Hunger?...Not a problem. So what is the problem?

mom41 · Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:20 pm

I'm sitting here in my bedroom on a Sunday afternoon. Watching a Documentary called "FAT: No One".

This show gives perspectives on obesity from individuals dealing with it; how the human body promotes the condition and possible solutions. With the exception of maybe one person, who lost weight with healthy diet & exercise daily, the rest was about bariatric surgery, specifically the lapband surgery.

Now as I was watching this, I clearly understood what my problem was. My problem is that I have no problem. My situation is simple. I don't eat healthy for the most (before SBD), and I don't MOVE, other than the normal everday movements to carryout daily chores.

Everyone having the surgery in this documentary had a problem with HUNGER! Not just being hungry and then not being hungry after eating. The kind of hunger that almost never subsides. The kind of hunger that is hormonal according to the doctors an scientists on the program. I wasn't hungry before SBD and I'm not hungry now that I'm eating the SB way. HUNGER is definitely not a problem for me.

The program also recognizes the emotional component to eating and hunger in some people. Although they don't talk too much about them other than mention that some of it stems from childhood, and some from how a person handles stressful and/or tragic situations in their lives.

I posted this to ask the question. How many of us really know WHAT OUR problem is?

This is not to say that one persons problem is more serious than another person's problem. It's just to see if any of us have recognized the causes behind our weight gain other than calories in versus calories burned.

Is your problem hunger?

Is it emotional eating?

Is it just a habit of bad choices?

Or is it like mine...Just not eating healthy and not moving other than what is necessary to live everyday?

I'm fully aware also, that it can be all of the above.

What is your problem?

onesunshinerider · Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:06 pm

Most of my eating is emotional eating. If I am sad...eat, happy ...eat, frustrated....eat. And, for me, boredom tops the list. I stay home 24/7 taking care of a disabled husband. We have a small house so there really isn't much there to keep me busy and I have no hobbys. We do get out once a week, other than to the store or to the doctor, but the rest of the time I am stuck here.

And I am very good at playing head games with myself. If I am good with my eating for a few days and then something is in the house that I would really like to eat and not on play, I tell myself that this one time will not be bad and then after that it is back on plan. Well, that would be great if that was the end of it but then I figure that, heck, might as well make a day of it. After all I already messed up. The problem is that it just keeps going and going.

What throws me is that in 2003 when I initially went on SB I stayed true my eating and got down to not only my goal weight but below that and kept it off for 6 more months. And now I can't keep it going for 2 lousy weeks. What was so different then than now? Nothing except for 4 more years of sitting in the house. Maybe it is just getting to me and I just don't care anymore.

vickil · Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:34 pm

Sandy - I am in the same boat as you. I lost 50 lb. in 2004-2005 but I have since put half of it back on. I think for me it's just laziness. Really! I know what to do; I just don't have the motivation any more. So far I haven't bought any more big clothes but every day when I look through the closet I think to myself, "Nope . . . that won't fit any more; that won't look good on me . . ."

How can we get our motivation back? Maybe I need a cholesterol check; my annual well woman checkup was not glowing this year like it was last year. My cholesterol is bound to be back up. I initially started this WOE for health reasons anyway.

Any other suggestions on getting re-motivated?

onesunshinerider · Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:52 pm

Vickil, I have put just about all of mine back on. :( One of the problems now that I did not have before was that the first time the weight came off very easy. August of 2003 I weighed 183 and on December of that year I weighed 128. I ended up at 125 and it stayed there til July4. And I can pinpoint what started my binge. My dgd's birthday cake and all the sugar.

However, now, it seems like no matter how I stick to it, the weight just won't budge.

My motivation should be that I have hardly any clothes to wear, I am sure my blood sugar is high as well as my bp. So why can't I get motivated and stay that way? I am not sure but I am trying to figure that out. I have a big trip planned for next April and I am hoping that will give me that extra boost to keep doing what I have been doing for the past 5 days. I refuse to let these people see me fat.

mom41 · Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:02 am

Ladies, I feel you!

