https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:48:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food/page/2#post-2147600 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:58:59 +0000 Lieselotte Kander 2147600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like cookies, cakes and other desserts and I am also good at baking them. But it is tough for me to eat them more than 1 cookie or one piece of cake. But yes, salty snacks, roasted meat etc, I can eat in bulk. In my opinion, mayhap you have hormonal change or stress issues which are leading eating habits swings. (I am not expert just giving my opinion) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food/page/2#post-2147291 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:03:35 +0000 celia 2147291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am glad you asked and that so many answered that the less you exercise the more junk food we wanna eat. I wonder if is because of endorphins that we would get from exercise and we look for in food.<br />I have done my fair share of supporting the potato industry during these COVID times. :O)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food/page/2#post-2146360 Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:32:56 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2146360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Finally got myself to work out and wouldn’t you know, afterwards my appetite immediately got healthier. I know I need to be eating protein, but tonight I wanted the tuna steaks so much I skipped over easier things like I have been eating. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food/page/2#post-2146355 Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:01:53 +0000 karen13 2146355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Stress-, boredom-, and habit-eating are real things for me (as are hormonal changes!). But my biggest nutrition challenges seem to come from traveling. That is when I eat, drink alcohol and avoid working out with abandon!&nbsp;</p> <p>Six years ago I started using MyFitnessPal to track my nutrition and fitness habits (DH had been using it for a few years before that) and it was eye opening. It motivates me because I am analytical and I like data, which reinforces the log everything mentality. And I can say from experience, these trackers only work if you actually do log everything. I tend to fall off the logging wagon when I travel or eat out. And my weight chart in the app since 2014 shows significant spikes almost every time I travel for more than a couple of days. </p> <p>But since the pandemic began, I've cooked every meal at home, and hiked or worked out 5-7 times a week. So now I have a nearly complete record of diet and exercise for 6.5 months.</p> <p>My data-driven epiphanies are: 1) I have pretty low rate of base metabolism - I'm female, small and older - so I need to actively burn calories every day. If I ate the "U.S. average daily diet" of 2000 calories without working out hard, I might gain two or three pounds a month! 2) I&nbsp;am a serious snacker, particularly after dinner. 3)&nbsp;Many snacks don't meet my cost/benefit analysis - who knew a Starbucks muffin and Frappachino would more than offset my 8 mile hike - which has helped me make different snack choices. 4) Evening festive adult beverages had become a mindless habit even when I wasn't celebrating anything; plus the disinhibition effect probably made me snack more at my weak time.&nbsp;</p> <p>So now I try to make sure I have an evening snack buffer. And DH and I largely stopped drinking alcohol back in Feb/March. If he hadn't stopped, I would have had a hard time because I am highly suggestible and lack willpower. Although we did share a nice bottle of wine with our home-cooked phyllo potpie dinner last night, so nothing is written in stone.</p> <p>It will be interesting to see what good and bad pandemic habits carry over once our behavior is less constrained. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food/page/2#post-2146144 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:42:58 +0000 Anonymous 2146144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes and no, since I've been home I've been able to make salads every day for lunch, and there has been an abundance of fresh local produce to eat. It's much more difficult in winter.</p> <p>But, DHs main food groups are chips, chocolate, cookies, and granola bars- and I'm home all day- and stressed from being on the phone/Zoom all day. </p> <p>They're making me return to the office 3 days a week though- so I'll need to figure something out. I don't want to spend all day Sunday doing food and other weekly prep like I used to! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food/page/2#post-2145981 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 15:02:05 +0000 Kyle 2145981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The Quarantine 15 is real. Ugh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food/page/2#post-2145973 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:09:33 +0000 Helena 2145973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone for being so candid ... Always good to know you're not the only one xoxox </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food/page/2#post-2145949 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 03:28:50 +0000 annagybe 2145949@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So much stress eating, so much </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145930 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 22:20:25 +0000 Cardiff girl 2145930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have eaten a lot more cake in our household since the pandemic started.l l think that the sugar is comforting and as I said to the DD now is not the time to get too skinny and weak(that’s my excuse anyways) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145870 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:25:31 +0000 Janet 2145870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear you. I don't know how it is that my pants still fit, because my eating habits have not been stellar this year. I do worry about my blood pressure though, so I should cool it on the sugary and fatty stuff. My bp was up when I donated blood last weekend, but....stress and 2020 go together like, um, peanut butter and chocolate. Oh, and I forgot to eat breakfast before my donation appointment so I very nearly fainted with a pint of blood out of me. Oops!