Weight Loss Counselling/Therapy?

Weight Loss Counselling/Therapy?

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Pizzaeatingking

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687 posts

86 months

Sunday 16th March
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Mazinbrum

1,066 posts

193 months

Sunday 16th March
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Change your username for starters, sounds silly but I think it indicative of your way of life and thinking at the moment.

Pizzaeatingking

Original Poster:

687 posts

86 months

Sunday 16th March
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Lol, if only it were that easy.

InitialDave

13,224 posts

134 months

Sunday 16th March
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Ok, bluntly, how fat are you? Because I've been pretty damn obese, but I've also known a few people more so.

I don't know about counselling or anything like that, but if you don't like how you are now, harness that. Be annoyed with yourself. Be pissed off about it. It is ok to leverage this as long as it is in the direction of a solution.

If you're a big lad, get into strength training. It'll do you a world of good. You get to use your size to immediately see yourself doing reasonable numbers, and the pursuit of building muscle is a fantastic way to force your body to change.

Prioritise eating protein. Don't have a pizza, have a bloody big steak. Ditch the chips as a side for veggies. Feels not substantial enough? Have a bigger steak.

If you drink alcohol, stop. Maybe once you're further down the road you can reintroduce it to your diet, but for now, ditch it.

Most importantly, be very selective of whose advice you listen to. Prioritise people who've done what you want to do, started as a large, fat man, amd got better. Someone who has always been slim but can barely bench two plates despite years in the gym, they can have all the technical understanding in the world, but they can't know in the way someone who's also been a fat bd can.


S100HP

13,315 posts

182 months

Scabutz

8,450 posts

95 months

Sunday 16th March
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Look for someone who specialises in solution based therapy. This is more centred around helping you to achieve specific goals than general talking therapy which is about talking about your feelings and teasing out the root cause.

With this they will help you set and work towards goals.

I used this recently to get over my divorce and build my self confidence, and possibly date. I went from hating myself, depressed, to them helping me pull my self up, sort my st out, lose weight, feel great and start rizzing up the local singles and going on dates.

Quattr04.

595 posts

6 months

Sunday 16th March
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There’s NOOM which really does work, dives into the theory behind why we eat how we do and changes the habits

For instance, I found that I clear my plate even if I’m full due to being forced to as a child and being from a poor family with a massive scarcity mindset

It’s a CBT Based app that really does work

Remember there’s no good or bad foods, losing weight is easy, it takes time but it’s just putting in fewer calouries than you take out, but the thinking parts of your habits are what takes the time to change.


Xerstead

711 posts

193 months

Monday 17th March
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InitialDave said:
Ok, bluntly, how fat are you? Because I've been pretty damn obese, but I've also known a few people more so.

I don't know about counselling or anything like that, but if you don't like how you are now, harness that. Be annoyed with yourself. Be pissed off about it. It is ok to leverage this as long as it is in the direction of a solution.

If you're a big lad, get into strength training. It'll do you a world of good. You get to use your size to immediately see yourself doing reasonable numbers, and the pursuit of building muscle is a fantastic way to force your body to change.

Prioritise eating protein. Don't have a pizza, have a bloody big steak. Ditch the chips as a side for veggies. Feels not substantial enough? Have a bigger steak.

If you drink alcohol, stop. Maybe once you're further down the road you can reintroduce it to your diet, but for now, ditch it.

Most importantly, be very selective of whose advice you listen to. Prioritise people who've done what you want to do, started as a large, fat man, amd got better. Someone who has always been slim but can barely bench two plates despite years in the gym, they can have all the technical understanding in the world, but they can't know in the way someone who's also been a fat bd can.
Completely agree with this. I wasn't particulally big, max 102kg, but was heading that way and didn't want to become a fat old man. Now down to a fairly lean 93kg, twice as strong, and look so much better.
Weight training, or other sport, will give you something positive to focus on, not just the slowly changing number on a scale. Improvements in the gym is progress that can keep you feeling positive even if the scale hasn't moved.
It's also gives another reason to clean up your diet, and prioritise protein for each meal (including breakfast). It's very satiating for the calories and helps shut off the hunger signals that lead to excess snacking. I used to find any excuse to find sausage rolls or biscuits, but now a good omelette for breakfast will see me through to dinner. The best part is not feeling hungry.