Hi, new to the sub. I'm big and I want to lose weight/eat healthier. Unfortunately I've formed some weird conceptions about food and dieting over the years. There are a few people in my life who were overweight/obese and lost weight enough so that they are now a healthy weight. Which is great, but they always seem like they are just... sad about what they can't eat.
It's my perception that eating healthy really means that you can only eat salad for the rest of your life and that bums me out hard. I realize this isn't true, but I am somewhat picky in what I like to eat. It feels like all the interesting healthy options are things that I wouldn't like for one reason or another and since I can tolerate/moderately enjoy salads then salads are all I can eat for the rest of my life. Which makes me sad. Sometimes it feels like I would rather die sooner and enjoy what I eat than live longer and resign myself to eating sad salads.
I want to lose weight, but I can't shake the feeling that dieting means only eating a few approved things and missing out on delicious food.
I'm not sure what I'm looking for exactly. Maybe some ideas on healthy foods that are yummy (and easy to make, preferably in a skillet) and/or some advice on changing how I perceive 'dieting' and eating healthy. Vegetables don't make me feel full. Proteins do, but protein can be expensive and somewhat boring on its own. I just want to want to eat bread and cheese and sugar forever please help. What can I do? And how can I uncouple feelings from food?
TLDR: how do I start dieting without feeling like I'm missing out or that I can only eat sad boring food from now on.
Also please be nice. Writing this makes me feel very vulnerable and I actively avoid posting things on the internet for fear of mean internet people.
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