Just wanted to share a huge mental milestone in my healthier eating journey (not sure if this is the right sub?) I had a treat day today. Not a cheat day. I've had cheat days in the past, where I felt incredibly guilty and unmotivated afterwards, and either binged/restricted/did "punishment" cardio afterwards to "make up" for it.
After losing weight unhealthily to under 100lbs in May followed by gaining 15lbs in June, I've been reevaluating my relationship with food. No more <600 cal restriction, no more nights of eating nothing but crab rangoons and Milanos on the couch. I've been focusing on eating enough calories of good, whole foods and focusing on protein and healthy carbs while also doing HIIT and strength training. After an entire month of eating well, I finished a stressful project this morning and treated myself: pretzels, peanut butter, cheese, iced mocha, smoothie, chocolate banana pancakes, the whole 9 yards. I enjoyed every single bite and stopped eating when I was full (!!!). Logged it all meticulously.
When I saw the 1800cal count (84g of protein!) on my macros app, I didn't feel guilty. I didn't think "ugh, I have to work out for an hour and then starve myself tomorrow to undo all of this". I just thought, wow those pancakes were delicious, I enjoyed every single calorie today. And tomorrow I'll get right back on track, no guilt. It may not sound like much but this is huge for me to let myself enjoy food and not feel disgusting or worthless, and also to not let one day of treats turn into a week-long binge.
I honestly expected to feel so gross and ashamed after logging everything I ate, but instead I feel satisfied and happy. Just like one day of dieting or exercise won't make you lose 5 pounds, one day of eating over your TDEE won't make you gain 5 pounds (though I expect to gain some water weight tomorrow, I won't stress over it!). I feel so freeeee and I'd love to hear about any similar mental breakthroughs you had!
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/i6ugf1/milestone_i_had_my_first_treat_day_today_without/
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