While my problem is just plain old need of a healthy diet and regular exercise, I also have been battling episodes of depression (now as a matter of fact). However, I'm opposite with the eating. I don't have an appetite to eat & no energy to exercise.

I'm like you Vickil! I know what to do! Just trying to stay motivated to do it is extremely hard. It's like the newness of This WOE has worn off, before we start to really appreciate the long term results of eating healthy and exercise.

Onesunshiner - It's been my experience that when I try to lose weight for a particular event, trip or something, I set myself up for failure. I tend to beat myself up for the even the slightest slip up! And then, when I fall short of my goal, the after burn is twice as bad as it would've been if I had just done it for myself. I would say that a better goal would be to weigh less next April than you do this April. That way any weight loss over the next year will be a goal met.

That's what I'm doing. My 42nd B'Day is in June. That's when I started SBD. I may not lose what I would have lost if I stuck with SBD the entire time, but I will weigh less than what I weighed last June.

It's good to recognize the cause(es) of our weight gain. Because that's the part no diet can fix. We have to do that ourselves. I wish I had more on how to motivate, but I'm fresh out ideas! :( . You can bet when I do come up with an idea or ideas, you guys will be the first to here about it. After all, every bit of the motivation I've had on SBD came from the wonderful people on these boards.

Oh, BTW, Onesunshiner - You DO care! That's why you're practicing this WOE and posting on the boards. I think if you didn't care, you would have given up totally and would not be posting at all. Hang in there! We will find the motivation! :D

mom41 · Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:07 am

Ladies, I feel you!

While my problem is just plain old need of a healthy diet and regular exercise, I also have been battling episodes of depression (now as a matter of fact). However, I'm opposite with the eating. I don't have an appetite to eat & no energy to exercise.

I'm like you Vickil! I know what to do! Just trying to stay motivated to do it is extremely hard. It's like the newness of This WOE has worn off, before we start to really appreciate the long term results of eating healthy and exercise.

Onesunshinerider - It's been my experience that when I try to lose weight for a particular event, trip or something, I set myself up for failure. I tend to beat myself up for the even the slightest slip up! And then, when I fall short of my goal, the after burn is twice as bad as it would've been if I had just done it for myself. I would say that a better goal would be to weigh less next April than you do this April. That way any weight loss over the next year will be a goal met.

That's what I'm doing. My 42nd B'Day is in June. That's when I started SBD. I may not lose what I would have lost if I stuck with SBD the entire time, but I will weigh less than what I weighed last June.

It's good to recognize the cause(es) of our weight gain. Because that's the part no diet can fix. We have to do that ourselves. I wish I had more on how to motivate, but I'm fresh out ideas! :( . You can bet when I do come up with an idea or ideas, you guys will be the first to here about it. After all, every bit of the motivation I've had on SBD came from the wonderful people on these boards.

Oh, BTW, Onesunshinerider- You DO care! That's why you're practicing this WOE and posting on the boards. I think if you didn't care, you would have given up totally and would not be posting at all. Hang in there! We will find the motivation! :D

JSCsMom · Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:10 pm

What is the problem? Hmm, where do I start? I too am an emotional eater... If I am happy, I eat. If I am sad, I eat. If I am bored, mad, lonely, depressed or any other excuse, I eat. Plus, I love to bake... breads, cookies, cakes, desserts, etc. And of course, I have to sample everything to make sure it is up to standard!

I am also unmotivated. I am lazy. I am full of excuses. I worked all day. I didn't sleep well. I had a bad day. I have a headache. I have cramps. I'm having a bad hair day... It's Arbor Day... whatever.

I don't really like vegetables either. But I am trying to learn! And believe it or not, it is better. I am doing good so far, and really committed this time. I need to do this for my health, BEFORE things start to go bad. Right now, I am overweight, but so far, thank God, I don't have any other health issues... Now's the time.

Thanks to God and everybody here, I can and WILL be healthier...

vickil · Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:51 pm

Well, seems as if I have found some motivation after all. My employer is having free health screenings and we can get our blood work done for free. So I will know what my cholesterol numbers are. I'm gonna get on P1 quick so I can get my stuff together - the test is in 2 weeks!


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