Comments on: Betch Can’t Eat Just One, Even After Weight Loss Surgery http://fatfreemind.com/?p=132 Katie Jay's Tips on Losing the Obesity Mindset Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:08:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Casey George http://fatfreemind.com/?p=132#comment-43 Casey George Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:19:04 +0000 http://fatfreemind.com/?p=132#comment-43 I am an independent contractor at Gold's Gym. I basically pay rent and work for myself. Pretty sweet gig if you ask me. Great point about the chemical/insulin relationship. My wife actually has PCOS, and that is one of the major issues that affects her. She does take metformin to help with regulation, but it is still an uphill battle. You just have to do the best you can. I look forward to more content. Have a great night :) I am an independent contractor at Gold’s Gym. I basically pay rent and work for myself. Pretty sweet gig if you ask me.

Great point about the chemical/insulin relationship. My wife actually has PCOS, and that is one of the major issues that affects her. She does take metformin to help with regulation, but it is still an uphill battle. You just have to do the best you can. I look forward to more content.

Have a great night :)

]]> By: admin http://fatfreemind.com/?p=132#comment-40 admin Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:17:25 +0000 http://fatfreemind.com/?p=132#comment-40 Hi Casey, You made my day. I love it when people GET IT! One thing I will add, though, is that while there are strong emotional links to trigger foods, brain chemistry and insulin play a role in carbohydrate sensitivity (addiction), too. It's fascinating stuff! Are you affiliated with a gym? Just curious. Thanks for posting. Katie Hi Casey,

You made my day. I love it when people GET IT! One thing I will add, though, is that while there are strong emotional links to trigger foods, brain chemistry and insulin play a role in carbohydrate sensitivity (addiction), too. It’s fascinating stuff!

Are you affiliated with a gym? Just curious.

Thanks for posting.

Katie

]]> By: Casey George http://fatfreemind.com/?p=132#comment-39 Casey George Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:08:09 +0000 http://fatfreemind.com/?p=132#comment-39 Great post. As a personal trainer, I have seen many clients struggle with the "just one" mentality. The problem is that food addiction is a real thing, and psychologists across the world would back that up. Is it an addiction as powerful as a drug addiction? Possibly, not necessarily as much from a physiological standpoint as from a psychological standpoint. You aren't just born with trigger foods, they are somehow psychologically linked with a previous experience. Maybe you would have cookies as a kid at Grandma's house and it always made you happy. On the subconscious level, you recall those feelings and soon Cookie=Happy. And thus, a food addiction / trigger food is born. So I agree with you, is it really worth the risk to just "have one" of a food that contributed to your obesity before? Hell NO! If someone had just gotten out of rehab for heroin, would you advise having "just one" hit? Of course not. So why even test the waters with something that has caused you so much pain before. End your relationship with your trigger food and move onto the new happier, healthier you. Great post. As a personal trainer, I have seen many clients struggle with the “just one” mentality. The problem is that food addiction is a real thing, and psychologists across the world would back that up. Is it an addiction as powerful as a drug addiction? Possibly, not necessarily as much from a physiological standpoint as from a psychological standpoint. You aren’t just born with trigger foods, they are somehow psychologically linked with a previous experience. Maybe you would have cookies as a kid at Grandma’s house and it always made you happy. On the subconscious level, you recall those feelings and soon Cookie=Happy. And thus, a food addiction / trigger food is born.

So I agree with you, is it really worth the risk to just “have one” of a food that contributed to your obesity before? Hell NO! If someone had just gotten out of rehab for heroin, would you advise having “just one” hit? Of course not. So why even test the waters with something that has caused you so much pain before. End your relationship with your trigger food and move onto the new happier, healthier you.

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