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145864 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:06:44 +0000 Laurie 2145864@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I started 2020 so well - 5 weeks of no alcohol (so hard, but totally rewarding with how good I felt) followed by 4 weeks of tracking my food on MyFitnessPal (including wine, but now tracking calories per glass), losing a few pounds and feeling awesome. Then Covid. I lost all motivation to track my foods even though it had not been hard, it had worked so well, and it felt like a really good habit to be in...I just willfully, consciously undermined myself every day. The few pounds came back.&nbsp;</p> <p>Cocktail hour? Even in the dark early days of limiting outside venturing, we made it to Total Wine multiple times. I keep thinking I'll take a wine hiatus again, but then I don't. I also start to record my food from time to time, but never seem to make it through a full day.&nbsp;</p> <p>Weird sort of suspended animation, isn't it?</p> <p>I get an A for exercise though. I have been 100% compliant and consistent. I think it's because it's actually daily pain management, and not for super difficult but (and therefore?) expendable goals like losing weight or training for a marathon.&nbsp;<i>At least this</i>.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145837 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:32:03 +0000 anchie 2145837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t have a sweet tooth so I am not tempted by it at all. But salty and spicy things are my weakness. Who can eat only a few pieces of chips? Not me, LOL. So my best strategy is not to buy it, otherwise no guarantees. But last few months I was using junk food as my weight maintenance tool - whenever I would feel my clothes getting too lose, I would stock up and binge on junk food until things are back to normal. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145824 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 12:03:13 +0000 nemosmom 2145824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*Raises hand*...&nbsp; I struggle with snacking during the best of times.&nbsp; My problem is convenience of unhealthy options.&nbsp; Having healthier options to snack on requires planning and forethought and more effort than I feel like I can put in these days.&nbsp; It's easy to grab a quick handful of chips and go on about my business.&nbsp; Making a salad or cutting up fruit takes more time.&nbsp; Or, those things go bad before we get around to eating them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145733 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 21:05:02 +0000 Sara L. 2145733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have two big issues - daily cocktail hour and meal planning.&nbsp; I've never been all that organized about meal planning and grocery shopping.&nbsp; I used to stop at the grocery store several times a week and pick up stuff for dinner that night.&nbsp; But with Covid, I'm trying to limit my grocery trips which means being more organized with meal planning, and I really struggle with it.&nbsp; I'm good for a couple weeks and then I fall off the wagon so end up ordering takeout.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145721 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:13:39 +0000 RobinF 2145721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And I do love my daily glass of wine! :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145720 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:13:12 +0000 RobinF 2145720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sweets has always been a problem for me and it is really easy for me to increase without even realizing it. That is where trackers can come in handy. But I also like to bake so instead of baking a whole batch of cookies I will make them and bake a few and then freeze the rest so they are ready to bake next time we want fresh cookies. It helps prevent me from eating too many at once. Works for scones and biscuits too, which I also love.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145704 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:52:06 +0000 JAileen 2145704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div><div>I had to write a letter for our church, asking for more donations. &nbsp;This is a very hard thing to do, especially if you’re not a writer, which I’m not. &nbsp;Anyway, I frittered away my time until the very last day, and then I threw something together, eating cookies along the way. &nbsp;Stress eating. &nbsp;</div><br />Mary, we stopped our Pandemic cocktail hour. &nbsp;We’re sleeping a lot better. &nbsp;That’s not to say we don’t drink at all. &nbsp;My husband made us cocktails over the weekend. &nbsp;I was very down about RBG’s death. &nbsp;<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My favorite pick me up is iced coffee, with stevia and whole milk. &nbsp;It’s very satisfying to me. It’s also super strong, so I can only have it in the morning.<br /></div><div></p> <p></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145702 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:50:54 +0000 Helena 2145702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MsMary ... DH and I are doing our part supporting the Italian economy with our prosecco consumption ... or as my husband calls his: "bro-secco" *eyeroll* lol!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145696 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:11:59 +0000 MsMary 2145696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup and don't even get me started on the daily cocktail hour... