How do I have the determination/willpower to run so much yet can't stop myself from a simple thing like overeating?

I found something out when I started REALLY eating right when I got married. When I was in college and single, I tried to avoid junk food. But my actual meals were pretty poor at actually nourishing me. Which, nourishing a runner takes a lot of calories. I ate lots of spaghetti and other basic meals, but I wasn't eating very much variety of healthy foods, and not really ENOUGH healthy foods. So I would crave snacks all the time and indulge in them. When I got married, my wife starting doing all the meal planning and cooking for me and wow, what a difference it has made. She cooks amazing big meals every day. I don't crave junk food anymore. I feel stronger throughout the day. My recovery from training has gotten better.

So my advice isn't stop overeating, it is to instead focus on eating lots of healthy food. And as a runner, understand, it takes a lot of food to nourish you.

Sounds like an awesome wife.

So, your advice is to get married to an awesome woman?

I'll second that.

pathetic... wrote:

No matter the weather, temperature, how I feel, etc. I'm pretty much always out there running a lot of miles, pushing myself through workouts, etc. Yet why can't I stop myself from constantly overeating/gorging on food? I tell myself how I'll approach it/not overeat, and fail most of the time. How do I not have the willpower for something like this?

The answer is this - you are addicted to wheat. Read the book "Wheat Belly". Wheat breaks down into molecules that bind to opiate receptors in the brain, only it doesn't make you high, it makes you hungry. Cut the wheat and cut the ravenous hunger.

pathetic,

How old are you?

huh??? could you please explain this more, as a molecular biologist i'm interested to know how exactly this works! (ie this is ridiculous, i just want you to describe things in more detail for my reading amusement/pleasure)

The Super wrote:

The answer is this - you are addicted to wheat. Read the book "Wheat Belly". Wheat breaks down into molecules that bind to opiate receptors in the brain, only it doesn't make you high, it makes you hungry. Cut the wheat and cut the ravenous hunger.

yeshedoes wrote:

Anyone 150lbs and 5'9" does, indeed, look like an unmuscular beanpole.

OP: this is a body image issue, not a diet issue.

So I'm 5'9" and 152. Does that make me a fatty?

Read this - http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2012/04/wheat-is-an-opiate/Be amused if you want, but Wheat Belly is written by an MD, and it has a ton of studies referenced. Not that I believe everything an MD says, but he definitely makes a good case.Gliadin protein is the culprit...unique to modern-day wheat (well, there are other grains that have it that aren't typically part of the human diet).

yamanaka factors wrote:

huh??? could you please explain this more, as a molecular biologist i'm interested to know how exactly this works! (ie this is ridiculous, i just want you to describe things in more detail for my reading amusement/pleasure)

The Super wrote:

The answer is this - you are addicted to wheat. Read the book "Wheat Belly". Wheat breaks down into molecules that bind to opiate receptors in the brain, only it doesn't make you high, it makes you hungry. Cut the wheat and cut the ravenous hunger.

redux wrote:

yeshedoes wrote:

Anyone 150lbs and 5'9" does, indeed, look like an unmuscular beanpole.

OP: this is a body image issue, not a diet issue.

So I'm 5'9" and 152. Does that make me a fatty?

150 is a beanpole, 152 is a fatty....

It appears that the only acceptable weight for someone 5'9" is 151.