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Originally Posted by nik-
I think the best long term weight loss plan is a crushing heroin addiction
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I have likened food addiction to a heroin addiction where the medical treatment involves still doing heroin but. Just. A. Little. Bit.
As someone who has spent his life struggling with food I found I the only way to control my food was to always think, acknowledge and be mindful of my eating. I have to plan everything and still shake on a dusting of willpower to go through with the plans. I know how certain foods (carbohydrates and refined sugars) behave in the pleasure centers in my brain and I have to avoid them yet still consume sometimes to "keep the wolves at bay" with regards to satiation and hunger.
I've dropped 42 lbs in five months and I'm trying to reset the weight my body feels is the baseline by decreasing caloric restriction gradually and maintaining this weight for the remainder of the year. After the six months I intend to restrict again for a slow weight loss to a maximum of 10 percent under my current weight. I will never be a skinny dude. I have to keep this in mind while reminding myself that I'm doing this for maximum years of life and happiness with my wife and not to look a certain way.
This has been the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life. The struggle is real. There are times when I feel like a junkie wanting to pick up dope so bad but I have to remind myself that being alive is so much more fun than being dead.