Emotional eating weight gain

[Travel memoir21]

feeling guilty right now...Just ate a large Dave's Double Combo at The Park.

Imagine seeing a few people work out hard right in front of your face, while your chowing down very fatty food. I should start eating more salads with fruits or something.

 

[Travel memoir21]

On a side note, I'm about to read this article by Roosh right now. Warning - it might be a little religious if you're on The Heathen side of things.

https://www.rooshv.com/do-you-love-your-stomach

 

[catsmeow2]

feeling guilty right now...Just ate a large Dave's Double Combo at The Park.

Imagine seeing a few people work out hard right in front of your face, while your chowing down very fatty food. I should start eating more salads with fruits or something.

I've recently gotten into making and eating falafel burgers. The mix is pre-made, simply add water; let the mixture rest for 30, form into patties, then fry in just a little bit of olive oil.

On toasted bun with yogurt sauce or tzatziki, lettuce, tomato, really yummy and healthy.

Better than the plant based burgers even!

 

[EyeBRollin]

I've recently gotten into making and eating falafel burgers. The mix is pre-made, simply add water; let the mixture rest for 30, form into patties, then fry in just a little bit of olive oil.

On toasted bun with yogurt sauce or tzatziki, lettuce, tomato, really yummy and healthy.

Fried anything and healthy aren’t in the same sentence. Same with oil. Oil is not a health food. Olive oil contains some healthy compounds but it’s still mostly empty calories. Good for drizzling on salads if it gets one to eat more vegetables. Not much use past that.

For meatless burgers, there are a few good companies. One is Actual Veggies. Or you can make ‘em yourself. Just mash some vegetables and beans together in a patty and cook it!

 

[catsmeow2]

Fried anything and healthy aren’t in the same sentence. Same with oil. Oil is not a health food. Olive oil contains some healthy compounds but it’s still mostly empty calories. Good for drizzling on salads if it gets one to eat more vegetables. Not much use past that.

For meatless burgers, there are a few good companies. One is Actual Veggies. Or you can make ‘em yourself. Just mash some vegetables and beans together in a patty and cook it!

I shouldn't have said "fry," I meant sauté in maybe a tablespoon of olive oil or you could bake.

Extra virgin olive oil has many health benefits, sometimes I will take a teaspoon before bed even.

Anyway, just a suggestion as an alternative to fatty greasy burgers.

And it's super easy with the mix. All natural ingredients, saves time shopping for the ingredients separately and mixing them all together to get the taste right.

 

[catsmeow2]

10 Health Benefits of EVOO To Help You Look and Feel Your Best

From staying active to eating right to getting enough sleep, there’s a lot we can do to live healthy. And that includes using extra virgin olive oil in your best recipes.

www.fustinis.com

 

[EyeBRollin]

I shouldn't have said "fry," I meant sauté in maybe a tablespoon of olive oil or you could bake.

Extra virgin olive oil has many health benefits, sometimes I will take a teaspoon before bed even.

Olive oil should not be consumed at all by the OP, as he is trying to lose weight. He shouldn’t have any oil. Oil is still empty, high density, fat calories that are low in nutrition.

The “benefits” of olive oil are overhyped and overstated. Yes, extra Virgin olive oil is more heart healthy than animal fats and processed seed oils. The “benefit” seen is mostly via replacement (I.e. cooking with EVOO vs butter will probably improve blood lipids). There is no evidence of benefit to adding oil to anything.. other than trying to gain weight (easy empty calories).

 

[catsmeow2]

Well don't want to argue about it but
gonna have to disagree @EyeBRollin.

Fats are necessary even when losing weight.

The key is eating healthy fats versus unhealthy fats.

And losing weight doesn't mean giving up food that tastes great, like the falafel burgers I recommended, imo anyway.

Everything in moderation.

8 Healthy-Fat Foods and Why They are Important

Are some fats better for you than others? Read on to discover the best healthy fat foods to incorporate into your eating plan.

www.weightwatchers.com

 

[jimwho]

Disagree with Brollin. My Uncle 95 eats old school. Wynn, the Grandma of an X is 101 and even spreads Karo-sugar-goop on everything. My mom is 85 and will kill you if you throw out any drippings. I think it's genetics. We need fats oils for fuel. I'm at 500-Cal a day of healthy fats. Feel great.

edit: I've been trying Lard with success also.. uh oh I'm going to get banned.

 

[EyeBRollin]

Well don't want to argue about it but
gonna have to disagree @EyeBRollin.

Fats are necessary even when losing weight.

The key is eating healthy fats versus unhealthy fats.

Fat is still 9 calories per gram, vs 4 for carbs and protein. It is energy dense and oil is nutritionally low. It won’t help @corrector lose weight. We aren’t discussing essential fatty acids when mentioning oil; they are added fats. (Cooking oil is not the same as eating nuts, seeds, fish)

 

[catsmeow2]

Extra virgin olive oil isn't "cooking oil" but it's fine @EyeBRollin I'm not here to change your mind.

Again just giving a healthy tasty alternative to fatty burgers.

That said, here is what the linked article said about eating healthy fats for losing weight if anyone's interested.

