can you control your hunger / can you lose your appetite for food?????
By apsara60
@apsara60 (6610)
Israel
January 8, 2012 7:39am CST
Hi friends specially those who like me, are trying hard to loose weight........This is a bitter truth, but yet a fact that cannot be ignored that if we really want to loose weight we have to stop eating.....which is very difficult when you are found of eating.Is there anyone who loved eating but finally had control on his hunger and appetite.......anyone wants to share his/her experience that may help many people here.Thanks for sharing.
7 responses
@karin27 (141)
• South Africa
8 Jan 12
What you could try, is take a photo when you were on a good weight, stick it on the fridge, and before opening the fridge to eat or nibble, look at the photo and say to yourself NO, you want to look like that again.
Or, sign up at the gym and shake off what you eat, it works for me, maybe it can work for you :-)
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@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
8 Jan 12
Ha ha ha.........I really liked you cute idea of putting my nice picture on Fridge.....I will do it, but I cannot promise it will work..
. And you are right.....as they say "no gain without pain", so I will have think seriously about gym or at least daily walk.
. Thanks a lot for your reply.
. And you are right.....as they say "no gain without pain", so I will have think seriously about gym or at least daily walk.. Thanks a lot for your reply.@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
10 Jan 12
ha ha ha.....your idea is also nice and I think that it will work.....but since I am not very very fat(thank God).......I may even skip that saying.....oh little extra eating is not so bad...
. Yes what will really work is that I should put picture of very very fat person on the fridge and that will remind me to be careful for future.
......good idea... Thanks Annrose.
. Yes what will really work is that I should put picture of very very fat person on the fridge and that will remind me to be careful for future.......good idea... Thanks Annrose.
@Annrose21 (161)
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9 Jan 12
Hahah. Karin27, your commet were so funny! Hi Apsara60! Why not trying the other way around? Sticking your picture when you were that fat in the fridge. There you will see your own self with all that fats around you. And the moment you open that fridge, you can imagine the fats that you had in that picture will multiply! Then you would think that you should not be like that in the future. I am sure you will not dare open the fridge again!
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@KompitaPita (2051)
• Bulgaria
8 Jan 12
Hi, APSARA60
Just like you I can not stop eating. I have a good appetite and I love to eat and it mainly 'forbidden' foods that fattening. Glass of water before meals reduces the amount of food that you eat. But there is no way to completely eliminate your appetite.
@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
8 Jan 12
I know KompitaPita, since we are healthy with the grace of God, we are working whole day and have good appetite, we eat and enjoy.......I will take your tip and will try to drink two glasses of water before my meals. But in my case I think it is genetic....I work so hard, and don't even eat much.....but still cannot lose weight I need to lose at least 20kg.
....how will I do it........ Thanks for your reply and important tip.
......I will take your tip and will try to drink two glasses of water before my meals. But in my case I think it is genetic....I work so hard, and don't even eat much.....but still cannot lose weight I need to lose at least 20kg.....how will I do it........ Thanks for your reply and important tip.@KompitaPita (2051)
• Bulgaria
8 Jan 12
Did you ever tried to drink Green Tea daily? I heard green tea helps to loose weight, but I have never tried it by myself...
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
9 Jan 12
Hi aps!
You are very right those of us who are fond of eating food/other stuff, find it very difficult to go without food.
I think food is essential for our body and if we avoid taking it, our body will not function properly. I also can not go on fasting for full one day.
What you could do is - whenever you feel hunger pangs and you wish to avoid heavy (oil/fatty) food, you could take some seasonal fruits, roasted grams, roasted groundnuts, pop-corns, sweet corns, boiled vegetables or even green salad (if feasible). You could avoid taking snacks made of refined flour (maida) which creates problem in our digestion system. You could also avoid taking red meat and can instead replace is with white meat/fish.
Reducing weight will also depend upon your body structure.
You are very right those of us who are fond of eating food/other stuff, find it very difficult to go without food.
I think food is essential for our body and if we avoid taking it, our body will not function properly. I also can not go on fasting for full one day.
