the weight finally fell off when I realized it was NEVER about food…

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  @julieperez7505 · 2 years ago

  I was watching a Karmalita fox video and someone said that one of the best things you can do is SEPERATE your feelings from hunger. She said and I quote “sad is not hungry. Bored is not hungry.” and that’s when it clicked for me. I never had that big of an appetite, I just used food as a dopamine supply when I didn’t have anything else to do 🤯 now I gotta find something else to boost my dopamine lol

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  @meownchuriancandidate · 2 years ago

  Video notes;<br>Step 1: Heal your relationship with food<br>- Food doesn&apos;t control you, you control food.<br>- Stop labeling food &quot;good&quot; or &quot;bad&quot;.<br><br>Step 2: Do a deep-dive reflection<br>Understand why you gained weight<br>- What are the real reasons behind your weight? <br>- What are you using food for besides sustenance? <br>- Why is food used to acknowledge our emotions, accomplishments, etc?<br><br>Step 3: Support your weight loss<br>Find alternative coping mechanisms<br>- Don&apos;t restrict yourself when it comes to food<br>Example: if you tend to go to sugar when stressed, replace the processed kind with natural sugar (like in fruit instead of ice cream)<br><br>Regulate your emotions more effectively <br>- Allow yourself to release emotions instead of letting them fester inside<br>Example: cry or journal instead of bottling up emotions<br><br>Stop listening to internet people and instead start listening to yourself<br>- A lot of youtubers say you should lose x amount of weight in y amount of days or weeks - DON&apos;T rush yourself<br>- What works for someone else might not work for you. Our journeys are individual and we need to figure out what works for us<br>- LISTEN TO YOUR BODY (and its signals) and adjust based on how you react to food<br><br>Step 4: Prioritize feeling good in your body<br><br>Other things:<br>- You don&apos;t want to feel deprived<br>- You want to be able to practice sustainable weight loss habits for the rest of your life<br>- Prioritize body acceptance<br>- It&apos;s okay to want to change<br>- CHANGING YOUR LIFESTYLE CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE<br>- Work with your body as a team, don&apos;t fight it

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  @thedisabledanddiscarded · 2 years ago

  “My body did not trust me, and rightfully so.” Is a whole word 🙌🏽

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  @bedhead-studio · 2 years ago

  I find that the more upset I am about where I am, the harder it is to make progress towards where I want to be. I had to overcome the shame and guilt that I was feeling in order to get back on track.

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  @ItsKyraShay · 2 years ago

  The idea that your body puts on weight when it feels unsafe is so beautiful. Because God crafted our body to protect us. I have started to recognize a lot of the things you covered on my own, but that part was honestly such a wholesome way to see my body that it made me realize how important it is to pay attention to my cues and not punish myself for being hungry. <br>I think another really great tip would be to prioritize finding and eating foods with nutrients that your body needs that are also tasty to you. Because you can eat sugary food and then because your body got no real sustenance from it, you’ll feel that trigger to eat again (even if it’s a just mental trigger) and it makes you feel guilty for wanting to eat again. But your body is literally saying “I cannot sustain you off this. I need better food to function properly.”

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  @aliciaaltom6652 · 2 years ago

  Yess made a post about this the other day. Emotional bagge= physical weight. Face it. Heal it. Let it go.

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  @zipsicle50 · 1 year ago

  Don&apos;t compliment someone based on their aesthetics, but rather, the commitment and effort that it took to get there.

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  @DominiquesWorld56 · 2 years ago

  I had read a book on intermittent fasting, and that helped me understand why I stress eat and how that affects me mentally and then physically. I started to pay attention when I got hungry and I would ask myself am I really hungry or do I just need a drink of water. This mindset has helped changed the way I consume and think about food.

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  @mojokombue4463 · 2 years ago (edited)

  My mantra now is “go slow to go fast” the beauty is in the journey🙏🏽 “Don’t listen to other people, listen to your body”❤

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  @UnglamorousGlow · 2 years ago

  As someone who has lost 40lbs and still wants to lose 50 or more I almost left the video when you said 15 lbs. So glad I didn&apos;t. This applies to anyone who struggles with their relationship with food. Really enjoyed the video!

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  @angelinedardani9198 · 2 years ago

  As a petite woman myself this video is so sooo accurate. The forced protein shakes + workout advice of social media led me nowhere but gaining an additional 10 pounds and looking so bloated. &nbsp;It’s like now I have to reverse everything

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  @reginehunter · 2 years ago

  this girl is talking truth. i decided for one year that i would just focus on clean up my diet. i wasn’t worried about working out of losing weight, i just focused on eating clean. i lost 35 pounds and went back to the weight i was before i had my son. the following year i started to incorporate fitness (i hate working out so i do things that don’t make me sweat like yoga lol). for reference i’m 5’9 and 145.

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