ADHD and the Art of Weight Management
I got an e-mail a couple of weeks ago from ADDITUDE magazine, to which I do not yet subscribe, but hope to soon. The e-mail was an invite to "attend" a webinar called "ADHD Expert Webinar: Weight-Loss Secrets for ADHD Adults." True to form, I checked e-mails, Facebook, and even picked up a knitting project for a bit all the while listening to this webinar.
As I was listening to the presenter, I felt like he was totally describing me. Eating so absentmindedly that you don't even remember that you ate something. Eating out of boredom. Eating because you like the taste of something, so that you are eating for the experience of eating and not to sate hunger.
I found this slide show about losing weight the ADHD way. Now, this is something to consider. I have been overweight most of my life. I have had ADHD most of my life as well, although I didn't get diagnosed until I was 38. I have not, however, addressed my weight issues as an individual living with ADHD. Since listening to the webinar and being enlightened by the information within, I have been considering more my own history of struggling with my weight and how I got to the point I am now.
Here's the best part of all of this. I share this with someone I really respect regarding weight loss and tell her, "Hey! This is why I'm like this!" Her response was, "We all do that." I felt like she totally wrote off the ADHD. Her words sounded like this to me; Suzanne, you're just making excuses. You don't really have a problem, you just don't want this bad enough. I'm kinda still salty about that, but I'm not giving up. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. No one has ever been able to do this for me, so, I am the only one who can do it in spite of myself and everyone else's doubts.
I really wish I could just eat like a regular normal person. I would give anything to just be able to see food as fuel and not entertainment. Unfortunately, the only thing that really truly keeps me from munching mindlessly is working on this blog or work or knitting. Unfortunately, none of those things holds my attention or interest for very long. I will quixotically keep up the pursuit, however.
As I was listening to the presenter, I felt like he was totally describing me. Eating so absentmindedly that you don't even remember that you ate something. Eating out of boredom. Eating because you like the taste of something, so that you are eating for the experience of eating and not to sate hunger.
I found this slide show about losing weight the ADHD way. Now, this is something to consider. I have been overweight most of my life. I have had ADHD most of my life as well, although I didn't get diagnosed until I was 38. I have not, however, addressed my weight issues as an individual living with ADHD. Since listening to the webinar and being enlightened by the information within, I have been considering more my own history of struggling with my weight and how I got to the point I am now.
Here's the best part of all of this. I share this with someone I really respect regarding weight loss and tell her, "Hey! This is why I'm like this!" Her response was, "We all do that." I felt like she totally wrote off the ADHD. Her words sounded like this to me; Suzanne, you're just making excuses. You don't really have a problem, you just don't want this bad enough. I'm kinda still salty about that, but I'm not giving up. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. No one has ever been able to do this for me, so, I am the only one who can do it in spite of myself and everyone else's doubts.
I really wish I could just eat like a regular normal person. I would give anything to just be able to see food as fuel and not entertainment. Unfortunately, the only thing that really truly keeps me from munching mindlessly is working on this blog or work or knitting. Unfortunately, none of those things holds my attention or interest for very long. I will quixotically keep up the pursuit, however.
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