What you could do is - whenever you feel hunger pangs and you wish to avoid heavy (oil/fatty) food, you could take some seasonal fruits, roasted grams, roasted groundnuts, pop-corns, sweet corns, boiled vegetables or even green salad (if feasible). You could avoid taking snacks made of refined flour (maida) which creates problem in our digestion system. You could also avoid taking red meat and can instead replace is with white meat/fish.
Reducing weight will also depend upon your body structure.1 person likes this
@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
10 Jan 12
Hi deepak.......wow you really gave me some good choices.....you mean if I eat roasted grams, roasted groundnuts and pop-corns, then I will not put on weight, then I will really try that.....Red meat we don't eat at all.......yes it is difficult to avoid maida made things because we are use to eating them and they are tasty. But I will try to limit them tooThanks for your useful tips and suggestions.
Thanks for your useful tips and suggestions.@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
10 Jan 12
If you apply my suggestions on regular basis, am sure you would surely be benefitted in the long run.
Also, if possible, try to use Olive oil for cooking (though I know it is expensive than the normal refined oil, yet if you could afford to get it, you could try using it).
Try to take snacks made of flour not refined flour and one good example is - wheat bread instead of normal bread/buns, which are made of refined flour.
All the best.
@sumanadep (1228)
• India
9 Jan 12
I don't think that you have to eat less to loose weight.. you just need to burn more calories than you eat.. so you have to do some work that will burnout the calories that you eat.. eat food that has less of calories and eat right.. if you skip your meals then your body will try to save or preserve the energy which in turns makes you fat. So the best option to reduce your weight is to eat right and more workout..
but of luck..
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@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
10 Jan 12
I too agree with you.......you are absolutely right. Actually my job is sitting job from 8 to 5.....which can be one reason for not being able to lose weight. I do go for walks sometimes, but I think I should make it regularly.
Now it is winter.......days are so short....will go for more walks from February when days be be bit longer.Thanks for your right advice.
.......you are absolutely right. Actually my job is sitting job from 8 to 5.....which can be one reason for not being able to lose weight. I do go for walks sometimes, but I think I should make it regularly.
Now it is winter.......days are so short....will go for more walks from February when days be be bit longer.Thanks for your right advice.
@vandana7 (100127)
• India
9 Jan 12
Me too..actually I stopped eating sweets, and cakes. Reduced intake of rice ..i mean I dont eat rice at all in the nights. But that does not mean I skip my dinner. I eat two or three phulkas with a big serving of vegetables. Morning breakfast ..I have replaced oily upma with cornflakes and oats. Lost about 6 kgs in 6 months. Yogurt..that is the only thing I am continuing. I dont like calcium tablets. Moreover, I have this what we call mokku..I have to do 3000 pradakshinas if my wish comes true by this month end. That means in February I have to do all those pradakshinas. If my bones go weak right now I would be finished. So yogurt is something I am continuing and will discontinue after I have cleared those pradakshinas. :) That is the reason I am about 6 kgs overweight as yet..but as I said..it has something to do with my need not my liking for that. However, I dont think I will ever be able to stop eating pickles. :(
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@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
11 Jan 12
Dear vandana7.....you and me are some what same kind of people .. keep trying this and that and nothing works.........but you are just 6kg more and I am atleast 15kg more
...and Vandana I think pickles don't make you fat, because we take just little pickle for taste and not full plate like rice.....I too love rice..... Thanks for you reply.
.........but you are just 6kg more and I am atleast 15kg more...and Vandana I think pickles don't make you fat, because we take just little pickle for taste and not full plate like rice.....I too love rice..... Thanks for you reply.
@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
11 Jan 12
Hello FluxNL....ignoring is difficult you know...but will try....what I actually wanted to ask was if there was really some kind of therapy that could reducing our hunger. I heard there is a kind of acupuncture therapy that reduces hunger feeling.Thanks for your reply.
..but will try....what I actually wanted to ask was if there was really some kind of therapy that could reducing our hunger. I heard there is a kind of acupuncture therapy that reduces hunger feeling.Thanks for your reply.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
12 Jan 12
As i have watched in The Biggest Loser, Asia, you can eat yet not gain a pound if you compensate it with vigorous exercise.
As to the eating lifestyle, you should eat lots of fruits and veggies. You can eat meat but in moderation. be always mobile.
And most of all, exercise vigorously at least an hour a day.
