bestees.au's Journal, 06 Sep 23

Hello, there is no such thing as bad food. Most often, weight gain is associated with protein malnutrition; carbohydrates and fats are needed by the body to ensure balance. To understand your problem, you need a detailed analysis of existing information from your food diary, as well as checking hormones and diabetes 

@Di Szulc With due respect to your comment, there may not be bad food as such but depends on each person's circumstances some foods are not good for you. When some one trying to lose weight is feeling low in energy or depressed then the body craves for sugar to get that energy hit. Although by starving it from carbs we may force it to burn the excess fat in the body for energy. It won't like this and vicious cycle begins. To add fuel to the fire, if there is readymade high carbs food lying around the pantry, you bound to give in. I am not saying this is the right thing to do, but it's happening. My food diary shows that I am consuming lot more carbs than I would require and lot less protein than I would require. Really appreciate your comment  

Good day, Bestees.au , I hope you are feeling good today. You are right that the body can run on ketones. but this diet exists for athletes and very high level diabetics, except it doesn't work after 4 weeks, it's toxic. When an athlete uses ketone therapy, he receives pharmacological support; a diabetic receives insulin control. Carbohydrates are necessary for the body to transport proteins; macro calculations occur based on individual body parameters. The diet should be comfortable; if you thought you were thirsty, then your calculation did not matter. In the same way, one of the main mistakes is a lack of calories exclusively when eating, the fact is that the body quickly adapts to this and reduces resource consumption, so after 4 weeks or earlier a plateau occurs. Calorie expenditure is created through both diet and activity. those. we will need a reserve of anaerobic activity to open lipolysis and prolong lipolysis through aerobic exercise. I might recommend that you buy protein powder (on eggs) as a cookie and add it to your breakfast cereal, drink it or make cookies with it to get more protein without going overboard on calories. 

I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that there are other ways to increase happiness hormones (dopamine, serotonin): sex, sports, hobbies, meditation. you don't have to choose food for this 

Here’s some things that have helped me to have more discipline when faced with the junk food in the pantry (that the kids love so I still have to buy them): 1. I mantra to myself that not eating the junk food is a brave act of self care. Although the snacks are temptingly easy and delicious, it’s an act of self sabotage to give in to them! “I’m worth more than this! Self love is an act of courage and strength🥰” 2. What helps me is having readily available, fast, easy healthy alternative snacks to replace the processed carb snacks. For me that is things like pre-cut chopped veggies or stir fry mix or mixed salad bags from the supermarket. Easy and fast with a dressing. A can of sardines. boccincici balls. cottage cheese or hommus with carrot sticks or raw capsicum to dip into it. An avocado. A boiled egg. If I can quickly put together a healthy snack and it’s fast and easy I am able to avoid reaching for the packets of crackers, toast or chips. 3. Keep the family’s food in a seperate cupboard or area of the pantry so that you’re not having to see all the things you can’t eat. This is what helped me, Hope it’s useful 😊 

Log your foods and weight for 66 days… the old thinking is 21 days to break/make a habit but it’s 66 days to enforce a new habit. Another tip; start your day with a high protein meal as it helps you to feel full the whole day Eat smaller meals every 3 hours. 5 meals a day (breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner/supper), this assists in regulation of the metabolism 

Thanks a lot guys for really taking interest and giving constructive ways to beat my slump. I am taking all your advice aboard and definitely turning a page. 🙏🙏😍 

play the long game, fluctuations are impossible to manage and normal, commit to 20mins of any activity a day gradually building up your endurance and heart rate. good luck, you will get there. 

oh sound's exactly like me. It's one step forward and two steps back for me. The night time is the worst for me so after dinner, I am brushing my teeth, using mouth wash and that mean's no more food. The mental game is the hardest for me. I cook very clean meals, yet somehow blow it with eating when I'm not even hungry. More body awareness as to stop eating when full and not eating when not hungry.. I'm going to concentrate on those plus no munchies after dinner. good luck, we've got this 

don't deprive yourself entirely - that won't be sustainable. just fit your favourite food into your daily calorie intake. I still eat chocolate but instead of sitting down to eat a whole bar I put sugar free choc chips on my chocolate porridge. Or if I have an oreo I'll crush two up and have them on vanilla protein yogurt. The more you try not to think about food, the more you'll obsess over the fact you can't have it. Better to try and mend your relationship with food and not see it as evil, just something you can have in moderation as part of a balanced meal/snack.  

@belljarred you are absolutely right there. As long as I am not overeating/bored eating / depressed eating or love it too much eating, I should see the weight drop.