Silly Sunday :: Food Addiction
Are you a food addict?
I’ve gone off on this particular subject before on my old blog, but the absolute ridiculousness of the term begs for it to be done over and over and over again until every bloody soul on the planet takes a good long hard think about what the f*ck it is they are actually saying when they use that bloody phrase.
This video is done from the perspective of fat acceptance, and while that might seem a bit counter intuitive on a fitness-centric blog, it really, really isn’t.
Because you can lose all the fat in the world, but if you don’t eventually come to terms with yourself and get comfortable in your own skin it will all have been for nothing.
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If you want to make changes, by all means – make changes.
But demonizing your fat is too close to demonizing yourself. When the fat is gone you still have you to deal with, and you will have much more success IMO (and enjoy your success more) if you deal with yourself first and treat your fat as the byproduct of life that it is.
I couldn’t agree more. You can change without hating yourself and life is too short to waste time hating yourself.
That it is. Way too short.
That was a cool video. Joy is absolutely gorgeous!!(I love how she hasn’t stopped being a woman just because she wears larger clothes.)
brahnamin, I wander around the fat-o-sphere reading & talking, but no one seems to hear me. It’s odd. With all the food experimenting I’ve done for weight loss & training (cycling), I have found that there is a real connection between the types of food we eat & the size of our appetites & strength of our cravings. I did a blog on food addiction, but from a perspective of foods that cause out of control eating. I find when I eat without wheat, sugar or starches, my body responds so differently. My appetite gets smaller & I don’t need to eat as often.
Once I’ve had some starchy food, my appetite goes into overdrive & I can eat enough to feed a small village in one sitting.
This is not to be confused with my emotional eating, mind you. I used to smoke cigs, & whenever I was stressed, I smoked more. I quit in 2005. Now I notice that I’ll be careful with my eating, and do really well, until something stressful happens. Then I get real jittery & nervous unless I have some sugar. Then, once I’ve ingested the sugar, like a drug-addict, I’m compulsively eating again.
What I am trying to teach myself is better stress-management. Finding a healthy thing to do on my way to that stressful meeting or activity, os I’m not sabatoging my weight loss.
So far, I have only been able to isolate the problem, haven’t found the fix yet. But, I’m sure now that I know what to look for (stress-management instead of beating myself up for binge-eating) a solution will be found.
Been enjoying your blog, thanks again…
V
(I love how she hasn’t stopped being a woman just because she wears larger clothes.)
Erm. Why would she? In or out of those clothes for that matter?
Comments like that might be why no one is listening to you in the fat-o-sphere. Good information isn’t enough to get people’s attention. You have to connect with them. Or make them want to connect with you.
Personally, I find myself in agreement with your assessment of eating habits and appetite. Eating healthy (which for me means eating meat, fat, & fresh veggies) means I am full longer, hungry less, and I consequently don’t eat as much and I have more energy. Eating unhealthy (which for me means grains, starches, and sugars) jacks my appetite and I can’t seem to stop eating even when I am not hungry and my energy level tanks.
That said, even with a reduction in appetite and a desire to be more active, both of which seem to be a result of healthy eating, I never lose much weight after the initial glycogen/water dump.
My body still wants to maintain rather than lose. To lose I have to fight.
Lots of people out there (I was one of them for the better part of 3 decades) don’t want to fight. They just want to eat healthy and live.
You make a good point, I appreciate you stating it plainly. While I was referring to how many women I know stop taking care of themselves or pampering themselves after gaining weight (or because they weigh more than what they feel is acceptable to the world), I may not have expressed that clearly enough. That would leave alot of room for misinterpretation of my thought.
The day will come when I learn to communicate better – I’ll keep trying. Have an excellent week!!