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145680 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:39:50 +0000 Helena 2145680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh that's a great idea FI ... I'll try that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145676 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:13:47 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2145676@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Food trackers work for me without sucking out the joy if I take some time the evening before to play the tetris game of planning out my day. I allow myself a couple treats most days, so I have fun planning them out. I generally start with the yum and then add in other stuff around it. It works for me, because I think of it as getting the good stuff. And I often set some nibbles out in the morning. Sometimes it’s a 12.5 g bar of chocolate and a tablespoon of pb, some days it’s chips, sometimes it’s whipped cream to put in my coffee, on a baked apple or whatever else I can think of. Since my problem is often that I don’t eat if I haven’t figured it out ahead of me, I feel better when I take the time to set this up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145649 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:23:43 +0000 Helena 2145649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks so much everyone ... it's therapeutic to know many are having the same issues! Rachy, you totally nailed it ... it's the snacking. I also relate to the simplicity piece - I've had good luck with food trackers in one way, but in another way it just sucks the joy out of eating, so while it's good as a sanity check for a week here or there, it's not something that feels sustainable in a positive way.</p> <p>Joyce, the sugar is it for me too ... and Liz, I think I've been in peri for a while but my cycles are SO heavy now that I think I legitimately need extra calories during that time just to recover ... and definitely the pandemic has thrown everything into disarray, with schedules and routines out of whack, not being able to get out and about as much, etc.</p> <p>I'm thinking based on everyone's feedback that picking one thing to focus on - maybe just limiting the added sugar - is enough to add to the situation! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145645 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:51:17 +0000 Joyce B 2145645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Added sugars have always been a struggle for me until I decided to mostly avoid them in my food, that helped me a lot. After that I am able to have an occasional treat without having to have more after I finish it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145639 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:33:09 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2145639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>A small problem with food, and a bigger one with not wanting to exercise. I know it'll make me feel better and make it easier to focus, but day after day I tell myself I have to get x done first, or that I'm just too tired and will do it the next day... but the next day, I don't have any energy either, because I didn't work out. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I've just eaten a salad Nicoise from a jar. Making them ahead is key for me to get through the day. Otherwise I'm tired because I'm hungry. Then I whine and don't get work done or work out, think I need just one more little nap or round of facebook. Round and round. So I need to get off here and go be productive now that I've had my nutritious lunch.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>So far my weight has crept back up less than 2 kg. Not really a problem, as long as it doesn't go up more. I'm OK with where it is now, need to be working on shape, not weight, but that clearly isn't going well either when I'm eating poorly and not moving. <br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145619 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:52:30 +0000 Jane 2145619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m nodding and sympathise. I have been relaxed since March on the eating and put on a few pounds. Which I’m fine with. </p> <p>But now I’m being a little bit healthier and aiming for lots of fruit and veg, hoping to loose the pounds and then I’ve more choice for my winter wardrobe. </p> <p>It’s sugar cravings that get to me and stress leaves me wanting sugar. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145612 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:44:04 +0000 slim cat 2145612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very similar - lots of snacking. Baking used to be a regular thing but now I don't have time for it ( plus my daughter said "less sweet things" <br />&nbsp;:) ). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145605 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:04:45 +0000 elpgal 2145605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don’t have any advice except to say I am in the same boat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145603 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 03:11:43 +0000 Liz 2145603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>You asked, "Is this stress? Perimenopause?" Yes, it could be either or both of those. I have far stronger cravings and far less desire to withstand them when I'm under stress, and perimenopause intensified everything--my cravings and my emotions.&nbsp; I doubt you've suddenly lost all self-discipline. Trace this trend you're noticing in yourself back to the time (approximately) when it started. What else was happening at the time? <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Was perimenopause kicking in? Was it the pandemic? Other stresses?&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145597 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:41:54 +0000 rachylou 2145597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And one more... a lot of us have had routine changes... that’s disruptive in more ways than one... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-anyone-struggling-with-food#post-2145596 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:39:37 +0000 rachylou 2145596@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Of course, now it occurs to me... maybe you’re talking about replacing dinner with chips or something. I think of junk food as a snacking-all-day problem... </p>