First off congratulations. You've accomplished something many fail at.
My first reaction is to just advise you find a way to make eating a little more fun. Maybe count your calories to see that eating a couple slices of pizza over the course of a week won't be all that disastrous in the long run.
However, I'm not sure that's the advice you need. I feel like one of those social smokers that asks somebody trying really hard to quit "why can't you just have a few cigarettes when you're partying?" It just doesn't work that way. People are all different and it sounds like you may have an issue that requires professional counseling.
What's positive is you've proven you are able to be focused on a goal and attain it. You've gotten over one hill and I think now you just need to find a way to be happy in a healthy way. I would hope counseling could do that for you.
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Originally Posted by Yanda
Is there anyway to change your metabolism? I avoid Pop, Chips, Ice Cream and eat at home at least 5 days a week but my weight is staying consistant, whereas my brother could eat peanut butter with a spoon and maintain a weight of 170.
also how much does drinking 8 glasses of water a day effect you compared to 3 or 4? Ive only been drinking 8 for the last week.
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I'm not properly educated, but a friend once told me to think about your body like a fire that needs to be tended to all day. If you let it die out and then pile wood on it at noon and set it ablaze and then do the same at night it's taxing. If you add to it gradually all day though you get a stronger, healthier fire. Apparently your metabolism works much the same way. Long story short --> plenty of small meals.
As for water (again, uneducated opinion) I don't really care if it's as essential as some say it is. It fills me up and keep me from eating too much. My strategy is that before I go back for seconds of a meal I have to finish the water I have in addition to another one. Rarely do I have room to eat more. It also gives you way more calories to play with when you aren't taking in 200-300 calories in beverages.