>>The basic rule always applies: A calorie deficit is required for losing weight. And it’s totally possible that eating foods containing healthy unsaturated fats could help make that happen. “Eating more healthy fats and fewer highly processed fats [may] leave you feeling more satisfied and better nourished, which can make it easier for you to potentially lose weight,” St. Pierre says. Indeed, research suggests that healthy fats may help people feel more satisfied with modest portions: A small study published in the journal Obesity found that a diet rich in polyunsaturated fat was linked to increased secretion of the appetite-suppressing hormone PYY.<<

In any event, good luck @corrector on your weight loss journey.

 

[EyeBRollin]

Extra virgin olive oil isn't "cooking oil" but it's fine @EyeBRollin I'm not here to change your mind.

That said, here is what the linked article said about eating healthy fats for losing weight if anyone's interested.

“Healthy fat” is not the point. We were talking about oil. Healthy fats are found in nuts, seeds, and fish. Those are all better options than oil. Oil is made by literally stripping the fat out of the nut / seed then processing it. That removes most of the nutrients and fiber. There is nothing controversial about this point. OP should not be consuming oil if weight loss is the goal or the least amount of oil possible. Oil is empty calories.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Eskimos can live without carbs, but no one lives very long without any fat in their diet. The healthier oil options are simply pressed out of a seed, nut, or other food product. And a lot of the antioxidants, flavenoids and healthy substances in food are fat soluble, so fat is required to absorb them.

But once again, most of what is for sale anywhere is garbage in health terms, whether it is fat or carbs.

 

[EyeBRollin]

Eskimos can live without carbs, but no one lives very long without any fat in their diet.

It’s impossible to not eat any fat. Even spinach has fat in it.

 

[Bible_Belt]

It’s impossible to not eat any fat. Even spinach has fat in it.

Hey, it was the 90s and everyone else was doing it . Truth was I was just too ignorant to realize corporate profits are greater when they use sugar and junk carbs to replace oil. The margins on sugar are very attractive, that's why it gets shoved down our throats whenever they can, and that is what is behind the fat free and low fat fads.

 

[corrector]

On a side note, I'm about to read this article by Roosh right now. Warning - it might be a little religious if you're on The Heathen side of things.

https://www.rooshv.com/do-you-love-your-stomach

I've just read that article. It's more than just a little religious, but it does have some salient points. Unfortunately, it doesn't characterize the reason for my creeping weight gain (ie I don't eat all the time or eat too heavy for escapism), or the stubborness to see it removed, despite tweaking up my diet or increasing exercise (ie at least last week and prior). I think it's more likely a metabolic issue, maybe the thyroid, or something else, rather than a food issue.

 

[Pierce.Manhammer]

The level of delusion going on here is absurd. Calories in versus calories out if all else is the same when was the last time you had your testosterone levels checked? Chances are they’re just fine.

If you want to lose weight, eat oatmeal for breakfast, made with salt and water and nothing else in it, for lunch, and a salad, and a piece of salmon in a balsamic vinaigrette, for dinner, a boneless, skinless chicken breast grilled, not fried, and some steamed broccoli with no butter on it or cheese. I guarantee you if you eat this for seven days and nothing else drink water exclusively you will lose a lot of weight quickly.

That’s a simple example of a diet that will get you where you want to go. If I recall correctly, at your height, your weight makes you morbidly obese, which means you’re probably borderline diabetic and you have hypertension.

You must lose weight and it’s not going to be easy. You need to cut out all the sweets all the fake sweets that say that they’re low calorie or 0 cal and go hard-core.

Did she do this for a couple of weeks and you have a lost at least 10 pounds there’s something wrong with you metabolically again the chances of that being the case are very low.

You don’t have a weight problem you have a spoon to mouth problem. You must practice self control.

anything else is a platitude.

 

[catsmeow2]

If you want to lose weight, eat oatmeal for breakfast, made with salt and water and nothing else in it, for lunch, and a salad, and a piece of salmon in a balsamic vinaigrette. For dinner, a boneless, skinless chicken breast grilled, not fried, and some steamed broccoli with no butter on it or cheese.

Agree with this^, salmon is excellent!!

Salad with balsamic vinaigrette is also tasty, light on the olive oil.

Here's a great recipe I use to lose or maintain.

Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe Ingredients

• Balsamic vinegar – It fills the dressing with bold, sweet, and tangy flavor.
• Extra-virgin olive oil – It gives the dressing body and richness.
• Dijon mustard – For extra tang.
• Honey or maple syrup – It mellows the acidity of the mustard and balsamic.

Like I said, losing weight does not mean losing flavor and whether you get healthy fats loaded with omegas from food like salmon or EVOO (olives crushed into a pulp and oil extracted), be prudent and everything in moderation.

Drink LOTS of water! Add fresh lemon for flavor.

Re oatmeal, may sound strange but I don't cook it. I simply mixed uncooked with water or with almond or oatmilk, it has a nuttier flavor, add berries.. I don't add salt. It has natural salt (180-200 mg sodium per one cup).

For chicken breast, let marinade in low sodium soy sauce and one tablespoon light brown sugar (30 cal) for a few hours before grilling or baking at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

I've lost 5 pounds in less than one week following this diet! Others have lost 15 in less than a month.

Be creative and losing won't feel like such a sacrifice.