Background: Hello! I am a 24yr old woman, 5’5, currently 176lbs. My highest recorded weight was 196(I believe I may have been higher at one point). My weight has yo-yoed drastically for about 10 years but that was the highest I’ve ever been. I’m recovering from self diagnosed binge eating. Food was a drug to me. Every day I would eat to well beyond full, in pain, and feeling horrible and fatigued the next day. I couldn’t sleep if I was “hungry” and would lose sleep to eat. I thought about food all day and hated myself for it. I knew it was unhealthy but I couldn’t bear the thought of being hungry. There was a disconnect between my body’s physical fullness and my brain’s interpretation of that sensation.
My Solution: I had to reestablish the physical feeling of fullness to the emotional satisfaction. I focused on the physical aspect of how I feel when I binge and how certain foods make me feel. I would say out loud “I am feeling full, I am done eating for now.” or “I am not hungry right now, I am {bored, sad, tired}” I can now wait until I feel physical hunger to eat. As a result, my binges gradually and now greatly decreased. I eat more healthy food and easily avoid foods that cause me pain/fatigue/anything negative. As a result, I’ve been steadily losing weight for about 4 months.
What I need advice about: I’m upset that nobody has noticed my weight loss. I know it’s been slow, but usually others notice. For a while I avoided talking about my weight loss. I tend to lose motivation if I talk about something before I get to a good point in progress. I felt confident about my changes and I recently told my mom and a close friend. They both said they’re proud and said to keep going. But neither of them said they could tell, or mentioned anything about my appearance. Am I being ridiculous? I’m not mad at anyone. I just wonder why no one said anything about my appearance. I’m under the assumption that 20lbs is a pretty drastic amount of weight.
*(I’ve so far identified these foods: beans, coffee, eggs, pasta/bread, soy, spicy foods/hot peppers, excess/added sugar, dairy)
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