swampyseifer
New Member
Hi
I've been a long time lurker...
Quick background...I've always been big and just after my wedding I had reached a whopping 26st (i'm 6'1).
I was shamed on a rush-hour bus in London, by a young child saying out loud to his mother that I was the biggest man he'd ever seen and why was I so fat. Clearly it was the kick in the rear I need as I nigh-on instantly went on a diet...
Skip forward 18 months and I am now down to 16st 10 or thereabouts...so a total weight loss of around 9st. I try to get to the gym 3 times a week and I was riding a bike once or so a week, until it was stolen just after christmas...although I bought another one last weekend so hopefully I can start that up again.
Problem is that I've slowly been eating less and less as the diet has gone on and now I think, in the last two months or so, that I've reached a point where I just dont feel hungry anymore.
I'm worried that maybe I'm getting into a mindset of associating not eating with weight loss and its more that I'm almost sub-conciously ignoring my hunger.
My wife says that I'm not the man I was before I dieted and I'm worried that its some kind of deficiancy (from not eating a good diet) coming out as excess tiredness, lack of concentration, forgetfullness and irritability.
Dont get me wrong, the diet has made some amazing changes. My tops have gone from XXXL to currently wearing XL which is starting to be too large and my waist went from 54" to 40" which is also starting to feel baggy.
I'm wondering whether I should go to the doctor about it before I develop a real eating disorder or something?
Sorry, I meandered all over the place a bit with this!
I've been a long time lurker...
Quick background...I've always been big and just after my wedding I had reached a whopping 26st (i'm 6'1).
I was shamed on a rush-hour bus in London, by a young child saying out loud to his mother that I was the biggest man he'd ever seen and why was I so fat. Clearly it was the kick in the rear I need as I nigh-on instantly went on a diet...
Skip forward 18 months and I am now down to 16st 10 or thereabouts...so a total weight loss of around 9st. I try to get to the gym 3 times a week and I was riding a bike once or so a week, until it was stolen just after christmas...although I bought another one last weekend so hopefully I can start that up again.
Problem is that I've slowly been eating less and less as the diet has gone on and now I think, in the last two months or so, that I've reached a point where I just dont feel hungry anymore.
I'm worried that maybe I'm getting into a mindset of associating not eating with weight loss and its more that I'm almost sub-conciously ignoring my hunger.
My wife says that I'm not the man I was before I dieted and I'm worried that its some kind of deficiancy (from not eating a good diet) coming out as excess tiredness, lack of concentration, forgetfullness and irritability.
Dont get me wrong, the diet has made some amazing changes. My tops have gone from XXXL to currently wearing XL which is starting to be too large and my waist went from 54" to 40" which is also starting to feel baggy.
I'm wondering whether I should go to the doctor about it before I develop a real eating disorder or something?
Sorry, I meandered all over the place a bit with this!