tl;dr I've been under-eating out of impatience and realized I'd developed an unhealthy attitude about food
I realized today that I may have slipped into unhealthy habits regarding my daily calories. I'm used to emotional eating or gorging myself, but never did I think I'd go the other way with it.
My gym re-opened today, and I was excited to get back into my workout routine and see the owner, who's been great for advice and motivation. We get to talking, and I mention that I was eating 1500 calories a day. He seemed surprised and immediately told me to bump it up to 2000. I agreed to bump it up, but I realized as I prepared dinner today that I felt extremely reluctant, almost feeling guilty, to be eating around 1800 calories for the day. That was when I realized I might have developed a problem.
I fully intended to eat 1500 calories today and do my normal workout, which more or less would've put me at 1100 for the day after burning calories. Which I realize is problematic in retrospect, especially for a 6'0, 250 lb guy (note: my estimated BMR is 2290, and would be 3148 when I get back to working out 4 times a week). I dropped my calories when I wasn't satisfied with my diminishing returns in weightloss, and ignored the headrushes or light-headedness I occasionally experienced throughout the week. I need to work now on being comfortable with 1800 to 2000 calories a day and not feel guilty about eating a healthy amount for my size and activity level.
Sorry for the long ramble, but I thought I'd share just in case anyone else might be pushing themselves too hard or might be under-eating in an effort to speed things along yet may not realize it.
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