Many obese people confess they are obsessed with eating. What to eat for breakfast is their first thought in the morning. While eating their breakfast, they already think about the next meals of the day. Moreover, they all develop overeating issues, because they find it very hard to stop when they feel the satiety sensation. As a matter of fact, many of them are unable to detect the moment when the feel full, as their neural pathways aren’t functioning properly anymore. Insulin spikes and high blood sugar make these people unable to know when they are hungry and when they’ve eaten enough.
All these overeating issues can be managed, but only under medical supervision. People who have metabolism troubles can’t control their food intake. They need a nutritionist to help them create a meal plan and stick to it until they lose some weight or until their metabolism accelerates. Ideally, their meal plan should replicate the nutrition style of healthy people who are able to feel hunger and satiety.
People who have never dieted in their life are less prone to developing such issues, as they are always going to avoid starving themselves or overeating. On the contrary, chronic dieters tend to choose extremely strict diets, depriving their body of essential nutrients that should supply them the needed energy to support their internal bodily processes and their daily activities. Inevitably, they start cheating after one or two months of severe dieting. Their body asks for its rights, making them depressed and frustrated. Most of them start by cheating only a little, but once they do it, stopping becomes almost impossible. Soon, they give in, so their diet goes down the drain. Even worse, they start eating even more than before their starvation episode. The result is very easy to imagine and very difficult to counteract. They gain even more weight, and their metabolism becomes even more troubled.
This roller coaster can’t be stopped without professional help. This is why, if you suspect you have such issues, you should identify a good nutritionist and schedule an appointment, in order to discuss your possible options. The doctor is probably going to recommend you some tests. Based on the results, he or she will be able to decide upon the meal plan that would suit you best. If you care about your health and well-being, you should stick to the recommended diet. A good nutritionist is never going to make you starve yourself. Most probably, you’ll be allowed to eat all your favorite foods, but in limited amounts and in combinations that a in favor of losing weight rather than storing fat. You’ll probably need to undergo periodic check ups with your nutritionist. Based on your intermediary results, you may have to adjust your diet to suit your new weight and your new activity level. Speaking of activity, you need to be aware that the human body hasn’t been designed to sit on a chair for eight hours straight, but rather to move freely throughout the entire day. With these in mind, you should know that there is hope to defeat your food addiction.
