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Any tips on loosing weight when you've got ADHD? (fedia.io)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The things that get in the way for me are: getting instantly bored with any weight loss strategy, an inability to do things if I'm told I have to, forgetting that I need to lose weight, needing the sensory input of food, inability to recognise when I'm full, hyper-focusing on weight loss for a month and losing a ton of weight and then putting it all back on the next month because I celebrated the weight loss with cake...

I just wonder if there are any ADHD behaviour hacks where I could use my neurospicyness to actually help me lose weight consistently.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have a calorie tracking app and track everything. You will start to learn how somethings are more calorie dense than others. Don't have junk food. You will want to snack. Have veggies like carrots or fresh fruit on hand. Drink water first. So many times I "feel" hungry but I am actually thirsty. Load up on broccoli. If you over eat, then have lots of broccoli. It's filling and not calorie dense. When possible plan your meals ahead of time. It's brutally hard to make the better diet choice when your hungry. It's easier to just follow through with a decision you already made.

[–] RvTV95XBeo 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As a fellow ADHD person, this is a really hard one to maintain, but the really important thing here is just being conscious of the difference in calories between different food groups, then learning for each ~100 calories you eat, you have to walk a mile just to burn it off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, you can't outrun your fork.