I need to lose 10lbs without reverting to disordered eating... Help!! - Page 2

[physmom]

Originally Posted by crunchy_mommy 

Yoga is a good idea, I will try to incorporate a few minutes every day and hopefully expand on that as I get stronger! I also discovered kicking a small ball against the wall for a few minutes was fun, got my heart rate up, and got DS cracking up!! Definitely need more ideas of ways I can include a few minutes of exercise here & there throughout my day, because I guess I'm not up for a full hour-long workout right now.

I do eat only whole grains, trying to eat more fermented foods, and low sugar, minimally processed, etc. I sort of feel like, aside from being a bit high in carbs, my diet *should* be kind of ideal, except that apparently it's not lol. Maybe my body composition has changed since having a baby & nursing, and I need to shift things a bit more.

I just can't walk in the rain. I need rain gear, I don't even have an umbrella or boots, and it's not in our budget. It normally doesn't rain quite this much at once, so it's hard to justify the purchases. And I'm a wimp.

I am trying hard to avoid the scale and just go by the scale. Unfortunately, I feel like crap. Even in sweatpants I feel so much pressure on my stomach, which exaggerates that "fat" feeling!! I noticed a big part of why I don't like nursing DS much is because he puts pressure on my stomach.

I'm so glad you guys are here to talk through this with me & give me ideas!!!

You might want to try the 30 day shred.  DD loved watching me do that and would even join in many times. Plus the workouts are pretty short so not too time consuming. 

Also, you keep talking about pressure on your belly, are you bloated?  BTW, I always felt that when I was pregnant, just a thought if this is a recent thing...

[shnitzel]

Do you think you could have IBS or IBD? A high fiber would make Crohn's or colitis worse and could cause a very bloated tummy. It doesn't necessarily sound like fat is the issue but the bloating. 

If you have never eaten normally as a non vegan after your eating disorder some of the discomfort with food could be because your body wasn't used to it yet. If you do start eating animal products I think it would take time until you can know what you do and don't tolerate. When you start eating normally again it takes time until your body gets used to eating again. 

Are you eating enough fat in your diet? What finally really stopped my disordered cycle was adding lots of fat into my diet. I feel totally in control of my eating for the first time.

[crunchy_mommy]

So I've been thinking a lot about this and realized that the weight gain may be due to gut healing now that I've been GF for nearly a year. I have suspected I have celiac disease and it kind of makes sense that if I wasn't absorbing nutrients properly then I wouldn't gain weight but once everything healed due to being GF for a good amount of time, I started absorbing things and gaining weight??? Makes sense I think but it's just a theory so I really don't know. And I still think I may not be dealing well with rice etc. *sigh*

I am doing better with increased activity... on most days I've been able to get out and take a walk or do something else pretty physical... not every day but many... even went for a run the other day, first time in years!!! It's so hard to fit it into the day and I have this all-or-nothing mentality that makes it hard for me to just work out SOME days.

I'm also doing better with eating more reasonable amounts, I think, and I don't seem to be dealing with constant hunger as much these days. So that's good.

Apparently my self-image is just at an all-time low though... I am just not happy with my appearance, the weight, the way I feel, I'm having trouble with other things like the scars on my body... I just can't seem to see myself in a positive light right now.
Edited by crunchy_mommy - 6/9/11 at 4:23pm