re: What is the one thing preventing you from losing weight?

Meh, Ive lost 10 pounds since Nov and my diet has been terrible.

So I guess being stuck inside in mudseason is my main impediment.

Motivation

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I like the taste of good food and the eating experience but I don’t live to eat.

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This is probably the real root of my problems: I live to eat. This is going to sound like depression (because it is), but most days, my meal is the only thing I look forward to and one of the few things that brings me any pleasure or enjoyment. I eat emotionally, and have a bad habit of soothing with food.

Cooking delicious “plate lunch” style meals for myself is one of the few ways that I am able to effectively care for myself and give myself a little joy. I am trying to get better at controlling portions, but I don’t know if I could meaningfully switch to a significantly healthier rotation of recipes. Everything I do is meant to be cooked in one or two big batches per week and then portioned out throughout the week and reheated in a single-serve container in an office microwave. My “healthy” meals don’t tend to taste near as good reheated like that than gumbo, red beans, or pork chops & gravy.

To change my diet would require me to wholesale change my cooking schedule, techniques, recipes, ingredients, etc. It would not be a simple transition/decision.

I like pasta and cheese. So sue me.

In all seriousness though… I just need to eat less per sitting. The quality of my diet is decent just too much food.
And the talk about processed food is no joke. Stuff is garbage. Your body knows what to do with Whole foods

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To change my diet would require me to wholesale change my cooking schedule, techniques, recipes, ingredients, etc. It would not be a simple transition/decision.

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You do realize that in comparison to pulling yourself out of a depression, this is a minor inconvenience at best? Do the work. Make the change. Enjoy your newfound self-confidence.

Alcohol

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I like pasta and cheese. So sue me.

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so do italians... and italy is one of the healthiest countries in the world

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so do italians... and italy is one of the healthiest countries in the world

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Yeah but they have access to that legit olive oil too.

I usually only eat two, and often just one and a half (a decent sized lunch and a small snack for dinner).

I have been trying to change a lot of things over the past year. I’m not saying that it won’t be done, but I have tried to make incremental changes that I could stick to rather than huge wholesale changes that I’ll quickly give up on, and some of those changes have been successful, others mixed.

It’s hard to look at eating not for pleasure if you’re struggling to find pleasure literally anywhere else.

Obviously, I need healthier coping mechanisms, or to not need to cope in the first place, but it’s a work in progress. I am incorporating noticeably more exercise into my daily life. I am being more conscious of how much I eat as I try to ratchet down portions. I have significantly reduced my liquid calories by significantly reducing my alcohol consumption and cutting sodas down to 1 or 2 per week (no caffeine, and no hfcs).

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1. Good food

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The idea that healthy food cannot taste good is bullshite and a weak excuse.

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2. I like to cook

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Even more of a reason to be able to eat healthy.