Wasting you money dieting?

dw85

There is a psychological element. Most people eat too fast therefore eat too much, so that when the body/brain registers 'full', too much has been eaten.

Eating food slower (anyone told to chew 20 times before swallowing?) means that the body registers full at the correct time.

There was also research on one of the science progs where they took two groups of people, gave them each exactly the same meal except one groups dinner was liquidised and then asked whether they felt hungry a couple of hours later. The liquidised groups hunger was less than the solid groups, due to the liquidised food taking longer to be digested. (By all means, Im just summarising here, please look for yourselves, i could be wrong!!:o)

But those are just my thoughts. I personally love food but i make sure i work it off!

absolutebounder

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

No. Was either kept hungry, kept with cheap rubbishy bits (ie, kids got a bony chicken wing each, adult got all the breast meat as it was too good for children), battered for trying to take extra due to hunger or practically force fed junk (crisps and fizzy drinks, not sweets) whilst being told alternately you were fat, ugly and everybody hated you or that you were allergic to everything. Oh, with a side order of continual criticism seasoned with occasional punches to the head where they wouldn't bruise.

Followed by a period of vegetarianism which consisted of being told constantly it was anorexia, except 'you're still fat' (at under 9 stone). Ended after a few years, severe anaemia and being too skint as a young single mum to turn down the offer of a free meal that involved meat.



Does that conflict with expectations that food was equated with love and security?

I think you make the psychological case very well here. if your body is deprived it will make every effort when it gets some food to store it because it doesnt know how long it will be until its next feed
Unfortunately from the sound of it one would not be surprised if you had a distorted view of eating as an adult.

maman

Part of me says don't dignify your thread with a response OP but the other part of me thinks maybe you've tried to get your weight under control and failed, hence feeling so down and angry.

You really have missed the point between (as wmichaels says) 'dieting' and 'a healthy diet'. Most of us like treats, whether its sweets or cakes or beer or crisps BUT we know that these shouldn't be our staple foods. Keeping a balance isn't deprivation, it's common sense.

I hope you get yourself sorted.

nery

hii
dieting is not the best option, do excersice daily n go for jogging.......

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Sophie4120

absolutebounder wrote: »

I think you make the psychological case very well here. if your body is deprived it will make every effort when it gets some food to store it because it doesnt know how long it will be until its next feed

What you have described here is physiological - not psychological?

absolutebounder

Sophie4120 wrote: »

What you have described here is physiological - not psychological?

I agree with you but only because i wrote that rather badly. the effect of being starved can mean we will overeat in the future because of the relationship we had with food at a young age.
The way a child sees food may affect them for the rest of their lives. people may overeat for a variety of psychological reasons including guilt , comfort, punishment, happiness etc.

absolutebounder

maman wrote: »

Part of me says don't dignify your thread with a response OP but the other part of me thinks maybe you've tried to get your weight under control and failed, hence feeling so down and angry.

I can assure you my weight is under control and I eat what I want when I want

You really have missed the point between (as wmichaels says) 'dieting' and 'a healthy diet'. Most of us like treats, whether its sweets or cakes or beer or crisps BUT we know that these shouldn't be our staple foods. Keeping a balance isn't deprivation, it's common sense.

I hope you get yourself sorted.

I think you have missd the point. In recent years we have been inundated with diets and healthy eating yet 25% of our kids are overweight and the number of people admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of obesity has gone up tenfold in the last decade.
put simply diets and healthy eating just are not working yet people will spend about £1 billion on diets this year.
many foods which look healthy and are sold as healthy simply are not. A quick search of "no added sugar" drinks in tesco found a whole array of Frankenstein chemicals being added. but because of markleting we get a different picture in our minds. Its like Flora. Anyone would be forgiven for believing that it is healthier than butter.

m-bee

Well this is why healthy eating habits should be a Lifestyle Change.

absolutebounder

m-bee wrote: »

Well this is why healthy eating habits should be a Lifestyle Change.

They should be but many people do eat a diet that has enough essential protein and fat in it and possibly even enough vitamins but for a psychological reason they carry on eating after their body is telling them to stop.

reformedEffortmaker

absolutebounder wrote: »

alll this is because the diet industry (worth about 31 billion per year doesnt sort out the underlying problem for your weight gain.

which is?......