How to stop eating?

I'm hardly skinny, but I've found some answers that might help.

It's not the odd carry out that does it, it's the habitual stuff. Habitually having a bowl of cereal at night, etc etc.

Eat regular meals at regular times. Get used to eating breakfast and get used to not eating past 8pm.

I've started buying vegetables (I get a delivery every week) so I'm pretty much forced to eat them or throw them out... and I never throw things out. Because I'm eating them I'm not eating rubbish. I tended to find that I'd eat the quick high calorie stuff from the freezer rather than the healthier stuff out of laziness/pushed for time.

Prepare the day before, it's when you're forced to grab food on the run that you eat poorly.

Try to eat more slowly, when you sit down to a great big meal you can pile away far more than you want/need if you're eating quickly. If you're having soup then a main course for your evening meal, for example, take a 20 minute break between courses, you'll find you don't have the huge appetite for the main course that you might have had.

Drink a glass of water before every meal.
 
pingwing said:
Get aids....

That or drink lots of water, water is the solution to all of lives problems. Also don't drink alcohol (or at least try to limit it), that'd be bad.
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Yeah, about the alcohol... no can do :p I've got a crate of 2010 expiry date Strongbow in a cupboard upstairs, and I'm trying to get through it before it gets another year out of date, you see....

Also there's a beer festival coming up this weekend, and, well, I'm already booked up to go!

I'll try making it healthier by having some raw carrots with my cider ;)
 
KatanaDV20 said:
I'll make you feel a little better - I got a 37" waist. It was 39 though. And the reduction came because I completely eliminated junk food. No "fun" days, no "treat" days just stopped cold. Also I eat much more fruit n veg.

I now eat regularly & exercise 7 hrs/week. I was 90.5kgs and now Im 83kgs. Doesnt seem like much but Im gunning for 75kgs and a 35 incher waist.

Quitting the junk (jams, cookies, chips, crisps, pies, burgers, pizzas, pop, candy, margarine, bread etc) has made a massive difference. It was not easy, oh no it was not. I had cravings so bad that it was like a drug withdrawal. But I figured that I needed to quit putting trash into my system and thinking that way helped.
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What timeframe was this weight loss over and what was your excercise routine like before? I'm contemplating trying to lose weight but if you've had to go through all that diet pain, ramped up the excercise and achieved only modest gains, it doesn't fill me with confidence as I don't think I could go for more than a halfway house approach.
 
HangTime said:
What timeframe was this weight loss over and what was your excercise routine like before? I'm contemplating trying to lose weight but if you've had to go through all that diet pain, ramped up the excercise and achieved only modest gains, it doesn't fill me with confidence as I don't think I could go for more than a halfway house approach.
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This was 12 weeks. Prior to this I was exercising about 1hr/week. I was also eating 30 (yes thirty) slices of bread/week.

Also I want to stress that each of us is different. In 12 weeks I lost only 7 kg or so. But I have a friend who lost 18kg. All our bodies react differently. Some shed incredibly fast. Others (like me) shed slowly and it takes more work. So dont use MY experience as a ballpark for you. Thats why a log is good because in just a month you will see a trend and who knows...in 12 weeks you could make gains far greater than mine.
 
GeX said:
If you feel peckish, drink a glass of water.
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It's surprising how well that works. I looked into why - it seems that people are generally pretty bad at differentiating between hunger and thirst, so they often think they're hungry when they're actually thirsty. Food does stop the feeling because it contains water, so that reinforces the misconception.

I stopped over-eating **** because the consultant I saw for something else told me that I'm at a higher than average risk for several unpleasant and possibly fatal medical conditions and being fat would increase the risk further. I was lucky to have the underlying condition found before I developed anything serious, so I'm thanking my good fortune and being more sensible with what I eat. Out with the biscuits, in with the Ryvita. That sort of thing. I feel much more lively as a result.
 
Try a belief system, e.g. the GL diet. Ultimately, you need to balance your blood sugar. Protein is your friend. Eat healthy, whole foods.
 
Ive lost 18kg since April 6th using a combination of myfitnesspal / much better diet / exercise (now running 20k per week). I can't even say its been that hard either to be honest, although when started running I could only manage 2 mins, now I'm running 45mins with no breaks.

Stop eating rubbish and monitor what is going in, you will be shocked at the **** you are likely eating. For me it was cheese/bread and milk and they are now history for me.
 
I've lost almost a stone in the last 2 weeks.

Breakfast: Protein Shake
Lunch: Protein Bar
Dinner: Chicken, Chicken and more Chicken, with salad leaves & pickled cabbage.

3 litres of water per day.

I feel good, don't feel hungry, and the weight is falling off.
 
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