gyms, or can't stand going running. Even light excersize like a quick half an hour walk outside somewhere will make a difference in the long run!
You can very easily increase the amount of physical activity you do , such as walking to the shop instead of driving. It's simple things like that.
You can do any activity you want to, walking, swimming, running, team sports, join a local sports club, anything.
You need to find something that you enjoy, and is fairly close in terms of your location as this will mean because it's easy to get there, and you enjoy it then you will make more of an effort to go do it, and it may become a routine which is great
Here's something I found on a website on how to reduce your calorie intake without making huge drastic changes:
Replace fizzy drinks and fruit cordials with water.
Swap whole milk for semi-skimmed, or semi-skimmed for skimmed.
Eat less lunch than usual. For example, make your own sandwich and limit the use of margarine or butter and full-fat mayonnaise (store-bought sandwiches often contain both).
Stop taking sugar in tea and coffee.
Have smaller portions of the food you enjoy.
Avoid having a second helping at dinner.
Cut out unhealthy treats – such as confectionary, sugary biscuits and crisps between meals.
Cut down on alcohol intake.
Also, what I believe helps, is weighing yourself often. Not every day but every week maybe, seeing the numbers go down will boost your confidence and motivation towards your weight loss. This may help for some and may not for others, try it and if not don't do it.
Loosing weight doesn't have to be horrible, strict and very limiting. It can be fun and food can become your best friend!