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Originally Posted by niclyf
Oh girl .. I can SO relate to 99% of those thoughts, as I too have them on a daily basis!!
trying to restrict my eating is impossible. And due to being older now, I'm seeing the effects of the metabolic slowdown that comes with age.
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You are not older. You are young. I'm not sure you're having a metabolic slowdown. I learned that I didn't have a slow metabolism; I just wasn't getting enough sleep and was dragging around all day. You will learn about your metabolism as you learn to feed yourself.
You cannot restrict your eating with those foods: they are trigger/binge foods. I consider it a proud healthy day (like yesterday) when I could eat 50cal of chocolate as a treat and stop. Okay if you don't want to count calories then do fist of carb, palm of protein 6x/day, plus vegies and fat. You have to start with an outside structured food plan, since you do not know how to do it from your history. My history was 2nd and 3rd helpings eat until I'm stuffed, yours is the opposite. Learning what a portion is was one of the most important keys I have learned. Now I eat 6 portion-meals. If I eat a double portion, that is fine, I call it 2 meals combined.
Do you have a plan to start a structure? By when? What structure? What does it look like?
Once you start a structure you will have something that will help you avoid the PB binges.
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Why couldn't I have been put on this earth as a dog?!?!  They never think about food, weight loss, etc., and are just happy as they are! I am always in awe when I really watch my little sheltie Laddie, at how happy and content he is all the time, and how he'll go to his dish, eat until he's full and walk away often leaving some behind .. and then never gives his food another thought.
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haha I have always felt the same thing. If I were a dog, others would feed me and I wouldn't have to decide anything.