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

submitted 2 weeks ago by Novamdomum@fedia.io to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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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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[–] bunitor@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

take all this with a grain of salt

if you don't need to lose weight immediately for health reasons, focus less on weight loss and more on making healthy habits feel natural

regarding eating, i'd say the following are essential:

avoid getting hungry
food should be as tasty as possible. you have to actually like what you're eating
no forbidden food. do not try to take anything away from your diet
absolutely NO strict rules in general. they're bad enough for neurotypicals, so they're fatal to us
introduce healthy food you like. if you can, start with fruits, lots of fruits. fruits are the easiest kind of tasty healthy food
try to eat on time as much as possible. kind of a corollary of "avoid getting hungry"
have go-to foods you can eat at each meal/whenever you get hungry without thinking. one of mine is strawberry smoothie
don't eat anything you don't like. it doesn't matter how healthy it is, if you hate it, it's bad for you. there's plenty of healthy food out there
give a chance to foods you don't like too much once in a while. maybe you'll end up liking them eventually, maybe not. just try and you'll find out
above all else, make any of these changes incrementally. the point is building solid habits, not having a solid diet from the get go

any of these follow from: eating is one of the most important things in our life; never make yourself feel bad while trying to get healthy.

good luck